Thank you all for reading Eleanor!
I am dedicating this chapter to my dear, sweet and wonderful bestie @Stylinonem104 to reminder her to always ask herself "What Would Eleanor Do?" Also if you have not read her stories please do, she is a wonderful writer.
Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter!
"El." Alana yelled as she shook me awake. "You got to get up or you'll miss your train."
I opened my sleepy eyes and looked at my alarm clock, it read 10:15.
"Shit." I sat up in my bed and looked around the room trying to get my barring. "I must have slept through my alarm."
"Well get up, we got to go now." Alana said pushing me out of bed.
I put my feet on the cold hard wood floor of my room and ran to the bathroom down the hall. Thank god none of my flat mates were in there. I looked in the mirror; I looked a mess, blood shot eyes and hair going every which way. I turned the water in the sink on and splashed my face with cold water, trying to wake up.
"Grab me something to wear." I peaked my head out the bathroom door to Alana and yelled.
I brushed my teeth, put on a little makeup and fixed my hair into a messy bun, I would have to take a shower when I got to my house in London. I ran back down to my room where Alana had set out a pair of skinny jeans, a lose fitting white t-shit and my black Keds. After getting dressed I threw on my black leather jacket and grabbed my bags.
"Can we run by Starbucks?" I asked Alana as we got into her car.
"Seriously?" She asked putting her key into the ignition.
We skipped the trip to Starbucks and got to the train station with five minuets to spare. I said my good byes to Alana and ran to my train. I handed my ticket to the man at the gate and boarded.
The train car to London was pretty full, however I managed to find a seat next to an empty one. I took the seat next to the window and put my weekend back in the open seat beside me. Behind me sat two girls around 13 who were giggling at a magazine they were reading.
"What one do you want to marry?" I over heard one of the girls ask her friend.
"I would marry Harry." A girl with a higher pitched voice said still giggling.
"Good because I would marry Louis." The original girl said.
I couldn't help but smile as I realized that they were talking about One Direction.
"I heard that he's got a girlfriend." The second one declared to her friend who loved Louis.
I started to blush after hearing her talk about the rumors of Louis dating someone. I hadn't heard anything in the news but then again I was never the type to read those gossip columns because it never concerned me.
"Well, I'm sure they will break up." The girl said in response to her friend. "And then we'll meet and get married."
I couldn't help but laugh at how adorable the girl was, I wanted to turn around and tell them that I was the rumored girlfriend, but I stopped. What if I wasn't the rumored girlfriend? What if it was someone else? What if while Louis is in London he is going out with other girls, girls who he does see as girlfriends? I mean although we had been talking every night the past week and a half we had never talked about what we were and for all I know he could be dating other girls.
For the rest of the trip I looked out the window and tried not to think about the "rumored" girlfriend. But every now and then I would hear a bit of the two girls conversation and start to think of about it again.
The train pulled into London at five past two and I was greeted by my mother who gave me a huge hug before taking my bag and going to her car. The ride to our house was filled with talk about school and my plans for the coming winter holiday. At home I tried to take a quick nap before Louis came to pick me up. We had decided that he would come get me at six and that we would do dinner before going to the club where Niall's birthday would be.
It was 5:30 when I finished getting ready for the evening. I was wearing a short black dress; a pair of black high heels with a peep toe and my hair was down and in loose curls. I took one last look at myself in the mirror and was pleased with what I saw. I grabbed my purse and coat and went down stairs to wait.
I found my mum in her usual spot in the living room with a book and tea; I went and sat in the chair opposite her.
"You look lovely." She said, putting her book down and looking at me over her reading glasses.
"Thanks." I crossed my legs and pulled my dress down a bit at the hem.
"Remind me where you are going again?" She asked.
"Just to dinner with a friend and then to another friends birthday party."
"What friend?"
"Tom." I said the first name that came to my mind "I don't think you would remember him, we went to junior school together."
I still haven't told my mum about Louis, since I myself didn't know what was going on between us. My mum has always been very protective over me and the boys I dated, and I don't know how she would handle the news that I was dating a member of a boy band, if we even were dating. I knew that I would have to tell her at some point, just not now.
"Well I hope you have a wonderful time." She took a sip of tea.
For the next twenty minuets we both talked and laughed until the doorbell rang. I jumped up before my mum could start to rise from her seat, I didn't want her to meet Louis or "Tom" yet.
"Don't worry about getting up." I crossed over and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'll try not to wake you up when I get home."
"Alright, have a good time." She smiled at me as I left the room.
I rushed to the door with butterflies in my stomach, stopping right in front of it and taking a deep breath before opening it.
Outside stood Louis, even more handsome than I remembered. He was wearing a light blue button up with a pair of dark blue slacks. He smiled at me as I stepped outside and closed the door behind me. He took a step back and looked at me up and down for a moment not saying anything.
"Is something wrong with my outfit?" I asked nervously.
"No." He looked into my eyes and smiled. "You just look so fit."
"Thanks." I looked down at the ground and pushed my hair behind my ears, I could feel my cheeks turning red.
"Are you ready?" Louis held his hand out down towards his car.
Louis had decided on a small Italian restraint for us to have dinner at. He had called ahead and asked for a table in the back.
