| ...ally... We were all standing in the check-in desk at the airport waiting for our flight to Ireland. I felt so tired becasuse I'd had about 3 hours sleep in the past 3 days since all the stuff at the club that night. I was still thinking about everything when someone tapped me on the shoulder and I jumped a little. "Hey, c'mon, that's our boarding call!" Shane said, as he grabbed my bag for me. "Oh, OK" I said, snapping out of my thoughts, I tried to take my bag back from him. "It's OK, I got it. Hell, what have you packed in this?!" Shane said laughing. "Oh, you know, books, walkman, batteries, puzzle books, oh, yeah and the kitchen sink!" I said, as we walked along. He smiled back at me. "Glad to see the old Ally back" I just looked down. We all got in out seats, at the window seat, with Bryan beside me, then Nicky, then Shane. With Nat, Kian, Mark and Pnut in the seats behind us. Within 10 minutes, Mark had fallen asleep and Pnut was sleeping too. It was only a short flight, so I just sat back and put on my walkman, and picked up my book. I had been reading for a while when I heard someone saying my name. "Good book?" I looked up and saw Bryan. "What? Oh, sorry, yeah it is" I answered him, putting the bookdown and turning to face him. "Do you realise that it's taken you an hour to read 3 pages?"he said laughing a little. I laughed a bit too. God, was he examining my every move?! "Well, it's a hard book to get into, I guess my minds not on it today." I said, and looked out of the tiny window. "We'll be landing soon! Have you ever been to Dublin before?" Bryan asked, as he looked out of the window too. "No, it seems nice though, from what I've seen."I answered. "Well, maybe I could show you around,...if you want." Bryan said. All of a sudden I felt trapped. "Bryan...." I started. I think he knew how I felt and immediately backed off. "Hey, just as a friend, ok?" "Yeah, sure" I said, and put my book away in my bag. 'Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts, we will be arriving at Dublin aiport very soon. We hope you have enjoyed your flight,' We disembarked, and I looked out at the airport. 'Oh, well, here we are, just try and have a good time' I thought to myself. Chapter 11 ...bryan... We all jumped in cabs at the airport and headed to the hotel where we'd be staying for the next few days. Ally, Pnut and Nat went in one cab, and me and the other guys went in different cabs. "Ally was kinda quiet on the plane." Nicky said. "I think she's just tired, that's all." Shane said, turning around to face him."It'll probably take her a little time to get over whats happened." "I think someone wants to help her get over it, eh Bryan?" Nicky said laughing as the cab stopped and we all got out. "What do you guys take me for, I'm not gonna take advantage of the situation! Geez!We're just friends!" I said, it came out harsh and they looked shocked. I felt guilty immediately and apologised. We all went up to our rooms and unpacked some stuff. Mark was sharing with Nicky, Kian with Shane, and I had a room to myself. Nat, Pnut and Ally all shared a room. They had wanted it that way. ...later on... We had all went downstairs to the little cafe for some snacks, as we had a big dinner planned for later on. and were all talking. The conversation was really funny and we were all laughing, even Ally. All of a sudden, she stopped laughing, and stood up. "Excuse me" she said, as she walked away from the table. "What happened there?" Mark said, looking as she walked away. "I'll go see." I answered as I followed her, she got into an elevator, but I missed it, so I walked up the stairs to the floor where our rooms were. When I got there, I saw her standing outside her room. "Ally?" I said, walking over to her. "Hey, what is it?" "I - I can't believe it, I was sitting down there, just laughing as if nothing has happened" she blurted out "I can laugh, but I can't cry, god, you must all think i'm a heartless bitch!" "We don't think that, you wanna talk?" I asked her, but she just looked at the floor.I heard her begin to cry. "It's ok to cry about it." I said and walked over to her, I put my arms round her and we both walked towards my room. We got in and sat on my bed. She just sat there crying, and I hugged her more. I was glad I was the one who was there when it all came out. After a while she stopped crying and I looked down and noticed she was sleeping, probably the first time she had slept properly in the past few days. I let her go and put the duvet over her. I sat down beside her, careful not to wake her and started watching some tv. I must have sat there for a few hours, until I heard a knock on the door. "It's open!" I said quietly and saw Shane pop his head round the door. "What happened to you , you never came back?!," he shouted "Sorry" he whispered as he noticed that Ally was asleep. "You guys....Ally's not in the room!" Nat shouted, as she ran back towards my room. "It's ok, I'm in here!" Ally shouted as she woke up. She sat up and yawned. "God, I needed that." "What's going on in here then?" Kian asked with a grin on his face. "We were just watching tv" "sleeping!" We both said at the same time. Kian's grin got wider, and I realised what we said had sounded like a bad cover up something else. "Well, we were watching tv and Ally fell asleep" I explained as Ally nodded. "Oh, OK," Shane said, "we're gonna head down for dinner, you guys coming?" "Yeah, give us a couple of minutes, we'll see you down there"I said, I wasn't sure if Ally would want to go. "Sure." Mark said and they all walked away. "Do you wanna go?" I asked her. "No, but you go, I'll be ok by myself" she said. "No, I'll stay here, I'm not too hungry anyway" I totally lied. She smiled, and I don't know what happened, but I kissed her. She pulled back. