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By phoebe_memeseok

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[One Direction + 5sos ft. some AOT characters] Katie is a simple Californian girl. She has a stressful life b... More

Chapter 1 - It Started With A Pie
Chapter 2 - The Follow
Chapter 3 - The Message
Chapter 4 - Sleepovers & Pepsi
Chapter 5 - Breaking The Ice
Chapter 6 - Forbidden
Chapter 7 - Just A Fan
Chapter 8 - Skype
Chapter 9 - The Baked Potato Co.
Chapter 10 - Hurricane Eudora
Chapter 11 - College Rescue
Chapter 12 - Hero
Chapter 13 - The Surprise
Chapter 14 - Adonna And Lewis
Chapter 15 - The Concert
Chapter 16 - The Quiet Dinner
Chapter 17 - Broken Friendship
Chapter 19 - Eleanor's Depression
Chapter 20 - Pain & Darkness
Chapter 21 - Last Hope
Chapter 22 - Ghosts and Pranks
Chapter 23 - Funeral
Chapter 24 - Drunk In Love
Chapter 25 - Harry's Anime Convention
Chapter 26 - Sasha & Levi
Chapter 27 - The Stars Over America
Chapter 28 - 5 Seconds of Ponies & Pervs
Chapter 29 - Kidnapped
Chapter 30 - Las Vegas
Chapter 31 - Katie's Demons
Chapter 32 - Happier Days
Chapter 33 - Broken Free (Final Chapter)

Chapter 18 - Prom & Anime

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Niall's POV:

Emily and I fell asleep talking and laughing deliriously at anything we could think of. When I woke up, the laptop was still on my bed and the video call was still on. She was sound asleep. She looked so peaceful and...beautiful. I could have easily just stared at her sleeping for hours but it felt creepy watching her like this without her knowing. I ended the call and closed the computer. I walked out of my room and into the kitchen. Someone had ordered room service because there were plates of pancakes on every surface imaginable. All the boys were sprawled out across the couch eating.

"Hey, Niall." Louis said with a mouthful of pancakes.

"Oh my God, you guys didn't tell me there was food!" I ran into the kitchen and claimed some pancakes.

"We thought you would have smelled it by now." Zayn said.

"Sorry, I was really tired last night so I slept in." I sat down on the floor in front of the couch.Gg

"Did someone say there's food?" Michael just flat out opened the door. Don't we have locks or something?

The rest of 5sauce stormed into the room and rounded up plates of pancakes.

"You know, you can order your own room service. I know it's crazy but you have money of your own. We like, pay you and everything." Liam said sarcastically.

"Yeah but it's already here. We're starving. We don't want to wait." Ashton said and the delved into their breakfast like wild animals.

"Where's Eleanor?" I looked at Louis who was eating quietly.

"She's still asleep. I didn't want to wake her." Louis said.

"Speaking of last night, did you have a girl in your room, Niall? I thought I heard a woman's voice coming from your room." Liam asked me before taking another bite of food.

"Maybe that's why he was so tired..." Harry mumbled and grinned at me.

"No, I was Skyping with Emily."

"Oh." Liam said and took a drink of juice. "How is she anyway?"

"Did she say anything about Sasha?" Harry blurted out, almost choking on his food.

I glared at Harry for a moment and then looked back to Liam. "She's fine."

"Now you're staying up all night talking to fans too?" Harry rolled his eyes.

"No, she just needed a friend last night."

"Why did she need a friend?" Liam asked.

"Because her and Katie got in a..." As I spoke, Louis' practically snapped his neck turning towards me when I mentioned Katie's name. I suddenly remembered I wasn't supposed to talk about it with them. "Um, because you know she can't talk to Katie anymore about things...since her parents and all...when they...you know...told her...she..." Louis was staring at me so intensely I forgot what I was saying.

"You know Katie did act weird last night. She was crying. Niall, what happened to her?" Louis stood up and walked over to me. I backed away into the kitchen. Louis was scary as shit sometimes.

"Nothing. I just told you that they can't talk as much anymore you know cause..."

"That's not what you were going to say, Niall." Louis cornered me against the counter.

