Us First [A BoyInABand Fanfiction]

8. The New Phone

After a few hours of straightening up my flat, I accidentally fell asleep on the couch. I was woke up suddenly by a tap on the door. I jumped up and said 'one moment' then proceeded to check my watch. It was 3:00, and I still had on my clothes from last night.

"Sorry, it'll be more than a moment." I said. I hurriedly ran into my room, stripped, and threw on a t-shirt and jeans. I smoothed down my shirt and then grabbed a brush and combed through my hair. I picked my glasses up off the couch and opened the door.

"Oh! Uh hey Dave." I said pushing my glasses up my nose. "Hey. I, uh, wanted to see if you needed me to take you to the store to get a new phone." Dave said fidgeting with his hands. "Sure. We can right now if you want, let me just grab my purse." He nodded. I turned around and grabbed my purse from the coffee table the moving van had just brought today.

We walked down the hall and got in the elevator in silence until he jokingly said, "So how was the kiss?" I could tell he was just trying to break the tension, but the way he said it had a hint of truth. Like he actually wanted to know. That was impossible. It wasn't a kiss, just.. an accident.

The elevator dinged and we awkwardly try to step out of the elevator at the same time and then take a step back in unison. We have a laugh and proceed to the door. He opens it for me like a gentleman and I pretend to curtsy.

I wait for him to come up beside me and ask, "Whose car?" "Mine I guess." he says taking a step in the direction of his vehicle. I follow him to his car and he unlocks it with a button on his key ring. I slide in the passenger seat and set my bag in the floor board. "Where is the tech store here?" I ask. "A few streets over, not far." He says not looking at me and focusing on something in the distance. He pulled out into the rod and began driving to the store. He put in some electronica CD that I've never heard of, which is weird because I love electronic music.

After a few minutes of awkward silence we arrived and walked inside. It was just a basic tech shop. One of the plain white walls was lined with phone cases. There were a bunch of counters with laptops, tablets, phones and everything in between. I headed over to the cell phone display. The newest phone was an iPhone 6 and is was £487. (A/N: Oh yeah, this is set in November 2014. And if you know your boyinaband you might figure out where this is going.) That's expensive, but I need a phone desperately. Especially when starting up my business.

I waved for a man standing in the corner to come here and he said the basic, "How may I help you?" "I would like the iPhone 6." I said plainly. He gestured me to another counter and had me make some plans with him.

After 15 minutes of trying to settle on a plan, we decided on one. I signed a few papers and the man, whose name was Nick, gave me a brand new silver iPhone 6.

Dave and I walked out of the store. "So, do you need to go anywhere?" He asked. "No, I have food and everything at home. You?" "I'm good. Actually, random thought, I have some cookie dough at my house. It's November 22, we can make Christmas cookies this early right? Here's my number and you can text me when you're done eating." I didn't quite take in all of what he said, so I just nodded and headed to the car.

Dave found a piece of scrap paper and pen and jotted down his phone number. He handed it to me and proceeded to get buckled and drive out.

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This was more a filler than anything.

Peace

~Madeline🙃

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