{Authors note} - Merry Christmas guys, this is my Christmas present to you guys. That pic on the side is also considered another gift, because just look at it. Plus I've loved all the support you guys have shown for this story, all the commenting, voting, and of course reading. I Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday and are having fun. What are you guys planning to do today besides open presents? I know I'm going to my sisters and aunts house to eat, yes I'm eating at both. One cooks seafood all the time and the other does'nt and I honestly love seafood so I can't choose. Plus I want to see both of them and see how their Christmas is going.
Question: I wanted to make a Larry Christmas one-shot but ran out of time. Would you guys still read it if I posted it later on in the week. I'm almost half-way done with it and would like to finish it.
Kendall
We all piled out of the limo that now smelled like greasy fast food. After a good thirty minutes of arguing about who was going in, we'd finally decided. Well Marcel just basically got fed up with Niall claiming that everyone shouldn't go in. Because apparently it would have been more stressful to try to get everyone back in.
So Marcel just pulled a complaining Shiloh out of the limo by his arm. I'd been surprised to see that the fans did follow them here. Considering most of them were young girls that were just getting the feel of being a teenager. I knew half of them didn't even have their permits yet, which led me to believe that they had some nice parents. I know I wouldn't want to be following behind a boy band that my daughter was in love with.
"Did you tell Louis that we were coming?" I asked when the car stopped in front of the entrance gate to Louis's neighborhood.
"Why would I do that?" Niall asked, his face scrunching up. It must have been adorable because Lexi started cooing at him.
I couldn't do anything but roll my eyes in responds; it wasn't like I was going to complain about it. Why would I? Because I did want to see Louis, but he was starting to piss me off. The thing was Jessica was back now so I had something to worry about. And going head to head with her wasn't something I felt like doing. Well I did kind of actually enjoy our hateful bickering because it was entertaining, along with being frustrating at the same time.
"If I see any more famous people that I don't give a damn about, I'm going to scream." Maya groaned, making everyone turn to look at her."I mean what type of crappy name is one direction?"
"Who pissed in your cereal?" Andrew asked, his eyebrows rising as he stared at her.
Somehow I felt like Jessica wasn't going to be the main problem. At least she wasn't as blunt with her opinions. She was sneakier with her comments but Maya on the other hand just flat out said what she wanted. Then again I usually did the same thing, but not to intentionally hurt someone. I did at least think about other people’s feelings.
"It's a name that's heard by millions and chanted by billions." Niall answers smugly, not seeming phased by her rude comment. Though Lexi looks beyond mad which isn’t something I see often.
Maya snorted as the limo pulled into Louis's driveway."Yeah chanted by underage girls who need Jesus apparently. None of them now what music is." She snaps, narrowing her eyes on him.
"Apparently they aren't the only ones who need him." Shiloh retorted before anyone else could.
Her eyes shifted onto Shiloh who didn't look amused at all. Though she didn't get to say anything because Marcel was speaking up."I feel like an argument is about to start. So can we just go inside of Lou's instead of an enclosed area?" He suggests.
"I agree." Trent said, not even waiting for everyone to agree before he was pushing past Maya and opening the other door. Mason following close behind him they're hands was still clasped together.
The tension was thick; I'd doubted that a knife could even cut it at this point. I could only think it would get worse as soon as our little group stepped into Louis's house. With Jessica being there and all something was bound to happen. I almost felt like sitting in the limo with the driver.
Though I've never been known to shy away from a fight. And if one did happen to start in Louis's living room, I would definitely be in it.
Andrew was the first one to make it to the door, me following him with the others in tow. He held his fries in one hand while the other knocked rapidly onto the door. I immediately heard King barking on the other side, my scowl deepening when I heard the familiar females’ voice with it.
Of course she had to answer the door as if my day wasn't going from bad to worse. I didn't even bother to plaster on a fake smile when the door opened. Revealing Jessica wearing surprisingly no makeup, paired off with a tank top and some regular basketball shorts. I'd never thought I'd see her wearing something as simple as that.
She looked shocked to see all of us standing there staring back at us. Then her eyes shifted over to Andrew who offered her a friendly smile, I watched as her cheeks reddened.
