Lemons
October #4 Halloween! (Part 2)
*Sammie’s POV (8pm, Saturday the 31st)
I’m watching The Nightmare Before Christmas with the girls when my phone rings. Shit, I forgot to put it on vibrate. “Keep playing it. I’ll be right back.” I say getting up to go to the other room. I answer once I’m alone. It’s Louis. “Hey, Louis. What’s going on?” “Are you still on Google Hangout with the girls?” he asks.
“Yeah we’re watching a movie. Why?” “How much longer do you think you’ll be on with them?” he asks. So many questions! “A few more hours probably. Again, why?” “I have a surprise for you and the girls when I get home. I’ll be home soon.” Interesting…”Okay, I’m intrigued. See you soon!” I say hanging up.
What could the surprise be? I’m clueless. I go back into the living room. “Sorry, girls. That was Louis. Apparently he has a surprise when he gets home, which should be soon.” “Hm…I hope he’s not planning on scaring you.” Mackenzie says. Then Hannah and Susan start laughing to themselves. “What are you two laughing about?” I ask.
When Hannah can muster the self control to speak again, she says “Maybe he’ll scare you unintentionally instead…” before she laughs again. “Yeah…maybe tonight is the night he’ll finally profess his love for you, Sammie!” Susan says before joining Hannah in laughing again. Not this again.
It went from just my Applebee’s boss Bri thinking Louis likes me, to all four of my best friends seeming convinced as well ever since I told them about me moving in with Louis after losing my Hollister job. They tease me about it whenever they get the chance.
I keep trying to tell them that he thinks of me as a little sister and nothing more, but they aren’t having it. He and I have Skyped and Googled with the girls together a couple times and they swear he looks at me a certain way when I’m talking. I don’t believe them. I don’t want to believe them. Because what if it ended up being true? This living arrangement would be ruined.
“Very funny, girls. I’m telling you he doesn’t like me that way! And I definitely don’t see him in that light. Please just drop it?” “Fine…” they all say. At that moment, the door opens and Louis comes in. What I see when he comes through that door…unintentionally scares me.
He knew the girls and I were going to do a Disney princesses costume theme and I told him I was gonna be Cinderella. …That may have been a mistake. Louis comes towards me wearing a Prince Charming costume. Oh no…he’s going to show the girls. “Hello, ladies” he says bowing his head in front of my laptop. This does not help my case at all.
“Why, hello Prince Charming!” Mackenzie says to him. “Might you be looking for a lady with a missing glass slipper?” Hannah chimes in. I hate that they’re egging him on like this. “Why, yes I am. And here she is! Hello, Your Highness.” Lou says getting up and bowing to me. Oh my gosh, this is not happening.
“Hello, Prince Charming.” I say not as into it. “Don’t be so glum, princess. I found your other slipper! Now we can ride off into the sunset together and live happily ever after.” he picks me up bridal style and carries me a few steps. Put. Me. Down. I can hear the girls whooping and hollering on my computer.
He carries me back to the computer and puts me down, then says “And scene!” Hannah applauds him saying, “Outstanding performance, Mr. Tomlinson. Bravo!” “Thank you, thank you. You are too kind. I thought I would surprise you girls by going along with your Halloween theme.” he says sitting down next to me at the screen. “Well we must say, you were very convincing in your performance.” Susan says. Shut up, please! “Well I am a professional actor, after all.” “I have a question though. Why don’t you act in New York, on Broadway?” Hannah asks.
Finally the focus is off of me. “Funny you should ask, Hannah. I was offered a small role on Broadway recently, but I turned it down. I would never leave this girl.” he says putting his arm around me and kissing the top of my head. Normally, when he does that it doesn’t bother me. It’s even comforting. But right now with the girls seeing it and saying “Aaaawh!” I find myself hating it. This is all proving the point they and Bri have been trying to make and I don’t like it. “Well Louis, you’re probably really tired from tonight. You should probably get to bed.” I say trying to get rid of him.
“Yeah I am pretty tired. I’ll let you lovely princesses get back to your party. Good night, all.” he says bowing and walking backwards out of the room. I look back to make sure he’s out of earshot before I snap my head back to the girls.
