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Ed and Taylor. Everyone had suspected the two were more than just friends from the beginning, though they denied it fiercely. They both swore, until recently, they’d always viewed the other one as just a friend.
For Taylor, Ed was one of her best friends and biggest supporters. She always assumed they would be just friends. Since they’d first met it was all she saw him as and they were both happy with that being enough. But, over time, they got closer to each other; realized that sometimes best friends are meant to be more than that. They shared every secret, every fear with each other. They loved being around each other, so, them as a couple had seemed to just make sense.
They didn’t want to go public with their relationship at first. It had seemed to come out of nowhere and they enjoyed keeping it a secret. They hadn’t even told Harry. They didn’t know how he would react and they dreaded having to tell him. He claimed he had moved on from Taylor long ago but how he would feel about his best friend dating his ex-girlfriend who he was still close to, they just didn’t know. After a lot of discussion about how to tell him, not wanting him to find out in the media or through anyone else, Taylor and Ed decided Ed would be the one to tell him.
It was a cold London night and rain was pelting from the dark sky. Ed and Harry planned to meet at a little pub because Ed had said he needed to talk to Harry about something. Harry had no idea what he could possibly have to say but he was more than happy to meet his friend for a drink. They were sat across from each other in a booth and Harry was already suspicious of Ed. He was barely talking and kept sliding his beer back and forth in his hands.
“Mate, you’re kinda freakin’ me out,” Harry said after he had told Ed a story about a show in Sweden and Ed’s eyes had been glazed over the whole time.
“Sorry, man. Just thinkin’,” he said shaking his head.
“Are you gonna tell me what about or am I supposed to guess?” Harry asked, sipping his beer.
“I’m gonna tell you, I was just trying to figure out how,” he said swallowing.
“Dude, just tell me. As long as it’s not that you’re dying, it’ll be fine,” Harry said smiling easily in what he hoped was an encouraging way.
“Uh, well you know Taylor and I have been friends for awhile now,” he said focusing just above Harry’s eyes instead of directly on them.
“Yeah, duh,” Harry said wondering where this was headed. He wondered if maybe they’d gotten in a fight and didn’t want to be friends anymore. That might be awkward from him.
“Um, so it’s always been like a friendship, just mates and stuff. But over the last couple of months, it’s kind of changed to something else,” Ed spat out, speaking quick like he was rapping a verse in one of his songs.
“Changed into what?” Harry asked, still just as confused about what was happening.
“Like, more romantic, I guess,” Ed said. He could feel his palms starting to sweat.
“What?” Harry asked, his brow furrowed trying to understand.
“We’re, I guess, um, kind of dating,” Ed stuttered out.
He watched Harry’s face register his words. The flicker behind his eyes, the surprise in his features before a controlled blank expression settled on his face.
