"We're here!" Josh said as he pulled up outside a house in Surrey.
"Wow, this is where you live?" Hayley asked. "I thought you still lived with your Mom?"
"Yup. You all set?"
"I am indeed!"
Josh got out of the car first and opened the door for Hayley like a gentleman.
We got our suit cases and walked into Josh Franceschi's house.
The house was nothing special. Just a standard house in the middle of Surrey.
"I don't have any amazing stuff in my house. I can't be arsed forking out £1 million a year for a house I'm barely in. I don't want white carpets all over the house otherwise I'd get them dirty. I don't want spiral stair cases that lead up to the top of your 5 story house with a huge chandelier. I'm just simple. I have wooden floors. I have a cream carpet in my bedrooms, that's all really. My kitchen is the only fancy place and that's because I love to cook. I'd rather keep my money, save it and spend it on something better like a car. Like I said, I'm hardly home anyway." Josh said as we entered the house.
"I don't give a fuck about your money or house anyway, I'm just glad to be spending two weeks with you" I replied, saying something major cringe-worthy.
Josh smiled at me and pulled me and Hayley in. I didn't expect it but I think it made him feel a bit more of himself. He's more himself when he's at home than on the tour diaries and on stage.
As we stepped into his house, we saw a HUGE television.
"I thought you said you didn't like fancy stuff?" I asked.
"Football is fancy. I have a 72" Inch HD TV for when Arsenal is on my screen. I also have surround sound. I like my movies and TV so my TV means a lot to me. Along with my PS3, that goes on my precious too."
I just laughed. He was like a little boy with how much he's obsessed with Arsenal.
We decided to have a quiet night in with a takeaway as nobody could be bothered cooking, plus we couldn't be arsed leaving the house. We ordered a chinese.
Once it arrived, we all ate it and watched a movie. Hayley fell asleep on my lap whilst we were watching one of Max's films he'd left at Josh's house.
Josh was drunk once again as the night went on and started to talk to me about his ex, Hanna.
He'd heard someone say "What about Hannah?" On the TV and told me his story:
"Don't be silly. It's all in the past. If you asked me a few months back about her, I probably wouldn't of wanted to talk about it but now, I'm fine. Mainly because I have so much hate for her. Well. we started going out when we were about 16 or 17. We were together for years and we met in high school. I thought she was the one to be honest. Our love was strong. Our connection was unbeatable. Everyone said we were the perfect couple. I believed we were too. When You Me At Six were first starting to be noticed, she was with us on tour. We were the closest couple ever. Then, we got back from tour. I started to write the songs for Hold Me Down, then I found out she cheated on me once. I forgave her because I was so in love with her but that was after we broke up and the Hold Me Down album was about her. Explains the Fireworks lyrics a bit more as; 'I don't know, just who you are when you're sleeping in someone else's bed' is about her sleeping with someone else. After the album, she never came on tour with us. I hardly saw her and then when I came back, she was acting strange but we managed to get through it. Kind of. Then when Hanna and I was having an argument a few months back, she got annoyed at me and told me she'd been sleeping with numerous amounts of guys. I didn't want to believe it but I told her to get out of my house and life and I didn't want to hear it. Then she left. She texted me a few days later saying that she didn't want me to here it but she couldn't keep it from me any longer. She had been sleeping with guys whilst I was on tour, also continued when I've been home and tried to see her. I was disgusted. I couldn't believe someone would play with my trust and feeling like that. I had a conversation with Max about it and he told me to get rid of her. Especially because it wasn't just one guy and one fling. It was more than one person."
As Josh told this story, my eyes started to fill up, it'd be the same with any sixer. I could see this was hard for him to tell me as his eyes started to fill up too. I broke down and Josh hugged me and then we both burst into laughter. It woke Hayley up from her being asleep on my lap, I held her and pulled her closer:
"Hayley, you're beautiful. I only need you in my life now. Don't cry. You're 10x better than Girlfriend I've ever had." I said, wiping the tears from her cheek and kissing her head.
She made me so happy.
"Urm, Josh? We're going to bed. Or do you want us to stay with you?"
"Errrrr, no I'm going up myself now, I'll walk up with you. Give me 5."
As we got to the top of the stairs, Josh directed us to our bedroom and we said goodnight. Hayley had brought her bag up with her pyjamas in. I was simple and slept with just my boxers on and climbed straight into the double bed. Hayley stood at the end of the bed, getting undressed to her underwear and put on the skimpiest nighty ever then climbed over the cover and kissed me. We kissed for about 20 minutes and then started to spoon and fell asleep.
