We're Gonna Play in The Dark Till It's Golden Again

Megan's POV

“You know what today is, don’t you?” I said to Jay.

He turned to look at me with a confused look on his face.

“I have no idea.”

I gave him evils and a dead arm. Yes, we may not be ‘kids’ anymore; I still know how to give McGuiness a dead arm.

“Yes you do, numb nuts! Nathan’s being released!”

Oh, did you not know? Mr. Nathan Sykes thought it’d be funny to be a bit of a ‘Peeping Tom’ on the night of his 30th…he did it at every house on the street and got arrested. What we didn’t know was that he already had a criminal record, so he was sent to prison for 5 years for that and the previous offence. I can’t even begin to explain how gutted Lizzie was. They’d been married a year, and then they had to spend all that time apart.

“Why did he have to act like such a knob?!” Liz cried every day for about a week after he went inside.

Of course, we went to see him when we could. However, we had to have private visits and make sure we didn’t tell anyone. When the papers found out, it was purely horrific.

‘Nathan Sykes, member of boy band The Wanted, was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment today.’

That’s where the bullshit kicked in. Rape, attempted murder, drug possession, driving under the influence (even though he can’t actually drive) and loads of other crap. You name it, Nath was accused of it.

“Oh yeah! How could I forget that?! FACEPALM!” laughed Jay.

Seriously, how could a man who’s almost 40 be as cute as he was when he was younger?! As we made our way to get Nathan from the prison, we got more excited knowing that we’d soon have him back in our lives again.

“I’m so happy! My baby’s finally coming home!” Liz shouted as we got out of the car.

Her, Méadhbh, Siva, Jay and I arrived first; the others arrived not long after.

“Max got us lost again, didn’t you? You spanner!” Danielle said, hitting him playfully and laughing.

“Yeah, but then we had Shauna driving at a snail’s pace. That why we took ages!” Tom piped up.

We turned round to see the doors open and people starting to walk out.

“What the bloody hell happened to you?!” Max shouted when Nath came out.

He looked ridiculous. His muscles were absolutely massive and covered in the most disgusting tattoos in the world. Lizzie was originally crying with happiness that he was finally back in her life again, now she was just crying in disbelief. No wonder he hadn’t wanted to see us for the last 3 or 4 months…he’d been too busy bumming steroids!

“What are you all staring at?! Yes, I’ve changed! This is the new me…get used to it!” he snapped.

Before he went inside, he’d never have spoken to any of us like that. I was purely stunned. I suggested he’d better go back with the others as there ‘wasn’t any room’ in my car.

“If he’s gonna be near me, he’d better change his fucking attitude very fast!” I whispered to Jay. “Honestly, I’ll end up smashing his face in!”

Jay hated me getting angry. That was why we were perfect; I was the hot-headed one, whilst he was the calm one.

“I know he’s acting like a knob, and he will be for a while no doubt, but you’ve got to try and put up with him. Please try baby…for me?” he replied, giving me the puppy eyes.