I Saw Her Standing There

I willed myself to leave the warm confines of his bed, my feet hitting the wooden floors, my skin instantly reacting to the cold. I looked around noticing his hoodie just sitting their, he wouldn't mind, I picked it up pulling it over my head. I couldn't help but smile, the hoodie smelt of Padge; the smoke, weed, slight alcohol, and the cologne he wore. I pulled the hood up over my head, it felt safe, hiding away from the rest of the world.

As I moved through the house I could feel the pain setting in, it wasn't that bad, but still it ached.
I padded through the place noticing my bag I'd dropped to the floor last night by the door, my jumper on his sofa, and shoes left by his. It was weird to see my stuff here, but still considering the circumstances I was smiling. I walked towards the kitchen area, filling the kettle and switching it on, trying my very hardest to be quiet. After keeping Padge up to 2am in the morning I doubt he'd want me waking him up at 7am. I stared at the clock, why am I up at 7am?

Why was I making a cup of tea at 7am?

This was mental, and I was still smiling like a mad women. I knew it sounded insane but I did feel different, just a little bit.

I got the milk out of the fridge, noticing there were some questionable things in there, did he ever clean up?

I sighed leaning against the cabinet staring at my cup of tea, watching the steam rise off it, just thinking. Last night, well actually all of yesterday, had been a total nightmare but had finished in the most perfect way I could imagine. Even if my mum screaming, me leaving the house, the disappointment on my dad's face had hurt and I'd let everyone down. I was falling in love, I really was. The age thing obviously it's there but it didn't bother him or me. Why should our age bother other people? And last night had proven how wonderful our love was, how much he loved me.

I picked the cup of tea up, trailing back to the bedroom, maybe I could sleep and get my mind off everything. I put the tea on the bedside cabinet, my eyes gazing towards Padge he was really cute when he slept. His hair was covering his face and sticking up at odd angles, not that mine was any better. I leant against the cabinet for a few minutes watching his chest raise and fall as he breathed. I smirked as his arm moved to apparently wrap around me but I wasn't there, he pattered the bed groaning slightly before turning onto his back and slowly opening his eyes.

“Rhian?” He groaned before turning to where I was standing. “Huh?”

“Go back to sleep,” I giggle pulling the hoodie off, but he continues to stare at me.

“Where exactly is my drink?”

“Sorry, I thought you were asleep, sorry did you want-”

“Doesn't matter,” he smiled as I climb into the bed, his arms wrapped around my waist as I turned to face him.

“Sorry for waking you,”

“Stop bloody apologising,” He groaned. “And don't leave me next time,” His fingers running down the side of my body.

“Never,” I leant in my lips skimming against his. Padge's hands pushed my top up my body. “Last night,” I mumble ignoring his advances. “Thank you, I'm happy it happened with you,”

“Me too, I like being you're first,” He smirks as I role my eyes, he was on such an ego trip. “First anything,” He adds kissing me lightly.

“I have to work today,” I mumbled against his lips.

“That means you're leaving me in bed all alone?”

“I imagined you getting out of bed to be honest,” Staring straight at him, Padge just smiled leaning back on his side to face me. “Is that not happening?”

“Maybe, I haven't decided,” He sighed leaning over me to grab my phone for the time. “It's only 7am, Rhian why are you up?”

“I said I'm sorry,” I mumbled turning round, Padge instantly put an arm over my waist pulling me into his body. “I just kinda woke up!”

“Lame,”

“Did you honestly call me lame?”

“Yeah, I believe I did!”

“Well you suck,” Padge chuckled his hands slowly moving up and down my waist.

“No love, that's your job, you do it better than I could,” He mumbled against my neck, leaving a few kisses as I just laughed turning on him. “What?”

“Nothing, I just need to get up,” I added slipping out of his grip and grabbing his shirt at the bottom of his bed pulling it over me, Padge's eyes stayed focused on my body as I climbed over him and wondered off to the bathroom.

