Right Now (repost)

Chapter 3

Louis POV
I bump into this small figure and when I turn around these chocolate brown eyes are staring at me. “Oh my gosh I’m so sorry, are you alright?” I ask this beautiful girl feeling bad that I just hit her.
“Yeah I’m fine. I was in your way so you’re all good.” Her eyes move away quickly, not being able to hold my gaze. Her American accent is probably the best one I have ever heard if that makes any sense what so ever.
“You sure? I hit you pretty hard.” I smirk at her.
“Haha yeah I’m fine, no damage done.” She says rubbing her arm nervously. I can tell she’s a little shy.
“Well good, I’m Louis by the way.” I reach my hand out to shake hers. C’mon now I have to be a gentleman to impress her.
“Lauren, nice to meet you.” Her hand touches mine and it’s so soft. I really don’t want to let go and I hold it just a bit longer than I should have. Lauren blushes.
“Well Lauren I hope to see you around, it was lovely bumping into you.” I say with a smile, starring deep into her eyes one last time. I probably won’t ever see her again so I take in her beauty. She smiles back and waves as I turn around to exit the store.

When I get to my car I have this strange feeling. I realize it’s my heart, it’s beating a mile a minute. This usually never happens to me but this time I guess it’s different, I don’t know. I decide to call my roommate Zayn to see what he’s up to.
Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. “Dammit Zayn pick up.” I say to myself while I’m driving.
“Hey you’ve reached Zayn’s voicemail, please leave a message.” His stupid voice says and I just hang up. I figure I’ll just see him when I get to the apartment.

“Dude, I tried calling you. Why didn’t you answer?” I saw loudly as I walk through the door setting my keys down on the counter. I hear laughter coming from the living room and it sounds female.
“Bro I’m in here!” I hear him call out so I make my way to the living room. When I get there I see Zayn sitting next to his girlfriend Dani. These two have been dating for quite some time now and I don’t know how he can do it. Personally I don’t think I could handle being in a relationship that long.
“What are you guys up to?” I ask taking a seat next to Zayn on the couch.
“Zayn was just telling me a really funny story from when he was a little kid.” Dani says trying to hold in her laughter.
“It really wasn’t that funny, you just laugh at everything babe.” Zayn leans into her. They start getting all ‘couply’ on me and I decide to go to my room before this gets even more awkward.

I make my way to my room and can still hear their annoying laughter. I take off my shirt and put some sweats on because these jeans are so uncomfortable right now. I plop down on my bed and go through my notifications on my phone and see I have some texts and invites to a party later this week. As I look at all the people that are going I realize what an idiot I am. I didn’t get Lauren’s number. It’s certain now that I will probably never see her again. “Way to fucking go Louis.” I curse out loud.


Lauren’s P.O.V
It was Ariel’s turn to drive today so we all piled in the car and turned up the radio. I was really excited for today because we’re going to Disneyland and I’ve never been. Apparently I was the only one from our group and they were all making fun of me for it.
“Guys lots of people haven’t been to Disney calm yourselves.” Everyone just laughed and I shook my head at them.

My phone started to buzz in my lap, when I turned it over I saw that it was Cameron. I showed my phone to Ariel in annoyance.
“Why does he feel the need to bother me? We are over can’t he accept that!” I practically yelled. I was just really fed up with him. The laughs that filled the car silenced and the radio was turned off.
“Is everything okay?” Monique asked reaching for my arm.
“No, Cameron just keeps calling me. I mean it’s not that big of a deal, let’s forget it. I don’t want to ruin everyone’s day.” I said pushing the matter out of my mind.
The rest of the ride was very awkward and silent. I felt bad because I had to let some stupid boy get to me and cause my friends to be cautious around me.

We finally arrived to the park and it was so crowded. The sun was already beating down but it felt great against my skin. I had on a simple outfit, some high-waisted shorts, a crop top and black converse.
“Hey guys lets get a picture in front of the Castle!” Kristabel said.
We found one of those people taking pictures and got a picture in front of the castle. None of us knew how it came out though because we could only view it online.

We just walked around before we saw the teacup ride and got on that. After some more rides we decided to go into one of the gift shops.

“Oh look this is nice!” I said to Monique turning around but then I hit someone.
“Oh my gosh! I’m so sor…” I turned to see familiar piercing blue eyes staring at me. A smug smile was plastered on his face and I couldn’t believe it.
“I certainly wasn’t expecting to see you here.” Louis said.
“Neither did I.” I tried to say something else but my nerves got the best of me.
“Sure you didn’t.” Louis licked his bottom lip and kept staring into my eyes. My heart rate picked up and I’m sure my breath hitched a bit.
“I should probably go back to my friends.” I said with a shaky breath.
“Oh I’m here with my friends too we should hang out for a bit.” A smile spread across his face, a smile that made me smile. His smile could brighten up anyone’s day.
“Yeah, where are your friends?” I asked biting my bottom lip as he reached for his phone. He was just breathtaking and there was something about him I just liked.

He found his friends Liam, Zayn and Dani and we all walked around the park. We rode quite a few rides and on all the rollercoasters Louis sat next to me. I couldn’t help but blush and especially when Ariel made a comment about it. I gave her a death stare that said “I’m going to get you for that later.”

The last ride we rode was the Tower of Terror. I’m not a huge fan of rollercoasters but I can handle them. Apparently this ride just goes up and down but really fast.
“You will be fine. I’m going to sit next to you so it’s all good.” Louis encouraged me as we waited in line.
Finally it was time to get in the ride. I was so nervous I felt as if I was going to throw up. Literally I could start blowing chunks any minute now. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath as I made my way to the seat. I sat down and followed the guys instructions to put on the seatbelt. Sweat was starting to form on my palms and suddenly I felt a hand slowly grasp onto mine. I turned to look at Louis and he smiled. “Everything will be alright babe.”
It was as if his words made me forget everything and I wasn’t even nervous anymore. Louis held my hand throughout the whole ride and surprisingly I didn’t throw up and it was actually quite fun.

“Wow that was so much fun! I thought I was going to puke.” I laughed as we exited the building.
“What did I tell you?” Louis said leaning into my side. I could feel his minty breath on my neck and I got goose bumps all over.

I really wanted to see the fireworks but everyone else was burnt out. So the girls and I decided to go back to the hotel and just relax.
“Yeah it was amazing, I’m glad we ran into each other.” I smiled.
“You guys could come back to the apartment and hang out with us.” Zayn suggested and Louis smile got wider. I really wanted to hang out but I was actually pretty tired. And the truth was I needed to call Cameron and let him know I’m done with all these games. I need to set him straight, we are done.
“Thanks for the offer but we’re all pretty tired.” I answered quickly before any of my friends could say a word. Louis’ smile dropped and he looked a bit disappointed but he just pulled me to the side.
“Look, I didn’t want to embarrass you but I was wondering if I could have your number. You see the thing is I want to make sure I can bump into you again, it’s kinda our thing you know.” I couldn’t help but laugh at his way of asking me for my number.
“Haha yes you can but only if you promise you’re not bumping into other girls. It’s just me right?” This is my attempt to be funny.
“Of course, you have my word.” He raised his hand up putting the other on his heart. I just laughed and grabbed my phone to put in his number.

After we exchanged numbers he gave me a long hug, maybe too long. I mean I wasn’t complaining and I think I held on more than he did, if I’m honest.
“Hope to see you again love.” He blew me a kiss and walked off to his car with the rest of his friends.

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