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*A Few Day Later*
I've been hanging at the Zalfie house in Brighton for the past few days and honestly Zoe, and Alfie of course, have been so supportive and trying their best to give me advice in the situation. Zoe is actually like a proper older sibling should, instead of pouting and getting angry like Joe did. Zoe, Alfie, Nala, and I are going out to the park today with Poppy and Sean, who came to visit today. I hold onto Nala's leash as the two couples be all coupley with each other. Zoe has been trying to talk me into getting a dog myself all day so I'm not lonely as I'm a single pringle at the moment. I was walking a bit behind of the two couples and having myself a chat with Nala, who probably has no idea what I'm talking about.

"I'm a proper mess, Nala. My life is a proper mess." She looks at me with her head tilted and I smile at her before kneeling down to pet her gently. Suddenly I hear someone calling name. I turn my head to see a face I never expected to see run over to me as I stand up straight again.

"James? What are you doing in Brighton?" I ask him when he finally reaches me and he gives me his famous smile.

"I was on my way to Bournemouth and I thought about you and how upset you were and how much you might need a friend right now."

"But you're one of Brad's best friends shouldn't you be hating me right now?" James shakes his head at me.

"Brad is devastated, yes and Con is pretty upset with you but Tris and I are still here, cheering you and Brad on. We're big Ladley shippers," James explains while teasing me a little at the end. I couldn't help but smile back at him, I mean how can you not with a smile like his.

"So you toke a huge detour to come all the way in the opposite direction to come visit me in Brighton just to make sure I'm alright?" He nods at me and inhale my head while smiling at him.

"You are the purest soul, James Daniel McVey that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting." We smile wide at each other before he holds out his arm and I take it as I lightly tug on Nala's leash  to get her to follow us as we fall behind my sister, her boyfriend, her boyfriend's sister, and her boyfriend's sister's boyfriend.

After our walk in the park, James and I head into town while the two couples and Nala head back to the house. I keep hold of James's arm so we don't loose each other, which only makes us look like an actual couple but at this point I could care less because James was being my shoulder to cry on when all my 'friends' sided with Joe because they're really his friends more than they are mine.

At the pier, James and I take a walk on the beach. He has his arm securely wrapped around my shoulders as I lay my head against his chest and wrap my arms around his torso. Now we definitely look like an actual couple..

"Brad will move past the Jack thing eventually and come to his senses and come down here to sweep you off your feet." James says before literally sweeping me off my feet as I let out a squeal of surprise, making him laugh at me.

"James!" I couldn't keep a serious stern face and ended up laughing along with him. After he sets me down, my phone makes the text sound. I pull it out of my pocket and look to see its from Zoe.

Everyone thinks you're dating James now.. it's all over Twitter..

I frown my eyebrow in confusion before going onto my Twitter app to see that '#Joey' is trending in the top 10. I gasp and show James all the tweets of pictures of us from today. We look like an actual couple, a loved up couple, like Zalfie.

"God, I hope the boys don't see this and actually believe it.." I trail off as James and I both start typing our tweets to declaim the rumors.

@NerdyLoey; I'm not dating @TheVampsJames he's just a friend helping me figure out a difficult situation in my personal life... #JoeyIsNotReal

@TheVampsJames; @NerdyLoey and I are just friends besides she likes someone else ;) #JoeyIsNotReal

I notice Tristan had also tweeted something about '#Joey' and couldn't help but smile at Tris being sweet but teasing us at the same time.

@TheVampsTristan; I don't believe Joey is a real thing mostly cause James and I ship Ladley more than anything ;) @TheVampsJames @NerdyLoey @TheVampsBrad

I couldn't help but thinking of Brad and Jack at this very moment. God, why do they both make me feel things for them in two completely different ways. How can you choose when you feel like a different person with each one?

Do I choose sweet, dorky Brad?

Or sexy, reckless Jack?

*The Next Morning*
James had finally gone off to Bournemouth like he originally was supposed to this morning and he had made me promise to ring him if I need someone to talk to, which was very sweet of him. I'm now sat in the lounge with Zalfie, Poppy, and Sean as Nala lays between Zoe and I. We're currently watching a Harry Potter film as everyone messes about on their laptops editing or working of some sort. Zoe and I are obsessed with the HP franchise and have been since we first set eyes on the first book. It's the one thing other than baking that's our favorite thing to do together. Suddenly we hear a knock on the door, Zoe gets up to answer it and it's quiet for a minute before she comes back with someone trailing behind her.

Brad..

His eyes scan the room before falling onto me. I slowly stand up from my spot as Zoe sits back down and they all watch in anticipation to whatever is about to happen. You could cut the tension in the room with a knife as Brad and I just stare at each other.

The next moment happens so fast that I don't even feel myself move as Brad and I meet halfway and his lips attack mine. The kiss is rough and passionate like he's trying to convey his feelings through it. His hands are cradling my face, holding me in that position so that I don't break away as my hands tightly grip onto the fabric of his jumper. After a moment, our lips part so we can catch our breath as Brad rests his forehead against mine.

"Loey, I don't care about what happened with Jack. We aren't exclusive, we only had sex once and then went to breakfast together, that wasn't even a date." Brad laughs a little at the last line.

"But I want that with you. I want to be the only guy you give yourself to. I want you, Loey. All of you. I want to be the guy you wake up next to. I want to be the guy that gets to kiss every inch of your skin. I want to be the guy that others get jealous of because my girl is the most beautiful, talented, amazing, dorky person you could ever lay eyes on." I blush at the compliments he's giving me.

His girl... I could get used to that.

"Loey, be mine. I could be your boyfriend and you could be my world." I couldn't help but smile at him using his own lyrics to ask me out.

"You cheesy git, you just used your own lyrics." Brad's mouth forms a smile.

"Well I was told it was your favorite song of ours." Only Joe and Oli knew that, so they must've told him.

"Well you all looked so adorable in the video." I wink at him as I bite my bottom lip and he runs his thumb across my lips as he stares down at them before looking into my eyes again.

"So what do you say, Sugg? You willing to put up with having a musician as your boyfriend?"

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