I leaned in turning the shower on and slipping his shirt off onto the floor. I quite liked Padge's bathroom, it sounded stupid, but his Uncle had done this house up in hope of nice clean people renting with the posh bathroom. Never had he expected his slightly disorganised nephew.

“Rhian?” He called in the I love you lots, so can we do this voice.

“No,”

“It's saving water!”

“No babe, it's called making me late,” I mutter standing under the shower, and washing the shampoo out of my hair.

“I really don't care,” I just groaned, then screamed when his cold hands pressed against my waist. “Morning,”

“I hate you,”

“Now that's just not true,” He mumbles kissing down my neck. I smiled to myself, I honestly was falling in love with him, I wasn't sure what true love was but I had a bloody good feeling I was close.

It took me an extra 20minutes to get ready, those extra 20minutes spent in the shower, and Padge didn't care that he was taking up my valuable time. To be honest, which I aim to be, I wasn't complaining about 20 minutes well spent. Even if after a near 40 minute shower, the water turned cold and I pushed him out.

Plus Padge made me breakfast again so I wasn't that late, it was kinda perfect.

“Yeah so for Taylor's birthday we're having a party, pretty much alcohol, drugs, music, and sex filled,” He smirked kissing my nose lightly as I grabbed my coat. “Going to come? Taylor said bring people if you want, its a big thing,”

“Umm maybe?”

“Invite Sarah maybe? “I nod leaning up to kiss him back as I got ready to go.

“Sounds like an idea, I'll ask her when she comes in today,”

“Okay love,” He muttered before awkwardly rubbing the back of his head. “Well look this afternoon if you don't want to go back home come here okay,” He smiled at me passing me a key ring with a spare key on, I eyed it up, slightly worried about this. “I won't be in but feel free to come back here, this if for you,” He added closing my hand around the key. “Keep it for whenever you need somewhere to escape,”

“Padge I really can't take this,” I think it was a difficult for him as it was for me.

“Yeah ya can,” He told me ending our convocation with a quick kiss before walking out of the front door and holding it open for me. “I want you to be happy, okay,” I nodded smiling slightly, this was a bit odd, a big step.

Only a key, not moving in, just a key for emergencies, I can deal with that.

“Rhian!”

“Sarah!” I laughed looking over the desk at the music shop as she walked in holding two cups and a bag of cookies. “You are my savour!” I smiled brightly as she handed me the drink.

“One hot chocolate, and one giant cookie!”

“Thank you, much needed,” I accepted the food and drink placing it on the counter. “How are you?”

“I'm alright, met up with Jason last night, though got completely lost. Seriously he had no idea where we were, expected me to know!!” She huffed flopping onto the sofa she always sat on.

“Yes cause you haven't lived here for two years, I mean two years-”

“Oh, oh, okay miss I know my way around Bridgend! Show off!” She huffed sipping her drink, as she picked out a cookie. “So how are you?”

“You know pretty amazing,” I smiled as Sarah eyed me suspiciously.

“What did you do?”

“Nothing,” She eyed me suspiciously.

“No there's defiantly something,” I shrug going back to my cookie as Sarah continued to stare at me. “Rhian! Tell me!” She whined childishly. “Pretty, please, with a cherry, and pink icing on top?” I gazed at her completely amusement, as she pouted at me thinking that was going to do something. “Rhian!”

“Fine!” I snapped chewing my lip. “Padge and I, we slept together” Girls talk, common knowledge, and you tell your best friend anything. Sarah happened to in that position. She gazed at me for a few seconds a questioning glance on her face, I just nodded forcing her eyes to go wide as laughter took over.

“You didn't? Aww my little girls all grown up!” She screamed jumping up, sending cookies flying as she launched herself at me.

“Shut up!” I groaned as she hugged me to death.

“But it's so cute!”

“Sarah I'm serious!”

“Fine!” She pouted letting go of me. “So was he good?”

“Sarah!” I whine, I'd get this from Niki and Taylor.