"I'm really nervous to meet the other lads." I smiled as we sat down at the table.
"Why would you be nervous?" He laughed.
"I just know how much they mean to you and I want them to like me."
"Don't worry." He said opening the menu. "I like you, and therefore they will like you too." He smiled at me with a twinkle in his eye.
Once again dinner was a delight, we shared a pizza and I had a few glasses of wine to ease my nerves. After dinner we headed to the club to meet everyone for Niall's party.
There was a small line to get into the club but I followed Louis to the front where the bouncer let us in. The music was loud inside and I saw Louis turn and try to say something to me. I shook my head and pointed to my ear trying to let him know that I couldn't hear him. He leaned in closer to me and put his mouth to my ear.
"They're in the back." He said in a loud voice. "Take my hand."
He put his hand in mine and I felt goose bumps go up my spine. I think he felt them too because we both just stood there for a second looking at our hands intertwined. He looked up and gave me a crooked smile and headed towards the back, my hand still in his.
Louis led me through the crowd until we arrived at a door in the back that had another bouncer at it; Louis smiled at the man as he opened the door. The door led to a medium sized room where a large number of people had already gathered. I looked back at the man who had let us in as he closed the door and as he did the music got softer.
"Louis!" A deep familiar voice rang out.
Harry made his way through the group of people and towards us. The two hugged and Harry turned to me.
"Nice to see you Miss. Calder." He pulled me into a hug. "I've heard more about you lately than Alana has ever said about you."
"I'll have to talk to her about that." I laughed as we hugged.
Between the time that Harry and I had our greeting all the other boys had made their way over to Louis. I stood back has they joked around and Louis put Niall in a headlock. I let out a small laugh as I watched; Zayn heard and looked up at me.
"You must be the famous Eleanor Calder." He smiled.
"That depends on who's asking." I said back with a smile.
"Sassy." He laughed. "Just like our Louis. I'm Zayn." He held his hand out for mine.
"Nice to meet you." I took his hand. "Eleanor."
Niall had broken out the Louis's headlock and came up behind Zayn with Liam.
"It's nice to finally put a face with a name." Liam held out his hand next. "I'm Liam." I returned the greeting.
"Louis never told us how fit you were." Niall said. "Oww!"
Louis punched Niall in the arm before coming to stand by me. He put his hand on my lower back.
"That's no way to talk to a lady." Louis smiled at me.
"That's no way to treat the birthday boy." I replied.
"I like her." Niall said rubbing his arm where he had been hit.
"She's alright." Louis said giving me a wink.
"Whatever." I stuck my tongue out at him and all the boys laughed. "I'm going to go get a drink."
"I'll come with you." Louis said and guided me towards the door we had only just come through.
We made our way through the crowd to the bar, Louis once again holding my hand all the way there. The bar was crowded but we found a spot on the corner to order our drinks. I was trying to get the attention of the bartender when I head a voice call out Louis's name. I turned around to get Louis's attention as the bartender was coming over to take our order, however Louis was not the first face I noticed.
Standing there talking to Louis was Ollie, my ex-boyfriend; I felt a lump in my throat and stood frozen.
"Eleanor?" Ollie said seeing me standing behind Louis.
"Can I get you all something to drink?" The bartender shouted.
"Yeah, can I get two beers?" Louis asked stepping closer to me and the bar. He turned back to face Ollie and myself. "You two know each other?"
"Yeah." I said in an awkward voice trying to clear the lump that was still in my throat.
"We used to date." Ollie said with a huge grin. "Remember that girl I would tell you about. This is her."
Tell him what about me? I wondered as I looked at Louis's face, which I'm sure looked calmer than mine did. The bartender brought Louis the two beers, he handed me mine and put his hand around my waist.
"No, I don't remember at all." He coolly said before taking a drink. "Well we really should be getting back to the party. It was nice seeing you."
"Yeah," Ollie said looking at where Louis had placed his hand, "We should hang out some time and catch up."
"Yeah, just shoot me a text." Louis smiled and placed his empty hand once again in mine.
"Nice running into you Ollie. " I smiled as Louis once again led me to the door in the back.
"What would Ollie say about me?"
"It doesn't matter, he's a jerk anyway." He smiled as we went back and joined the party.
I was feeling pretty tipsy when Louis asked if I was ready to go. We started to gather our things when Zayn came up to us.
"Hey if you guys are leaving you should know that someone let the paps know that we're here." He said looking at Louis with concern. They both looked at me.
"You okay with having you're picture taken?" Louis asked holding my coat out for me to put on.
"Sure." I was feeling too good to say 'no' and I didn't want Louis to think I couldn't handle a few people taking my picture.
There were at least twenty paparazzi outside the club; it was like nothing I had never experienced before. Lights were flashing and cameras clicking, all I could do was laugh as I held my arms close into me and followed Louis to his car, the men with cameras following us the whole time while yelling questions at Louis.
"How was Niall's birthday?"
"Are you guys going on tour soon."
"How was your night?"
At the car I opened my door and started to climb in but before I could close it someone yelled a question to me.
"What's your name darling?"
I looked at the man, smiled and with a giggle said:
"I'm Eleanor Calder."
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