"Yes it is."

"No it wasn't."

"Louis, you're scaring Niall." Liam laughed.

"Me? I'm not scared." I scoffed.

"Niall, you're on the counter." Liam rolled his eyes. I looked down.

"Uh, good morning." Eleanor's voice startled us. She was in her pajamas, standing at the bedroom door. She looked scared of us. We must have looked ridiculous. "I'll just um, I'll change and come back when you guys are done with...whatever is going on here." She retreated back into her and Louis' room and closed the door.

I crawled off the counter and Louis backed up a little. "Niall, I will make your life miserible if you don't tell me what you know." Last time he said that to me, he replaced my conditioner with black hair dye and drew tattoos on me with a Sharpie. Actually he might have done that if he wasn't mad at me as well because...you know...Louis is Louis.

"She uh, Emily and Katie got in a fight and they're not talking now."

"But is Sasha ok?" Harry shouted from the couch. Liam grabbed a pancake and shoved it in his mouth.

"What did they get in a fight about?" Liam asked.

"Uh..." My voice trailed off and Louis was giving me a death glare again. "That guy that asked Katie to the dance is gonna break up with her before the dance to humiliate her. Emily was trying to warn her but she won't listen so..."

"American schools are shit." Louis walked away from me, implying I was free to go. I quickly took his spot on the couch next to Liam and Harry. "Maybe if I tell Katie she'll listen?"

"I wasn't supposed to tell you, Louis. Emily trusted me to not tell anyone." Louis stormed off to his room, unsure of what to do now. I didn't know what to tell him now. Eleanor can help him, it's not my problem. I was only concerned about Emily. Besides there's football on.

"Poor Katie, there's got to be something we can do?" Ashton looked at me us but we all ignored him for football.

Louis' POV:

I sat down on my bed and watched Eleanor get ready.

"Is everything alright?" She looked at me while buttoning her blouse.

"Yeah. It's fine."

"You don't look fine." She sat down beside me and put her arm around me.

"I just feel bad for Katie. She's getting bullied at school. She's nearly an adult, it's stupid. What's wrong with people?"

Eleanor shook her head and sighed. "I know. I'm so glad we're not in school anymore. Katie's really smart, she'll be fine. She's almost done with school, she can make it." Eleanor smiled and I couldn't help but smile with her. "I'm sure having you as a friend helps her a lot. You're pretty amazing you know."

"So are you." I kissed her on the lips and held her. Suddenly I had an idea. I have no idea why it just hit me but it did. And it was so stupid too. "I have an idea, El. I'm asking you first. If you don't like it I'll understand and I won't do it."

"What?" Eleanor looked concerned.

"I want to take Katie to her prom."

Eleanor looked shocked and didn't speak for a moment. "That's...that's actually really a good idea. And Mr. Walus will be happy about that. You know, for publicity. Taking a fan to her senior prom is the sweetest thing. You're so generous." I'll be honest, I was not expecting that reaction. Eleanor is amazing, she always understands this stuff. "I'm not going to lose you to Katie am I?" Now that's more like the reaction I was expecting.

"Of course, you know how much I love you. I just want Katie to feel more confident because she's a great person." I gave Eleanor a hug from behind and kissed her on the beck of her head.

"She's going to be really happy but do you think she'll let you take her? She's pretty stubborn."

"Well she doesn't have to know I'm coming does she?"

Harry's POV:

I'm so bored. We have a few days off. Louis left to see Katie. Zayn is with Perrie in Paris. Heh...Perrie...Paris...wait what was I saying? Oh yeah. Niall is playing Fifa 24/7 and Liam is with Sophia and her family. My parents are on vacation, I can't go bother them. I don't know what to do now. I'm all alone. Well those 4 idiots are still here of course. Speaking of there's one now.

"Hey Harry, can I borrow a suitcase?" Ashton peered into my bedroom.

"Why? Don't you have your own? What do you people do with the money we give you anyway?"

"Probably waste it on shit but that's not the point." Ashton walked in. "Michael put his chocolate bar in mine and it melted. I don't have time to buy a new one."