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." I stood up and walked away. "No, it's ok" she said, and walked towards me. This time she kissed me, but then she pulled away again. "Oops" I said, my stomach was rumbling. "C'mon you, let's go down stairs and get the others" she said, taking a hold of my hand. "OK!" I said and we left to go downstairs.... Chapter 12 ...ally... We walked downstairs to meet the others for dinner. I couldn't believe how happy I felt about being with Bryan, and couldn't believe I was jumping straight into another relationship five minutes after leaving one. "Hey guys," everyone said as we walked in. I couldn't help but notice that they all stared at us, then I realised I was still holding Bryan's hand. "What do you want to eat babe?" Bryan asked, as he handed me the menu. "Nothing, I'll just have a juice" I answered sitting down. "Ok, be right back" he said, as he disappeared to the counter where Mark was already standing. "Babe?" Nat asked, grinning at me. "Does this mean that you two are....?" Pnut said, looking at Bryan, then back at me. "Well, ummm.....yeah. I guess!" I answered as Bryan and Mark both came back and sat beside us. We all sat chatting for a few hours then we all agreed it was time to head back to our rooms. Mark and Kian both came into our room and sat chatting for ages. Finally I'd had enough, they were having fun, laughing and chatting, but I wanted some sleep. I grabbed my duvet and wandered into the hotel lobby. I knocked on Bryan's door. "Just a sec" he answered, the door opened. "Hey, come on in!" "OK, Mark and Kian have taken over our room, can I crash here tonight?" I asked "I've brought my own duvet" I added. "Sure" he answered. I walked over and lay on the bed, and pulled my duvet round me. "Man, I am shattered" I said, yawning. "Thanks for letting me crash. See you in the morning babe". "Yeah," he said, as he turned out the light, and then went back to watching TV, "Sweet dreams babe." I must have fallen asleep soon after that, coz next thing I knew I was being woken up by Bryan shaking me awake. I'd had a nightmare, and we both went back to sleep shortly after that. I woke up the next morning, blinded by the sun coming in the window. I looked around, but I couldn't see Bryan anywhere. Suddenly I heard water running in the bathroom. I walked in to see Bryan washing his face. "Morning!" I said, cheerily. "Yeah,morning" he said, really cool. "We're meeting everyone outside in 15 minutes, so you better go and get ready." "Oh, OK" I answered. 'Geez, something I said?"' I thought, Bryan was acting really cold as if I'd upset him. I walked out of the room without saying anything else. ...15 minutes later... I knocked on Bryans room door, but there was no answer, so I figured he must have left already. Pretty weird of him, I thought he would've waited for me, considering the fact he was supposed to be my boyfriend now. I got downstairs and met up with the others, we all greeted each other and agreed to go out for breakfast. Bryan hardly spoke to me and I think the others noticed it. "What's going on, you two had a fight?" Pnut asked, looking puzzled. "I don't know, I crashed in his room last night, everything was fine....then this morning...he's been really cool with me." I explained. "Bryan, can we talk for a minute?" I asked, letting the others walk on ahead of us. "Sure, what is it?" "Have I done something to upset you? Because last night things were going so well, now...now, it's as if you can't look me in the eye." I said. "You really have no idea what's going on, do ya?", he asked, he looked kinda mad. "Well, no! Do I look like I know why you're being like this?" I shouted. "OK then, I'll tell ya!" He said, his voice angry, but quiet, "Last night, when you were sleeping, and you had that nightmare, and I woke you up...." he started. "Yeah?" "Well, you called me, you thought I was -" he said, looking really angry, but hurt. "I didn't, did I?" I said, ' Could I have called him Derek, by accident?' I thought. "Yeah" "So, it was a silly mistake, geez I was half asleep for God's sake!" I shouted, "I was with the guy for 2 years! You can't expect me to just magically forget all about him, can you?!" "Well, it shows that you're still hung up on him! I can't be with you until you're over him, I don't wanna be thinking that anytime you're with me, you're wishing it was with him! I'm sorry, but I can't!" Bryan shouted, and walked away. By now the others had noticed we weren't there and were watching the argument. I just stood there, shocked. I couldn't speak. Was it over? So soon? |