His Bandmate

I take out my phone as I sit down on one of the tables at work when it's time for my break. It's insane here now before christmas, so much people running around like maniacs, so we are three people working the rush hours. That means that I can actually take a break, because otherwise I wouldn't be able to. I type in a message on my phone.

To Louis
Sad that you couldn't stay last night. :(

Louis had some stuff to do before the holidays, he said, so he couldn't spend the night. It sucked, but I am seeing him later so I guess it's all good. Though my bed feels so empty without him, I've gotten too used to him in it.

From Louis
Me too! But I'll see you tonight. Looking forward to see how you're going to sneak in that birthday kiss without people seeing. ;)

I smile at his answer. He's been so cheeky this last week, it's crazy.

To Louis
It's not even your real birthday, but I'll manage. Wait and see...

I am looking forward to the party tonight, but I'm also very nervous. I can't really say why, because it will be like every other party that the guys have. I just hope that he will be happy with my gift. I'm so thankful for my dad for helping me with it.

I've also been cleaning the whole week, seeing that my dad is coming. I realized that he's going to stay here and I can't have it as dirty as I do. So I've been cleaning like a mad-woman. Though I have been a little cleaner the last couple of months. I think it has to do with that very handsome guy coming over almost every day and I don't want to be embarrassed of my place. Its old, worn down self is embarrassing enough.





“So I'll see you there later?” I say to Lea as I put my jacket on when my shift ends. I only have a little over an hour before I'm going to be at Liam's.

“Yeah, it will be awesome. Tell the birthday-boy happy birthday!” She smirk at me.

“You can tell him yourself!” I sing to her as I walk around the counter. “Bye!” I wave before walking out of the door into the winter air.

I feel flutters in my stomach as I step out of the shower wrapped in a towel. I am exited and a little nervous about this party. I stand by my bed and look at the two outfits laying there and I can't decide on which to go with. Either a dark blue dress that slims down my body perfectly, showing my curves just enough, or my black shiny leggings and a really cool long t-shirt, making as a dress with a belt in the waist. I don't know if I should just play it cool with the t-shirt-dress or a real dress. Arg! I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard with the real dress, though I want to look nice for Louis.

Screw this! I turn to my dresser to pick up the underwear that I've already chosen. I put them on before drying my hair and doing my make up. I decide to make two small braids in the front of my face and pull them back and tie them together in the back of my head, keeping the rest of my curls free. I sigh loud before looking at the clock, I need to get going if I don't want to be late. I sigh before picking up the dress and pull it on. I pick out a black pair of heels and put them on, looking myself in the mirror. I look good. Almost too good. Maybe I should have taken the other clothes? Shit! Fuck. No I don't have time to change. I pull a cardigan on and run out the bedroom to put my jacket on and pick my purse up and the gift before I get out of the apartment.

I walk fast down the street, making sure not to fall in my heels. I am out of breath as I get to the bus stop right as the bus comes. I sigh with relief as I sit down on one of the seats. My heart is beating fast in my chest and I can't make it slow down.

I get off the bus and walk ten minutes until I reach their apartment building. I take a deep breath before I knock on Liam's door and try to shake this nerves away.

“Hey! Finally we can start the party!” Liam greets with a huge smile as he opens the door.

“Hi. Sorry if I'm late, the bus took a while.” I snicker as I step inside, Liam hold his hand out for the gift to hold as I take my jacket off.

“Oh, don't say that out loud, Harry will freak.” He whispers and I laugh.

“Were do I pit this?” I ask, holding the gift up in the air as we walk into his apartment.

“I can take it and put it with the others.” He offers and I give the box to him. We walk into the living room where I see all the others already seated. It's the normal gang plus two of Louis other friends. I've seen them before at parties.

“Hey!” I say as I step inside and everyones eyes land on me. I feel my cheeks heat a little at their stares. My eyes land on Louis who's eyes has widen and his teeth biting into his bottom lip, his eyes scanning me up and down, stopping on my legs that I realize is pretty exposed since the dress stop mid-thigh. I look away to Harry who has stood up and walk over to give me a hug.

“Hi. You look gorgeous.” He say and smile as he pull back.

“Thanks!” I say and walk further in the room to Perrie who comes closer with open arms.

“Oh my god! You look absolutely amazing! Those legs!” She cheer as she hugs me. I feel better though because she has a similar dress on, so I don't feel as over dressed as I did before.

“Have you've seen yourself?” I ask, snickering a little before making the rounds, hugging and kissing cheeks. I end with Louis who stands up when I get to the chair he's sitting on.

