Post by laura reynolds on Apr 20, 2005 6:36:15 GMT -5
Chapter 6
Harps, matt and James were woken up by James’ phone ringing.
“Hi fletch…no I haven’t. Yeah he’s here now…I know, but it wasn’t my fault….well don’t lecture me! Its nothing to do with busted, it’s my personal life. It doesn’t concern you. I’ll sort it out! End of discussion!”<br>James hung up and sighed as he held his head in his hands nursing his hangover.
“What did he say?” harps and matt asked in unison.
“Last night is all over the front pages of the papers. It’s a huge story apparently. Fletch is so pissed off.”<br>“Maybe I should talk to him?” matt asked as James hid back under the duvet.
“Up to you. It’s your ear he’ll chew off. But he might reason with you…that old matt charm haha…” James teased as he tried to get some more sleep.
As matt dialed Fletch’s number, Harps decided that matt and James needed to sort this out without her interrupting. She got ready and made her way to the hotel restaurant to grab some breakfast and a strong cup of coffee.
Laura woke up to see Danny lying next to her, looking so peaceful. She smiled as she looked at his beautiful face, hidden slightly by his hair. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and got up to have a shower.
Danny woke up shortly afterwards and thought of last night, a wide grin across his face. He turned to see if Laura was awake. The space beside him was empty. “Shit! She’s gone!” Danny was confused. “Why did Laura just leave like that? Surely this wasn’t just a one night stand to her?”<br>He was startled at the sound of the bathroom door opening. He laughed as he saw Laura emerge in one of his shirts which looked baggy on her.
“Morning. What’s so funny?” she sat on the bed next to him and kissed him.
“I thought you’d run away and left me haha! But obviously you wouldn’t because you know I’m so damn sexy and hard to resist.” Danny laughed even more.
“I wouldn’t be so sure of that…you don’t look that sexy to me in the morning haha!”<br>“Oi!” Danny reached towards Laura and tickled her.
“Stop! You know how ticklish I am!” Danny got up and switched his phone on. He had one new message which read, “dude we need your advice about what to do about Charlie. Can you come down asap? Cheers. Matt.”<br>Danny sighed. He wanted to spend more time with laura. “I have to go and see matt and james to sort out stuff about Charlie.”<br>“that’s ok. I was going to meet harps anyway. I’ll come to james’ later to see you.”<br>“ok.” He hugged and kissed laura before he replied to matt telling him he would be right down.
Laura saw harps sitting at corner table. She went and joined her. Harps looked up at her friend and smiled at the look on her friends face.
“haha do I even need to ask what happened last night?” harps laughed.
“he is awesome!” Laura smiled. “So what happened?” Harps asked wanting to know all the details. “Well when I went our last nite to get some air he followed me then he hugged me coz I was cold, and then he kissed me” she said with a sigh. “Yeah then wot?” Harps asked. “Well then he said that hes wanted me ever since he first saw me at the Spiderman 2 prem, and then he took me to his room,” Laura bit he lower lip as she thought of last nite. “Omg and you did it?” Harps asked. “Hell yeah don’t think I was just gonna share the bed with him and not do it,” they both giggled. “Was he good?” Harps questioned. “Like I said he was awesome!” Laura replied.
After their gossip fuelled breakfast harps and laura made their way back up to james’ room. Everything seemed to be moderately calm. The guys were sitting and talking, as there was no tv to watch because of matts antics last night.
Laura went and sat with danny, who was obviously happy to see her.
Harps thought maybe she should go and sort something out about her bass lesson. Well actually, she really wanted to see Dougie, so this was a perfect excuse. “guys im just going to see if dougies awake.” Laura gave her a knowing look and harps laughed quietly as she grabbed her bass and left the room.
Harps knocked on Dougie’s door. No answer. She knocked again. Still there was no response. “Great.” She said to herself as she turned to make her way back to James’ room. She heard a door open behind her and turned around again to face Dougie. He was stood in his boxers, with tousled hair, yawning. Harps laughed slightly at the sight before her. “He looks so cute” she thought.
“Hey, morning. Hope I didn’t wake u up”<br>“Nah its fine. What’s the time any way?”<br>“1 o clock. I just thought id come to see if it was ok to give me my first lesson…”
“Ah yeah that’s cool. Come in. I’m just gonna have a quick shower, make urself comfortable. I’ll only be a sec.”<br>Harps sat on the edge of Dougie’s unmade bed. The bed in which he had been lying in a few minutes before…. “pull urself together woman! Ur here to learn how to play bass…nothing more…”
Dougie emerged from the bathroom in a pair of jeans, his torso still covered in small drops of water. He pulled on a t-shirt and grabbed his bass and sat himself next to harps. She was trying her hardest to not stare at him. She took in a deep breath and could smell his aftershave.
