Louis walked round the supermarket chucking various items in the trolley as he went. He was glad no one had noticed him so far, although considering Freddie was yelling for sweets in the seat of the trolley, it was surprising. Louis couldn't deal with the paps today, the stress had been getting to him recently. The lockdown hadn't been good for him, he missed his friends, he hadn't seen Liam in three months other than on face time. He saw Niall yesterday, which had partly added to the stress. The meet had made him realised how much he relied on these guys. Liam and Niall were the only One Direction members he really spoke to anymore, obviously, he still had his other friends though. Zayn just goes without saying. They were both stubborn and petty people, they definetly missed each other, it was just that neither of them wanted to be the first one to admit it. And as for harry....well, it's best to leave that unsaid. It's a topic that still didnt go down well, if someone accidentally let slip the name, a tense silence would fall on the room until Louis (it was always Louis) said something.
After seeing Niall, many memories had came back to Louis. All good...mostly good. The bad ones always seemed to linger for longer though? Funny how it works isnt it, the good memories will be there for a bit, filling you with happiness, but then the bad ones would come, like when the clouds go in front of the sun, making the world darker for a bit. And the clouds would stay in front of Louis' sun for a while untill the yelling of a small child snapped him out of it.
"Daddddyyy I want a lolllllyyyyyyy" Freddie wailed.
Louis sighed "Ok fine, but just this once." He said grabbing a lolly off the shelf next to him.
"YAY tank you dwaddy." Louis couldnt help but find this cute, so he gave the child a small ruffle of the hair and a peck on the cheek before pushing the trolley to find the salad he was supposed to be getting for Eleanor. They were having a big lunch with Louis' family. He was looking forward to it, he missed the girls a lot and they hadn't seen Freddie in a while so it would be nice. He was hoping seeing them again would make him happier again, even though he new that there was only one thing that could do that. But maybe the girls would find a way to cheer him up just a little bit.
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This was proved true when Louis walked through the door to their apartment and saw the three girls drinking champagne around the table. His heart swelled when freddie ran over, showering them in kisses and cuddles. He greeted each of his sisters one by one, the girls seemed to notice the bags under Louis' eyes and how his laugh was plain and fake and there was no longer the spark of mischief in his eyes, and was gentle to him. It wasnt as if they were raining pitty down on him, but they had the perfect balance and Louis loved them for it.
The five adults sat down for lunch and chatted for a while and then went and sat in the living room where they....chatted some more.
"So Louis, have you got to meet up with your friends yet after the lockdown?" Pheobe asked.
"Well, I mean, not properly, I saw Niall yesterday but that's it really." Louis didnt know what else to say. Liam was still in America so he hadn't had a chance to meet him after lockdown yet.
"You will never guess who we saw in town the other day." Louis felt his heart beat slightly faster at this statement from Lottie. He feared the worse. Could it be him?
"Uh who?" He asked hesitating slightly.
"Zayn!" Louis let out a sigh in relief, he could deal with zayn.
"He gave us his number and said to give it to you, apparently he changed it a few years ago and had no way of getting it to you." Daisy says passing him a small piece of paper. That would explain the (very few) unread texts.
"Thanks...what else did he say." Louis asked not being able to stop himself.
"Not much really. He said that lockdown was boring him a lot but that's all really. He told us a bit about Khai too, it was sweet, he seemed really happy talking about her. I'm sure you can imagine how awkward the conversation was though. Do you think you'll meet up with him again?" In his mind Louis was thinking 'definitely' but he didnt really want to admit that out loud
"I think you should Louis, I can tell you miss him. He was your best friend." Eleanor said before Louis had a chance to reply. Louis and Eleanor weren't actually together, they lived together though and had to pretend to be in love in the public eye. Although she wasn't his girlfriend, all the hate eleanor got really upset Louis, she had been a good friend to him throughout everything, and he did love her, just not the way he used to love another person.
"I think you should too. He said when we saw him that Liam and Niall are good with him now, it's just you and Ha-" it was going so well. Lottie sighs and then she does something that surprises everyone. She continues. "It will just be you and Harry to forgive him and then maybe you'll all be a bit happier again. I'm fed up of avoiding what we're all thinking and that's that none of you are really ok and you need each other back again so for christ sakes just sort your shit out and then maybe all of us will be better seeing you lot happy again." Theres a silence for a moment as we all stare at her.
"IS DADDY CRYING?" I am interrupted by freddie not so subtly whispering this to Pheobe. I find this quite funny and pick him up and pull him into a cuddle. He sits on my lap quietly for the rest of the afternoon untill eventually the girls have to leave and he gets off so they can hug me.
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Louis lies in his bed looking up at the ceiling, he only just got Freddie to sleep and Eleanor is snoring with her back to him. Louis cant stop thinking about lotties little speech. Maybe her and Eleanor were right and he should just be the bigget man and speak to Zayn. 'What the fuck? I sound like a primary teacher telling a five year old to apologise for stealing a toy' he thought. He suddenly remembers the number she gave him and jumps out of bed to find his jeans dumped on the floor. He fumbles with the pocket a bit before finding the small bit of paper. Climbing back into bed he grabs his phone and puts the number in.
Hi Zayn, its louis, my sisters gave me this number. How are you doing? Congrats about your baby.
Louis
Louis contemplated putting an X at the end but came to the conclusion that that would probably be weird considering they havent seen each other in two years. After reading over a few times he clicked the send button and put his phone face down on the side table and turning away from it.
He was just drifting off to sleep when he heard it vibrate next to him.
[Hey, this is my first fanfic I hope its ok. Idk how but quite a lot happened in this chapter lol. Anygays I hope you enjoy this I love writing it idk why but I promise you its gonna get more interesting in the next couple of chapters. Also, I would like to address how I wrote eleanor in this book. So the other day I was looking through her posts and the comments are so fuck8ng horrible it makes me sick that people in this fandom that I call my family would say something like that about another person who on the grand scale of things hasnt done anything wrong. She doenst deserve any of that. I dont think shes a bad person at all. We don't know the full story, she could be a be a victim of S*mon too, she could have been forced to give up her job to pretend to be with louis. Just think before you say shit about people. If I see anyone saying any of the horrible nick names people have for her in the comments then....tbh I dont even kno what I will do idk if theres anything I can do but idk I can probably delete your comment and block you from reading this story or something. Anygays I'm not usually that mean sorry. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk kiddies, have a nice day :) ]