"Jess aren't you going to let us in?" I asked when King darted past her to jump at my feet then started sniffing around the people he hadn't met.
Her green eyes narrowed on me before she signed."Guess I don't really have a choice. Just make sure you put a muzzle on the blonde." She said, moving to the side to let us in.
Niall snorted in response, “Muzzle me? Well we need a-"
"We were just about to order pizza," She told us while closing the door behind Shiloh, who was the last one to come in."You guys want any?"
"A meat lovers would be nice. I wouldn't want to have to eat a vegetarian one because you don't eat meat." Niall says, making me turn to look at him.
"Didn't you just eat?"
He rolled his eyes."Give me a break all I ordered was a medium fry that Shiloh ate half of."
"You gave me half of them for half of my onion rings." Shiloh counters back.
Jessica just only shakes her head while pushing past Niall and heading in the kitchen. Andrew and I saw Louis lounging on the couch, a pair of gray sweats on and a graphic t-shirt clinging to his upper body. I let my gaze linger for a minute to long because Andrew was nudging my shoulder.
"You got a little drool there." He whispered, while laughing as he pinches my cheek in the process. I slapped his hand away.
Louis sits up from where he's draped across the couch a surprised look on his face."I wasn't expecting you guys to be here." He chuckles nervously, running his hand through his hair.
"Lou you can't fix that birds nest," Niall says, as he ruffles his hair when he walked past him."And I brought you your favorite person, aren't you glad?"
Louis scoffs, “Did you have to bring the whole basketball team with her? Not that I don't want to see you guys too." He says, trying to make it sound less rude.
He throws his blankets over the back of the couch and onto the floor. Niall pulls Lexi over to the recliner so both of them could sit together. While the rest of us just find a seat, mine happened to be next to Louis. I would have been happy if Maya hadn't decided to sit on the other side of him. The floor was convent; there was a rug on it and everything.
"So," Louis says, his eyes meeting mine before looking at everyone else. He glances over at Maya who's staring him up and down, as if she was observing him."I'm Louis, and you must be..."
He offers his hand out for her to shake which she doesn't."You do know boy bands don't last forever." She stated.
"Nice to meet you too." He said, as he pulled his hand back. I felt my fist clench at my sides.
"You do know that it doesn't take much to break a nose." I snapped, finally getting fed up with her shit.
She wasn't only messing with Trent now. I know I said I'd let Trent handle her on his own. Which I was doing for his sake. Though now she's insulted Niall and Harry. Even managed to tick off Shiloh which isn't impossible to do. Now she's moving onto Louis who's she's just met, not even a couple seconds ago.
"I'm just simply stating my opinion. If you can't deal with that then that's not my problem." Maya bit back, her eyes glaring into mine.
Before I could say anything back I felt a hand wrapping around the top of my fist. As if on instinct my hand relaxed letting Louis place his fingers between mine. He wasn't looking at directly at me, but I felt him squeeze my hand. I couldn't help but find the action comforting, and a little calming. Especially when he sent me a small smile when he looked up at me.
"Your opinions aren't needed." I snapped out of the brief trance I was in when Trent snapped back at her.
She laughed, “And your gay isn't wanted."
Louis squeezed my hand tighter.
Trent scoffed, before anyone knew what was happening Trent was up on his feet. Everyone looked at him in confusion as he made his way towards Maya, who looked afraid. He wouldn't hit a girl? My face scrunched up in confusion again when instead of going to Maya he went to Mason who happened to be sitting on the arm of the couch.
A chorus of gasps left us when Trent pulled Mason in for a kiss. Mason practically almost fell on top of Maya making her scream. Though that didn't stop Trent from moving his lips against Mason's, who may I add didn't make an attempt to push him away. Louis on the other hand had literally moved his whole lower body onto mine. Since Maya was scooting over.
Then just as fast as it began Trent was pulling a flustered looking Mason back up into a sitting position. He glared over at Maya who had a look of pure disgust on her face."Since my gay isn't wanted. I'm going to prance my gay all up in your face every chance I get. And I'm going to use your brother to demonstrate on." He declared.
"You're such a faggot." She spat, venom dripping from every word. If it weren't for the fact that Louis was still comfortably sitting on me I would have attacked her.
