Best Friends Forever

Lucie’s P.O.V.

“Thanks for the amazing night”, I whispered. We had sneaked into the hotel and now we were standing in front of Iris’ and my room. Niall gave me a peck on the lips. “Anything for you”, he said smiling. It made my heart melt. We said goodbye to Harry and Niall and closed the door. “Nothing will ever exceed this day”, I sighed. “Even better than the concert”, Iris responded smiling. “So, what did you do today?”, Iris asked me attentive. We both told what we had done today. “Something really strange is happening to us. Suddenly, because of these 2 lads, we have overcome our fears”, I said laughing. Iris agreed laughing too. At that moment someone knocked on our door. We shocked. Were we talking that loud? “C’mon, we have to face them sometime anyway”, Iris said and walked to the door. She was right and I followed her. “Hey mom and dad”, Iris said cheerful, but in a sanctimonious way. Now we were really getting lectured. “Please let me explain”, Iris said. She didn’t wait for her parents to answer and continued, “I don’t know what happened exactly at the night of the concert, but all I know is that dad never showed up. We got a ride from someone else to the hotel and we got here safe and sound. We just went to bed and the next day dad got mad at us. You were worried like hell and I really understand that, but don’t put the blame on us. You grounded us on a holiday, while it was none of our fault. By the way, did you really think we would stay in our room all day? We are teenagers. Teenagers never obey their parents. Today Lucie and I had the best day ever and we don’t regret sneaking out”, Iris said. “We are here to clear up some things. We don’t like you being mad at us and to be honest, it wasn’t your dad’s best action to ground you”, Iris’ mom said and she explained what happened that night. “It was just a big mistake. Can we just forget about all this and still have a great holiday?”, her dad asked, “We’re still stuck together for more than three weeks.” Iris walked over to her dad and hugged him while whispering “I’m sorry”. “I’m sorry too”, he responded. “So, what happened today what made today so amazing?”, Iris’ mom said with a meaningful glance. Iris told me that sometimes her mom is still a teenager herself. I smirked and I heard Iris grinning. “Oh no, no girls talk. I will go back to my room”, Iris’ dad said laughing. “Goodnight!”, we all said in unison. “So?”, Iris’ mom said with a smirk when her dad was out of the room. “We both had a date today”, I responded smiling. “Who were the dates, if I may ask?”, she asked. “You won’t believe us”, Iris said laughing. “Try me”, her mom responded. “Harry and Niall”, Iris said smiling. “Harry as in Harry Styles and Niall as in Niall Horan?”, her mom asked in disbelief. We nodded laughing. “Are you two in love?”, she asked. Iris and I looked at each other before answering a shy yes. “I knew it would have to come at some point, but why does the time fly by so fast?”, she said to herself. She looked a bit sad. “Mom, I’m still your little girl and I’ll always be”, Iris said while walking over to her and hugged her. “You both will always be my little girls”, her mom said and pulled me in their hug. A few minutes later we all sat down on the bed. “You know, I still remember you two running so cheerful through the living room and Lucie’s mom and I would watch you all the time with so much delight. You both were always so indefatigable and you never had enough of each other. Sometimes I wish we could all go back to that carefree time”, Iris’ mom said. We were sitting on the bed in all quietness for a while. “I expect that you will introduce me to your almost boyfriends”, Iris’ mom said a bit later. We laughed. “Of course. What about tomorrow? Let’s all have lunch together?”, Iris responded. “I like that idea”, her mom said and I nodded in agreement. “But we’re going to bed first”, Iris’ mom said while standing up. “Breakfast tomorrow at 9”, she said before closing the door. Iris and I changed into our pyjamas and we laid down on our bed. “I’ll ask Harry for lunch tomorrow”, Iris said and grabbed her phone. I also grabbed my phone to ask Niall. “Wait, is Jennifer back already?”, I wondered aloud. “I have no idea actually. In the text she said she would be back today”, Iris responded. “Let’s hang out with her tomorrow. Tomorrow is our last day in Chicago”, I said. “Shit, I totally forgot about that…”, Iris said disappointed. “It will be the last day with Harry and Niall”, I whispered slowly. All of a sudden the mood changed. Both of us didn’t want to say goodbye to them. I was so in love, but I was so afraid this would be the end. I knew Iris thought the same. “It will all be okay”, I tried to reassure Iris. But I didn’t know if it would be okay. “Let’s sleep first”, Iris sighed. “Goodnight”, she said before turning off the lights. “Goodnight”, I whispered.

