Chapter 11
ED
Then
After they packed Paul’s DJ equipment and the band’s kit safely away, they all left the church hall to go back to Ed’s house.
Ed’s parents were away, thankfully. Ed’s Dad would have been fine about Paul and everyone else staying over but anything whatsoever to do with Paul then Ed’s mum always disapproved.
So, Ed said that he was staying at Jamie’s, and she seemed happy with that.
She’d always thought that Jamie’s parents were very respectable, what with Mr O’Connor owning his own garage and Mrs O’Connor being a dentist. Ed’s parents were staying with his mum’s sister in North London for a pre-Christmas party, so she was far too preoccupied to think too much about Ed.
They managed to store Paul’s DJing equipment in his van together with their kit.
He had a crook lock on the steering wheel, so everything was fairly safe overnight.
Ed and the rest of the lads carried the rest of the booze back to Ed’s and filled up every spare space in their fridge with the leftover drink from the party.
With the excitement of the party, Ginny had gained a newfound confidence and was drinking and smoking whatever she could lay her hands on.
Evie was the same. They cranked up Ed’s parents’ old stereo and put on one of Paul’s mixtapes.
They took to the makeshift dance floor in the living room, dancing and gyrating provocatively to Siouxsie and the Banshees’ version of “Dear Prudence”.
Every single guy in the room was transfixed by the girls’ antics, and it felt good as Ed smugly thought that Evie was his girl.
Jamie looked at Ginny with a wry grin, obviously harbouring similar feelings about Ginny.
The boys turned to each other, clinked their drinks together and smiled, as if to say that they really couldn’t believe their luck.
The partying continued late into the night and then a few people started to head home.
Soon enough, there was just the usual crowd left: Ed and Evie, Jamie and Ginny, Mark and Jez from the band and a few girls from Evie and Ginny’s sixth form who had kind of latched on.
Paul had hooked up with one of the barmaids from the local pub, and she seemed perfectly happy serving drinks to everyone despite having just finished her shift.
It might have something to do with Paul providing her with enough speed to last most people a whole weekend.
Every time he, or indeed anyone else, wanted a drink, she was there, content with a little arse squeeze from him as a reward for all her sterling efforts. Paul was in his absolute element.
By 3 a.m. both Evie and Ginny were starting to flag, so the boys decided it was time for bed.
Jamie and Ed made several attempts to get both girls upstairs but due to the amount of drink that everyone had consumed, it proved near impossible.
Jamie gave up, and Ginny and Jamie ended up crashing on the sofa.
Ed eventually picked Evie up and carried her up the remaining stairs to his bedroom.
He lay her down gently on his bed and removed her cowboy boots, leaving her dress on.
Ed stripped off to his boxer shorts and t-shirt and joined Evie in bed.
It took him some time to drop off, as he was completely wired after the gig and all the drinking. He could still hear Paul and his barmaid friend talking downstairs and the distant hum of Paul’s mixtape as he eventually drifted off to sleep.
It seemed like he’d only just dropped off when he felt Evie’s arms around him. She was now completely naked, tugging at Ed’s boxer shorts. He turned towards her, and they started to kiss with more and more urgency.
‘Are you sure this is what you want?’ Ed whispered in Evie’s ear, as she nodded, kissing him again.
‘Of course I do.’ Evie replied as they took their time, experimenting and exploring each other’s bodies properly for the very first time.
Ed reached for a condom from his bedside drawer and debated using it but was too caught up in the moment.
Afterwards, Evie gave Ed one final kiss and they both settled back down to sleep, their bodies cuddled close together not wanting this special night to end.
‘I love you, Evie Del Rio.’ He whispered.
‘I know you do. Me too.’ Evie sleepily replied as she drifted back off to sleep.