“I was just asking! Gosh!” She laughed going back to her seat on the sofa. “So was he?” I just nodded with a cheeky smile. “Aww how cute!” I couldn't help but smile, a few costumers came in and Sarah had the good sense to stop the convocation, both of us falling into a comfortable silence. Well nearly silence...

“Promise me you were safe, you used protection?” I could have killed her. I went bright red, and people in the shop turned to stare at Sarah. She bit her lip closing her eyes before looking towards me with a very guilty smile. “For the computer that is,” She added. “You know with the spy wear and all that good shit,” I just glared at her, I could not believe she had just shouted that out.

“Yes we did, thanks for the concern,” I snarled making her giggle and mouth sorry.

“I should get going before I cause more problems,” She adds with a little smirk.

“What a plan!”

“Oh well I feel loved,”

“Oh you know you are!” I mutter as the door opens again and Taylor walked in with a knowing smirk.

I'm going to kill Padge.

“Right well I'm off, have fun ducky!”

“You too!” I waved as Taylor walked towards the counter and put a piece of paper in front of me.

“I don't know, I'm just the delivery girl,” She smiled as I stared down noticing it was a list of strings. “Matt's too lazy get them himself,”

“Ah I see,” I smile getting up and taking the list to the wall full of strings. “I swear they only get strings when I'm here because they know I know nothing,” I pout pathetically as Taylor just laughs gazing at the wall.

“Not like I know any more love, here-” She reached up to grab the ones I was failing miserably at reaching. “So how are you and Padge now?” She asked, the last time we had spoken was when I'd worried myself to death.

“Yeah we're good,” I turned to smile picking up the last packet of strings. “Really good,” Taylor gazed at me for a few seconds obviously trying to decide if to press the matter any further.

“You seemed good at the gig, and then he moped the entire night when we went out on Friday,” She added rolling her eyes. “You better hurry up and turn 18,”

“Taylor I've just turned 17 like a few months ago,”

“Oh you're November aren't you?” I nodded as she sighed but then shrugged. “Fake id this summer me thinks hun,”

“Maybe,”

“Defiantly, or maybe more house parties that would be fun!”

“More house parties,” I nodded in agreement. “Nice idea,”

“For sure, we're defiantly going on a trip this summer, you are so coming with us,” I raised my eyebrows.
“Oh I guess Padge wouldn't have explained it, well Download this year, Reading festival maybe, but we're going camping for like a week just to escape and get very wasted!”

“Sounds good,” I had to admit it did sound a lot of fun, this lot knew how to party and a week of partying in a tent away from this madness, that surely had to be a good thing.

“Oh it always is, you'll defiantly come then?” She asked watching me ring up the different packs of strings on the till.

“Totally, sounds like a much needed holiday,”

“Excellent, means we can get to planning it soon, hopefully we can sort Moose out, otherwise he's gonna feel like a little alone,”

“Aww bless, we should totally do some match making!” I giggle as Taylor nods enthusiastically.

“We can find him someone for sure,”

“Totally, and this comes to £23.50,” Taylor just nodded passing the money over as I got the receipt. “There ya go,”

“Thanks love, so are you and Padge coming to Jay's tonight?” I shrugged.

“No idea, probably, I've gotta get some stuff and I'm off round Padge's for a bit so more than likely we will,”

“Some stuff?” She questioned leaning against the counter.

“Complicated, family arguments,”

“About?”

“Padge,”

“You told them?” Her eyes went wide.

“My mum went through my phone,”

“Ouch, did she find all the dirty texts and photos then?” Taylor smirked gaining a glare from me.

“There are no dirty photos on my phone or texts for that matter! She just realised I'd been texting this guy a lot, I explained they went mental,”

“Aww love I'm sorry, you okay?” I shrugged, I honestly wasn't sure if I was okay about it, my parents had called me a whore.