“Good morning!”, Iris said brightly when I woke up. “You are happy”, I responded surprised and laughed. “A good sleep performs miracles”, she said. I looked at my phone to check if Niall had already responded. “Niall will be there with lunch!”, I said after I had put my phone away. “Harry too, so that’s perfect!”, Iris said happily. We grabbed some clothes from our suitcase and changed ourselves in a record time. When we were ready, we headed to the elevator to have breakfast with Iris’ parents. “Good morning!”, her parents said cheerful when we arrived at their table. “What happened to everyone tonight? Everyone is being so cheerful”, I said laughing. “It’s a beautiful day in Chicago and it’s our last one here, so we are just enjoying it”, Iris’ dad responded smiling. “Harry and Niall want to come for lunch”, Iris said when we both sat down. “Harry and Niall?”, her dad asked confused. “Did I miss something last night when I went to my room?”, he asked laughing. “A lot”, Iris’ mom responded. We told Iris’ dad about Harry and Niall. “So you are really really really in love?”, her dad asked. “Yes, we are really really really in love”, Iris said surely. “Good they are coming for lunch, so I can check them out”, he responded with a grin. “Don’t embarrass us!”, Iris said with a strict voice. “I wouldn’t even dare”, he said smirking. “Mom, can we go and see if Jennifer is back?”, Iris asked when we were done having breakfast. “Yeah sure”, she responded.
“Jennifer!”, I shouted while we knocked on her door. The door opened slowly and a tired and pale face appeared. “Oh my god, I’m sorry, did we wake you?”, I asked. “Yeah, but that’s okay”, Jennifer said softly. “It looks like someone is having a hangover”, Iris said laughing. “Bingo”, she said while opening the door further so we could come in. “What happened?”, I asked her. “Liam and I went out to a club last night and let’s just say I got really drunk”, she said slowly. “Oh no, you’re not gonna say you did something really stupid…?”, Iris asked worried. “No no no, we didn’t have sex. I just made a huge fool of myself in front of Liam. I am so embarrassed. I really don’t wanna face him”, she responded. “Tell us”, I insisted. “Apparently I’m not so used to the booze. I drank a lot last night. In the beginning it was nice. I was just a little tipsy and Liam and I were having so much fun. But while the time passed by I drunk more and more and I was going like crazy. I wasn’t being myself and I had no idea what I was doing. And then the worst thing happened. I threw up in front of him. I was a total mess. He brought me back to the hotel, but I was so so so ashamed…”, Jennifer explained. “What will he ever think of me? My chances are over with him”, she continued. “Stop it. You don’t know what he thinks of you. Yeah, you screwed up a little, but that doesn’t mean it’s all over. The day you were back to LA, we were with the boys and played Truth or Dare together and we heard he really really likes you. Apologize to him and I’m sure it will be okay”, I said, being really sure of myself. “Thanks”, Jennifer said little smiling. “I have an idea. Why don’t you join us for lunch with my parents and Harry and Niall and after we will go shopping with the three of us?”, Iris suggested. “Are you sure that’s okay?”, Jennifer asked a bit unsure. “Of course!”, I exclaimed.