“so how much do you already know about the bass?” Dougie looked through his damp hair at harps.
“just the basic chords and stuff…I’m no expert haha, I need all the lessons I can get” harps laughed, and added silently “the more time I spend with you, the better, so please take your time!”<br>The lesson was going well, harps was making progress, but having difficulty with a certain chord.
“no dude its like this, watch…” Dougie played on his bass, and watched harps as she tried to imitate it. “no you still haven’t got it. Ok…” he placed his bass on the floor, stood up on the bed and sat on his knees directly behind harps. He moved closer to her and she shivered as he placed his hands on hers, directing them to where they should be on the bass.
Harps smiled. She played the bass, Dougie’s hands still on hers, correcting her as she played. He leant his head forward more so that he could clearly see the guitar. His hair tickled her cheek. Harps finished playing the song, but Dougie left his hands where they were. No one said a word. She turned her head to look at Dougie. He smiled at her and slowly leant his face towards her. Harps closed her eyes and smiled as their lips met. “Now this is what I call a bass lesson haha!” she thought.
They quickly broke apart as they heard a phone vibrating. Dougie answered the call. It was Fletch. Harps all of a sudden felt embarrassed and self conscious.
“We should get back to James’ room. Fletch wants to see all of the guys. He doesn’t sound too happy.” Dougie said shyly. “I’ll meet you down there; I just need to get ready. Can u tell fletch I’ll be there in a bit?”<br>“Yeah sure, I’ll see you later….thanks for the lesson.” They smiled at each other before harps grabbed her bass and made her way back to James’ room.
~*Dougie’s POV*~
“Trust the stupid phone to ring. Damn fletch…” dougie sighed. Dougie was so irritated that he had been interrupted. When james had asked him to help harps out with the bass he was more than happy to. James always spoke of harps and laura and Dougie thought harps sounded really cool and liked her even more when they were introduced to each other yesterday. “oh well, got plenty more lessons to get to know her better.”<br>
~*End POV*~
Harps, matt and James were woken up by James’ phone ringing.
“Hi fletch…no I haven’t. Yeah he’s here now…I know, but it wasn’t my fault….well don’t lecture me! Its nothing to do with busted, it’s my personal life. It doesn’t concern you. I’ll sort it out! End of discussion!”<br>James hung up and sighed as he held his head in his hands nursing his hangover.
“What did he say?” harps and matt asked in unison.
“Last night is all over the front pages of the papers. It’s a huge story apparently. Fletch is so pissed off.”<br>“Maybe I should talk to him?” matt asked as James hid back under the duvet.
“Up to you. It’s your ear he’ll chew off. But he might reason with you…that old matt charm haha…” James teased as he tried to get some more sleep.
As matt dialed Fletch’s number, Harps decided that matt and James needed to sort this out without her interrupting. She got ready and made her way to the hotel restaurant to grab some breakfast and a strong cup of coffee.
Laura woke up to see Danny lying next to her, looking so peaceful. She smiled as she looked at his beautiful face, hidden slightly by his hair. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and got up to have a shower.
Danny woke up shortly afterwards and thought of last night, a wide grin across his face. He turned to see if Laura was awake. The space beside him was empty. “Shit! She’s gone!” Danny was confused. “Why did Laura just leave like that? Surely this wasn’t just a one night stand to her?”<br>He was startled at the sound of the bathroom door opening. He laughed as he saw Laura emerge in one of his shirts which looked baggy on her.
“Morning. What’s so funny?” she sat on the bed next to him and kissed him.
“I thought you’d run away and left me haha! But obviously you wouldn’t because you know I’m so damn sexy and hard to resist.” Danny laughed even more.
“I wouldn’t be so sure of that…you don’t look that sexy to me in the morning haha!”<br>“Oi!” Danny reached towards Laura and tickled her.
“Stop! You know how ticklish I am!” Danny got up and switched his phone on. He had one new message which read, “dude we need your advice about what to do about Charlie. Can you come down asap? Cheers. Matt.”<br>Danny sighed. He wanted to spend more time with laura. “I have to go and see matt and james to sort out stuff about Charlie.”<br>“that’s ok. I was going to meet harps anyway. I’ll come to james’ later to see you.”<br>“ok.” He hugged and kissed laura before he replied to matt telling him he would be right down.
