~~Ryan's POV~~

"Ryan! You promised you would take me to dinner!" Claire yelled at me.

"I know, I know! But Niall invited me over. I can't turn him down it's been forever since I last saw him." I tried to explain.

"I'm you SISTER! And it's been 4 years since you last saw me! Tonight was supposed to be our reunion ever since you left for college!" Claire whined.

"Look, I'm sorry!" I said giving her a hug but she pushed me away and sniffled. I could tell she was about to cry.

"Why don't you come with, okay? Then we can hang out ALL DAY tomorrow!" I tried to make it up to her.

"Come with you? To see Niall? But Niall is your friend. You never liked me hanging out with him." She emphasized on the word your.

"Well Niall will have his friends over, I think one of them has a girlfriend. Maybe you can hang out with her." I patted her back. She gave me an angry look.

"Fine." She gave in.

"Thank you, Claire bear!" I kissed her forehead.

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~~Claire's POV~~

Me and Ryan stood at the hotel door as Ryan knocked. A few moments later Niall answered the door.

"Hey mate!" Niall and Ryan bro hugged or something and then he came to me.

"Well look at you, Claire! You've grown up so fa-"

"Niall I'm not 4, I'm 19. Cut to chase." I sassed.

"Looks like someone is on their monthly. I'm just saying it's nice to see you again." Niall said giving me a hug. Of course I hugged back because me and Ryan have known Niall since he was 9. After we parted Niall opened the door wider and let us in. I looked around in amazement. I could never afford something like this. I barely can even keep up with my apartment.

We walked into the main room and I saw 4 guys. I was guessing this was the other part of One Direction. Never really was a big fan. I only focus on my music. Yes, I write music. Not the point.


"Guys this is Claire." Ryan announced. I tried to hide behind my hair. But it didn't work. They were all staring at me. I'm really confused right now. Did they say hi and I couldn't hear? Is my hair messed up? Or are they just staring to be rude?

"She is off limits!" Ryan got onto them.

"That's what you think." The one with curly brown hair said. I think he was Harry. He winked at me. Now I'm really uncomfortable. Just then a girl with blonde hair walked out of the kitchen door.

"Who is she?" She asked. I frowned. She already didn't like me and I didn't even try or do anything.

"No, no! I don;t mean it like that I just mean who are you?" She re-phrased the question. I felt relief.

"This is my sister, Claire." Ryan said.

"Oooh! Are you Ryan? Niall's friend?" She asked.

"The one and only." He replied with a smirk. "Hey, maybe you can take Claire and you guys can become friends and do girly things?" He said shoving me in the girl's way.

"Yes! Finally, ok I'm Perrie and we are going shopping!" She grabbed her purse and started walking me to the doorway. I turned around and gave Ryan a death glare. 'Sorry' he mouthed to me. Ugh.

As I closed the passenger door, Perrie started the car.

"So..... As you know, I'm Perrie and I'm actually engaged to Zayn." She said giving me a bright smile. Who is Zayn?........ OH! Right, Zayn from One Direction, obviously.

"Do you know who Little Mix is?" She asked, curious.

"Yes. Don't they sing DNA?" I questioned. She looked a bit taken back as she nodded her head in disappointment.

"I'm actually in Little Mix." She confessed.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry please do not be offended! I only know One Direction because my brother wouldn't stop telling me about them because Niall was in it! I don't think I even know which one Zayn is?!" I got upset. I really hate it when I make people sad. It's my weakness. But after I said that Perrie's face lightened up a little bit.

"It's ok! You don't pay attention to celebrities do you?" She asked as we parked.

"Not really. I listen to some songs and artists. But I don't really focus on the world much." I replied.

"What are your top 3 favorite songs?" She asked putting the car keys in her pocket.

"DNA by Little Mix, The Only Exception by Paramore, and Make Up Your Mind by Theory of A Deadman."

Her eyes went wide.

"DNA is your favorite song?" She asked carefully.

"Of course." I replied. Her face glowed with happiness as we walked towards the doors of the mall.

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~~Louis' POV~~

I watched as Claire and Perrie walked out the door. I have to say she was pretty cute. Claire, I mean. Not Perrie. Perrie was cute but she wasn't my type. Besides she was Zayn's

"Ok 2 people have to sit out this round. Only 4 players can play at a time." Niall announced.

Turns out Niall, Ryan, Zayn, and Liam were going to play first round and me and Harry had to sit out.

"Claire is pretty hot." Harry said. I nodded in agreement.

"Yea, she's pretty fit." I nodded in agreement.

"You think I should ask her out?" He asked.

"Ryan already said she was off limits and besides you shouldn't throw her around like that. We all know you will sleep with her two or three times then never call her again." I huffed.

"You like her don't you?" He asked with a devious smirk.

"No I don't!" I quickly replied.

"Ok now I don't even have to ask." He said.

"What does that mean?!"

"It means, you're way too over protective over her and you're obviously trying to hide it. Usually you couldn't care less about who I'm with."

Harry was right. Maybe I do like her. I think I might ask her out later tonight. Even though Ryan said she was off limits. I don't care.

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My head shot up when I heard knocking on the front door. Niall paused the game and got up to answer it.

I watched as Claire and Perrie came strolling inside. Perrie had like 8 bags in her hands all from expensive shopping stores and Claire was only carrying a tiny bag from Hot Topic. She looked like my kind of girl. A bit of a tomboy who doesn't like to spend a lot of money.

"Hey guys, where is the kitchen? I just want some water." Claire asked.

"Right through that door." Liam pointed to the kitchen door over to my right. Claire walked in. This was my chance.

I sneaked into the kitchen and quietly closed the door behind me.

"Hey." I said. She turned around and looked a little shocked but she soon relaxed.

"Hi." She said grabbing a glass from a cabinet.

"Uhhhmmm... I was wondering......" I trailed off.

"You were wondering?" She asked pouring water into her cup.

"I was wondering if you would like to..... Go to the movies.... Tomorrow." I asked.

She went stiff as a board and didn't say anything for a minute.

"Sure." She soon answered.

On the outside I casually nodded and said "cool" and we exchanged numbers and everything but on the inside I have to say I was extremely happy! I walked out the kitchen door and went over to Harry.

"Mission Accomplished." I said. He looked up from his phone.

"You got her number?" He asked.

"Yeah." I said.

"You asked her out?" He asked again.

"Yep."

"Good job, mate!" Harry held up his hand and we high-fived. A bit childish but I mean I got a girl so...... Yeah.


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~~Claire's POV~~

"I was wondering if you would like to..... Go to the movies.... Tomorrow." Louis asked.

I froze. Did he really just ask me that? Ryan said I was off limits.

I then realized what was going on.

Ryan set this up so I could get to know one of them instead of just being the odd one out!

Ryan can be rude but he has a nice side sometimes.

So I replied, "Sure."

We exchanged numbers and he said he would pick me up tomorrow at 7:00.

He actually seemed really friendly. Ryan probably forced him to be, though. Or maybe he was genuinely just a nice guy. Who knows.