His Bandmate

It still feels weird as we step inside Perrie and Zayn's apartment. It's been a while since I've been here and I've only been two times before. We get greeted by Perrie who shushes us into the kitchen where the others are already seated. Harry sits down beside Niall and I wave at them all as I sit down beside Harry, leaving the only seat left to Louis on the other side of me. Oh-uh! I can feel his body heat as he sits down on the chair beside me. This really is going to be unbearable.

“Dig in!” Perrie exclaim before sitting down and taking her glass of wine to her lips. Niall throws himself on the chicken wrappers that layed in front of him. “Do you want some wine?” Perrie asks me and I accept. I take the glass and take a sip as she's filled it almost to the brim. I roll my eyes at her before smiling. When Harry has taken some chicken he passes them to me and I thank him before putting some on my plate. I turn to Louis and hand him the plate and he takes it, brushing his hand against mine while doing it. His eyes are looking into mine, but he doesn't show any emotion, me on the other hand give away a small gasp. The hot skin of his fingers gives me tingles. I quickly turn away and take my glass up again. My heart is beating fast in my chest and I try not to make it noticeable.

I take some salad from the bowl that Harry gives me and then I put it down beside me, making sure that Louis can't touch my hand again. I feel his quiet chuckle beside me as he sees the action. I can't understand how he can be so calm.

“So what have you've been up to these past days Juli?” Liam ask me, sitting opposite me on the table. I look up at him, smiling at his question.

“Oh, not much. Been working.” I shrug. Liam smiles sweetly at me. I wish I had more fun things to tell. I guess life wasn't that exciting. Right then I feel a hand on my thigh and tense up. The thumb of his hand is stroking back and forward as hear him ask Liam about something that I can't concentrate on. Louis lightly squeezes my knee. I guess I do have some exciting things going on, just nothing that I can tell anyone. I swallow hard before picking up my glass to take a gulp. I sneak a peak at Louis who seems unaffected. I can't understand how he does it, I want to be that good.

“What did you do last night?” I hear Harry ask from beside me. I put my glass down and turn lightly towards him. I was with Louis. It's what I should say, but can't and won't.

“Nothing special, just hung around home. You?” I ask and feel my cheeks flush when I feel Louis hand slowly move upward my thigh. I guess he wants to remind me about the nothing special part. I cough a little, before putting my hand over his, stopping it from moving further.

“I was visiting mom.” Harry say and take a bite of his food. Louis intertwine our fingers, hidden under the table. I can't believe he's this brave, what if someone see? My pulse is a little bit faster than normal because of this fact. “She's going crazy planning for christmas, I will get tired the first day I get there during the holiday.” He say chuckling. I smile at him before taking some food myself. This really is good. I didn't know Perrie could cook. I know it's not Zayn who has done this, I've heard him complain several times about how boring it is to cook.

“More wine?” Perrie asks me and I look at my empty glass, is she trying to get me drunk?

“Sure.” I snicker at her. As she stand up and walk behind us to get the bottle from the cabinet, Louis releases my hand. She would probably see it otherwise. I stroke my hand over my pants before holding my glass up for Perrie to fill.

I look around myself at these wonderful people around me, the conversations is flowing good around the table and I smile. I don't know if it's all the wine, but I feel really happy.

“So Juli,” Perrie say as I pick up my glass to take a sip. “I was thinking that maybe we should hook you up with a guy I know?” She say and I spit the wine I had taken into my mouth, back into the glass. The red liquid dripping down my chin. I hear Liam chuckle and I feel my cheeks redden.

“W-what?” I ask shocked as I wipe my chin with a napkin. I feel Louis tensing up beside me, but my eyes only look at Perrie, I can't look at the others.

“Yeah, you haven't been out with anyone since this one, right?” She say, waving her hand towards Harry. “And we all know how well that went.” She say snickering. I look down at my empty plate, I know my face and neck is probably deep red by now. Why is she doing this? Couldn't she at least have waited until we were alone.

“Ehm...” I try to clear my voice. “You don't need to do that.” I say low, I can feel everyones eyes on me.

“Of course I do. You got needs. He's a good guy, I promise.” She say, winking and I take a small gulp of air. Why?

“She doesn't have to go on a date just to take care of her needs.” Louis say beside me and I look up at him. What is he doing? He doesn't look at me, he keep his stare on the opposite side of the table where Perrie, Zayn and Liam is sitting. “I'm not going on dates and my needs are perfectly taken care of. Just saying.” Louis say and shrug, before taking a sip of his beer. Niall laughs loud and the other guys chuckles. Louis eyes turn to mine for a second before I look away. The guys seem to agree with Louis and it kind of makes me uncomfortable.

“Yeah, well... you're a whore.” Perrie say and roll her eyes, I recognize the light banter that they usually have. “A girl like Juli deserves someone to woo her and not just bang her.” She say and I close my eyes. Why am I the topic here. This is so embarrassing.

“Can we please drop it?” I ask, running a hand through my hair.

“Fine, we'll talk about it later.” Perrie say and stand up to take some plates to the sink. I sigh heavily.