Trent just shrugs, "Yeah and you're a bitch."
"You forgot close minded." Everyone heads shifts towards the voice that belonged to Jessica. I wasn't aware that she was even listening."The pizzas going to be here in ten minutes." She tells us.
"So what if I'm closed minded, at least I'll be going to heaven." Maya snaps at her.
"Doesn't the Bible say not to judge?" Jessica questions, her lips pulling up into a taunting smirk. I can't help but observe the whole encounter.
"How can you not judge that?" Maya points at Mason and Trent.
"I think they're cute. And I've got friends who are like them. Plus they're not judging you with your choice of being a heterosexual." Jessica states, as she sits on the arm of the other couch next to Andrew.
"What are you stupid? I'm straight they can't judge me because I'm the normal one in the situation."
Jessica just nods her head, “Just imagine if you were the only one heterosexual person in a room full of homosexuals. And they started to I don't know bash on you for being straight. How would you feel then?" Jessica asks, and I honestly don't see where she's going with this.
"That's never gonna happen. If that did happen I'd just leave." Maya replies, glaring up at Jessica.
Jessica perfectly arched brow rises."Oh really?" she smiles, "I am in fact gay."
"I'm gay too." Andrew happily, agrees with her. And now I finally get where she's going with this. It didn't take much for everyone to just say that they were gay too.
"Everyone in here is a homosexual sweetie," Jessica pouts down at Maya."How does it feel being abnormal now? You can always use the door if you can't take the gay."
So maybe she wasn't that bad, she just happened to be dating the man I love. Still I could dislike her on that level; it seemed like a justified reason not to like someone.
Maya stands up, Mason standing up to hold her back from Jessica who doesn't seem fazed at all."I'm going to beat your ass."
"Sorry I just got my nails done the other day," Jessica holds her hands out in front of her, and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes."You're not worth a broken nail."
"Damn even I felt that." Shiloh comments, looking highly amused.
"Guys," Lexi stood up placing herself between Maya and Jessica. I shifted from under Louis so I could stand up with Lexi. Just in case something happened."Can't we all just find some type of common ground?"
"Fuck your common ground you fat bitc-" A loud crunch, along with a couple loud surprised gasped filled the room.
"Whoa," I managed to get out, feeling utterly at a loss for words as I stared at Lexi. She was cradling her fist as Maya held her nose.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean-" Lexi was interrupted by a girlish scream that came from Maya.
Mason made her hold her head up when the blood started to gush out of her nose."Mason I think she broke my nose. It's bleeding oh god."
"The bathroom is down the hall; please don't drip blood on my carpet." Louis said, biting his bottom lip as if he was trying to hold back a grin. Mason only nodded while walking off with her.
I smiled at Lexi, "I've created a monster!" I exclaimed, my lips pulling up into a big grin.
"I'm now going to worship the ground you walk on." Trent said, while getting down on his knees.
Lexi just sighed, “I don't even know what came over me. I hope she's okay, I really didn't mean it. It just sort of happened." She said.
The door bell rang making Jessica jump up with a smile on her face."The pizzas here."
She then walked out of the room Andrew watching as she went. My brow rose in suspicion when he turned around, his gaze meeting mine. He just shrugged his shoulders and sat back down next to Shiloh while avoiding my gaze. Before I could question him there was a nudge on my shoulder, distracting me for a moment.
Louis's blue eyes stared directly into mine, as he walked around the chatting people. With a tilt to his head he silently motioned for me to follow behind him. A sigh left me as he easily left out of the room without being noticed. I glanced over at Andrew one last time before walking in the direction that Louis was heading. Though I didn't get far because Mason had stepped in front of me.
"I think her nose is broken." He said.
"I hope it is." I told him, glancing behind him for a moment before turning back to him."Are you mad? I wouldn't blame you if you were."
He shrugged, “I guess I should be but I'm not. Feel a little bad though, she is my sister." he glanced down the hallway, a smile appearing on his face when he didn't see anyone."I honestly didn't try to stop it, but I'll tell my parents that. It won't stop them from cursing me out though."
"Mason it's bleeding again!" A shrill cry came from the bathroom.