"Why is it so urgent to have a suitcase?" I got out of bed and pulled my suitcase of the closet.

"I'm going to California."

"You're going to see Katie aren't you?"

"No." He looked away and laughed. "That's ridiculous."

"You definitely are."

"Yeah I am." He sighed.

"You know Louis is going there, don't you?"

"Oh, he is?" I nodded and handed him the suitcase anyway. "Well Louis has a girlfriend though. I don't."

"I didn't know you liked Katie like that." Ashton blushed and didn't say anything else. "Well good luck, mate. Don't get on Louis' bad side though or else you'll end up with a bottle full of black hair dye."

"That's for real? I thought that was a joke."

"No it's real." Ashton dragged my suitcase back to his room. I turned opened my laptop and went to Twiiter.

"Join Crunchyroll today!"

Stupid banner ads.

What's a crunchy roll any way? Sounds like something Niall would like.

"Siri, what's Crunchyroll?"

"Crunchyroll is a popular website that streams episodes of anime."

"Siri, what's anime?"

"Anime, animated Japanese television programs."

"So cartoons?"

"No."

"But you said animated? What are some popular anime shows?"

"Attack on Titan is very popular at the time."

"Thank you, Siri." I went back to my laptop and googled 'Attack on Titan.'

I clicked on the first link I saw.

Oh this is ridiculous, is not even in English.

I shouldn't be watching this.

I'm Harry Styles. I could be at s country club right now.

Wait what just happened?

Did that building collpase on that woman?

Oh my God.

THERE'S A GIANT MONSTER BEHIND YOU LADY.

RUN.

NO.

UGH.

KIDS GET HER OUT OF THERE.

SURELY YOU GUYS CAN GET HER OUT OF THERE IF YOU WORK TOGETHER!

NO DON'T LEAVE HER THERE!

SHE'LL BE EATEN!

FIGHT THE POWER!

NO!

NO!

NOOOOOOO!

"Harry, are you ok? I heard you swearing?" Niall barged into my room. I just realized I was standing on my bed.

"She just ate her! I can't believe it! She ate the kids' mom!"

"Harry, are you watching girl porn again?"

"No, I'm watching anime."

"You mean those cartoons?"

"THEY'RE NOT CARTOONS, NIALL."

"Moody..." Niall slowly backed out of the room and latched the door behind him.

"You couldn't handle it anyway! This is for grownups! Go play your baby games, Niall!" I sat back down and unpaused the video. She has to come back to life, right? She can't die? I should probably be doing something like writing music but...okay, I'll just watch the next episode to see what happens.

Katie's POV:

Emily tried to talk to me at school the day after we fought but my stubborn nature wouldn't let me stop and listen to her. I know I should have, that would be the mature thing to do. I wanted to. I wasn't really that upset anymore but I was too proud to swallow my pride and listen to her. It had been almost a week and it was the night of the dance. I hadn't talked to Louis at all this week. Not even a 'hello' on Twitter. Nothing. Or any of the other boys either for that matter. Eleanor sent me a message wishing me good luck at my prom. Maybe Louis asked her to do that since I had been ignoring him? I don't know. I should have answered her but I didn't. She had been really depressed lately and if she was fianlly happy I didn't want to bring her down with my silly high school problems. Her life is hard enough as it is.

This entire week has just been a blur.

What Emily said about Danny still haunted me though.

What if she was telling the truth?

What if she was only hanging out with them to help me?

Well she's still hanging out with them, even now that she knows what they're like.

I guess that could be because I sort of ended out friendship though and she has no one else now.

I was just so upset to the point where I was overly defensive.

What if Danny really is going to do something to me?

How long have I known Danny? Not as long as I've known Emily.

"Danny is here!" My mom called to me from downstairs.

"Alright, I'll be done in a minute." I shouted back. I looked at myself in my mirror one last time. My makeup was finally decent after redoing it 4 times since I kept crying and my mascara ran down my face. I guess I looked okay. It hurt because Emily and I picked out dresses together. I wonder if she was even going to be there? She wasn't that excited about going but she was eager for the 'free party food'. Tia might have hooked her up with some jock or someone by now.

