Miss You

Oliver

I can't believe Oli admitted he still loved me. I almost begin tearing up at the sound of that. I quietly hug him and excuse myself afterwards. I break down on the pavement, trying not to make a scene but failing anyway. A few moments later I hear the door open behind me. An arm drapes itself around my shoulder.

"Its been a while, hasn't it?" Olis voice cuts through my sobs.
"Just a little." I say wiping my face with my sleeve.
"So how's life been in London?" He asks.
"Its been great. Hows Sheffield been?" My voice slowly stops shaking.
"It's been crazy lately, even Matt can hardly catch up."
"Is Matt here too?"
"No, he's in Brighton. No idea what the knobhead is up to there."
"I see nothing changed between you guys." I laugh for the first time since I saw Oli tonite.
"Nah, we're still best mates. Hey, I was wondering would you wanna come to our bands show tomorrow nite? We play similar stuff to these guys." He gestures towards the door we came out of.
"I would love to, but I'm hanging out with Pj tomorrow."
"Who's Pj?"
"My friend... who happens to share a romantic connection with me."
"You mean your boyfriend?"
"Yeah, that's the word for it. But he's coming up from Brighton to see me, it's been a few weeks since we've proper seen each other."
"Well that's too bad. I was hoping you could see us. What about the next day? We're playing in Reading. I can pay for your drive."
"How about you give me your mobile number and I'll think about it and call you tomorrow." He nods and pulls out his phone. I tell him my number and he saves it, sending me a text in return so I could save his too. We talk for a while and re-learn everything about each other again. I forgot what made me fall in love with him originally, and slowly remember why. My mobile starts ringing loudly, and scares both Oli and me. I pick it up, not bothering to check the caller id. "Elo, Mark's brothel, ow may I elp you?" I say with a fake welsh accent.
"Aly for the love of Buddah, where the h*ll are you?"
"Who be this Aly? I know of no such person." I continue with the accent.
"Seriously Dan's worried, you should've been back hours ago."
"I don't know who Aly is, but the concert only ended an hour ago."
"Aly, it's been four hours. Are you like f*cking one of the band members? Are you f*cking some random stranger?"
"If I say Aly's banging Austin will you believe me?"
"No, you have Pj coming tomorrow, I'm not stupid doll."
"F*ck, fine I ran into Oliver and I've been talking to him." I stop using the fake accent.
"OLI?! JESUS F*CKING CHRIST WHAT'S GOING DOWN? I NEED THE DETAILS." I hold the phone away from my ear.
"Could you be any louder? Nothing exciting had happened, when I said we were talking, I meant it."
"Well what are you guys talking about?"
"Just catching up. We haven't seen each other in four f*cking years." I hear a beep and see that she hung up on me. "Well fine I didn't wanna talk to you anyway." I tell my phone.
"What just happened?" Oli asks.
"Well Skye called. The neighbor friends are worried, and Skye is freaking out because you're here. Then she hung up."
"Well, we have been here for a few hours. I'll take you home if you want."
"That'd be nice. Maybe you could meet the neighbor friends that are freaking out."
"Awesome, I love neighbors." Oli jokes before walking with me to the nearest underground station. We ride the tube back to my flat and I walk up to my apartment, unlocking the door. Dan pops his head out of his door as I open mine.
"Who's this?" He asks. I walk Oli over to the Phan flat.
"This be Oliver. He's an old lover of mine, actually my only lover other than Pj."
"Oliver? As in Oliver Sykes? The vocalist in Bring Me The Horizon?" Dan starts questioning.
"Uhh yeah, that's me. Why are you gonna tie me up and lock me in your closet?" Oli jokes.
"No, just crazy to meet you. You're pretty chill irl."
"Dan did you seriously just say irl? Nobody abbreviates words except white girls who need Starbucks." I say.
"I did Aly, and tbh you're kinda a betch."
"Real mature Daniel."
"I'm always mature, you're the one who can't get on my level."
"Oli, meet my neighbor, I don't know where Phil is but he's like Dan except nice." I walk back to my flat and say goodbye to Oli. I close the door and fall face first into the couch. I quickly fall asleep only to be woken up an hour later by Phil knocking. "What is it Phil?" I ask trying not to sound annoyed from being woken up.
"Skye and Dan are being loud. I was wondering if I could stay over here for a little while? I'll be quiet, I promise." He asks.
"Yeah, come on Phil." I open the door to let him in, and follow him up to the lounge. I let Phil pick out a movie and quickly fall back asleep on the couch. I wake up to Pj's voice the next morning, Phil sitting in the chair against the wall, still sleeping. "Peej?" I ask as I stretch myself awake.
"Yeah, that's my name. Morning sleepyhead. I brought you coffee." He smiles.
"I thought you had meetings all morning?" My voice was still a bit raspy from sleeping.
"They were rescheduled, so I figured I could spend the whole day with you instead."
"Well, I'd love to but I have to work this morning. It was either tonite or this morning and I chose the obvious one." I stand up and look at the clock. "I have about an hour until I need to get ready to leave, what do you wanna do until then?"
"We could play video games? I brought Mario Kart."
