Take My Hand...|Rye Beaumont

Sixteen|Stay Safe Yeah?

Friday 19th January

"Mikey, you know how it's Ryes 22nd in a few days." I started as he walked out the door, on his way to the gym with Andy and Brook.

"Yeah," he nodded whilst taking a sip of his cup of tea.

"Well I still need to buy him something and I genuinely have no clue what to get." I explained in hope of some constructive feedback.

"Well why don't we go down to Windsor now, hopefully get home before Rye and the others and then you are going home tonight yeah?" He questioned.

"For a couple of days." I replied.

"Okay, so we can get your bags packed and put his present in there so he won't see or suspect anything in any way." Mikey concluded.

"Wow you're a genius."

I got changed straight away into a baggy top tucked into some jeans, I slid my vans on and chucked my hair up into a high ponytail. I put on a tiny bit of concealer over any blemishes and applied some brow gel before being ready to go.

"Okay lets go," Mikey said picking up his phone from the coffee table along with his wallet.
We made our way down the couple flights of stairs before heading over to my car.

"Do you have any ideas, any at all?" Mikey asked as I parked the car before climbing out.

"I was thinking like a piece of jewellery or something but honestly, I really don't know," I explained as we started to walk down the cobbled streets.

"We can try Ernest Jones and see if they have anything." Mikey concluded walking ahead.

We stepped inside the shop and it was stunning. Bright shining jewellery everywhere you looked.
I wandered over to the men's rings, having a look at each one.

"What about that one?" I asked Mikey pointing to a 5mm Extra Heavyweight D Shaped Ring.
Well that wasn't as hard as I thought it would be seeing as he agreed and we had decided that was the one.
A worker came over to us and we explained what we would like.
I was given a form to fill out which also asked whether I'd like any engravings on the metal, I ticked the box and then wrote the specification of the message beneath.
After handing it back over they said it would be fine to pick up later that day at noon, meaning we had around 2 hours.

"All we need to do now is get the other boys to stall Rye." Mikey said as we walked out of the shop.
"Yeah, I'll call Andy now," I added pulling out my phone as we carried on walking down the streets.

"Hey," Andy greeted as the lines connected.
"Hi, is Rye near you?" I asked.
"No, he's in the other room finishing up in the gym."
"Okay, well me and Mikey have come into Windsor to buy Rye's birthday presents, but one of them won't be available till 12, so could you sort of stall him from going back to the flat until I text you?" I asked hopefully.
"Yeah of course, just tell me when your back," He agreed.
"Thankyouuu," I elongated before we ended the call.

Mikey and I went off to a few more shops, getting birthday cards, little bits for the flat that were needed and some more little presents for Ryan.
As it was coming up to the pick up time, we had a milkshake and some food in McDonalds before heading back over to the shop.

"That's perfect." I said with a smile as the sales assistant showed me the ring and the added engraving.

"He'll love it," Mikey added from beside me.
"I hope so." I smiled casting my eyes back to the gift.

"Right lets get back." I said exiting the shop for the second time today.
After getting back in the car we drove back to the flat.
Jack had gone out which was probably for the best seeing as it's one last person to accidentally let it slip.
I put some things away in my suitcase before placing his few presents on top, then covering it with the leftover clothes.
I texted Andy saying we were all sorted and that it was fine for them to return home.

"You've been a while," I said from the sofa as Rye, Andy, Jack and Brook walked through into the living room.

"We were at Nando's," Andy replied as he walked back to go into the kitchen.

"Didn't Jack tell you?" Rye asked as he kissed my cheek before laying down on the settee with me.

"No he sorta just left." I replied with a smile.
Jack looked at me weirdly out the corner of his eye.
I put my finger to my lips as Rye nestled his face into my neck, his arms wrapped around me, with Jack just going with it and nodding.

"Oh," he said simply.

Later On

"Right I'm off," I said as I brought my suitcase to the door.
All the boys hugged me goodbye apart from Rye.
"I'm going down with you," He reassured me, I nodded as he picked up my luggage and opened the door of the flat.
I waved at all the others before turning round and heading out the door.

"Are you sure you don't want me to drive you down?" Rye asked whilst closing the boot of my car.
"I'm sure." I replied with a smile.

He put his arms out before pulling me into a hug as we stood at the side of the road.
"I love you."
"I love you too," I said looking up to him before kissing his lips. He kissed back for a few moments until we pulled away. After tucking a piece of hair behind my ear Rye hugged me once again, kissing the top of my head as he did so.

"Stay safe yeah?" He told me as I got seated and closed the car door, winding the window down.

"Of course," I smiled, " I always do anyway."
"I've seen how you drive sometimes babe," He replied with a grin. I giggled back.
"I'm only joking, text me when you're home," Rye added whilst I nodded in response.

I saw him waving as I drove down the road, I smiled before turning the corner.

About 40 minutes in, although I was almost at my dads, I decided to stop for something to eat anyway. I spotted a KFC in which I pulled into, buying a box of popcorn chicken and a drink. Wow I really haven't eaten healthy today, oops.
After finishing my food, I set off again.

After the hour car ride, I finally turned onto the long stretch of road in which my dad's house was situated.
I hate this road. It can barely fit one car on, so you need to drive really slow, especially seeing as there are so many sharp turns that you can't see round, meaning you don't know if there is a car already coming down, which isn't ideal. At least it isn't night time, I would never choose to drive down here by myself in pitch black darkness.

As I turned one corner, a set of vision-blurring bright yellow lights came heading straight towards me.

Then everything went black.