Idol (An Ed Sheeran Fanfic)

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Alcohol is one of the most disappointing things; you wait for years to be able to drink it, then you find out it tastes like absolute shit. Ed, Alice, and I are all sitting on Ed's dressing room couch downing the shots that he requested. Meghan was standing in the corner of the room talking to some guy that was standing in the shadows. The air smelled of cigarettes and tequila. There was a haze in the air, but I don't know if that's from the smoke or how drunk I was. Whenever Ed would light a cigarette, Alice would take it from him and put it out. I want to hate them, but they are making it impossible!

Ed and Alice were sitting on one end of the couch completely engrossed in their conversation, meanwhile, I was sitting on the other side scanning the groups of people scattered around the room. Some of the people I look up to are here: Elton John, Adele, Taylor Swift; even though I should, I can't bring myself to go and talk to them. All I can do is sit on the couch and steal glances at Ed and his fiancée. It's not like they noticed me, though, they were practically hypnotized by each other. I looked at them quickly and saw him lean in and kiss her. Before I could stop myself, I grabbed a full shot glass that was sitting on the coffee table in front of me and gulped it down. It tasted like bubble gum for some reason, but burned on its way down. This is sad; I need to go and do something.

I stumbled to my feet-almost falling into the coffee table-and went over to Meghan. She was still talking to the same guy, I can't see his face, but as I got closer I quickly recognized him. Of course, she managed to find Harry Styles. When I got to her side, I placed a hand on her shoulder and she turned around and smiled at me.

"Cassidy! There you are!I'vebeenlookingforyou," she slurred.

"I've been sitting right-" I started.

"Cass, this is Harry, Harry Styles that is," she gestured to him and he nodded at me. "Harry was just telling me what he got Ed for his birthday."

"Well, what's that?" I raised my eyebrows and looked at him.

He smiled a mischievous smile. "Don't worry, love. He won't get it until later. I'm waiting for all the older," he nodded towards a middle aged couple with red hair, who were probably Ed's parents, "people to leave. But if I were you I would stick around. It's bound to be a fun time."

All I could do was shake my head, but I couldn't help but smile; what the hell was he going to do? Harry Styles can do whatever he wants! There are well known rumors and accusations made about him, and so far he is living up to all of them. He was standing there in front of me with a smug smile on his face chatting up Meghan, who will more than likely go back to his room later. Even if I try and stop her, there is no use, she will probably just say something like, "Every girl would kill to go back to his room-let me do it!"

"Hey, lighten up!" Meghan shook my shoulders and giggled. She was always a happy drunk. "Enjoy this! Imagine what the people at school will say when we say we were hanging out with all these people?" Then she turned to Harry and purred, "Can you see if one of your band mates can keep Cass company; she doesn't really know what fun is."

Harry smirked, broke away from Meghan, and started making his way across the room to a pack of guys.

"Do you really only care about what the people at school think? What about the fact that I just completed a tour and ran away from home to pursue my dream?" I demanded and leaned against the wall for stability. I can really feel the affect of the alcohol coming on.

"Oh stop being such a drama queen. I know you just did that tour and whatever! I'm just having a little fun, and you should too-the bragging part is just the cherry on top. You will be so popular when they find out that Ed Sheeran cheated on his fianceé with you!" She grinned and swayed a little bit.