“Maybe we should hook you up with this guy, he sounds wonderful.” Niall laughs and put his arm around Harry's shoulder. He soon puff out a breath as Harry punches his ribs.

“Fuck you, man!” Harry say, but he has a smile on his lips. “I'm way too good for him.” He says and flips his hair in a very feminine way and everyone laughs. I snicker and feel my face turning back to a little more normal color. Harry turn to me and wink. I feel relieved as we all leave the table to walk into the living room. Thankful that Perrie doesn't bring up the subject again. I sit down on the couch beside Niall.

“Hey.” I smile at him and he looks up with a grin.

“Hello there.” He say and I pull my legs up under myself.

“So, I was wondering, have you made any plans for Christmas day?” I ask, sneaking a peak to the side when I see Louis sit down on a chair on the other side of Niall. I quickly turn my eyes back to Niall.

“No, not really. Why?” Niall give me a little confused expression, maybe he has forgotten our previous conversation.

“Okay, because my dad has booked his trip and I was thinking that you could come with us if you'd like? I was thinking of booking a table somewhere.” I say and give him a smile. I can see the confusion disappear when my words remind him.

“Oh, right. You really don't have to do that.” He gives me a little uncertain look.

“What? Are you kidding? We'd love to have you. That way you can take some of the conversation away from me.” I say and snicker. His lips widen in a huge smile.

“Well, then I'd love to. Thank you!” He say and I smile big too. It will be fun to have him with us, it means that I will have a chance to get to know him a little more also. Beside my dad is going to be here for ten days, I'll get sick of him by then. I love my dad, but he doesn't know anyone here in London, so it's not like he's going to go out too much on his own.

“I'll book a table for three somewhere. We don't want me to cook, that will not end well.” I say and laugh, Niall chuckles with me.





I step out into the hallway when my phone starts to ring. The conversation is in full bloom inside the apartment and I don't want to disturb. I swipe the screen of my phone and bring it to my ear.

“Hi!” I answer and lean toward one of the walls.

“Hey.” I hear a tired sounding Lea on the other end. “What are you doing?” She asks and sound horrible.

“I'm at Zayn's, we have had dinner. How are you? You sound tired.” I ask, frowning.

“Urk, I'm terrible! I think I eat something bad, have been puking all evening.” She say and I wrinkle my nose.

“Aw, poor thing!” I say and wonder if I eat something she did today, but don't think so. Beside I should have noticed by now. I start to pace the hall.

“Yeah, that's why I'm calling. Can you take my shift tomorrow? I'm suppose to open, but don't think I can manage that. Lisa can come in after lunch.” She say and I nod even though she can't see me.

“Sure, of course I can.” I say and stop in my pacing back and forth as I hear the door to the apartment open up. I feel my heart kick an extra beat when I see Louis coming out.

“Thank you!” Lea say sounding relieved.

“No problem sweetie. Please feel better soon. I'll call you tomorrow.” I say as Louis comes closer to me, his eyes never leaving mine. He looks so good in his black shirt.

“I will, bye!” Lea hangs up the phone and I put it in my pocket. Louis has stopped right in front of me, my nose fills with his scent and I close my eyes for a couple of seconds. They open when I feel his hands on my hips. He leans closer, his lips almost touching mine.

“You are not going on that date.” He whisper, his voice filled with irritation, before his lips press against mine. I feel my whole body responding to his kiss, my hands squeezing his arms.

“What do you want me to do?” I ask as our lips separate for a second. I peck his lips afterwards as his hands caress my lower back, holding me close to him.

“Don't go.” He breaths before biting my bottom lip, making me whimper. God, I want him! My whole body is filled with goosebumps.

“It's not that simple.” I say and he pulls back his head to look at me with a frown. “What am I suppose to say? No, thank you, I love being single and alone?” I ask with sarcasm filling my voice.

“You're not alone.” Louis say and narrows his eyes at me.

“Well, she doesn't know that.” I stroke my hands from his arms to his shoulders as he bits his lip. Louis growl before pressing his lips to mine again. My heart stops when we hear the door open up to the apartment again. Louis pushes me away from him in a heartbeat and I'm slammed into the opposite wall, safely hidden behind a huge cabinet there. I loose my breath from the hard hit, but try not to make a sound. I close my eyes, hoping that I'm invisible.

“Hey, what are you doing?” I hear Harry's voice and feel my heart start to race. Fuck! It feels like my breathing is too loud for this hallway. Did he see me? He's going to find out.

“I was just talking on the phone.” Louis say, shrugging his shoulders. All I can see is Louis and his chest which is rising quicker than normal. My eyes are huge as I look at him, trying to melt into the wall.

“Oh, okay. Have you seen Juli?” Harry asks and I squeeze my eyes shut.

“No.” Louis shakes his head, taking his bottom lip into his mouth.

“Okay. Well come on, Zayn wanted to show us that video.” Harry says and Louis starts to walk forward towards him and the apartment. I wait until I hear the door close and then let out a huge breath of air. Holy shit! I can't believe that just happened. I'm drenched in sweat and my heart is racing in my chest. I lean forward, resting my hands on my knees. I can't believe how cool Louis is all the time. It's like he isn't even phased by this.