I grabbed my handbag and walked downstairs. Danny was sitting on the couch and stood up when I reached the bottom of the steps. It felt like some corny high school movie. Next my mom is going to make us stand together and the doorway and make pose for a million pictures, right? That's what they do in the movies.

"Ok now stand togerher at the doorway and pose." Spoke too soon. She took a few pictures and we began looking annoyed. She took that as her cue to stop. I suddenly wondered where my dad was? I guess he was out with his friends or zoned into some baseball game and didn't care to see me off. That was typical. "You both look so lovely. Have fun, baby." My mom kissed me on my forehead. We walked outside and she closed the door behind us. Danny held the door open of his 2001 blue Ford Taurus. For some reason I thought he'd drive something a bit fancier. I kind of thought all the popular kids were spoiled by their parents.

Danny closed my door and got in the driver's seat. I just realized he hadn't said anything to me. "Are you ok?" I asked as he started the engine.

"Just a lot on my mind." He smiled at me and then looked ahead at the road as we drove away. "You know I was thinking after the dance we could go hang out at the park or...we could just go driving..." Is he implying what I think he's implying?

"You know you never talk to me anymore. If there's something you want to talk about..."

"Nah, I'm good but thanks."

I wanted to ask him about...you know what. So I took a deep breathe and did. If he's my date after all I should be comfortable asking him things like this. "You know, it's funny. Emily said you were going to break up with me before the dance." I fake laughed and he looked straight ahead. "I thought she was mental but she insisted that..."

"I was."

"You were?"

"Yeah. Tia begged me to go with her and... I wanted to stay popular so I was afraid. She really hates you by the way."

"I've been aware of that for the past 9 years." I smiled and Danny smiled at me. I owe Emily and apology. I really hope she's here.

He dropped me off at the door while he parked the car in the parking lot. I stood at the door and waited for him. People were looking at my oddly. I guess they were surprised I was there. Danny came back and we walked inside together, much to everyone's surprise. They had no problem with staring at us like we were aliens. We walked to the back of the room and to the snack table.

"What is wrong with you! You were supposed to break up with her!" Tia walked up to us and punched Danny's shoulder.

"Hey, knock it off." I defended him and she slapped me on the shoulder as well.

"Quiet, I wasn't talking to you, bitch. You were supposed to break up with her! You told me you would! I told everyone you would! Everyone!" Well that explains why people were staring.

"I like her more than you. Is that so hard to deal with?" He said.

"I can't believe you! I have given you everything! You'd still be in that stupid chess club if it wasn't for me! And this is how you pay me back?"

"You haven't given me everything!" Danny walked away from me and then it was just the two of them fighting neck at neck. "You don't think I don't see how you flirt with all of the other guys on the team? How else was I supposed to get back at you?"

"Sorry, did you only ask me here so Tia would be jealous?" I grabbed Danny's shoulder and turned him towards me. He looked at me emotionless. "You did, didn't you?" He wouldn't answer me and Tia began feuding with him again. I totally should have seen this coming. I backed away a little bit and ran into someone. It was Emily.

"I am so sorry. I tried to warn you but..." Emily said, looking into my eyes.

"No, I'm sorry. I should have believed you. You've never lied to me before. You have no reason to unless you're trying to protect me." Emily intruppted me by hugging me and we just stood there for a minute. We released each other and Danny and Tia were still fighting.

"What can she give you that I can't? Just tell me that!"

"Well, I kind of thought, I mean..." His voice trailed off and he noticed all the people around us watching.

"Spit it out, you asshole!"

He looked so pissed and he just blurted out the last thing I expected to hear from him. "You won't have sex with me! No matter how many times we go out together you still won't!"

"And you think she will? The good girl and humanitarian of our lifetime?"

"She's desperate enough for a boyfriend, I though she would do anything!" A lot of people around us gasped and looked at me. Danny looked at me, suddenly remembering I was standing behind me. He thought of me as desperate? Did everyone think of me like that?

"I always knew you were a perveted asshole." Emily grabbed a cup of punch and splashed it in his face. "No one talks to my friend like that."

