Chapter Thirteen: Leigh- Anne and Aden- Jay

{Leigh's POV}


"Can I please have four hot chocolates," I ask the guy at the counter of the cafe. Someone comes up beside me.


"Can I have a flat white please," he says in a deep English accent. I look up and almost have a heart attack. It's the guy I ran into the other night.


"It's rude to stare," he mumbles before looking down at me.


"Sorry," I reply.


He smiles an lets out a small laugh. "You know gorgeous, the only thing you've said to me is sorry. Today and the other night," he states.


"So you remember me?" I ask. He cheers.


"You do speak gorgeous!" He laughs. "And yeah, I do remember you. Leigh- Anne Pinnock. Part of Little Mix! Amazing voice," he explains using hand motions. His drink comes and mine come in a tray.


"Thanks," I smile and turn around to walk out, only to notice him next to me.


"So gorgeous," he says. When he calls me gorgeous it makes my heart flutter. "Why do you have four hot chocolates?"


"For my friends Jesy, Jade, Perrie and I. I guess you know who they are," I reply looking up at him. He's really tall!


"Yes I do," he smiles.


"What's you name?" I ask.


"Aden."


"Aden what?" I reply.


"Aden- Jay Quoll. I don't have a middle name. Aden hyphen Jay is my first name," he explains.


"You have a hyphenated name too?" I ask. He nods. "So you just go by Aden?" I ask.


"Sure do! Do you just go by Leigh?" He asks.


"Yep. To my friends," I smile.


"Okay gorgeous." Urgh! Killing me with the whole 'gorgeous' thing.


"How tall are you?" I ask him.


"Six foot three," he replies. Oh woah! I study his features. He has piercing blue eyes, tanned skin, brown hair and a Manchester accent.


"So Aden. Do you want to join us in the park?" I ask him.


"Pht at would be lovely, on one condition!" He holds up one finger. I nod. "You go on a date with me tonight," he smiles.


Errr.


"Um, my best friend is getting married tomorrow and I'm supposed to be staying at her's tonight but maybe in two days," I suggest.


"Or I take you out tonight and then drop you back to your friend's by seven," he suggests.


"Deal." We shake hands.


I lead him into the park where I can see Jade, Jesy, Perrie, Louis, Zayn, Liam, Niall, Harry, Molly, Indie, Eleanor and Jordan sitting on the picnic rug, oh! Paul's here too.


"Um, there's a lot of you." Aden points out. I laugh.


"You not good with people because you were fine with me," I reply.


"Nope! I'm good with people gorgeous!" Aden smirks. We get to the rug and everyone looks up at me. I watch their eyes then rise again to Aden.


"Hey Leigh and random giant," Louis smiles. I laugh at Louis.


"Louis and everyone else, this is Aden. I physically ran into him at the Sony party and then he appeared today at the cafe," I explain. "He has a hyphenated name too!" I add smiling.


"Well hey Aden." Jade smiles. "Take a seat," she slaps the rug. We both sit down and I watch Zayn looking T him as if he knows him.


"Yoo hoo? Malik freak!" I snap my fingers in his face.


"Sorry. Aden- Jay Quoll right?" Zayn asks him.


"Yep Zayn Malik, originally spelt Z- a- i- n," Aden smiles at Zayn.


"What in the name of flying dogs is going on here?" Perrie asks. A few of us face palm and some laugh.


"In the name of flying dogs? Really Pep?" Louis asks. We all laugh and she sighs.


"Well Perrie, in the name of flying dogs, Aden and I went to school together," Zayn replies. We all nod now understanding.


"But I thought you had a Manchester accent," I look at Aden. He nods.


"I moved to Bradford from Manchester when I was thirteen," Aden replies.


"What was Zayn like as a teenager?" Louis asks Aden.


"He was a teen when you met him," Liam reminds Louis.


"I mean a young teen Liam." Louis rolls his eyes. We all laugh and Louis looks at Aden.


"Ahhh, Zayn was kind of freaky. He just sat there with his mates whilst drawing in this black sketch book he took everywhere," Aden replies. We all laugh including Zayn.


"Is it the one that has his name on the back?" Niall asks Aden. Aden nods.


"He still has it! It's on the bookcase in your spare lounge," Niall points to Zayn.


"Is it?" Jade asks. "Perrie! We know what to do tonight," Jade smirks at Perrie.


"Please leave it," Zayn goes red.


"Fat chance," Perrie pats his back. We laugh and Louis turns to Zayn.


"What was Aden- Jay like?" Louis asks Zayn. I have a feeling Louis won't call him just Aden, he will call him Aden- Jay.


"He was a popular kid. Everyone knew who he was and all the girls thought he was hot," Zayn replies. We all laugh.


"Yes but Zayn, I recall all the girls I dated telling me how you were hot. All the girls wanted to date Zayn but he didn't date any of them," Aden explains. We all laugh.


"So Leigh, is Aden going to be your plus one tomorrow?" Louis asks me. Suddenly all eyes are on us.


"For what?" Zayn asks. We all glare at him.


"Our wedding dim wit!" Perrie hits him over the back of the head.


"Is that tomorrow?" He asks whilst holding the back of his head where Perrie hit him.


"Yes Zayn. It is!" Jesy yells.


"Oh holy shit it is!" Zayn gasps. "Sorry." He mumbles at Perrie. She just laughs, not a care in the world. Everyone looks at me again.


"Um, maybe. I'll see after our date tonight," I smile at Aden.


"Um Leigh, you're not going tonight," Jesy butts in. I look at he wanting to know why. "You have to stay with us because I'm not handing Perrie alone," Jesy explains.


"Thanks," Jade mumbles. A few of us notice and laugh.


"Jes, I'll be back by seven thirty, Perrie is as cool as ice at the moment and we all I know Perrie won't start freaking out until eight o'clock tonight, like always," I explain.


"I'm going to hate seeing you on your wedding day and night before," Louis mumbles. We laugh and Jesy glares at him.


"Plus Jes, me Mam, Jade and Jonnie are going to be with us so it'll be fine if Leigh's late," Perroe adds.


"Why the heck is Jonnie going to be with the bridal party?" Liam asks. We all crack up.


"He's a big girl," Perrie replies. Oh Pezz.


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I place down my fork once I've finished the amazing piece of chocolate cake I just had.


"Ready to go?" Aden asks. I nod and after paying we get into his black Jeep. He drives me back to Perrie's and we both get out at the gate.


"Thanks for tonight. It was a heap of fun!" I smile at him.


"That's okay gorgeous," he grabs my left hand. I look down an then back up at his face, which trust me, it's like looking up to see the top of the Eiffel Tower.


"Leigh, will you be my girlfriend?" Aden asks. I stop and look at his happy face. I've only known him for a day but I think I have fallen in love with him. Is that possible?


"Yes."


"Really?" He squeaks before covering his mouth. I laugh hysterically and then recover.


"Yes Aden and will you be my plus one tomorrow?" I ask him.


"Yes gorgeous," he leans down and places his lips gently onto mine. I fling my arms around his neck as he places his hands on my lower back. I go up on my tippy toes so he doesn't have to bend over. This kiss is perfect.


When we pull away I go through the gate.


"Bye Leigh- Anne!" He calls.


"Bye Aden- Jay!" I call back before heading down the drive.

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