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To London WIth Love SEVEN
TESSAThere is a game on tonight and the pub I work at is packed full of patrons when Drew takes a seat at the bar in front of me and flashes a smile that makes my insides flutter. “Hey Beautiful, long time no see.” He couldn't be any hotter if he tried. It's pretty clear that he’s not really trying. The man just oozes sex appeal. Considering my history, you’d think I’d run like hell in the opposite direction, but something about him keeps drawing me in. I'd say it's his eyes, the most enchanting midnight blue, but it could just as well be how his dark brown hair sits perfectly tousled. And let's not forget about how his sculpted muscles hide behind his fitted clothes begging you to take a closer look.I slide a beer to the guy sitting one stool away and slip a napkin in front of Drew. “Hey Drew. Do you want your usual?” I ask trying my best not to seem too excited to see him. Drew has been here every night that I’ve worked this week. If I didn’t know better I’d think he's keeping tra
To London WIth Love EIGHT
TYLER "This is ridiculous. Where are all these paps even coming from?" I peek out the blinds of our tour bus and narrow my eyes at all of the paparazzi lined up outside waiting to get their pictures. "It's a bit extreme." Noah tssks, out of breath from scrambling to get back onto the bus without being mauled. He grabs a beer from the fridge and plops down onto a nearby couch."I've never seen this many in one place." Delilah nods in agreement as Liam pulls her onto his lap, wrapping his arms around her protectively. “I don’t think we could have seen this coming." Who would have thought that announcing I'd found the girl of my dreams would cause such an uproar. But I had to take the opportunity to show Tessa that I'm trying to be the kind of man that she deserves though. So I guess if a dozen paparazzi following me around is the consequence, I'll just have to deal with it."Maybe once they figure out who she is they'll calm down?" Liam offers as I shut the blinds tight and begin tossi
To London WIth Love NINE
TESSA He walked me home, for the third time this week. By all accounts the night was perfect. Perfect weather, a gentle breeze twirls through my hair and for once the stars are out twinkling across the London sky. Not a rain cloud in sight. The night is straight out of a fairy tale. The handsome prince is walking his princess home and they'll live happily ever after. Everything is perfect, so perfect in fact that if I look hard enough I bet I could find the constellation Peter Pan used to find his way to Neverland. It’s all too perfect. I find myself waiting for the bottom to fall out. Is this how it would be if I were with him? His hand finds mine and he locks his fingers between my own. Just like he did last night and the night before. So I should be happy right? My mind shouldn't be wandering around Neverland wondering about that lost boy that got away. The one whose clear blue eyes still haunt my dreams. The very one who I picture even now, almost a year later every single time
To London WIth Love TEN
TYLER“I don’t know about this, man. Are you sure this is a good idea?” Liam asks anxiously as we pull up to the curb in front of Drew’s estate in London. “Why wouldn’t it be? We were invited. We’ve been friends with Drew for years.” Scowling back at him, I throw the car into park and hop out. I’ll be damned if I spend another night letting Drew get closer to her while I wait on the sidelines watching his progress on social media.“We’re only invited because he doesn’t know that you are into his girl.” Delilah eyes me coolly before threading her arm through Liam’s. That’s not true but she wouldn’t know it. The guys and I met Drew during our first tour. We bonded. I’d considered him one of my best friends before he started sniffing around Tessa. “She was my girl first.” I grumble tossing my keys to the valet before checking my reflection in the side mirror. I’ve never been so nervous about meeting up with a girl before. This isn’t just any girl. This is the girl. I’m going to see Tess
To London WIth Love ONE
TESSA“I think you’re making a mistake.” My best friend Lilah states while nervously twisting her dark brown hair around her finger. I stare at her in disbelief. A mistake. Really? It’s been years. He’s had plenty of chances to make this relationship official. If he was serious about me, if he really cared, surely he would have done something about it by now. But that is the thing about Tyler. He's as carefree and laid back as they come. It’s one of his best qualities and his worst. He doesn’t take anything seriously, except his music and his band mates. I take that back. He takes his Groupies pretty seriously too. Sure looked like he was serious about that half naked blonde gyrating on his lap last night. My stomach lurches and my blue eyes roll reflexively just thinking about it.“Tessa, can you hear me? I think that somethings wrong with the connection.” I look back at the small screen to see Delilah poking around on her laptop trying to fix the call and realize it’s probably beca
To London WIth Love TWO
Tyler My head is pounding and my tongue is as dry as the desert in midafternoon. The moment I woke up I knew I should just go back to bed. I’m not sure what exactly is going on, but something seems really off today. I have this weird feeling that somethings not right that I can’t place and I can’t shake it no matter what I try. The air feels different. Something in my soul feels empty and I’m really not sure why. Maybe I’m just imagining it or maybe it’s this awful hangover that I’m still nursing. I've been sitting on this couch for hours and I haven't heard from any of my friends when Liam strolls onto the tour bus shutting the door behind him. “Hey man.” Liam grabs a bottle of water from the mini fridge and plops down onto the couch next to me. The bus is unusually quiet. He's the first person I've seen all day. “Where is everybody?” I want to ask him where a certain feisty blonde is specifically, but I don’t want him to start his speech again about 'true love' and 'end game' and
To London WIth Love THREE
Tessa My new flat is right in the heart of London next to the bar where we once went with Taylor to karaoke. I was lucky enough to pick up a job bartending there to pass the time until I figure out what I really want to do. It’s easier to keep my mind off of him if I stay busy. It’s been ten months. I haven’t heard from him since I left the tour. Not that I’d know if he tried to contact me. I decided a clean break would be best and I blocked his number. At least this way when he didn’t call I wouldn’t be disappointed.Heartbroken doesn’t even begin to cover it. I thought he was my soul mate. The one. I still miss him everyday. It’s like a piece of me is gone. I’ve had to relearn how to be alone with myself. I’ve kept in touch with Dels of course. I’ve even talked to the other guys, but they all know not to call me if he’s around or talk about him with me. He’s off limits. As far as I can tell he hasn’t given me a second thought.It’s finally Spring in London and the flowering trees a
To London WIth Love FOUR
TYLERI duck behind the sofa just as I hear Delilah asking loudly if anyone has seen her phone. It was just sitting on the table earlier, all lonely and unguarded, and I had an idea. I had to try. I couldn’t help myself. It’s almost been a year. I miss her and I’ve never wasted time missing any girl before.Tess sounded so happy on the phone. She couldn’t stop talking. My ball of sunshine, until she realized it was me calling her instead of Delilah. Then she couldn’t get off the phone fast enough. She can’t still be angry with me after all this time, can she? I mean we were never even official. Technically I did nothing wrong. What’s the big deal if I hang out with groupies? It wasn’t cheating. We were friends with benefits. We never discussed specifics. There were no rules that I was aware of.She knows how I feel about labels. I’ve never had an actual “girlfriend.” Don’t misunderstand me, I’ve had plenty of girls. Just none that I’ve asked to be mine. The only one to ever get that
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