Tia wiped the punch off his face with a towel and he just stood there in shock. "I'm sorry, Katie." He looked at me. "I didn't want to humiliate you."

"Well you did." I crossed my arms.

"I should have just broke up with you before the dance like I was going to."

"You should have had the decency to do that." I agreed with him.

The door of the auditorium flew open during the awkward silence and everyone's head turned to see who it was. I couldn't believe it.

"Oh my God." Emily said quietly.

Louis Tomlinson was in my high school gym.

He walked through the crowd and straight up to me. I'm pretty sure even Danny knew who he was. People were too surprised to speak. Girls were mumbling things to each other. I couldn't move or speak. He walked up to me and put his arm around me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Did I interupt something?" He looked around until he spotted Danny behind him. "Oh babe, don't tell me you didn't tell him?" Louis looked at me and then looked at Danny.

"Tell me what?" Danny asked.

"Babe, I thought you were going to break up with him before the dance? What hapenned?"

"Um...um...I...uh..." How did he know? How could he possibly know? I looked at Emily who was grinning from ear to ear. I blame her for this.

"Why would she break up with me?"

"Because I asked her to go." People gasped again. Really, was that really necessary? "I've been begging Katie for months to go with me but she refused. She insisted on taking some desperate guy at school so he didn't feel lonely, didn't you love? She's so kindhearted like that. Always looking out for the kids with no lives." Louis glared at Danny who was just as speechless as I was. Louis looked back at me, waiting for me to respond.

"Y-yes." I said and suddenly my instincts came back. I realized that somehow he knew what was going on and he was trying to humilate Danny. "I'm sorry, Danny. I thought you were so desperate to go with me that I couldn't stand to break your heart."

"She just as a heart of gold. Always wanting to help out her insecure classmates. You clearly have a nice girl that likes you. Why don't you two have a nice time together?" Louis grabbed my arm and pulled me away.

"No, Louis! I don't like him! Dance with me! Don't fall for Katie's wretched down to earth appeal." Tia left Danny's side and grabbed Louis by the arm. "You want a girl with as much glamour as you have. Like me!"

"No, I'm pretty sure you and Danny deserve each other." Louis said. We ignored her desperate cries and walked through the crowd as Emily followed us. People began shouting things.

"Is that really Louis Tomlinson?"

"Isn't that that guy from One Direction?"

"No, I think it's someone that looks like him."

"No one like him could ever want Katie, could they?"

"I thought Katie was so uncool."

"How do they know each other?"

"Hey, Louis where is Eleanor?"

"Where is Harry, Louis?"

Louis ignored everyone and the three of walked to the other side of the room. "How did you know?" I asked him.

"Um, Niall might have mentioned something..." Louis looked at me and then Emily.

"I knew it! I knew that little bastard couldn't keep his mouth shut!" Emily sat down at a table beside us.

"I suppose it would look weird if we didn't dance now." I suggested and Louis grabbed my hand and lead me to the dance floor. We were the only ones dancing. Everyone was either still in shock or taking pictures of us with their smartphones. "I really can't believe you came. How does Eleanor feel aboutthis? Please tell me she knows."

"Of course she knows. She thought it was a great idea." As we began to act normal everyone lightened up and some other couples joined us on the dance floor. "We've been getting a lot of shit from the media lately, she thought the papers would say I went out with a fan for a good cause or some shit like that."

"That is a really good idea actually."

"That was her idea of why I'm here. Not mine."

"And what is your idea?"

"I'm helping my best friend." He smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile in return.

"You're just...that's so sweet. It really is." We just danced around and stared at each other for awhile. "So we're best friends now are we?"

"I think we are. I talk to you more than I talk to my friends that I've known since grade school." Louis laughed and went on about his own high school. I could have just stood there for hours, dancing with him and listening to him talk but Emily was tapping on my shoulder in the most annoying way.

"You guys are aware the music stopped like 40 seconds ago, right?" Emily said.

"Oh, yeah. Of course." Louis let go of me and we just stood there for a minute.

The door opened up and someone else walked in now. Who else could arrive so late to the dance?

