Butterflies - a Ricky Wilson fanfiction

Chapter 5: The battles

Emily's POV

We were sitting there, waiting. I was dying to see Ricky again. I hadn't seen him since he took me to the wine bar.

I was sitting in a room with the rest of team Ricky, I haven't met any of them before and we were all sitting in an awkward silence because no one knew what to say to each other.

The only real time I'd spoken to Ricky since we last met was when he rung me, but that was cut short when I heard a woman shouting at Ricky in the background. He apologised and said that he had to go then hung up.

Since we last saw each other, there's been a lot happening. My mum and dads continuous arguing and fighting, Chloe bitching about me behind my back, it was all falling apart.

I thought about the scratches on my arm and that I wanted to punt another one on, but then I thought about what Ricky said, and I instantly thought better of it.

I sat there staring at the door. Waiting for Ricky to walk through smiling followed by Bo Bruce.

Minutes felt like hours, the time I had to wait for him to come through the door felt like forever.

He burst through the door smiling, like I knew he would, he was quickly followed by Bo, who had a quiet confidence about her.

Ricky looked tired, though. He had dark circles under his eyes and he was pale. Even though he was smiling, I knew that something was wrong.

"Right, let's announce the pairs then." Ricky said with his arms folded. "First pair is Lucy and Jessica." They both stood up and hugged each other.

"The next pair is Emily and Amelia" I stood up and smiled at Amelia, she gave me a fake smile and hugged me.

We got on straight away with rehearsals. Me and Amelia were singing Rather Be.

I was eager to impress Ricky and Bo, Amelia was a good singer but every chance she had she sucked up to Ricky and you could tell that she ha a massive crush on him, I hope that I not as obvious with my feelings for Ricky.

Ricky just ignored her and she got more an more frustrated as the rehearsal went on. "Emily, you're fantastic! Amelia has a hard job trying to out sing you" Bo said. I blushed the smiled at Bo "Thank you" I said.

"I agree" Ricky said smiling at me.

"Thanks Ricky" I said and under the cover of the piano he squeezed my hand.

We took a quick break and I went to get a bottle of water out of my bag. When I turned around Amelia was stand right behind me. "Ricky's mine, okay? So back off" I almost laughed.

Ricky wouldn't fall for either of us, he's got Lesley.

Ricky's POV

I walked into the studio looking and feeling like crap. It's fair to say that me and Lesley are no more.

The only thing I was looking forward to was Emily. Since I met Emily a couple of weeks ago I've had minimal contact with her.

I tried calling her but Lesley thought I was cheating on her and started shouting at me so I had to hang up.

I waled through the door to complete silence, which was a bit worrying. I put the pairs together straight away and started rehearsals. I want as much practise time as possible.

I treasured the rehearsal time I had with Emily, she looked absolutely stunning and sounded even better than she did at her blind audition.

Amelia was flirting with me every chance she had it was actually funny. Amelia has a nasty side and is known to go to extreme lengths to get what she wants.

We took a break and I was watching Emily, I was drawn to her. Everything about her was beautiful. Amelia went over to her and said something and Emily nearly burst out laughing.

Bo came back over to me and whispered "I know about Emily."