Chapter One : Hayley's POV

I want to slap that smug look right off of his face so freaking bad. The only thing that has ever come out of Jason's mouth is complete and utter bullshit. But this time it was too far. I guess I was wrong about him, he didn't have 2 brain cells, he had one. How would someone be so stupid as to compare domestic abuse to freedom of speech? How would someone even do that? There is no logical correlation! It genuinely seems like an impossible task and yet this man has somehow done that leaving the entire lecture hall speechless and me… fuming. I couldn't take it anymore, letting his annoying comments go, her encouraging his outrageous ideas, this was the last straw. I stood up and faced the idiot who had the audacity to say that being abused was a choice. " You see, the only thing that was a choice was you being an absolute idiot." I said. My professor didn't even bother getting mad at me for swearing; her jaw was still on the ground. She simply looked from him to me and clapped her hands silently. I never liked her, she always threw questions our way and just sat at her desk pretending like our answers were the most important things she had ever heard. I understand that this was an easy course and that she wasn't originally meant to be teaching it. She's only teaching it since the original professor is on maternity leave. But the least she could do is actually teach us something useful! The only good thing about this class was that there weren't any written exams and you basically had to show up to get an A. "Well, I think that's enough for today. You guys can go ahead and leave now." How shocking. Did that man even leave anything else to be said.She then stuffed her things into her tacky orange tote and left the hall. I shook my head and put my ipad in my purse and got out of my seat as I was in a rush to go down the stairs. I bumped into someone and it was none other than Jackass Jason. Oh how i wish i was bigger and stronger so that bump meant he would end up at the bottom of the stairs but alas im much smaller than him and the bump did absolutely nothing to him and resulted in me stumbling back slightly. He glared at me and I simply smiled back. I then went on to bump his shoulder and make my way out of the lecture hall. Yes, I was petty but that's okay.

I decided to head into the dining hall since I had skipped out on breakfast and considering it's noon already that meant all my friends were done with their lectures and I'd probably find a couple of them there. I walked out of the ethics building immediately shivering as the cold fall air hit my face. Although it wasn't my favorite thing in the world, it was one of the reasons I'd missed this city and one of the reasons I decided to move back. Because the cold is just lovely. I hate the cold but I chose to live in a cold country and somehow missed it? Makes perfect sense. I took a deep breath and continued the walk towards the dining hall. I tried to remember my best friend Megan's schedule since it was friday and that meant we were probably going to be doing something after lunch. The walk was exactly four and a half minutes away from the ethics building but I loved it, it was four and a half minutes of serenity. I loved how big our campus was, it meant I always got a peaceful walk in between lectures. At the entrance of the main building, I saw Megan with two sandwiches in her hand. She waved me over towards her and I attempted to do a slow run but ended up looking like a waddling penguin. From the laughs and giggles behind me i realized there was an audience. Absolutely. Fucking. Fantastic.

" I'm sorry love, but you look absolutely ridiculous."

" Ugh, I know, I know. But please meg, an attempt was made, credit me for it."

She shook her head and gave me another smile. " Alright, alright." She swung her tattooed arm around me and we headed towards our favorite bench. The bench was completely isolated from everything and everyone, it was in a little corner between two of the smaller buildings that barely anyone had classes in because a lot of the students refused to go in there because of a rumor that those buildings were haunted. A rumor that may or may not have been started by me and my best friend to keep our spot just ours. If we hadn't come across it while we had been exploring the uni on our first day, we probably would've never found it, but thankfully we did and now for the next couple of years it was ours. And we didn't want to share, it seemed like the smart choice.

" So, Hayley. What'd you wanna do today? You wanna go into town? Go to the cinema? It's the weekend and I really dont wanna stay home."

I shook my head and shrugged.

" Well since I'm dragging you to a football match tomorrow, it's really up to you, I'll do whatever you tell me to."

" All right, let's go to a club. I haven't been to one in ages."