“What the hell did I say before he got here?! I said to stop talking and mocking about him liking me. What did you do? You totally encouraged him throughout that whole charade! I can’t believe you guys.” I snap at them. They’re all looking down. “Sorry, Sammie.” Susan says. “Yeah, sorry Sam.” Mackenzie and Hannah say. “Promise not to do it anymore?” I ask. “Promise.” they respond.
“Good. Now that my lecture is over, I want to talk about Christmas!” I exclaim. “YAY!!!” they shout. “Will all four of you be able to come home for Christmas? I know Hannah and Susan will, but I don’t know about you and Emily, Mackenzie.” “Um…I’ll be in the middle of recording my album, but Mr. Horan said I could fly home for Christmas Eve/Day and then leave on the 26th. I don’t know about Emily. I’ll have to ask her.” she says. “Okay, because either Christmas Eve or evening on Christmas Day, Lou and I wanted to host a gathering.” “Oh my gosh that sounds so fun!” Susan says.
“Yeah and Mackenzie if Mr. Horan will let him, you should bring Niall so Hannah and I can meet him. And if Emily can make it, she should bring Zayn!” I say. “Great idea! I’ll talk to her about it when she gets home tonight.” Mackenzie says. “Awesome! This is so exciting!!...Wait…Hannah, Susan, are you two okay with this? Inviting their boyfriends? If it would be too hard, I totally understand.” “Yeah, I don’t have to bring Niall. Whatever you guys are comfortable with.” Mackenzie says.
Susan and Hannah look at each other for a minute exchanging looks and then Susan says, “It’s fine with us. We want to meet them anyway. Don’t worry.” “All right then it’s settled! When it gets closer we can figure out which day is better. We should probably get to bed now, it’s getting late. Good night, girls! We’ll hangout again soon. Bye!” I say. “Bye!” They all cheer. This is SO great.
Lou and I are gonna host our first little party. And I’m gonna get to finally meet the girls’ boyfriends! Well…two of them anyway. I still feel bad that Hannah and Susan will be alone. I also can’t get this nagging thought out of my head about Louis having feelings for me. I mean I’ve been saying it’s impossible, but tonight was strange to say the least. Either way I don’t want to find out if he likes me. Like I said before, it would ruin everything. I have to keep things under control to prevent myself from ending up on the street.
I’m watching The Nightmare Before Christmas with the girls when my phone rings. Shit, I forgot to put it on vibrate. “Keep playing it. I’ll be right back.” I say getting up to go to the other room. I answer once I’m alone. It’s Louis. “Hey, Louis. What’s going on?” “Are you still on Google Hangout with the girls?” he asks.
“Yeah we’re watching a movie. Why?” “How much longer do you think you’ll be on with them?” he asks. So many questions! “A few more hours probably. Again, why?” “I have a surprise for you and the girls when I get home. I’ll be home soon.” Interesting…”Okay, I’m intrigued. See you soon!” I say hanging up.
What could the surprise be? I’m clueless. I go back into the living room. “Sorry, girls. That was Louis. Apparently he has a surprise when he gets home, which should be soon.” “Hm…I hope he’s not planning on scaring you.” Mackenzie says. Then Hannah and Susan start laughing to themselves. “What are you two laughing about?” I ask.
When Hannah can muster the self control to speak again, she says “Maybe he’ll scare you unintentionally instead…” before she laughs again. “Yeah…maybe tonight is the night he’ll finally profess his love for you, Sammie!” Susan says before joining Hannah in laughing again. Not this again.
It went from just my Applebee’s boss Bri thinking Louis likes me, to all four of my best friends seeming convinced as well ever since I told them about me moving in with Louis after losing my Hollister job. They tease me about it whenever they get the chance.
I keep trying to tell them that he thinks of me as a little sister and nothing more, but they aren’t having it. He and I have Skyped and Googled with the girls together a couple times and they swear he looks at me a certain way when I’m talking. I don’t believe them. I don’t want to believe them. Because what if it ended up being true? This living arrangement would be ruined.
“Very funny, girls. I’m telling you he doesn’t like me that way! And I definitely don’t see him in that light. Please just drop it?” “Fine…” they all say. At that moment, the door opens and Louis comes in. What I see when he comes through that door…unintentionally scares me.