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me. What the hell are you doing here?" Louis shouted to the man doorway.

"Same thing you're doing here." He walked over to us. Oh God, I know that accent anywhere. Ashton Irwin is at my dance as well. "I was concerned about Katie."

"Didn't the other lads already tell you that I was coming here?"

"Yes."

"So why are you here then?"

Ashton looked at me and then looked at Louis. "Well to be brutally honest, you have a girlfriend already and I don't."

"This isn't a date smart ass. I'm not cheating on Eleanor. Katie and I are here as friends. I don't know what they teach you in Australia but people go with their friends to dances all the time."

"I don't know what they teach you in England but taking a girl to a dance that isn't your girlfriend looks really bad."

"Go hump a kangaroo, Irwin." Louis grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Ashton.

Ashton looked around and saw Emily. "Hey" He said to her. "I have no idea what to do now."

"You can stay for awhile if you want. Katie will probably talk to you later on." Emily said and the two sat down at a table.

"Where's your date?" He asked her.

Emily laughed. "That's funny but girls like me don't get dates."

"Well, I'll be your date." Emily laughed again, much to Ashton's disappointment.

"That's real cute but I don't do second best."

"God, you American girls are confusing." Ashton dropped his head to the table and Emily laughed. "Why don't I get us something to drink and we can talk? Is talking fine or is that off limits too? Would it be best if I just stand in the corner and ignore you?"

"Talking is fine you moron." Emily smiled and rolled her eyes. If Emily likes you she calls you a name. Don't tell Ashton that or he'll get the wrong idea.

"What should we do now?" Louis asked me. I had almost forgotten we were standing together at the other end of the room, spying on Emily and Ashton.

"To be honest with you, these dances aren't really my thing."

"Me neither."

"Why don't we go?" I suggested and Louis nodded. We walked outside and began walking down the sidewalk.

"How is your um, dog?" Louis asked me.

"Fine." I answered and we remined fairly silent as we walked. I felt like I should say something or explain why I've been so quiet. He did just fly thousands of miles to me just so I wasn't embarassed. What have I been doing? Ignoring him the past week because I felt sorry for myself. "I'm sorry that I haven't spoke to you much lately."

"It's fine, you don't have to apologize." He smiled at me. He really did understand everything. "I understand that you have to study and..."

"No, I mean...I can balance studying and socializing. I just felt what we're doing is wrong."

"Wrong how?" Louis looked at me seriously.

"Well, you have Eleanor and..."

"Eleanor understands. How many times have I told you that?" Louis sighed.

"Louis, we're friends so I'm going to talk to you like one. I know if you were my boyfriend I would be upset with you hanging out with some other girl all the time."

"But she..."

"I know and I'd probably say I wasn't upset, just like Eleanor says."

"Why? Why wouldn't you tell me?"

"Well I couldn't do anything about it. I can't stop you from doing something you care about. That would just be wrong of me to try."

Louis looked down at the ground and thought about what I said. "You really think it looks bad?" I nodded. "But we don't do anything. We don't hold hands or...I don't... we haven't kissed or..."

"You kissed me on the cheek in there."

"That's not the same! I kiss my mum on the cheek!"

"Ah, so now you think of me as your mother?" I grinned at him and he sighed in defeat.

"Ashton was right about you American girls, you know that." He teased. We walked through the park and stopped at the swingsets. I sat down on a swing and Louis sat on the one beside me. If this wasn't corny I don't know what is. "You're right, aren't you?" He asked.

"Right about what?"

"About what we're doing. It is wrong, isn't it?"

I sighed and looked away. "I don't know."

"The other guys don't understand it. The think I've gone mental. I guess... I'm afriad."

"Afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid of turning into some conceited ass who knows he's hot stuff and thinks he can get any girl he wants."

"You're not like at all." I smiled at him.

"I have...well you know I have a lot of sisters." He laughed. "And I tell them to stay away from guys like that. Am I turning into that kind of a guy, Katie?"

"No, not at all. You're not a player just because you have one friend that's a girl."

"Are we friends though?" He looked up at me as we rocked back and forth slowly on our swings.