" There's that one in London that everyone's been raving about. How about we go to that?"

" Yeah all right. We're gonna be in London tomorrow too. Might as well book a hotel there. What'd ya think?"

I pulled out my phone to check the amount of money I had in my bank account. Then I looked back up at her and smiled. " How about an airbnb?" I said as I turned my phone towards her to show her my current balance and she laughed.

" I get my monthly pay tomorrow unfortunately." I said remembering i had asked my boss for him to send me the money on the day of the match for no absolute reason.

" To be honest, I think I have like 50 more than that or something."

" Look, I think we might be able to go to a nice hotel if we share a bed. What'd you think?"

" I say hell yeah."

We continued laughing about how broke we were and booked everything then headed towards our apartment.

When we got to the apartment, it was unlocked. I got yelled at for about the rest of the time we spent in the apartment packing about how careless i was but i knew her. And i knew i left the apartment after her. So i just ignored her comments on it knowing my best friend hated admitting guilt. Megan and I had a lot in common but the main two traits we had in common were: one, we were stubborn as fuck and two, we never admitted to our mistakes. We were always right even when we were proven wrong, and we didn't care. It was our way or the highway and it had been that way since we'd met in year 7 and would remain that way 'til the day we both died.

" Yo! You ready?"

" Yup. Do you wanna take a taxi to the train station?"

" Yeah, sounds perfect."

" Alright, I'll call one now."

We played an episode of our favorite show, How I Met Your Mother, while we waited for the taxi. We planned on taking a train at 3 and it was 2 by the time we were done, which means we'll get to London at around 4.30 which left time for us to go to the hotel and get ready.

" Alright babes, let's go, he's outside." I nodded towards Megan and grabbed our stuff.

The train ride went by so fast considering me and Megan were discussing her love life the entire time. Megan had been dating a girl a couple of months ago but they broke it off earlier this month and now that bitch is trying to flaunt the fact she is seeing someone in front of Megan's face. Megan being the mature one just ignored her but i could tell from the look in her eyes that she was hurt and i hated seeing her hurt. She wasn't the type of person who shared her pain. If someone fucked with her she'd take it silently, and wouldn't complain. It was fucking messed up that bitch would do this to her knowing it would hurt her. This was exactly why I told her not to date someone we're friends with. But Megan always insisted that it wasn't gonna be awkward and I'll probably be six feet under before she admits that she was wrong about that.

I grabbed our bags cause she was on the phone trying to explain to our uber where we are and they seem to be having an intense discussion on where the bloke will pick us up from. She pointed to the exit that's nearer to the left and I followed my tiny friend as she stomped her way towards the white BMW parked on the side. The driver took the bags from me and got into his seat. Then he turned towards us and introduced himself. I smiled awkwardly at him as he said I looked like a younger version of his wife.

" So ladies, any preferences? " he asked as he began turning the radio on. We shook our heads and he nodded. " Alright then, if you lot don't mind, I'll be listening to a podcast."

We just nodded.

'Have you seen the lineup for tomorrow's game John.'

' It looks like the Lions will be taking the cup home.'

When he mentioned the lions, I immediately began listening. I was going to that match tomorrow. I wanted to know if he was going to be playing. My ears remained glued to the podcast.

' Yeah, it seems like Moss will be making his comeback.'

OH MY GOD. HE WAS GONNA PLAY. YAY.YAY.YAY. I lowkey am not gonna lie, i'm not much of a football fan as much as I am a Moss fan. This is gonna sound insane but it was lowkey love at first sight. The first time i saw him playing, I knew he was my new celebrity crush, like sorry Theo James move over cause i have a new british obsession.

With a giant smile on my face, I tapped on Megan's shoulder and woke her up from her nap. I probably shouldn't considering waking her up was basically a death wish but it's whatever, we were basically at the hotel anyways. She opened one eye and scowled at me.