A sigh left him, “Guess I'll let you get back to...whatever it is that you're sneaking out to do." He said a smirk on his face, as he turned down the hallway.
I couldn't help but roll my eyes, “I wasn't sneaking out." I said; face scrunching up at the lie.
"Yeah, well okay keeping leaving without out wanting anyone to know. Remember no glove, no love." he teases, without turning around.
It took me a second to process what he'd said, but it was a second too late to come back with an insult. Because he'd already disappeared into the bathroom. I just shook my head and walked towards the patio that I knew Louis would be standing on. Louis was just leaning casually on the wooden rail staring out into his back yard.
"I thought you weren't coming." He said when I came up beside him.
"Mason held me up." I admitted, my eyes catching a small glimpse of the moon reflecting off the pool before looking back towards Louis. His gaze didn't waver as he stared at me."So you wanted to..."
"Company." He says, eyes still trained on me. If it were anyone else I might have felt a little uncomfortable.
I laughed while I sent him a small smile."There’s a ton of company inside Louis." I teased.
"But none of them are you." He moved closer to me, his hands finding their way to my hips. His eyes flickered down to my lips before looking back up.
A sigh left me as I stepped back moving out of his arms."You can't keep doing this to me Louis. If you want to be with me then be with me. Don't keep stringing me along like this, because eventually I'll have to stop chasing you." I told him, watching as he stepped back to lean on the rail.
"How I'm I stringing you along? You’re the one that's confusing. You've always been." He said, voice going into a whisper when getting to the last part.
"How I'm I stringing you along?" I repeated, shaking my head at what he'd just said."One minute you're all over me acting like you care. Then the next your pushing me away like I mean nothing."
"At least you know how I felt."
My mouth fell open in shock before I closed it. I sort of deserved that. I wasn't actually the nicest person to him in the past. Though I did eventually come around, but it was too late.
"Look Louis we were young. I was afraid back then so I know how you're feeling. But I I'm still in love with you, just as I was three years ago." I told him, finally confessing what I couldn't back then.
"I'm not afraid." He said before turning around to face the backyard. A sigh left me before I walked behind him, so I could wrap my arms around his waist.
"You're afraid that if you give me your heart again, I'll break it. I understand that because I felt the same way. I called myself playing it safe, but I didn't know I was actually hurting both of us." I felt him stiffen up before relaxing again, his hand resting onto of both of mine.
"You want to go somewhere?" He asked, turning around in my arms to face me. A smile was on his face as he looked down at me.
"Wouldn't Jess miss us?" I questioned, even though I didn't really care if she missed us or not.
He shook his head."She likes the idea of company. Likes to entertain them, while I sneak off I happen to do that a lot." He admits, smiling sheepishly.
"Where would we be going?" I asked, as he wrapped his arms around my back and pulled me in closer.
"Anywhere our feet can take us."
"Was that some type of pick up line?" I asked, laughing at the cheesiest line I'd heard in a while.
"No and yes," he shook his head his eyes gazing into mine."We're actually walking, but I'd like you to walk with me." He said, looking hopeful.
I nodded, not resisting the urge to press my lips against his for a brief moment. Though he had different plans I thought as his grip tightened, and his lips moved more firmly against mine. It was an innocent kiss with no tongue, but it was still passionate enough to make me not want to pull away.
Someone clearing their throat had us pulling apart. The only thing that told me it wasn't Jessica was because Louis was still holding onto me. I glanced behind me to see Mason standing there an embarrassed look on his face.
"Sorry," He said, looking around uncomfortably."Jessica told me to ask you where you kept the first aid kit." He asked.
"In the kitchen, inside the first cabinet beside the fridge. On the right." Louis informed him.
Mason nodded, while nervously scratching the back of his neck."Yeah thanks. You two just go back to what you were doing; pretend I never interrupted you." He then backed up, quickly turned on his heel and left.
I laughed while turning back to look at Louis, “We should go." I said, pulling away from him and walking down the steps of the patio.
"Wait," I stopped at the bottom of the steps, wondering what was holding him up. He took the steps two at a time till we were beside each other, then he carefully intertwined our fingers. A big grin appearing on his face as he did and I couldn't help but smile in return because of his actions."Now we can go."