"Well you've been saying we are. Yes, of course we are. What else would we be?"

"Well I love Eleanor but I love..." I stopped swinging and looked at him seriously. Is he trying to say he loves me? Where did that come from? "This is so stupid, why am I talking to you about this." He laughed at himself. This was a really deep, almost insecure side of Louis that I'd never seen before. I never knew this part of him existed.

"You can talk to me about anything. Go ahead." I smiled and encouraged him to continue.

"Alright, well here it goes...I'm having some of the same feelings for you that I had for Eleanor when we started dating. I don't understand how that's possible. You can't love two people at the same time."

"Well I think it's possible to love two people at once. You can love someone in different ways than someone else or more than someone else. Sometimes when you love someone you have to let them go though." I wasn't really sure what I meant by that. Was I suggesting he let me go or Eleanor? I don't even know anymore.

"I met you online as a fan. How bizarre is that? What if I become fixated on fans and start liking every fan I meet? What kind of example am I setting for my sisters?"

"My God, you're worrying way too much. You can't think that far ahead. You have too of high expectations for yourself. Just because your famous doesn't mean you automatically become this perfect person. I know you know that deep down. You're still a young adult. You're only just beginning to learn about yourself and what you want in life." Louis was staring at me in shock. I don't think he thought I had all that in me.

"You're really intellegent." Was all he could say. He stood up and helped me off the swing which I could have done on my own but he was being all corny and gentlemanly. He walked me back to the sidewalk and put an arm around my waist. "I should probably go back to England. We have a concert tomorrow and we have to do a soundcheck and... I'll take you home. No, you should go back to the dance. Ashton clearly wants to talk to you, he came just as far as I did to see you and..."

"Louis, take a breath." I was giggling at him and I think he began to laugh at himself a little as well. He was in this weird panic and I have no idea why. Was it my fault? It must have been. "Go back to England, okay? Figure out some things and then talk to me." I reassured him. I could tell he was worried that our friendship would change after we had that conversation.

"I'm sorry for laying that on you." He looked into my eyes sadly.

"You don't have to be sorry." I smiled, hoping he'd realize it's okay to talk to me about things like this.

"Thanks for talking to me."

"You're thanking me? I should be the one thanking you for coming here and saving me."

He blushed and looked away. "I didn't really save you, Emily probably had it under it control."

"Well, either way that was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me." He hugged me and we stood there embracing each other for a few moments. I could go on and on and on for days about how perfect he felt, how sensitive his hugs were, how he felt so fragile and yet strong at the same time... but I'll leave that for you to imagine.

"Kate, um, wait." He grabbed my clutch purse and opened it up.

"What are you doing?" I tried to take it back from him but he turned away. I walked in front of him and he ran back over to the swings. "I'm in heels, are you really gonna make me chase you?" Yep, immature Louis was back. I finally caught up to him, he was standing on one of the swings and he had my phone in his hand. "What on earth are you doing?" He jumped down and gave me my phone back.

"I put my number in your phone." He pulled out his phone and handed it to me. "Now yours?" I was smiling really hard and I typed in my number and saved it to his phone. I looked up at him as I handed him his phone back. He was smiling just as hard as I was. "If you ever need anything at all you just call me. I have international calling." He boasted.

"I don't." I pouted sarcastically.

"Well we can text then. Friends don't talk through Twitter." He hugged me again and we went our separate ways. "Take care of yourself, love."

"You too, Louis." He left me in front of the school and I watched him leave with a security guard. Of course there woul dbe secutiy guards. I keep forgetting that he's Louis Tomlinson from band One Direction. I hadn't realized it until now but there were probably security guards everywhere watching our every move. That's not at all creepy is it?

He drove away and something sad occured to me. If he goes back and talks to Eleanor, he might realize he loves her so much more than me. I might never see him again. What was I saying earlier? About loving someone so much you have to let them go? God, I'm such a hypocrite.

(A/N) I feel like this was a really really really strange chapter. I'm not sure if I like it but there it is anyway. Let me know if you liked so I know if I should be writing scenes like this again. C:

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