“Not really, but I went round Padge's and we kinda talked and then stuff happened and,”

“Then stuff?” She questioned, Taylor had this knack of picking up on the smallest details. I nodded sheepishly, honestly I never wanted to tell anyone Padge and I had slept together, except Sarah because that's what friends do. But Taylor was different, both her and Niki treated me like there younger sister, they were their for advice not to gossip with afterwards. “You didn't?”

“Didn't what?” I shrugged it off.

“Oh my gosh you did! Aww Rhian!”

“For fuck sake,” I mumble as for the second time today someone hugged me to death. “Not a word to anyone,”

“My lips are sealed,” She stared at me for a few seconds, “I knew there was something different,” I just ignored that comment. “Forget Jay's we need a girly night,” I groaned already wishing we weren't going to do that.

“Taylor look what happened last time we had a girly night,” Taylor gazed down at her hand with a little shrug.

“Oh come on it'll be fun, how about-” She stopped as her phone and my phone both went off. “That's quite weird!” She laughed as I picked mine up. “Niki?” She questioned as I nodded. “Same here,” I opened the next and instantly groaned while Taylor laughed. “Ann summers party, it's like the girl read my mind!”

Great Niki and an Ann Summers party, we knew how that would end.

“So you're going to a party?” Padge stares at me. “That Niki is hosting?”

“That's what I said,” I mumble passing Sarah a drink and picking my own up.

“And Sarah is going with?” He questions looking towards Sarah who was sitting at the breakfast bar, she nodded with a little wave.

“That'd be me!”

“I get that!” Padge chuckled. “But I'm not invited?”

“No,”

“This is a girl thing?”

“Yes,”

“What the hell?”

“It's an Ann Summers party,” He stared at me for a few seconds.

“Ya know bras, underwear, sex toys, so unless you want someone putting a vibrate against your nose, you don't want to come,” I couldn't help but burst out laughing at Sarah, who had a dead serious look on her face and Padge who just stared at her in amazement. “Nothing else to say?” She questioned him, he'd always thought Sarah was a little bit out of her mind so Sarah lived up to that whenever around him. “Didn't think so, though saying that,” I groaned waiting for whatever she was going to say next. “Some guys might wanna go, especially if there girlfriend buys something,” Padge smirked at me, I just rolled my eyes looking to Sarah. “What? I was just saying,”

“Whatever,”

“And that would be my cue to go,” She smiles putting the empty glass in the sink and walking towards me. “Ya know I think you should get him a shaving kit for Christmas,”

“Bloody witches,” Padge grumbled walking out of the room as Sarah and I just cackled living up to his name calling.

“Bless him,” She muttered finally hugging me goodbye. “He seems like on of the good guys,”

“I think he is,”

“But ducky,” I gaze at her with a small smile. “He fucking hurts you and I will kick his scruffy welsh arse!”

“You know I can still hear you two!” He shouted from the living as Sarah just rolled her eyes.

“Well then you know not to hurt her then!” Sarah shouted back. “I could take you down Paget!”

“Doubtful!”

“Wanna bet?” She growled making even me flinch slightly.

“No,” Padge mumbled backing causing both of us to laugh.

“Thought not!” Sarah turned back with a small smile. “Now I really have to go, I'm painting Jason's bedroom,” My eyebrows raised slightly as she just smiled and waved goodbye skipping out of the house. That girl, was out of her mind, but in the most wonderful way.

“She gone?” Padge's head appeared around the door gazing towards the back door.

“Yeah huh,”

“Excellent,” I slapped his chest hard at that comment glaring daggers at him. “Let me finish women,” He muttered wrapping his arms around me. “Because now,” He smiled kissing my nose. “I get you all to myse-”

“Sorry forgot my keys!” I groaned in disbelief as Sarah's voice echoed through the kitchen and the back door opened. Padge looked over my head with a small smirk. “Don't let me interrupt you two fucking in the middle of the kitchen though!”

“We were not-”

“Whatever! See ya later lovers!” My head collapsed onto Padge's chest, the low rumble of laughter echoing through.