“Happy birthday! I guess you get off those dishwashing duties tonight.” I say with a smirk, giving him a one armed hug.

“Fuck you.” He mumbles, but smile. It's quiet in the room, but when I laugh at his words the others chuckle too. I walk over to sit on the couch beside Harry. When all the conversations in the room starts up again, I look over at Louis who is still looking at my legs. I smile and feel confident. I really like to have this affect on him.

“Well, lets get some cake!” Perrie cheer and stand up to walk into the kitchen.

“I'll help you.” I say and walk after her. Perrie has prepared all the things we need on a tray, like plates, spoons and napkins. I walk over to the cake she's made and it looks amazing.

“Wow, this cake looks so good. Have you made this?” I ask shocked. Even I who work at a bakery can't make a cake look this good.

“Thank you! Yes. I took a class to learn how to make those roses and gifts on top, it was lots of fun.” She say with a smile. It really looks like a pro has done this. “If you take the tray, I take the cake.” She say and pick up the cake. I do as I'm said and pick the tray up and we walk back to the living room. I put the tray down and hand Perrie a plate to put the first bite on.

I sit down with my own plate when everyone else has gotten their. It tastes as good as it looked, I'm so booking her to do all my cakes in the future. Not that I eat cake that often.

“So when are you leaving?” I ask Harry and take another bite of the cake.

“I'm going tomorrow, my train leaves at three.” He nods, taking a drink of the beer he has. Beer and cake, not the combination I was going for. I'll wait to after I've eaten before I start to drink.

“Well that's good. Then you can sleep in and be hangover before you have to go.” I snicker.

“So true.” Harry chuckles. I put my now empty plate down on the table. I would take another slice, just because it's so good, but I don't want to puke cake later. That would ruin the goodness of the cake.

“Lets do gifts!” Perrie shouts happily when everyone has eaten their cake. I feel my pulse starting to get quicker at her words. I decide to take the plates to the kitchen as Liam pulls the rollable table with gifts towards Louis. I lean against the sink as I hear Louis open a gift and thank Niall. I feel nauseous. I shouldn't have gotten this gift. Maybe it's all wrong. Maybe I shouldn't have given it here with all these people. I shake my head before taking a deep breath and going back into the living room. Louis is opening another gift and I know it's not mine. I decide to keep standing, making sure I have a fast exit route, so I stop behind one of the chairs closest to the kitchen.

When Louis has thanked Liam, he picks up my box and I almost shout at him not to open it. He eyes the tag on it and looks up.

“From Juli.” He say and the others turn to me. I give a small, forced smile. Louis shake the box a little, trying to figure out what it is and all I hear is my heart beating in my chest. Fuck, this is torture. The box fit perfectly in Louis lap and he starts to pull the paper away. My breathing is hard as he lifts the lid of the box and pushes away the silk paper inside. I stop breathing as I watch him. He freezes, staring into the box, his eyes widening and mouth dropping. I bite my lip. Shit! This was an bad idea, I shouldn't have given this now. He looks up with an shocked expression and I can see that he doesn't know what the hell to do.

“What did you get?” Liam ask, looking from Louis to me and back.

“H...wa...bu...” Only sounds come out of Louis's mouth, no words. I feel myself starting to sweat. Fuck! This is not going good.

“What is it?” Niall ask, now very curious.

“A shirt.” Louis breath out. He put his hand into the box and stroke the fabric before slowly taking it up and looking at it. He turn it around so the others can see it and gasps is heard. I feel my cheeks turn red and I suddenly wish that I was sitting down.

“Is that..?” Liam say with a stunned voice.

“Ryan Giggs?” Harry ask, sounds as shocked as the others. I wasn't expecting this reaction to be honest.

“How the hell did you get him a signed Ryan Giggs football shirt?” Niall ask, looking at me with huge eyes. I fidget where I stand, not sure of where to look. I new that Louis would like the shirt, he's talked a lot about Ryan, but I wasn't expecting the other to be this excited about it. I shrug.

“My dad know a guy who knows a guy.” I say and resuming biting my lip.

“This is insane.” Louis mumble before putting the shirt and box down and stands up. I feel my pulse increase as he walks over to me. I can see the bewilderment in his eyes. What is he going to do? He can't kiss me, which I actually think he wants to do. He engulfs me in a huge hug, squeezing me tight. My feet elevating off the floor. I feel my cheeks heat as I see the others look at us with shocked eyes. I feel him nuzzle into the crack of my neck and I pat his back lightly. I try to make the hug seem unusual, but it's so familiar and wonderful.

Louis lets go of me, looking at me with eyes filled with so much emotion that I don't know what. I look over at the others and he does too, realizing what just happened. He looks back at me with freaked eyes.