"Oh heck yeah, you're on betch." I run over to Dan's apartment because they had a Nintendo, unlike me. Peej and a sleepy Phil show up soon after, I having already started the game up. The next hour was a mess of idle threats and lots of screaming. When I noticed the time I went back to my flat to quickly change and walk to the shopping center I worked for. I hated working here, because it was a shop for mostly rich people, but a job is a job. I try to focus through my shift but get absolutely nowhere, and helped almost no one. After I got off, my manager pulls me into her office.
"Aly, is there something wrong? You seem off today."
"Sorry, just still a little hungover from the concert last nite."
"Aly, I've been your boss for two years now, I know the difference between something bugging you and you being tired. What's up?"
"Fine, last nite at the concert, I ran into an old... boyfriend of mine. He was my first, and only besides Peej. I'll be better when I come back next week. I promise." I weakly smile at her, knowing she would understand. She nods and allows me to leave, where I grab the boys lunch and head back to the flat. I knock on Dan and Phil's door telling them I was the police, and they were in big trouble. Dan opens the door and smirks, letting me in the room. I sit on the sofa next to Peej, Dan next to me, and Phil in a chair he pulled up. I open up the bags of food and pass out lunch to the guys, who immediately devour it. Once I finally finish my food, I grab Pj's hand and take him out. Where, we didn't know, but we walked around the city for a while. I took a few photos, Pj vlogging a bit, nothing really exciting, just two people enjoying the company of one another. We return to the apartment after dark, and lay down on my bed.
"I wish we could see each other more often. I really want to be able to see your beautiful face everyday, and hold your hand, and all those romantic things couples do." Pj tells me.
"I wish we could have that too. Maybe since I'm almost finished with Uni, I could move to Brighton when my lease expires. I do graduate in a month or so, and the lease expires a month after that."
"That would be amazing Aly. You could move in with me even.... if you want." I leave a small kiss on his cheek.
"That would be perfect Peej." He hugs me the best he could while laying down, only to be interrupted by my phone ringing. I pick it up and hear Oliver's voice from the other side.
"Aly, if you wanna go to our show tomorrow I need to meet you tonite to give you the details and tickets and whatnot."
"Oh yeah, I totally forgot. Oli, can you meet me at my flat? Or do I need to come meet you?"
"I can meet you there. I'll be there in about ten minutes." I hang up the phone and as expected Pj questions the strange call.
"Oli's one of my old friends and wants me to go to one of his concerts. Apparently Dan's a fan of them, and I had no idea he had a band. He's giving me tickets for tomorrow nites show."
"Oh, you mean Oli from Bring Me The Horizon? You're friends with that dude? That's wicked cool Aly."
"Why does everyone know them except me?"
"They're kinda a big thing."
"Well, he's gonna be here in about ten minutes. You wanna go with me?"
"No, that's too much for me. Their concerts are intense."
"Ok, I'll just go alone then." I pretend pout. 
"Gah, fine I'll go with you. Only because you wanted me to though." He pecks my lips, and crawls off the bed. "So what do we do while we wait on him? We can't have sex in five minutes... well we could, but that's too much a risk." He jokes before I throw my pillow at him. "Well, we could make hot cocoa, I haven't had one in weeks." I stand up off the bed and race him to the kitchen, careful not to hit the glass door with my face. We make the hot cocoa and Oli shows up, giving us tickets to the show, and directions to the venue. He tells us to meet them backstage a bit early to get us in, handing us a paper to give to security. He hugs me, and leaves. "He seems cool. How do you know him?"
"We went to school together once I moved to Sheffield."
"So Skye knows him too?"
"Yeah, we were really close friends with him and Matt."
"That's awesome Aly, now back to us." He pulls me back to the room, quickly downing the last of his cocoa, and I mine. We stayed up for a while before I fall asleep in his arms, comforted by my love. Skye wakes me up the next morning, and Pj had already left to catch his train.
"Aly, could you and your boyfriend not be quieter when you're doing the do?"
"Skye, what about you and your boy toy? You are just as loud."
"Am not." She says as she walks out. I check my phone to see Pj had texted me. 'Sorry I didn't wake you before I left. You wouldn't wake up, and I was late for my train. See you tonite. <3 Peej' I make myself and Skye breakfast before I had to take her to catch her train home. I had totally forgotten about the concert tonite, but at least Pj was gonna be there too. We have a lazy day and just lay around the house, doing nothing in particular. I take Skye to her train and begin my drive to Reading. I played the Bring Me The Horizon channel on my Pandora, trying to familiarize myself with the music. I arrive to see Peej already there, waiting for me. I run and hug him, and follow Oli's instructions to get in the venue. Pj got recognized by a few kids in the crowd as we walked around to the back of the venue. We make it in, and Oli hugs me. I notice another familiar face behind him.
"Matthew fecking Nichols, give me a hug right now." I open my arms, receiving an awkward hug from Matt. He slowly figured out who I was and got excited. I never knew my friends still remembered me and it made me cry, knowing I wasn't forgotten.

Oh no she's crying. But wait what about Oli loving her? Will Pj find out they were more than friends? Ehrmahgerd questions. I'm done. I'm also Brendon and this is my colourless life. <3