Iris and I went back to our room to relax a little before going out for lunch. “Do we have to talk to Harry and Niall about this?”, I asked Iris. I saw on her face she understood what I meant. “I don’t know. Maybe this has to be the end and it was just a summer love. A really short one”, Iris responded slowly. “I wish it wasn’t like this…”, I sighed. “Yeah, but what could we have expected? That we would get into a relationship and live happily ever after? We were living in a dream the last few days and a dream has to end sometime. They may like us right now, but they have thousands of girls falling head over heels in love with them”, Iris responded. It was harsh, but it was the truth. “Let’s get ready for lunch”, she said and walked over to her suitcase to change into something else. “Lunch… The last time we see them”, I whispered disappointed and walked over to my suitcase as well. At that moment something caught my eye in Iris’ suitcase. “What is this?”, I exclaimed and grabbed the something as fast as I could. It was a polaroid picture with Iris standing in Harry’s arms. I looked at Iris and she started to blush. “Why didn’t you tell me about this?”, I exclaimed again. “Look at you oh my god. You both look so in love. Where was this taken?”, I continued. “On the Skydeck. A fan took this picture of us”, Iris responded. I looked at the picture again. “You can’t let him go. Look at the way he holds you. That’s true love”, I said to her. “Shut up”, Iris responded edgy and grabbed the picture out of my hands to put it back in her suitcase again. “Are you ready?”, Iris asked a while later, “They’re waiting for us downstairs.” We went downstairs in all quietness. When we were in the lobby, Iris’ dad was already talking to Harry and Niall. “Oh god no, he’s already checking them out”, Iris said while sighing. I laughed. Niall walked over to me when he caught my eye. “Not getting a kiss?”, he said in his cute Irish accent while pouting. I didn’t want to refuse him, so I gave him a quick peck on the lips. “Something wrong?”, he asked worried. “No, I’m okay”, I lied. When Jennifer arrived too, we all went to a fancy restaurant in the centre of Chicago. Harry, Niall and Iris’ parents couldn’t stop talking together and Iris, Jennifer and I were just sitting there. “Have you heard something of Liam yet?”, Iris asked Jennifer. “No”, she answered slowly. “Give me your phone”, I said, half demanding her. “Why?”, she said slowly while handing her phone to me.

To Liam:
Can we talk tonight? xx Jennifer

“Done”, I said and handed her phone back. “What did you do?”, she asked while searching through her phone. “No no no, why did you do that?”, she exclaimed worried. “You have to face him once. You’re in love. Don’t let this one little thing screw everything”, I said certain. “Lucie and Iris. We wanna say something to you”, Harry said when Iris, Jennifer and I had stopped talking. “In private”, Niall added. My stomach flipped when Niall said that. Iris and I looked at each other with meaningful glances. The four of us went outside. Niall pulled me apart. “What’s up?”, I asked uncertain. I was scared of what would come right now. Niall took my hands in his and looked at me with his beautiful light blue eyes. “Lucie. I know it’s your last day here in Chicago, but I don’t want to say goodbye to you. Not forever. I am in love with you”, he said softly. My heart melted. “I don’t want to say goodbye to you either”, I whispered. I leaned in closer to kiss him. I had this feeling it would be the last or almost the last for a long time, so I didn’t mind kissing him for a while. “Listen”, he said when we pulled apart, “Harry and I discussed it with Iris’ parents and when we are playing our concerts in LA you’ll be in LA too”, he continued smiling. A big smile appeared upon my face. “So we’re seeing each other again in a few weeks”, he said. “That’s perfect”, I said smiling and kissed him again.