“Glad you liked it.” I say, raising my eyebrows and patting him on the shoulder. Trying to disarm the situation. “I should have given you socks instead. Might have gotten another reaction.” I say and smile.

“Yeah, sorry.” He say, frowning and walking back towards his chair.

“You should marry her. She's a keeper.” Niall say, holding the shirt in his hands, like it was a crystal vase or something.

“Yeah...” Louis mumble and look over at me, making my cheeks heat again. I look away, feeling so weird. What was that? Marry me? He couldn't mean that. God! I need alcohol right now. I sit down on the chair that I've been standing behind and tap my fingers against the armrest.

I look anywhere but at Louis as he finishes up opening presents. I feel really strange, first from the reaction I got from the gift and then by the marriage thing. I know it was just a thing and not a proposal or anything, but still it made me uneasy. I haven't even let myself dream that far into the future, it feels wrong to do when basically no one even knows about us. It's hard to understand all these feeling inside, mixed emotions and secrets.

As soon as the gifts are done and the booze comes out I open my first beer. At ten Lea shows up and I have never been so happy to see anyone in my life. A lot more people has come and the apartment is buzzing with life, but I've just been walking around, making sure not to run into Louis.

“Lea!” I shout when I see her, a slightly buzzed smile on my face. I've had a couple of drinks, but I'm far from drunk. I hug her when she comes closer, looking gorgeous in a black short skirt and a blue top that shows a lot of cleavage.

“Hey, how's the party?” She smiles big, looking around the room.

“It's good. I'm glad you're here.” I say and hook my arm around hers.

“Me too. Come on. I wanna wish happy birthday to the birthday-boy.” She say and drag me along into the living room. I bite the inside of my lip as I see Louis standing by the balcony door with some friends. “Heey, happy birthday!” Lea shouts as we come up to them. Louis smiles at her and they hug, though I see that it's a little stiff. I see Louis cheeks turn a little pink and I think it's because it's the first time they have seen each other since the incident at my birthday. I bite my lip and look away. I know he is embarrassed by that and Lea doesn't care at all.

“Thank you.” Louis say and raises his beer.

“Having fun?” Lea presses and I just wish that we could go now. The guys Louis talked to walks away to the kitchen.

“Yeah, best party ever.” Louis say and I can hear on his voice that he's had a lot of drinks already. “There's alcohol in the kitchen if you want.” Louis say and Lea smiles big.

“Don't mind if I do. Stay here.” She say to me and walk towards the kitchen. I widen my eyes at her, she can't leave me. This feels strange. I look up at Louis who takes a sip of his beer. I smile sheepishly at him. It's the first time we've been alone with other people around us, if you know what I mean.

“Having fun?” He ask, trying to look casual. I almost feel like laughing, this is surreal.

“Yeah, sure.” I say and shrug. Louis raises his eyebrows in questioning. “It's fine.” I smile and scratch my arm.

“What's wrong?” Louis ask, taking a step closer, his eyes filled with confusion. Right then Harry comes and wraps his arm around me, reeking of whiskey.

“Hey, what's going on here?” He ask, shouting a little to close to my ear. He is smiling big though, seeming like having fun.

“Just talking to the birthday-boy. Lea just came.” I say and he brightens up. As on cue, she comes with a red drink in her hand.

“Hello there.” She pulls up, giving Harry a side hug.

“Hey!” Harry shouts again. I pull away from him, sparing my poor ears. I feel Louis's eyes on me and I smile up at him. He gets called by someone and walks to them by the couch. I take Lea with me to sit on a couple of chairs by the table, watching her drink. I don't really feel like drinking. I look over at the couches from time to time, seeing Louis have the time of his life. It makes me happy. I like seeing him this happy and I decide not to ruin it. He didn't mean what he said about marriage, it was Niall who joked about it, nothing else.

Lea is on her fourth drink and is starting to slur as she talk. We're sitting at the dining table in the living room with Liam and some other people. I can't keep my eyes from moving towards Louis though and when I do and he looks back, I can't help the feeling inside me. I smile as move my head a little to the kitchen and he slightly nods. I excuse myself and go into the kitchen which is shockingly empty. I lean against the counter as I wait. I start to feel a little unsure if Louis understood my subtle hint and suddenly - there he is, standing in the doorway and I can't keep the smile from my face. He takes a step into the kitchen and I drag him closer, pushing him against the counter behind the door and press my lips against his. It takes a second before he's caught up and his hands find my hips. I press my body against his and stroke my hands on his neck, making sure not to mess his hair up too much. It feels so forbidden and sexy to kiss him here in the kitchen. My pulse is high of the chance of getting caught. I feel his hands move to my behind as we kiss deeply.

