Hand In Hand We Will Walk Together - Nathan Sykes (My Heart Takes Over Sequel)

Chapter 1 - Now Follow Me

I opened the photo album, examining each photo before turning the page. The album was very significant to both Nathan and I, as it showed the progression of our relationship from friends, to best friends, to boyfriend and girlfriend. Every photo of us together was displayed in it, all for later reference. ‘It’s like a case of deja vú’ Nathan smiled leaning against the door frame of our bedroom door in the London flat we shared together. ‘You were crying the last time too’ he added. ‘I know, they’re happy tears do’ I smiled. ‘Good’ he sighed pulling me onto his lap on the bed. ‘Happy 1 year anniversary Lex’ he whispered in my ear. ‘The year flew Nay’ I laughed. ‘Time flies when you’re having fun Lex’ he sang. ‘It does’ I nodded.

His chin was resting on my shoulder, and his hands were protectively intertwined on my stomach. ‘You were a cute child’ he whispered. ‘Why did things have to change?’ I asked. ‘Yeah you’re right. You were an ugly teenager after that but then the ugly swan transformed into the world’s most beautiful woman’ he paused in between words so he could kiss my neck playfully. ‘Thanks Nay, what are you looking for?’ I asked turning. ‘Your passport so I can take you off to Paris for a romantic weekend, just the two of us’ he smiled. ‘You’re taking me to Paris?’ I asked excitedly. He nodded wildly. ‘When?’ I asked. ‘Tonight’ he shrugged. ‘I’d better pack soon’ I smiled placing the album and the pictures I was supposed to add, on top of our bed. ‘Later Lex, I want to look through the photos with you know’ he smiled pulling me onto his lap. ‘Okay but we have to stick to tradition and look at them snuggled in bed’ I told him pulling him with me under the duvet.

He placed his hand around my waist and pulled me into his chest. ‘I’ll turn the pages for you, you just relax princess’ Nathan whispered. ‘Look’ I whispered pointing to the picture of us snuggling in his bed when we were about 15. My boyfriend had just broken up with me, so Nathan decided that we should get into bed and watch movies with lots of chocolate ice-cream. He always knew the way to my heart. ‘I can remember when you called me from Michael’s house in tears. The taxi to his house cost me £40, but it was worth it for you. It broke my heart seeing you upset. You’d never been that upset after a break up’ he whispered reliving the moment. ‘Yeah and you cried when you saw me crying. You carried me all the way home on your back and rocked me to sleep in your arms. Your bed was always comfy’ I added. ‘Yeah that’s because I was there’ he smirked. ‘Yeah that is true. Even though I hadn’t realised my feelings for you at that stage, you always made me feel safe and content. You still do to this day’ I smiled. ‘Especially when I’m in your arms’ I added. ‘In that case, I’ll never let you go’ he smiled tightening his grip around my waist.

‘Aw the camping trip’ I sang. ‘That terrible camping trip’ Nathan corrected. ‘It wasn’t that bad’ I smiled. ‘Yeah it wasn’t bad, it was horrendous. To start off with we couldn’t tie down the tent, actually when I say we, I mean I. You just stood there shivering to death. When I did get the tent tied down, it blew away and we had to run after it. You lost your shoe in the mud following it and I had to carry you and the dirty tent back. Then I set it up again and it leaked during the night. We’re lucky we didn’t end up with pneumonia’ he recalled. ‘How did we end up on that golf course the next morning?’ I asked. ‘We did drink a lot of vodka that night, anything could have happened’ he shrugged. ‘Yeah and then the car got stuck in the mud on the way home. Oh and we nearly got caught by the police when they realised that you were a minor’ I laughed. ‘That was funny though. We took every short cut but they seemed to continue following us. We ended up in Liverpool somehow and it took us another day to find the way home. I think our parents sent out a search party for us. They did get terribly worried’ he nodded. ‘We missed like a week of school because we were poorly in bed. It was worth it though, to miss school’ I laughed.