Laura saw harps sitting at corner table. She went and joined her. Harps looked up at her friend and smiled at the look on her friends face.
“haha do I even need to ask what happened last night?” harps laughed.
“he is awesome!” Laura smiled. “So what happened?” Harps asked wanting to know all the details. “Well when I went our last nite to get some air he followed me then he hugged me coz I was cold, and then he kissed me” she said with a sigh. “Yeah then wot?” Harps asked. “Well then he said that hes wanted me ever since he first saw me at the Spiderman 2 prem, and then he took me to his room,” Laura bit he lower lip as she thought of last nite. “Omg and you did it?” Harps asked. “Hell yeah don’t think I was just gonna share the bed with him and not do it,” they both giggled. “Was he good?” Harps questioned. “Like I said he was awesome!” Laura replied.
After their gossip fuelled breakfast harps and laura made their way back up to james’ room. Everything seemed to be moderately calm. The guys were sitting and talking, as there was no tv to watch because of matts antics last night.
Laura went and sat with danny, who was obviously happy to see her.
Harps thought maybe she should go and sort something out about her bass lesson. Well actually, she really wanted to see Dougie, so this was a perfect excuse. “guys im just going to see if dougies awake.” Laura gave her a knowing look and harps laughed quietly as she grabbed her bass and left the room.
Harps knocked on Dougie’s door. No answer. She knocked again. Still there was no response. “Great.” She said to herself as she turned to make her way back to James’ room. She heard a door open behind her and turned around again to face Dougie. He was stood in his boxers, with tousled hair, yawning. Harps laughed slightly at the sight before her. “He looks so cute” she thought.
“Hey, morning. Hope I didn’t wake u up”<br>“Nah its fine. What’s the time any way?”<br>“1 o clock. I just thought id come to see if it was ok to give me my first lesson…”
“Ah yeah that’s cool. Come in. I’m just gonna have a quick shower, make urself comfortable. I’ll only be a sec.”<br>Harps sat on the edge of Dougie’s unmade bed. The bed in which he had been lying in a few minutes before…. “pull urself together woman! Ur here to learn how to play bass…nothing more…”
Dougie emerged from the bathroom in a pair of jeans, his torso still covered in small drops of water. He pulled on a t-shirt and grabbed his bass and sat himself next to harps. She was trying her hardest to not stare at him. She took in a deep breath and could smell his aftershave.
“so how much do you already know about the bass?” Dougie looked through his damp hair at harps.
“just the basic chords and stuff…I’m no expert haha, I need all the lessons I can get” harps laughed, and added silently “the more time I spend with you, the better, so please take your time!”<br>The lesson was going well, harps was making progress, but having difficulty with a certain chord.
“no dude its like this, watch…” Dougie played on his bass, and watched harps as she tried to imitate it. “no you still haven’t got it. Ok…” he placed his bass on the floor, stood up on the bed and sat on his knees directly behind harps. He moved closer to her and she shivered as he placed his hands on hers, directing them to where they should be on the bass.
Harps smiled. She played the bass, Dougie’s hands still on hers, correcting her as she played. He leant his head forward more so that he could clearly see the guitar. His hair tickled her cheek. Harps finished playing the song, but Dougie left his hands where they were. No one said a word. She turned her head to look at Dougie. He smiled at her and slowly leant his face towards her. Harps closed her eyes and smiled as their lips met. “Now this is what I call a bass lesson haha!” she thought.
They quickly broke apart as they heard a phone vibrating. Dougie answered the call. It was Fletch. Harps all of a sudden felt embarrassed and self conscious.
“We should get back to James’ room. Fletch wants to see all of the guys. He doesn’t sound too happy.” Dougie said shyly. “I’ll meet you down there; I just need to get ready. Can u tell fletch I’ll be there in a bit?”<br>“Yeah sure, I’ll see you later….thanks for the lesson.” They smiled at each other before harps grabbed her bass and made her way back to James’ room.
~*Dougie’s POV*~
“Trust the stupid phone to ring. Damn fletch…” dougie sighed. Dougie was so irritated that he had been interrupted. When james had asked him to help harps out with the bass he was more than happy to. James always spoke of harps and laura and Dougie thought harps sounded really cool and liked her even more when they were introduced to each other yesterday. “oh well, got plenty more lessons to get to know her better.”<br>
~*End POV*~