She shook his hand "I'm Megan Delaney, nice to meet you." she smiled. "Nice to meet you as well.." Brian started "Sorry for bumping into you." He looked around "You seem like you're in a hurry?" She noticed his very proper English accent.
"Oh, actually I was just looking for someone. I got sort of lost and decided to try and get home.." Megan mumbled looking at her watch -just past noon. "Well I was just heading to my flat, maybe I could help you find this person?" Brian asked. She was shocked and surprised that he was willing to help her and didn't act like she didn't exist like everyone else had.
"That would be great! Thank you!" She exclaimed. "It's rather silly but, i'm looking for my old teacher Mr. Donovan.. I borrowed a book from him a while ago and never gave it back." she blushed. Brian seemed amused at this. "So do you have his address?" he asked with a smile.
"Uhm.. " Megan looked down "not with me, it's in my flat somewhere. I thought I would remember what it was but obviously not." She continued to blush. She hated how uncontrollable her blushing was. "Alright, well lets ask around? Or maybe try knocking on some doors?" he suggested. "Sure." she agreed, "Thank you, Brian. I really appreciate it!"
"No problem, anything I can do to help." he assured her. He turned around and they started walking in the direction she was going before they struck. The sun was now completely covered by the dark clouds, and it looked like it might rain again. Megan stopped someone who was walking by with their dog. "Pardon me, do you know a Mr. Donovan?" The stranger scoffed at her and kept walking. Even the dog growled at her.
"That didn't go so well.." Brian stated. She stopped walking again and looked up at the taller man. "This is hopeless.. maybe we should stop?" she sighed in defeat. "Oh Megan, you've only asked one person. Let's keep going?" he started walking again and motioned for her to follow. She did.
"So, where are you from? If you don't mind me asking." he asked as they walked together. "Not at all. I'm from Liverpool, I moved here over a year ago. My parents think I'm studying to become a nurse here, but I'm trying to be an artist." she admitted to him. She felt very comfortable around Brian, like an old friend. She hadn't told anyone her secret until now.
"I thought you had a bit of an accent." Brian mused. "So your parents don't approve of you being an artist?" he asked. "No, they decided my future for me in their minds.. They're very strict. It was hard enough moving here to London, my mother hated to see me leave at 18 too." She frowned at her past, she hated thinking about her parents. "So doesn't your teacher live in Liverpool?" Brian was confused.
"No actually I heard from my friend that he moved here a few months ago. She knew I wanted to thank him and apologise for the whole book issue, so she asked him what his new address was." Megan explained. He looked at her for a moment, "So how old are you then, 19?" She laughed. "Yeah, 20 in October." October 18th to be exact. "That's next month!" He smiled.
Megan couldn't help smiling too, he was so nice. "Well what about you Mr. May? What's your story then?" She was very curious. "Alright then, fair enough. I turned 23 about 2 months ago, I was born here, and i've been studying physics. And I live with my best friends, who are also my bandmates."
"Bandmates?!" She was shocked, this random guy that she bumped into was in a band?! "Yeah, Roger and Freddie. We are trying to get everything together and just having fun with it." He explained. "That's incredible! What do you play?" She asked, very interested now. "I play alot of instruments actually, but I play guitar mainly and sing." She was impressed. "I would never have guessed.. That really is incredible Brian!"
Finally someone was in sight walking towards Megan and Brian. He smiled at her and said "Maybe she will know?" As the stranger came closer, Brian stopped her. "Pardon me miss, do you mind helping us out?" He charmingly asked. "Yes I do mind, sir! Leave off!" She squawked at Brian as she quickly walked away scowling.
Brian made a sad twisted face. "Well then.." he mumbled. "Let's stop now, alright? We haven't had any luck." Megan asked. An idea came to him and his face lit up. "Perhaps you could mail it to him? You could find his address later and just send it with a note or something?" She laughed "That's a great idea!"
He glanced at his watch. "Actually.. Freddie and Roger should be coming home soon. I think you should meet them. Especially Fred, he's really into art! He went to art school too.. And Roger, he's lots of fun, I've known him longer then Freddie. They would love to meet you! You know how hard it is to meet a nice person around here.." Brian chuckled.
"Well they sound great! I would love that Brian! Only I don't have any idea where we are.." She looked around feeling very lost and thrilled at the same time. He smiled putting his arm out "Don't worry I know where we are, it's not very far from here." Well that's a relief. She smiled "Let's go!"