I stand there, catching my breath for a couple of minutes more before getting back into the apartment.

“Hey, where have you've been?” Harry asks, looking up from the couch when I enter the living room. I see Louis standing behind him and the couch, they are watching something on the computer that Zayn has in his lap beside Harry. Louis cheeks look a little pink and he isn't looking up at me. Maybe he isn't as good at hiding it as I thought.

“I went out for a phone call. I need to go, I'm taking Lea's shift in the morning, she's sick.” I say and put my hands in the pockets of my jeans. Everyone is staring at me and I hate it, feels like they know what I was doing. What we were doing.

“Oh, that's too bad.” Perrie say and comes over to give me a hug. “Maybe we could do something sometime just us girls?” She ask as she lets me go.

“Yeah, sure. That sounds nice. Thank you for dinner, it was delicious.” I say and smile at her.

“What's wrong with us guys?” Zayn ask, narrowing his eyes at his girlfriend. I see Perrie hesitate for a second, not sure of what to say.

“You want the whole list?” I ask with a grin. Harry chuckles and Perrie smiles. I even see Louis biting down on his lip, hiding his smile.

“Hey!” Zayn exclaim fake-angry and I shake my head.

“Come back soon.” Perrie say to me, ignoring Zayn, before going into the kitchen.

“How are you getting home?” Harry asks, narrowing his eyes at me. I sigh, sick of this argument, how often will we have it?

“Bus.” I say short.

“I'll give you money for a cab.” He says standing up and grabbing his wallet from his back pocket.

“No, don't.” I say wearily. Harry stops, his eyes burning into mine.

“I've already told you, I'm not letting you take the bus. I'd drive you home, but I've been drinking beer.” He say and I hear Niall chuckle.

“Overprotective much?” He mumbles, but stops when he gets an irritated stare from Harry.

“I can take her.” Louis say and I stop breathing. Everyones eyes look towards him. “I only drank one and I was thinking of going out to get some red bull.” He shrugs.

“Good.” Harry say and I feel like my eyes are going to pop out of my head at his answer. How can Harry be so cool with Louis taking me home? That's something new. Louis walk into the kitchen and thank Perrie for dinner as I walk to the hall. I pull my shoes on as Harry comes up to me.

“You are so weird.” I whisper at him, before putting my jacket on.

“If you can just accept that this is how it's going to be, than everything will be fine.” He say and almost pout. I just shake my head.

“I'm going to be the most expensive friend ever.” I sigh, feeling like I'm taking advantage of him.

“Believe me, you're not! Besides, money's not a problem. I have enough of it.” He say and I raise my eyebrows at him.

“Way to throw your millions in my face.” I say and shake my head, though a little smile plays on my lips as I see the huge smile on his. He laughs before engulfing me in a hug. I punch his stomach as Louis comes to the door.

“Thanks!” Harry pats his shoulder on his way back to the living room. My eyes locks with Louis's for a second before I open the door and walk out. He pulls his jacket on as he closes the door and we walk down the hallway to the elevator in silence.

“That was a close call.” Louis say low as we sit down in his car and I start to laugh. That's an understatement. He looks over at me with an amused expression and I can't stop laughing. I think it's the stress from the other finding out that's making me this weird. I'm absolutely exhausted from it. Louis shakes his head as he starts the car.



He pulls the car into a parking spot outside my apartment building and my laughter has died down by now. Now I'm just tired and is longing for my bed. He pull the keys from the ignition and I bite my lips.

“You're coming up?” I ask, the question sounding both as a longing but also as I don't want him to. I see his hesitating and I sigh quietly. I do want him to come up, I'm just exhausted and need to get up really early tomorrow.

“I...eh...I thought so, but I don't have to.” He say and frown. He looks confused and I feel guilty.

“It's just that I'm so tired and need to wake up in only a couple of hours.” I say and regret the words when I see the hurt in his eyes.

“Sure.” He say and look out of the windshield as he bites the inside of his lip. Ugh! I don't want him to feel weird. He was so nice to take me home.

“You want to come up and sleep with me?” I ask, not thinking about the words before he looks over at me with one eyebrow raised and humor circling his eyes. “You know what I mean.” I say, rolling my eyes. He chuckles lightly.

“Yeah.” He say and unbuckle his seatbelt and I open my door to step out.



I yawn as I step out of the bathroom in a t-shirt and panties. I turn the lights off in the hall before crawling down into the bed, snuggling close to Louis. God, he smells so good. I feel my body respond to his as he wraps his arms around me and pulls me closer. I ignore my body's longing and go for sleep instead. It will be hard to wake up that early as it is.

“Goodnight!” I hear Louis say against my head before he kisses my hair. “I'll woo you.” He whispers, but I'm too far gone to respond.

Notes

Hi there,

Almost two weeks since I updated, insane. I've had lots to do, besides I only got two comments on the last one and that didn't make the inspiration flow exactly. But now I've written and it's irritating because I know exactly what I want to happen, it just takes time to get down on "paper". :P

Hope you liked it though!

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