A short fiction.

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EASY GAME

“So, what are you doing this weekend then, ?” asked him. He looked at her with a smile and gave her a kiss. raised her eyebrow. “What did you do that for?” she asked him, giggling. shrugged. “I don’t know. I just felt like it. You looked so sweet, and I couldn’t help myself.” took his hand and they walked back to the house. had been an item with for about seven months now. had met him at a concert; they started talking because ‘incidentally’ bumped into on his way to the bathroom. They dated a couple of times, and they were very much in love. They looked so sweet together. Just like the typical teenage-relationship. They were all loved-up and happy. They had to hide their love though, but they didn’t care. As long as they had each other nothing mattered. People around them thought was just a friend of the guys, and played along with it happily. It was hard when was away that much, but coped with it. She thought she loved him. Well, she did, but she didn’t know for sure yet. Teenagers had this ‘thing’ with over-do things a bit when it came to love.

“Hiya, ” called when entered the McFLY-house. It was normal to do this after seven months. walked in and out whenever she wanted, and the same rules counted for the boys when they felt like visiting her. got very well along with the other guys to be one of theirs girlfriend, and she loved it. She knew she could talk about anything to them. She knew she had friends in them, who would be there when she needed it. “Hi, !” replied , heading for the living room. “Where’s ?” she asked , who sat in front of the TV together with , playing x-box. “Hi !” they greeted in unison without looking at her. “Nice to see you’re so glad to see me that you take your eyes away from the screen then” said, laughing. “Sorry, . I’m winning here” replied. “So, where’s anyway?” she repeated. “In his room” said, giving a little nudge. “Hey! You’re cheating!” shouted. “, hun?” asked as she knocked on ’s bedroom door. “!” shouted excitedly. “Come in, babe!” walked in, receiving a kiss on her lips. smiled at him and kissed him back.

The first seven months they were all loved-up. They shared as much time together as possible, and every time they were apart they had really long phone conversations. spent many nights at his house and at hers. “We’ll do it again when the sun comes up” was a common phrase they used. But that was then. Things changed drastically. Suddenly felt really down and troubled, without any particular reason. They had been together for thirteen months, and wanted him to tell her what it was. She wanted him to share it with her so that she could help, but was scared, and instead of letting her help him, he pushed her away. He said one thing wrong, and suddenly love wasn’t such an easy game to play after all. walked out on him without any reason. She had had enough of his childish behaviour. “I hope you can still be my friends” said to , and before she left. Her face was wet with tears, and she could see that the guys weren’t so happy about her decision neither. “Of course, . We will always be here when you need it and not. We happen to love you very much” said comforting. gave him a hug and a vague smile. “I’m so sorry about this. But I can’t take it anymore when he just pushes me away like that. It’s like I’ve done something wrong without even knowing it” explained. This was hard. Really hard. They nodded. “We understand, . We just wish you would wait ending it before we know it that’s what wants for sure” said in a try to change her mind. “I’m sorry, Juddie. I’ve waited for so long already. I can’t wait forever till’ he changes his mind. It hurts me to see him like this, and I can’t take it. I love him, but I’m not sure if he feels the same anymore.” She received one comforting hug after another and left. “Call me if you need to talk!” called after her. She nodded vaguely and walked towards her home. When she entered her room it seemed all strange. The last time she was here had been here too. Not in such a good mood, but at least he had kissed her…on her cheek. She took up one of her pillow and smelled at it. It smelled . Everything about her room reminded her of him. That made her wonder; would she ever get over him?

spent much time thinking everything through. He had felt so hurt and sad when she dumped him, and that was not what he wanted. The guys had talked to him too, and he said he loved her and wanted her back. “Love isn’t that easy” explained. “All I want to do is to get her back! I need her, !” shouted in pain. did his best to calm him down. “I can’t go on without her…” cried. could see the pain he was in. “It’s been hard to hide our love, and now she’s gone. I can’t take it! It hurts so much I never think it will end.” gave him an I-feel-for-you-look. “Isn’t there the slightest possibility for us being together again?” he asked . shrugged. “Talk to her, . That’s the first thing you should do.” rose from his bed and called her. She picked it up, and suddenly felt really uncertain and afraid. “Hi” she replied. took a deep breath before answering. “Hi, it’s ” he said. “Um…Hi, Doug” replied . Luckily for it seemed that she was as afraid of this conversation as him. “I… I just wanted to… Can we meet and talk?” asked. “!” burst out. “What?” asked shocked. Had he said something wrong? Obviously he had. “It’s been a month, . A month since I walked away from you because you shut me out! And suddenly… You can’t call someone and ask if they want to talk about that after a month, . Not after treating them like that!” She sounded very hurt. “But I need to tell you, !” tried. “It’s been a month, . I’m still not over you. And I’m still hurt for what you did. Don’t make me do this” pleaded. fought to keep the tears back. “Please, . I need you…I don’t know why I did what I did.” He was so sad now that he was on the edge of falling apart. “I’m sorry, . I won’t let you treat me like that again. Bye!”

