A Little More Time ~WROETOSHAW FF~

Saturday, 13th April 2019

Penelope

Its quarter to six, exactly 15 minutes until my shift ends. Only 15 minutes, 15 minutes and he never would have seen me.

“Penelope?” He questions, in disbelief his eyes widened and brows furrowed.

“You know Si, you shouldnt pull funny faces your face might get stuck like that” I chuckle, trying to ease the tension.

He laughs with me, before running up to me and engufuling me into a hug. My head started to spin, so much happening at once, the familier smell of his cologne filling my lungs. We pulled away and he glanced over my whole frame as I did the same. He was wearing a sidemen hoodie and of course he still had on some black and white sidemen shorts, I guess some things never changed. Except, his interesting new hair, it would appear it had been dyed it pink. Knowing him and the boys it was probably some dare or bet he had lost.

“I've missed you Pen” He stated, disbelief still plastered on his face.

“I've missed you to Si” I breath out. “Sit with me” I say, my hands gesturing to the seat next to me.

He slids in as do I, so we are now on opposite sides facing each other.

“You left” He states, the atmosphere suddenly switching to one of sadness and regret.

“I know” I reply, looking away not wanting to catch his eyes.

“Why?” He asks, “I know everything that went down with you and Harry was hard but I thought everything had settled down again, I thought you to where friends” He questions, as I lean back into the booth, the sudden interrogation making me feel uncomfortable.

He had a right to be mad, he was my best friend and I left him and the other, I abandoned them.

“We were never friends” I state.

“What?” He asks, confused.

“I loved him to much to just be his friend, if I would of stayed we would have been in love until it killed us both. After we broke up we got stuck in this cycle of fighting, hooking up and then going back to being “friends” again, whatever that even means. I couldn't stay, because we were beginning to hate each other and I never want to hate that boy, ever. I couldn't be his friend, because it was to damn hard to see his, face and hear his voice everyday without wanting to just be with him and we all know how that worked out last time” I explain, the tears streaming down my face to the point I was scared it would never stop.

“Oh Penelope” Simon sighs, before standing up and walking round to my side and sliding in next to me.

The blonde boy, wraps his arm around my shoulder and pulls me closer in a friendly manner.

“I don't know what to do, I'm sorry” I cried into his chest.

“Shhh” He cooed, stroking my hair to calm me down. “Its okay Penny, you were scared and desperate for a fresh start you don't need to apologise because there's nothing to forgive. I only wish you would have come and said goodbye to me and the boys, we were worried sick all this time” Simon explains, I look up from his chest and he looks down at my tear stained face.

“I wanted to, I never wanted to leave any of you without saying goodbye but, I knew if I had all of you looking at me I never would of been able to do it” I explain, as Simon catches the tears before they can fall, wiping them away with the sleeve of his Side men hoodie.

“We all miss you Pen, please come with me back to London, I'll drive you I'm driving back today I was just visiting some friends down here in Brighton ” He begs, his blue orbs twinkle a glint of hope shows.

“Simon I can't, we're would I even stay” I reason, sitting up from lying on  his chest.

We both chuckle for a second as we look at the makeup that had rubbed of into his hoodie.

“You could stay with me and JJ at our new place we have a spare room you could stay in” He pleads, grasping my hands and intertwining them with his.

“I don't know Si” I mumble, looking down at my lap, thinking about all the possible scenarios and way's this could go terribly wrong.

“Please, Penelope” He begs once again, “For me and the boys, please come home” He says.

“Okay, Si I'll come home”