She's not a fan

8

Emma's point of view

One week later

"That'll be £3.95, thank you!" I say to the woman who just ordered coffee, she gave me a friendly smile and stood to the side as I made her coffee. I then go and wipe down table number 5. "If I see one more bloody tea I'm gonna flip" Ella says throwing herself down on the seat and leaning against the table. Ella was my best mate working in this cafe. We both came here as part time jobs while we are at college. But I know the second we both can, we are getting out of here. It's not that bad, the pay is enough, but it's boring working here. "It's not all that bad, besides soon enough we will have finished college and we can get ourselves out of here." I say spraying the table. "Easy for you to say, you finish college this year. I still have another year!" I look up at her and she looks defeated. "You're right. But when you finally do you'll be doing what you love Ells" The cafe wasn't too busy today, just a few tables were taken by people working on computers. I hear the door open and immediately go back to behind the register. "Hello how may-" How is he here? Mikey stood in front of me, his smile as big as ever. "Mikey what are you doing here? How did you know I worked here?" I say trying to wipe down my clothes and make myself look more presentable. "Olivia told me you worked here, thought I'd come by and ask if you wanted to go on that date I promised you." I wanted nothing more. "I'm sorry I can't I-" I started until I hear Ella fake coughing next to me and I turn to her. "I've got this now go!" She says as she unties my apron and pushes me away. "Thank you" I say hugging her and then go to walk with Mikey. "You didn't even take my order" Mikey says giggling slightly. "Oh...did you want something?" I say stopping abruptly. He laughs some more and takes my hand. "You know I'm joking"

He takes me to a park and we sit down on the grass next to a tree. He grabs his backpack from around his back and places it on the grass, I hadn't even noticed he had it on. He then pulls out a few items of food and lays it all out. "You didn't have to do this Mike this is so sweet!" I say shuffling closer to him. "I wanted to though" soon there were things like, sandwiches, strawberries, juice, brownies. Anything he could've gotten his hands on really. "How did you have time to do this?" I ask as he hands me a cheese sandwich. "Well after we've just finished a tour we usually have some time on our hands so I wanted to spend it with you." I blush and he notices but doesn't say anything. "So tell me about yourself Em." "What do you want to know?" "Everything" he looked at me intrigued and I thought for a minute. "Well I'm 19, I turn 20 in around 2 months. I'm currently at College. The rest of my family live in Manchester. Oh and I can play guitar." I look up at him and he's looking at me like nothing else mattered. "Stop looking at me like that!" I laugh and push him away. "I'm not looking at you like anything!" He says laughing. "What are you studying in college?" "Photography" "Really? Let's see what you've got then." He gets up and poses next to the tree and I take a photo of him. I show him the photo and we both just burst into laughter at how stupid it was. "You're really good, aside from that stinking photo you just took" "I love college and all, but it's really hard getting jobs around here looking for photography degrees." He looks at me for a minute. "I'm sure me and the boys could set you up to work with us if you'd like, You could film our music videos." I look at him and see that he's being serious.  "Wait really?" "Yeah of course." I jump on him and hug him tightly which makes him laugh and hug me tightly back. "Thank you so so much omg" I pull him off the ground and hug him again so that we were now in a sitting position. I pull away and we lock eyes with each other. And just like that he leans in and his lips smash against mine. My hands find his neck and his hand reaches up and rests on my cheek. It lasts for a few seconds until he pulls away and rests his forehead off mine. "Emma" he says looking at me now, his face a few inches from mine. "Mhm" I say looking into his big blue eyes. "Will you be my girlfriend?" I smile at him and lean in this time, kissing him while I grin against his lips. "I'd love to" I say when I eventually pull away.

"Are you working tomorrow?" Mikey asks me as we make it back to my flat. He has his hands on my waist protectively. "No I get weekends off" I say as I open the door to my flat. "Do you want to come by our flat tomorrow with Oli? I know Brook would love to see her." We both laugh slightly, knowing that he likes her. "Of course, I'm sure Oli would love that" he nods and kisses me. "I'll see you tomorrow then" and he starts walking away. "Mikey" I say and he swivels round. "Stay with me tonight?" He smiles. "of course"