Another two weeks passed by. and the rest of the guys were on tour. sat on the tour bus when his phone rang loudly from his pocket. glanced at it, and he was gob smacked when he saw ‘’ blink on the screen. “Who is it?” asked when he saw ’s face. didn’t reply, but hurried to the other end of the bus. “Hi” he replied. “Um… Hello, .” He heard ’s voice in the other end, and it sounded ever more scared now than the first time she talked to him on the phone. “Hi, .” He shortly replied. He wanted to make sure what she wanted before acting to friendly towards her. “So, what’s up?” she asked friendly, but not as self-secure as she used to. “We’re on tour.” replied. “Cool…Everything OK?” didn’t have a clue of what she was up to, but played along. “Yeah, I’m pretty OK I guess.” What was this? “That’s good, hun” said. was shocked by now. First called him, without any reason what-so-ever, and then she called him ‘hun’. “What is this, ?” he asked her. “I woke up one morning, . And all I could think about was all the things we used to do. All the great memories we shared. I realised that my love for you is still there. Well, I put on Busted’s ‘Loner In Love’, and that made me cry. I realised that I was afraid to phone you to make things better, and that I’m in fact a loner in love…” She went quiet. didn’t know what to do. “You want to talk about it now then?” asked. “Yes. I’m sorry I didn’t realise this earlier, but you hurt me. And that in a bad time.” “OK. I know what I did wrong, . We’ll talk when we get home, OK?” he asked. “Yes. Thank you, .”

“Who was it?” asked Fletcher when came back. “” replied. “? Well, what did she want?” he asked. sat down next to him and told him everything. “So, you’re going to work things out? That’s great. You really fit together, . I hope, no, I know you’re gonna make it!” “I hope so” sighed. “If she didn’t have to go to school you could have invited her out here, but it’s kind of hard now” Fletch said encouragingly. They were interrupted by , who ran the fastest he could towards them with a magazine in his hand. “Look, Doug…” he said short breathed. turned the magazine around and saw a picture of him and a picture of in front of it. He read the headline. ‘ McFLY breaks up with girlfriend .’ “What is this?” said loudly, feeling his anger taking the hold of him. “We’ve been apart for several months, and they find out now? Besides, it was her that actually dumped me!” Fletch tried to tell to calm down, but was really mad. He read; ‘Eighteen year old from McFLY has ended his relationship with his long-term girlfriend , the -haired and -eyed beauty of origin. Rumours want it to be that the reason broke up with her is that she was just after his fame, but nothing is for sure…yet!’ “Excuse me, but I need to call right now” said angrily and headed towards the loo. After talking to he felt calmer. She had seen it too, and she was broken because they thought that ’s fame was the reason she was with him. reassured her that he knew that, and that he wanted to sort things out as soon as their tour ended.

Two weeks later, a tired and exhausted walked slowly through the front door of their house. followed, then , and was the last person to enter. called and wanted her to get there. She agreed to come, and twenty minutes later she knocked on his bedroom door. “!” shrieked. couldn’t help but laugh. It felt just like it used to. “!” said back and gave him a hug. But wasn’t satisfied with that. bent down a bit and kissed her lips lightly. At the same time he rubbed her back slowly, yet tenderly. It sent shivers down her spine, and she wanted more. She kissed him back more passionately, and before they realised, they lay on his bed, making out. was the first to stop. “I think we should try to work things out first, hun” she said, nibbling ’s bottom lip. nodded. Then they talked about their feelings around everything, and they agreed that wanted to give him another chance. “But never ever shut me out like that again, OK? Never! I love you, and everything I want for you is that you’re happy” said strictly. “Of course. I would never even think about that again. I’m in love with you, and I feel fine” replied, kissing her neck. Maybe love isn’t such an easy game after all, but even if it seems lost, it can be second chances.