“She's one of a kind,” He managed to say as his laughter died down. “I like her,”

“Me too,” I smiled looking up. “You we're saying?”

“Just you and me tonight?” I nodded with a little smile, as he lead me into the living room, I flopped to the sofa first, but the bell went off in my head reminding me what Taylor had said.

“No Jay's house?”

“Oh fuck,” Padge groaned flopping onto the sofa his head falling on my legs, his own legs stretched out. “Do ya wanna?”

“Not really, cause Taylor's gonna discuss you,” I muttered running my fingers down his hair as he moved to get comfortable.

“What?” His eyes shot towards me.

“Long story, its just gonna involve lots of girly talks, so not really!”

“Oh I see,” He smiled slightly his eyes closing. I just laughed staring down at my boyfriend, “I'm happy to stay here, I'm comfortable, did you go home and see you're parents?”

“Nope, they weren't in,”

“Rhian,”

“Michael,” He looked up and smirked.

“You'll hate you're self if you don't sort it out,”

“Tomorrow, I'll have to go home, so I'll do it tomorrow, so can we just not talk about it tonight?” I questioned as he moved to sit up.

“Pizza and a movie then?”

“Sounds perfect,” I smiled leaning over and pressing my lips against his, a very cute, very innocent kiss, something we hadn't shared in ages. My hands found their way into his hair, pulling him down onto me, ending the innocence quite quickly. “I'll go find the number,” I smirked pulling away as he groaned.

“Such a fucking tease,”

“As if,” I muttered walking into the kitchen and grabbing the pizza menu, I could feel his presence only cms away from me.

“1 meat feast, and 1 strange vegetable thing, not difficult to order, now come back,” He mumbled against my neck his arms wrapping around my waist.

“Give me a second then,” I muttered leaning over to pick up the phone, I turned in his grip holding the phone against my ear and leaning against the counter. Padge's eyes met with mine as I spoke down the phone. I had to hold back the giggles and laughter as Padge's hands roamed my body, the guy on the end of the phone not impressed that he didn't have my full attention.

“Padge,” I growled as soon as I put the phone down.

“Yes?”

“Fucking difficult man! That guy I hated me!”

“So?” He chuckled kissing the side of my mouth as he lead me towards the living room again. “I don't hate you,”

“Really?” I smiled falling onto the sofa with him. “That's good then, I don't hate you either, I like you,”

“I like you too,” He muttered pulling me onto his lap, I turned to straddle his thighs, trying to figure out his expression. “We have to talk,” Now that caught my attention.

“Padge?” The phrase, we have to talk, it seemed to strike fear into any relationship. “We do?”

“I'm going on tour,”

“Oh,” My smile suddenly brightened. “Beau that's great!” I nearly screamed launching my arms around his neck and hugging him tightly. “Padge?” I questioned still hugging him tightly. “Why are you not excited?” I asked his hair more than him. “I'm more excited than you,”

“I'm excited,” He said, could have fooled me. This guy was not the most emotionally open person ever, he was probably the least actually.

“Really?”

“Yes,” The chuckled caused his chest to vibrate making me smile to myself as I felt him hug me back. “I'm gonna be a way for a month,”

“So? Oh,” I paused leaning back on my legs to gaze towards him. “You really do care,” I smiled kissing his lips lightly as the bell went. “So who are you supporting?”

“It's a headlining tour kind of, Kerrang 25 tour,”

“Babe that's excellent, I knew you lot would do good!” I hugged him again before pulling away to get the door as the bell went again. “I'm so excited for you! When is it?”

“About two, months away,”

“Ah how exciting! Padge this is so awesome, are the guys excited?”

“There's money in my coat pocket, and yeah, this is massive,” There was that sound of happiness in his voice now, he sounded a lot more exciting I think because he told me, not that I was being arrogant but I think cause I accepted it he was happier.

Maybe I was wrong? But who knows what goes through that scruffy Welshman's mind.