After lunch Jennifer, Iris and I were walking through the shopping streets of Chicago. Jennifer was still not really cheerful, so we knew what our job was. We said anything to try to make her feel better, but she was still sure that she had screwed everything. “If Liam is mad at you or something, which I doubt, we will make sure to have a word with him”, Iris said certainly. “How? You are leaving tomorrow. I don’t want you to go already”, Jennifer said disappointed. “What if we tell you that we will be in LA in a few weeks?”, I said smirking. “Really?”, she exclaimed cheerful. Iris and I nodded laughing. “What did Harry say to you?”, I asked Iris. We hadn’t the time yet to talk about it. “He said he was too in love with me to let me go. He couldn’t stop thinking about our time on the Skydeck yesterday”, Iris responded smiling. “And you couldn’t either”, I said with a smirk. Iris grinned. In the meanwhile we had arrived at Starbucks. Starbucks was always our regular spot when Iris and I were shopping. “Did Liam already send something?”, Iris asked while we sat down with our coffee. Jennifer checked her phone and shook her head. At that moment we heard a lot of screams. We turned around to see what was happening. Liam and Louis came through the door. “Is this your plan to get me and Liam talking?”, Jennifer asked suspicioulys. “No no no, not at all. We didn’t know Liam and Louis would be here as well”, I said being completely honest. “But”, Iris started, “Now he’s here you have the perfect chance to talk to him.” “Liam!”, I shouted. I expected it wouldn’t help since I wasn’t the only girl shouting, but he caught my eye. Louis and Liam ordered a Starbucks and walked over to us. Iris and I stood up, grabbed Louis’ arm and went outside. “What’s wrong?”, Louis asked. We explained him about everything that had happened last night. “That’s weird. He hasn’t said a thing about it”, Louis said confused. “Well, it doesn’t matter. It’s important they’re talking right now. Jennifer was so scared to face him”, Iris responded. “Harry and Niall told us you are in LA too in a few weeks”, Louis said. “Yep, that’s true”, I said smiling. “Awesome!”, he responded happily. “You know, they seriously can’t stop talking about you”, Louis said. Iris and I looked at each other and smiled. “We can’t stop talking about them either”, Iris said laughing which caused me and Louis to laugh too. “Have Liam and Jennifer killed each other?”, I asked semi-worried a while later. “They are long enough in there right now, so it could be a possibility”, Louis joked. “Wrong”, Iris said and pointed at Liam and Jennifer who just walked out of the Starbucks. They smiled. “Everything okay?”, I asked, just to make sure. “Everything’s perfect”, Liam answered smiling. “Did you make every girl jealous in there?”, I asked Jennifer. She started to laugh. “We didn’t kiss each other if that’s what you mean”, Jennifer answered grinning. “Aw shit”, I responded laughing. “You are leaving tomorrow, right?”, Liam asked me and Iris. “Yes, in the early morning”, Iris said, a bit disappointed. “Why don’t you we all hang out together tonight?”, Liam suggested. “Perfect idea!”, Iris responded. “What do you want to do?”, I asked curiously. In the meantime we had already walked back to the hotel. “There’s a pool down here”, Louis said with a smirk. “Let’s meet there at 9pm”, Liam suggested. “Isn’t it closed at 8pm already?”, Jennifer asked. “Yep. But that doesn’t mean we can’t get in there”, Liam said grinning. “Okay, see you tonight then!”, Jennifer, Iris and I said grinning before going to our rooms.

