Louis' POV

Louis' house was packed as usual. Word around town was that Louis' parties always had good booze, good music, and free dro, so naturally they would draw a big crowd.

Lots of people were spliffing right now and it had Louis a little worried. The cops could be called and he would be busted big time! Also, the cute little church girl that Harry had sent a picture of earlier could be scared off.

Louis had no idea where they were. The party had gone live nearly an hour ago and still no sign of Ashley or Corrie as he had found out her name earlier.

But the rest of the crew had showed up. In a circle, stood him, Brittany, Zayn, Harry, Estafania, and Hazel. They had all had at least 2-3 beers by now and were off their rockers, talking, laughing and acting weird.

"You seem distracted" Hazel whispered to him.

Louis shrugged trying to get off the subject. Hazel was always so damn observant. She never let anything slide either. If something was bothering Louis, she always knew and always confronted him. He was glad she was so observant, it made her a trusted confidant (she kept secrets really well).

"Just wondering where Ashley is is all" Louis said shrugging again. "For all we know she could be in a ditch, you know she can't drive for shit."

"I think she is picking up that new girl you want to get into" Hazel said before taking a swig of her beer.

"Naw, naw" Louis said taking a drag of his cigarette and smirking. "I don't want to get into her just yet."

Hazel scoffed. "That so unlike you. Remember when you first met me...."

Louis grinned at the memory. He had met Hazel and Brittany four years ago in middle school. Hazel had just moved from San Diego and had to be his partner in marriage and family class. He had tried to convince her that sex was a requirement for the project, but she wasn't having that.

"Sure do babe" Louis said. "I still think we should have had sex though."

Hazel playfully shoved him, spilling her beer a little. "I recall you actually liking Brittany at the time."

"What about Brittany" said Brittany who had spun around from a conversation with Harry, Zayn, and Estafania into theirs.

"Girl we were just talking about middle school" Hazel said.

"Oh yeah, those awkward years when Louis thought he was gangster and a hearthrob, when he really was neither" Brittany said.

"It was also those awkward years when you had pimples and no boobs and should have been glad I was giving you any attention at all" Louis shot back.

"Hey, hey, we're not that other crew to be taking shots at each other" Estafania said. Apparenty Louis' retort had gained everyone's attention.

"Hahaha, I heard Genesis talking behind Crystal's back the other day at school too. I am so glad we aren't friends with them anymore, they were mucking up the crew" Hazel said.

Genesis and Crystal were friends with Amber and they were all apart of Liam's crew. Liam had a bigger crew than Louis' by one. With him, there were those three girls, Julian, Niall, and his fucking wanker of a cousin, Calvin.

There had always been tension between Louis and Liam, but he had violated the trust Louis had put in him by shagging one of his conquests. That was the last straw, there was a fist fight and then everyone chose sides. It hurt Louis so bad that most of his friends decided to side with Liam, but he would never admit it. Besides, his rough attitude may have made it easier for them to pick Liam's side.

He was never one to sugarcoat anything and at times he could be bossy and crude, but that was just his personality. Besides, he had never made a wrong decision for the crew...ever.

"If they crash tonight, we fight..enough said" Louis informed.

"They wouldn't come" Zayn said. "You heard what Gigi said."

"Yeah, but Amber doesn't make the decisions. You KNOW she told Liam and he would do anything to piss me off, really."

"Forget about them" Harry suddenly said. "Ashley's here with the new girl."

Louis eyes hungrily searched the crowd for them. Over in the far right corner of the house, he saw Ashley bouncing her blonde hair at some guy whose name was Luke or Lucas or something like that.

His mouth dropped at the girl was standing next her. The picture did not do her justice. Standing their in a tight black shirt and skirt with a blue cover up was Corrie. Her long brown hair cascaded perfectly over her shoulders, stopping just below her boobs. Louis could see her sparkling gray eyes all the way on the other side of the room. She was kind of tall and modelesque, Louis' favorite type of girl.

"Oh is that the new girl you were talking about" Estafania asked to Harry. "She's pretty, I wonder if she's Brazilian like me?"

Louis ignored the rest of his crew and started towards the spot where they stood. When he got there, he was drawn in by Corrie, he couldn't look away.

"Hey bud" Ashley said playfully swatting him. "This is Corrie!"

"Hey" Louis said to her still staring at Corrie.

"Hi I'm Louis" he said to Corrie extending his hand.

Corrie took it and with a firm shake said, "I'm Corrie. Nice to meet you Louis. I love your house."

"Thanks" Louis said. "My mom's an interior designer. So she knows a thing or two about decorating."

Corrie nodded shyly.

"Do you want a beer?" Louis asked.

"Oh no thank you, I'm not old enough to drink" Corrie said.

Louis breathed out a laugh. "No one here is babe. How about we start with a flavored beer."

Louis motioned for her to follow. He noticed she did sort of reluctantly. Ashley had sauntered off with Luke or Lucas, and she may have been nervous about going around with a boy she just met.

"Its okay babe" Louis said draping his arm around her.

Corrie smiled.

Louis got a flavored beer, his mom's favorite, from the fridge and handed it to her.

"Thanks", Corrie said using one of her long fingernails to pop it open. She took a sip and wagged her eybrows saying, "Not bad."

Louis smiled and got a red solo cup pouring some of the keg into it. "I've never seen you before. Are you from around here?"

"No, I'm from Summerville. Just moved here today actually."

Louis nodded, he didn't want to tell her he knew a little bit of her story already. "So how are you liking Rancho? Loads different from Summerville right?"

"Yeah" Corrie said. "Rancho is more down to earth I guess. Have you always lived here?"

"Naw, I moved here when I was little actually. Spent most of my earlier years in Bournemouth."

"Where's that at?"

"England..."

"I thought I heard a bit of an english accent, I wasn't sure..."

"I'm surprised you heard anything really, I haven't been there in ages" Louis said thoughtfully. He really hadn't been at his hometown in awhile. But he was too "American" to actually miss the place.

"Do you miss it" Corrie asked.

Louis shook his head, "Naw, been here too long and left there when I was little."

Corrie nodded her head and awkwardly took a sip of her beer.

Louis chuckled to himself at how awkward she was. It was so cute, she had no idea.

Just as Louis was going to playfully drag her about it, there was shouting.

He turned his head to where all the rucus was and noticed that standing toe to toe was Harry and Liam.

"Oh fuck me!" he exclaimed, realizing that they had crashed the party.

"Stay right here" Louis said running away to the crowd, leaving Corrie standing in the kitchen alone.

Notes

UH OH...Not good :)