‘The peer’ I sang. ‘We used to go there every day as a child. I remember one time when we were young, about 14, when I snuck up behind you and pushed you in the water. You didn’t float back up to the top like you always used to and I thought I’d lost you and got so worried that I jumped in after you. I dived down to get you and when I brought you up, you were unconscious. You swallowed a lot of water, but I gave you CPR like you taught me a few weeks previous, and you turned out fine’ he whispered. ‘You saved my life’ I recalled. ‘After nearly killing you’ he corrected. ‘You were only having fun, and anyway I should have kept an eye on you. You ran off on me a couple of times’ I laughed. ‘I didn’t run off that many times. I ran off once to set up a picnic for you, another time to call an ambulance after you caught your leg in between the edge of the peer and the stick holding the peer up.’ He started poking me before tickling me to death. ‘Another time you saved my life’ I whispered catching my breath after the tickle fest. ‘You weren’t going to die!’ he exclaimed. ‘I could have, I lost a lot of blood! I needed 15 stitches after all. The doctor said I was very lucky. Thank you’ I smiled. ‘I couldn’t let my best friend ‘’bleed to death’’ now could I? Now anyway, we had better times at the peer than that!’ he shrugged. ‘Yeah and worse, like the time I rushed out during dad’s funeral and you followed me all the way to the peer to cheer me up. You did cheer me up though. We danced in the rain and you carried me all the way home on your back after chasing me through the forest.’ I laughed. ‘The only reason I carried you home was because you lost your shoe when we were running and because you tripped up and scratched your knee’ he laughed winking. ‘Yeah, thanks for that. Basically it seems as though all I ever did was get hurt at the peer. We had some proper fun times there too like the time we fell off your parents little boat and we swam to the nearest shore which happened to be a little cave that we didn’t know existed. We should go there soon, we haven’t been there in ages’ I pleaded. ‘Yeah, we’ll go there soon, very soon, I promise’ he smiled.

‘You know the fans love you!’ Nathan exclaimed pointing to a picture of us posing with fans. ‘I love the fans. The TWFanmily are really dedicated. It’s hard to believe how much they really love you guys. Obviously when you’re on the outside you see the love and dedication but you really need to be close to you guys and to read all the comments and stuff to understand how much they really care for you guys. At first I thought they wouldn’t like me going out with you, but then we announced it and everyone was really supportive. I didn’t expect people to be like that seeing as though you’re the baby and the fans are very protective of you but they were lovely. I guess they only want what’s best for you and to see you happy.  I guess they see that you’re happy with me. You are happy with me aren’t you?’ I asked hoping for a positive answer. ‘Yeah of course I am! I’m the happiest man alive thanks to you’ he smiled moving my fringe out of my eyes. I couldn’t hold the tears in. ‘Why are you crying?’ he whispered rubbing his thumbs under my eyes. ‘I’m not crying! My eyes are just shedding water! It’s no big deal Nay’ I mumbled back. ‘Are you sure? I don’t like seeing you upset because it makes me upset’ he whimpered. ‘Yeah I’m fine’ I smiled sniffling.

‘The first date picture’ I squealed. ‘Our first date was amazing’ I continued. ‘A picnic in a field of flowers, followed by a concert from The Saturdays, a few drinks at a night club, topped off by a late night/early morning walk on the beach which lead to that wonderful kiss in the rain’ he sang. ‘The best bit about the date was the concert. The Saturdays were amazing! Especially Ego. I love the way they deliver so much emotion in songs such as My Heart Takes Over and Issues. You know you guys should try that sometime’ I teased. ‘Oi!’ he remarked. ‘Nay you know I’m only saying that to wind you up because I love you! You deliver your songs with so much emotion, I send every song crying my eyes out. Okay that is a bit of an exaggeration, but you know what I mean’ I nodded. ‘Before we got together, I used pretend on stage that I was singing Heart Vacancy. It almost made me cry every time’ he admitted. ‘Anyway Lex, I think we better pack, we’ll be leaving soon’ he sighed getting out of the bed and kissing me on the lips. ‘Wait, I have a photo to add’ I protested. I took the photo from my pocket and laid it securely under the tie backs in the album. ‘I like that photo’ he smiled. ‘Me too’ I smiled back. The picture was black but the tiny little blur was clearly visible. ‘That’s our baby’ I whispered. ‘Yeah it is’ he smiled. We both looked down at the tiny little bump emerging under my top. ‘Our baby will be blessed with a mummy like you Lex’ he whispered putting his hand on my bump. ‘Or blessed to have a daddy like you Nay’ I whispered putting my hand on his. ‘The baby will be blessed to have us as uncles’ Tom laughed barging in with the boys in tow. ‘What are you doing here?’ I asked getting out of bed. ‘We’ve orgainsed a surprise for you too before you fly off tonight. We didn’t get to celebrate either of your birthdays properly a few weeks back because we were in America, so we wanted to make it up to you’ Max continued. ‘Now put these blindfolds on’ Jay added handing us blindfolds and slippers for our feet, yeah I was confused when it came to the slippers too but I just went with the flow, ‘and we’ll take care of the rest’ Siva smiled. After putting on our blindfolds and slippers, I felt my hands being tied behind my back, but not too tight, loose enough to easily untie the knot. ‘Is this some sort of kidnap attempt?’ I asked. ‘We just don’t want you to know where you’re going’ Tom replied. ‘Now follow me’……..

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I know I used the idea of the photo albums before, but I thought I might use it again to catch up on the year that we missed. Aren't #Nex so cute (Nathan + Lex)

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