One Thousand Songs Later

Okay guys, this is the last chapter. ):

"Where are we going?" I asked for the fiftieth time.

"Just be patient!" Chuckles Luke.

We've been walking away from campus for twenty minutes and I have no idea what is going on.

We've been at Princeton for about two months now and the leaves are beginning to turn into fall colors. With school in full swing, classes are insanely challenging but the professors are amazing. The only bad thing about Princeton is that everyone is so damn smart! It's hard to stay top of your class when everyone in your class is at the same, optimal level.

But I'm extremely happy to report that after some miracle physical therapy, Luke has made a full recovery (although I'm making sure Luke doesn't do anything too extreme).

"I can't believe it's still warm out, it still feels like summer!" Luke said, amazed. I laughed.

"Well when you live in the states, it's typically warmer than frozen England!"

"That's Scotland! Scotland is the one that's always cold."

"They're practically the same thing."

"That's so not true!"

"Is to!"

"I think I would know, I'm the one who's lived in England all my life."

"Ugh, why are you so smart," I groaned and rolled my eyes.

"But you love me for it," Luke said and kissed my nose. I tried turning my face away so that Luke couldn't kiss me but he grabbed my face and forcefully planted a soft kiss on my nose. I couldn't help but grin after he pulled away.

"I love you so much," I sighed and laid my head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around my waist and murmured,

"Love you too."

We walked in silence for the rest of the journey, just enjoying the fact that we were together.

"Here we are," Luke announced after awhile and pointed to a building in front of us.

"What is this place?" I asked stepping away from Luke and closer to the plain white door, frowning. It was a typical one story building, made of red brick, but it didn't have any windows and it was completely surrounded my trees. It looked as if it was built accidentally in the middle of a forest.

"Hey!" I protested when my vision was blocked off by some cloth.

"Relax," Luke said and placed his hands on my shoulders. He gently pushed me forward and led me in an unknown direction.

"Okay, sit down now, a chair is right behind you." I obliged to his command and carefully sat down. Luke left my side and I could hear the sound of his footsteps getting father away.

"Don't take the blindfold off!" Luke called.

"Okay," I replied dumbly.

"You're going to feel some movement but don't worry and don't take the blindfold off!" Luke said.

"Okay." Suddenly, I felt my seat jerk up and then I heard a consistent ticking sound below me that kept getting quieter.

"Can I take the blindfold off?" I asked. I really wanted to see what was happening.

"Not yet! One second!"

After a long pause, Luke finally yelled, "You can take it off now!" I immediately slipped the cloth off my eyes and was greeted with an ear-splitting,

"SURPRISE!"

When I looked down, I realized two things: Holy fuck I am high! Literally, my chair was raised really high. And the second thing was: Louis, Eleanor, Leo, Harry, Zayn, Niall, and Liam are all here!

"What are you guys doing here?" I said happily.

"It's your birthday silly!" Niall laughed. I frowned, I totally forgot about it! For the past three years, Kyle has made zero effort for my birthday and no one knew it was my birthday when I first lived at Louis's and Eleanor's house. I guess I stopped thinking it was important because the people around me sure didn't make it seem like they cared. But I guess they do.

"But you guys are supposed to be on tour!"

"That's not an excuse for missing your birthday! Especially because we've missed like four of the them," said Louis.

"So we're going to make it up to you by putting enough effort into this birthday party to make up for the past years," said Liam.

"Aww guys that's really sweet."

"We know," Harry said cheekily.

I laughed and asked,"but is the high chair really necessary?"

"Yes!" They all shouted.

"Okay, okay," I said.

"Now for the performance!" Louis announced loudly. Everyone ran onto the stage and hid behind some red curtains.

While waiting for the performance, I glanced around the room. It was pretty dark and empty besides the stage and the stage lights.

"Ladies and Gentlemen - er, Lady, I have an announcement to make: Happy Nineteenth Birthday Lily Mildred Tomlinson! We all love you!" Said Niall through a loudspeaker in an announcers voice.

"Now please, enjoy the show!"

I grinned when the lights began to dim and the curtains began I rise, revealing a movie-theater-size-screen. Suddenly, Eleanor appeared on the screen.

"Lily," she said, "when I first met you, I thought you were going to be horrible to me because I dated Louis, instead, you were the one who got him to marry me! Thank you for your kindness to me, it's something I rarely experience from a Directioner. I'm so proud of what you have done and I'm especially proud to say that you're my daughter."

Then all the boys took turns saying nice things about me and how they love me. It was really sentimental stuff and I couldn't help but break out into tears.

"Lily," began Luke, "when I first met you, I knew that you would be the one for me. You stood out from all the other girls. I don't know what it is that you have that attracts me so much and I can't help but love you more than anything in the world. Thank you so much for being just you because you bring me so much happiness. Not even a thousand words could explain my affection for you. I'll never stop loving you and always take care of you."

I was practically sobbing at this point.

"Lily..." I tried rubbing away my tears to see the last person on the screen but it was dark. The spotlight had turned on and focused on the real Louis who was sitting on a bench next to an extravagant piano.

"So many words have been said about you and there's not much left that I can say to you. But let me say this, without you, I may have never gotten the courage to ask El to marry me and Eleanor is my everything. If it wasn't for you, a lot of amazing things probably wouldn't of happened and I'm so grateful that you came into my life. I know that you have a rough past and I appreciate that you've moved on. You are the strongest person I have ever met because you have been through so much but you don't let life get you down. But enough talk, I wrote this piece for you, it's called 'Lily' and I hope you like it."

Louis then began to play the most beautiful song on the piano, the kind of song that reminds you about all the good things in life and makes you smile so wide it feels like your mouth will fall off.

After Louis finished playing, I managed to stop crying but that didn't stop my voice from trembling.

"Luke please let me down now, I need to hug you guys to death!" I said. Everyone laughed.

The rest of the night was just all of us talking and eating. It was a fairly low key but I couldn't of made it any better. For the first time, I felt relaxed and so damn happy. Kyle is gone, Luke is better, my family is here and I can't ask for anything more.

As I leaned against Luke's chest, laughing at Louis who was making silly faces, I thought: "This is what it must feel like to be in heaven because it doesn't get much better than this."

THE END

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