Jennifer, Iris and I walked over to the pool. We had sneaked in, successfully. Louis, Niall, Liam, Zayn and Harry were already in the pool, but there were two other girls. Within a second I recognized them. “Oh my god, that’s Eleanor and Perrie!”, Jennifer exclaimed at that moment. The boys, Eleanor and Perrie started to laugh. “Same thoughts”, I said laughing. “C’mon! It’s so nice in here!”, Niall exclaimed. “We still have to change”, I said. Actually we didn’t really have to change. Our bikinis were already under our clothes. “Liar”, Louis interrupted laughing. I turned around and took off my clothes. Five seconds later I jumped into the pool. I swam over to Niall and kissed him quickly. “Hey, I like your bikini”, he complemented me. I was wearing my America bikini and so did Iris. “Thanks”, I answered with a smile. At that moment Eleanor and Perrie came over to us. “You must be Lucie”, Eleanor said smiling. “We’ve heard a lot about you”, Perrie continued grinning. She turned over to Iris. “You’re Iris, right? Thanks for waking up Zayn by shouting I was at the hotel. That was so genius”, Perrie said while laughing. “You’re welcome”, Iris responded laughing too. “I’m a huge fan of you and Little Mix”, Iris said, “I have respect for how you can combine Little Mix and Zayn.” “Hey, what about me!”, Zayn shouted offended. We all laughed. “Thanks. And well, I have respect for myself for that too”, Perrie said with a grin. At that moment Louis splashed me wet. “Louis! Why did you have to do that!”, I shouted indignantly. Immediately I splashed him wet too. “It’s on!”, I shouted. “All on Louis!”, Eleanor shouted. Louis tried to protest but in the following moment we all splashed Louis as wet as we could. “Okay okay I surrender!”, Louis shouted. “What was that for? You should be the one to protect me”, he pouted to Eleanor. “Not if you’re not being nice”, Eleanor responded with a grin. “So you are leaving tomorrow?”, Perrie asked Iris and me. “Yep, unfortunately”, Iris said with a disappointed voice. “But, we’ll see them again in LA in a few weeks!”, I added brightly. “That’s nice! El and I will be in LA too!”, Perrie said smiling. “Let’s play a game!”, Niall interrupted. “What game?”, Jennifer asked curiously. “All the girls will sit on our shoulders and you have to throw each other of our shoulders”, Niall explained. “I’m in!”, I shouted. “Bend over!”, I said to Niall and I climbed on his shoulders. “Why can’t you sit on our shoulders?”, Jennifer asked the boys, “I don’t wanna throw the girls into the water.” “Don’t be such a pussy”, Iris said laughing who was already sitting on Harry’s shoulders. “Let’s go!”, Perrie shouted and we started. I made eye contact with Iris and without speaking we knew who our first target was. “Niall, to Liam!”, I shouted. Iris shouted the same to Harry. Zayn and Louis ran through the water to Liam too. “Hey!”, Jennifer shouted. “Don't take it personally. We just want Liam to lose”, Iris said grinning. Within a few seconds Jennifer was thrown into the water. At that moment we heard the door to the swimming pool opening and a deep voice saying “Hello, who’s there?”. “Shit!”, Perrie whispered. We all stayed quiet. “Let’s get outta here”, Harry whispered and went quietly out of the pool. We followed him by doing the same. We all grabbed our towels and clothes. “Where can we go?”, Jennifer asked whispering. “I know you are there”, the deep voice said again and we saw a light coming from his flashlight. “Hurry up!”, Eleanor whispered. I looked around to see where we could escape. “Emergency exit!”, I shouted whispering while pointing at the green light above the exit. We ran over to the emergency exit. I looked behind me and at that moment a man in black appeared. “Stop, right now!”, he shouted. “Go go go!”, Louis shouted laughing as we all ran through the exit. We didn’t stop running until we arrived at the elevator. We all burst out in laughing. “Everyone safe and sound?”, Niall asked grinning. We all nodded while laughing. “Do you wanna come up to our room?”, Zayn asked Iris, Jennifer and me. “We would love to”, Iris said, “but we still have to pack our stuff and we have to wake up early tomorrow. Sorry.” “It’s okay. Jennifer?”, Liam said. “Don’t let us stop you. Just go and have fun”, I said to Jennifer smiling. “Goodnight”, I said and gave Niall a quick peck on the lips. “I wish we could stay here forever with them”, Iris sighed while we walked out of the elevator to our room.

Notes

I'm sorry! It took me a really long time to write this. But, it's a long one this time. I hope you'll like it. :)
Yesterday I met Lucie for the first time ever. It was weird, but in a really good way. We chat everyday and we skype almost weekly, but now I saw her in real life. We both cried at the moment we hugged each other. It was absolutely the best day ever. We know each other for almost a year now and even before we met she had already become my best friend. It's just crazy. I told her last year 2014 would be our year and we would meet soon. Well, we did. In February. So who knows what else this year will bring for us ? <3
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xx Iris @harrehspizza