He knew the girls and I were going to do a Disney princesses costume theme and I told him I was gonna be Cinderella. …That may have been a mistake. Louis comes towards me wearing a Prince Charming costume. Oh no…he’s going to show the girls. “Hello, ladies” he says bowing his head in front of my laptop. This does not help my case at all.
“Why, hello Prince Charming!” Mackenzie says to him. “Might you be looking for a lady with a missing glass slipper?” Hannah chimes in. I hate that they’re egging him on like this. “Why, yes I am. And here she is! Hello, Your Highness.” Lou says getting up and bowing to me. Oh my gosh, this is not happening.
“Hello, Prince Charming.” I say not as into it. “Don’t be so glum, princess. I found your other slipper! Now we can ride off into the sunset together and live happily ever after.” he picks me up bridal style and carries me a few steps. Put. Me. Down. I can hear the girls whooping and hollering on my computer.
He carries me back to the computer and puts me down, then says “And scene!” Hannah applauds him saying, “Outstanding performance, Mr. Tomlinson. Bravo!” “Thank you, thank you. You are too kind. I thought I would surprise you girls by going along with your Halloween theme.” he says sitting down next to me at the screen. “Well we must say, you were very convincing in your performance.” Susan says. Shut up, please! “Well I am a professional actor, after all.” “I have a question though. Why don’t you act in New York, on Broadway?” Hannah asks.
Finally the focus is off of me. “Funny you should ask, Hannah. I was offered a small role on Broadway recently, but I turned it down. I would never leave this girl.” he says putting his arm around me and kissing the top of my head. Normally, when he does that it doesn’t bother me. It’s even comforting. But right now with the girls seeing it and saying “Aaaawh!” I find myself hating it. This is all proving the point they and Bri have been trying to make and I don’t like it. “Well Louis, you’re probably really tired from tonight. You should probably get to bed.” I say trying to get rid of him.
“Yeah I am pretty tired. I’ll let you lovely princesses get back to your party. Good night, all.” he says bowing and walking backwards out of the room. I look back to make sure he’s out of earshot before I snap my head back to the girls.
“What the hell did I say before he got here?! I said to stop talking and mocking about him liking me. What did you do? You totally encouraged him throughout that whole charade! I can’t believe you guys.” I snap at them. They’re all looking down. “Sorry, Sammie.” Susan says. “Yeah, sorry Sam.” Mackenzie and Hannah say. “Promise not to do it anymore?” I ask. “Promise.” they respond.
“Good. Now that my lecture is over, I want to talk about Christmas!” I exclaim. “YAY!!!” they shout. “Will all four of you be able to come home for Christmas? I know Hannah and Susan will, but I don’t know about you and Emily, Mackenzie.” “Um…I’ll be in the middle of recording my album, but Mr. Horan said I could fly home for Christmas Eve/Day and then leave on the 26th. I don’t know about Emily. I’ll have to ask her.” she says. “Okay, because either Christmas Eve or evening on Christmas Day, Lou and I wanted to host a gathering.” “Oh my gosh that sounds so fun!” Susan says.
“Yeah and Mackenzie if Mr. Horan will let him, you should bring Niall so Hannah and I can meet him. And if Emily can make it, she should bring Zayn!” I say. “Great idea! I’ll talk to her about it when she gets home tonight.” Mackenzie says. “Awesome! This is so exciting!!...Wait…Hannah, Susan, are you two okay with this? Inviting their boyfriends? If it would be too hard, I totally understand.” “Yeah, I don’t have to bring Niall. Whatever you guys are comfortable with.” Mackenzie says.
Susan and Hannah look at each other for a minute exchanging looks and then Susan says, “It’s fine with us. We want to meet them anyway. Don’t worry.” “All right then it’s settled! When it gets closer we can figure out which day is better. We should probably get to bed now, it’s getting late. Good night, girls! We’ll hangout again soon. Bye!” I say. “Bye!” They all cheer. This is SO great.
Lou and I are gonna host our first little party. And I’m gonna get to finally meet the girls’ boyfriends! Well…two of them anyway. I still feel bad that Hannah and Susan will be alone. I also can’t get this nagging thought out of my head about Louis having feelings for me. I mean I’ve been saying it’s impossible, but tonight was strange to say the least. Either way I don’t want to find out if he likes me. Like I said before, it would ruin everything. I have to keep things under control to prevent myself from ending up on the street.
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1/22/16