Once the uber driver parked the car and went to grab our things. I tapped her shoulder again, this time she rubbed her eyes and sat up straight. " MEGGY, GUESS WHAT!! HE'S PLAYING TOMORROW.THAT MEANS I CAN ACTUALLY MEET HIM!"

" You're being overdramatic. You make it seem like you're gonna marry that guy."

I scrunched my eyebrows at her. I wasn't naive, I knew he was a famous footballer, and that meant he'd probably end up with someone equally as attractive, successful, and rich. I just wanted to see him play in person. See him in person. That was it. It was like how I always wanted to see One Direction live, sure if Harry Styles asked me I wouldn't mind being the mother of his children but that didn't mean I wouldn't enjoy the concert or want to go to the concert if that wasn't to happen. I was a fan at the end of the day and just wanted to meet him.

" Megan, as much as I'd love that. I'm being realistic, this isn't a wattpad fan fiction. The chances of me even having a conversation with him are like 0.001%"

" Yes. 0.001% but never 0. Keep that in mind." She winked as she opened the car door and walked out. I rolled my eyes and followed her out. We went into the hotel. It was in the middle of the city, making it exactly halfway between the stadium and the club we wanted to go to. We headed towards the receptionist whose smile looked actually painful. Like her face was stuck in that position. I was gonna actually ask her if she was okay. " Hello, we'd like to check into our room please. It's under Gower."

" One moment please." she nodded and began typing on the screen, then Megan shooed me away and i walked around the lobby in circles from boredom actually looking like a five year old child. I decided I was tired of walking so I sat down on one of the lounge chairs and scrolled through my phone. Then she tapped me on the shoulder and handed me the room key. We then headed towards the elevator. My feet were killing me. I tried asking the bellboy if i could sit on that bag carrier thing he had but he told me that could get him in trouble and i quote ' this isn't suite life of zack and cody' to which i replied, " not with that attitude its not. You're like the equivalent of Esteban but are you being as fun as him? No. He wouldn't kill the vibe."

Then he told me I had a point and proceeded to let me sit on it. When we reached our floor, he wholeass pushed the cart full force down the hall and I screamed. I saw my life flash before my eyes and just as the cart was gonna slam into the wall, he grabbed it.

" Well that sure as hell was fun."I got slightly dizzy but it was amazing. I could feel the adrenaline pumping. I wanna do it again. He looked at me with horrid eyes. "Oh hell no, I could get fired for that. I don't wanna dig my own grave." It was then I realized that our room was this one, the one at the end of the hallway. " Okayy. Here are your bags, and here is your room. I'll be going now." With that he went back down the hall and towards the elevator.

We headed into our room and began unpacking our stuff and getting ready. It was around 5 so we decided to order room service and have lunch before getting ready. As expected, I ordered a burger and as usual Megan ordered a chicken burger. We decided to continue our show while we waited for the food. I was so tired i dozed off during the first five minutes and cause i have a fucking amazing best friend she decided to scream in my ear when our food got there. I jumped out of bed scared and saw a ridiculous smile on her face. If looks could kill that chick would've actually been dead. I was gonna give her the silent treatment for a while but they put the ketchup in her tray and I can't eat my fries without it. So I opted for getting my revenge another time. After we finished eating, and Megan went into the bathroom to wash up, I quickly pulled the surprise out of my bag and placed it on her bed. As she exited the bathroom, I got my phone out and started recording her reaction. You never know when your moments with someone will last so I like taking videos and pictures of happy moments. That way I'll always remember the good ones.

" Oh. My.God. HAYLEY! YOU DIDN'T! IT'S BEAUTIFUL!"

" I love you ! I had to!! I know how much you've been wanting it."

She engulfed me, her berry perfume filling my nostrils. Then she let go of me and walked towards the mirror. The dress was made for her. It was a form fitting black dress with a gold snake strap that accented the snake tattoo that trailed her arm. In that dress, she was art.