“Louis?” I suddenly hear a booming voice close to us, just outside the kitchen. I push away and lock eyes with Louis who look freaked, I look down at the clear bump in Louis pants, making me smirk. I take a step back, moving to the doorway, holding the door as I see Harry coming towards it.

“Hey.” I say, stopping him in his tracks. “Looking for someone?” I ask, seeing Harry stumble a bit. He's been drinking much tonight.

“Yeah, Louis. He's in there.” He say and point into the kitchen. I bite my lip. I can't let Harry see Louis here, it will be too suspicious that we've been in here alone together. And I'm not sure Louis bump has gone away yet.

“No, I saw him on the balcony.” I say to Harry who frown. “I promise, he's there. Go look.” I say and Harry nod before turning around. I take a step back and look behind the door at Louis, who is smiling at me. I wink at him before I walk out into the living room and back to Lea. I smirk with happiness, that felt good.

People drink a lot and the noise level is high. I've had a couple of more drinks, but not too many. Lea on the other hand has had a hell of a lot. We're standing and talking to Harry, Liam and a guy named Ted when someone stumbles and a beer crashes to the floor just as Louis comes over to us.

“Hey, you should clean that up, isn't that your job?” I ask Louis with a smirk. I feel normal now after our little make out session in the kitchen.

“No. Maybe you should do it.” He say and frown as the guys chuckles.

“Aw, don't be a baby. It's your party, it's your responsibility.” I say and can see the corner of the mouth twitch. I know he loves this.

“Hey, don't fight.” Lea slurs. Everyone looking over at her. “Just kiss and make up like you always do.” She say and takes a sip of her drink. My eyes widen at her words. What the hell? I look over at Louis who actually looks terrified. I take a hold of Lea's arm and take the drink away from her. I can't believe she actually said that.

“Someone's had a drink too much.” I say and force a laugh. I look over at Harry and he seems too drunk to even know what she's talking about, so that's good. “Say night night.” I say as I pull her away from the guys and I put her jacket on and put her in a cab home. I can't have her drunkenly outing me and Louis. I hope no one took notice of her words.

I get back to the party and sit down with Niall and some people on the couches. I realize how tired I am when the fifth yawn comes in one minute. I thought that I was going to surprise Louis by staying at his tonight, but I didn't even think about that he might want to party all night. I bite the inside of my lip and look at the clock. It's after two. I decide to go, I don't want to be a party pooper and sit in the corner and yawn for the rest of the night.

I walk over to Louis who is standing with some guys by the kitchen. He smiles big when he sees me, pulling me in with his arm around my shoulders. The action is weird, but the feel of him is always wonderful. I eye the guys standing around us and they look a little shocked.

“I am going to marry this girl.” He slurs and my eyes widen. What the hell? “This is the girl who gave me the shirt.” He adds and his friends nods in agreement and I roll my eyes. This is so ridiculous. It's only the alcohol talking right now. I force myself not to listen to it.

“Okay. So I just wanted to say bye, I'm gonna go.” I say and take Louis's arm off my shoulder.

“Oh...” He looks uncertain at me. I turn toward him, so his friends doesn't see my face.

“I'll see you later.” I say raising my eyebrows at him, staring into his eyes and silently trying to tell him that I will stay, but I'm not sure he gets it. I think there's too much alcohol in his system. I kiss his cheek and squeezes his arm before going. I can feel his eyes on me as I walk to the hall, hugging a very wasted Harry before stepping out of the apartment.

I shake my head as I ride the elevator, drunk people are really hard to handle sometimes. It's hard to communicate with them, specially silent communication. I make sure no ones in the hall before opening the door to Louis's apartment. It feels a little weird as I step inside. It's the first time I've used the key to come here, I've only left the apartment before. As I've taken off my shoes and hung up my jacket, I realize that it could take time before Louis comes home. I don't think he got the hint that I was going to stay here and it's not like I want him to leave his party before it's over.

I decide to wash my face and brush my teeth before I take the dress off and crawls into bed. I guess I could take a nap before he comes. He'll wake me when he does and then I can give him his other gift. I feel myself drift off, all the partying and loud music making me tired.

Notes

Thank you guys for always commenting, even though I'm super bad at updating, guess life is coming in the way. :(

I hope you liked it though! I liked writing it, it made my night better - had a thing happening this evening making me irritated. But now I feel better.

Give me lots of comments and I will do my very best to write the other one this week, I have a little less work! ;)

xx.