Messy Love (Ed Sheeran)

Bun in The Oven

Barbara POV

I knew he loved me.

And I regret having any type of doubt before.

But there was a small piece of me that felt like holding in this little secret any longer would change it all...but I was doubting it...

What a double standard.

"Want some tea, love?" he asked as I sat in the kitchen, looking at the beauty of Courtney Cox's home.

"Of course. Thanks, Ed." I quickly replied as Courtney came back in the room from a business call.

"Sorry about that, guys.," she sighed as she sat right beside me against the island table again.

"Don't worry about it," both Ed and I said in unison.

Courtney rose an eyebrow.

"Ya know,' I really enjoy you two together. Ed, you better not let go of her again...You've got it," she deadpanned.

Ed stirred the tea into the three cups, chuckling as he nodded.

"Yes, mummy," he replied as he turned around to pass the three mugs.

Courtney laughed as she lifted her hand to lightly pat Ed's cheek.

"Thats ma boy!" she turned to add sugar into her drink, offering me some.

"No thank you, I like both my tea and coffee plain," I said sheepishly.

They both gave me an odd look.

"I didn't know that...," Ed said as he continued to look at me..and I could feel my face redden as they glared.

"The more you know, the better," I huffed with a grin, taking a sip of my tea.

My words made my mind switch back..to..what he doesn't know. .

Shit.. I have to tell him eventually. Might as well do it now.

I then got a text as my phonr vibrated,  and I looked down.. I gulped when it read Paul.

Tell him. Or I will.

That was a straight out threat, yo.

"Who is it?" Ed asked as he watched me in a concerned matter.

I tensed again as I texted back a simple.

Okay.

"Barbara?" Ed asked again..and I snapped back into now.

I laughed nervously.

"It was Paul..," I thought about saying it right here, right now...

But somehow, and I swear it wasn't intentional...

My tongue died. Yes, believe it. It died.

And I couldn't say  a word in the moment.

"He's...annoying.  Yeah, annoying, " I thought up frantically.

"Weirdo, " he replied. We all laughed... and my laugh seemed just a little off to Courtney to notice.

Right as I thought Ed would too, his phone rang...sighing as he reached into his pocket to see the caller ID. He rose an eyebrow.

"Its Jake..How weird..I wonder if something went wrong with the song we worked on," he looked at me in suspicion.

"Answer it," Courtney and I blurted.

He grinned and nodded, excusing himself to walk into the living room. We both watched him walk out, and right when he did, Courtney snapped her head back at me.