The Lucky Gal

The supermarket was fairly empty as Louis and I made our way trough the isles, grabbing anything that looked good. He talked quietly to me as he stuffed things into the cart the as I was pushing. He walked ahead of me as I leaned onto the cart, slowly pushing it behind him as I listened to him ramble to himself.

"Have you talked to your mom lately?" He asked as he led me to the cheek out line.

"I skyped with her yesterday." I told him quietly. He just nodded his head, not asking anymore, he knew family was a complicated topic.

"Are you coming to the party tonight?" Lou asked. "Jordan rented out the club, it's jut going to be us, Zayn, Darin. Maybe harry and Niall." He told me, saying Harry’s name quietly hopping I would not hear it. I had the week off from the club and the whole time harry has been texting me, complaining that Zayn was having to bring him drinks. The complaints and suggestive comments came throughout the week and they came more frequent as the week continued. I looked over at Lou to see his pleading eyes, he knew I couldent say no.

"Fine." I said with a sigh.

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The club what loud, but quit in a way I could not explain. There were less people hear then when I worked and everyone was dressed well. The women in fancy dresses, the men in suits. He'll even Harry and his friends were dressed up, which seemed to surprise everyone. Jordan had rented the club for family and friends to "tell some big new", probably just another big business deal. My simple light pink dress hugged my body as I leaned against the bar, tapping my tall nude heals to the beat of the music. From the corner of my eye I could see that Harry was still watching me like he had been for the past hour.

"You look like you could use a drink." Louis's mother said as she placed a glass of wine into my hands.

"It's been a long week." I mumbled as I took a sip, closing my eyes for a second to savior the taste of the, no doubt, expensive wine the Jordan had picked for the party. I couldn’t help but let my mind wander to the fact that this one glass of whine probably coasted more then I made in week.

"I see, but on the up side that boy over there has not taken his eyes of you since I walked in." He said with a smile as she sent him a small wave, causing Harry to chuckle.

"That's why it's been a long week Jay." I said as I drowned the rest of the wine before placing the glass on the bar. I looked back towards Harry only to be met with a small smile.

"Oh, so you to are together!" She squealed and I was surprised that she didn't jump up and down as she did.

"No! Will you just look at him Jay!" I whispered yelled. She took a step back, astounded at my words. Disgust covered her face as she took in my words.

"Don't judge a book by its cover." She told be in a low voice. "He may be the kindest person you have ever met, but you wouldn't know because you won't give him a chance. I know your parents raised you better than that. I'm very disappointed in you, I'm sure they would be too." She told me as she shook her head before she walked away. My heart wrenched at her words as I swallowed the lump forming in my throat. Tears brimmed my eyes and I blinked them away quickly. Bringing my parents into this was low, even Jay knew it was pushing the boundary. Jordan walked into the stage pulling my attention away from the insult.

"Hello everybody." Jordan started, as he smiled nervously and I knew in that moment that this was not about business, my heart speed up in anticipation. "I'm so glad you could all come today, because today is a very important day for me. But before I get onto that I want to ask Louis to join me on the stage." A confused Lou walked onto the stage, giving the crowd a nervous wave. Jordan grabbed Lous hand before kneeling, causing the whole room to gasp. My heart stopped. "Louis, we have been dating for two years as of tomorrow, and it has been the best two years of my life. You have taught me things that I have never thought I would care to know about, you always make me smile and laugh. I want to spend the rest of my life smiling and laughing and loving you. So Louis, will you marry me?" Most the room as on tears by now as Louis frantically nodded his head before pulling Jordan of his knees to kiss him. The room erupted in cheers. I was so happy for them but I could not get myself to smile.

The two men made there way off of the stage holding hands and smiling brightly. They made there way through the crowd being stopped every once in a while to be congratulated by the guest and stealing small kisses from each others lips. Finally they had made it to where I stood as I plastered a fake smile onto my face but neither of the men that stood in front of me seemed to take notice. "Congratulations!" I screamed as I hugged Jordan quickly before moving onto Louis. My arms went around his neck tightly as I hurried my face into his neck. My smile faded and tears seeped from my eye. He pulled away with a smile.

"Aw! Look Jordan tears of joy!" He squealed and pointed at me before they were dragged away. I walked behind the bar, grabbing a full bottle of vodka and slipping out the back door behind the stairs. I slammed the door behind me before taking the cap off the bottle and taking a few large gulps of the strong liquid. Sitting half way down the steps I leaned my back against the metal railing pulling my knees to my chest. Sipping greatly on the bottle I paid no attention when the back door opens. I was so far in my sorrow that I did not even notice when someone sat next to my feet.

"I thought you would be celebrating with your best friend." The deep voice said. My head snapped up to see Harry looking at me with a smirk.

"Well I a terrible friend so you are wrong." I snapped taking another long drink, I had the bottle for only about 15 minutes and I had already drunk most of it.

"Ok it's time for you to stop." Harry mumbled before take the bottle softly from my grasp before setting it down on the other side of him and pulling out smoke. He placed the cigarette between his lips and lighting it. Before he could take a drag I ripped the stick from between his lips and placed it between mine. I took a long drag before puffing the smoke out into Harry's face.
"That was my last one!" He whined at me. A simple shrug was given back to him before my body shrunk back into the cement. Harrys eyes were trained on me as he watched me quietly as I smoked his last cigarette.

"I should be happy for them, you know, but I just can't be." I told, breaking the silence. His eyes lifted up to mine and they were emotionless, just like they always were. I leaned down and put out the rest of the smoke before resting back into my original place. "I've know Lou for four years and he's the only person I really have left. He came at the worst point of my life made me believe everything was going to be ok. And then two years later he left and I went off the rails. I was drunk every night, I smoked and I was failing all my classes. I ended up pulling my shit back together. I stopped drinking, smoking and I graduated. Then I moved to London to get my life back together and now look what I'm doing, exactly what I was trying to stop just because I'm selfish!" I said before breaking into sobs. Harry's body stiffened as he stared at me. "Do you want to know why I moved to London" I asked quietly.

"Sure." Harry said tentatively as he gave me a small smile, trying to make me feel better.
"I came here to find my brother. I've been here almost a month and I haven’t even started because I'm scared of what I will find. He left me and I scared that if I find him he will leave me again. A lot of people have left me over the years and now I can't even be happy for my best friend because I'm scared that he will enjoy his new life so much that he will leave me to!" I yelled at myself. The only sounds left were my rapid breathing and my muffled sobs.
"I first met Louis about a year and a half ago during a business dinner with Jordan." Harry started, causing me to jump when his low voice pieced through the silence.

"You do business with Jordan?" I asked.

"That's not the point of the story, now shut up and listen!" He snapped, causing me to flinch.

"During the small talk of it came up that he lived on America for a few years, and when he was asked what his favorite thing about livening there was, his answer was his best friend lived next door. The year and a half that I have know Lou, there has not been one conversation I've had with him when you have somehow been brought up. When you first told him you were going to move to London, he knew that you would need a job so he made you one. The club did not have a waitress until Lou convinced Darin that they needed one and that you would be perfect for the job." Harry paused as he took my hands in his, trying to comfort me. I was about to pull away but Jays words from earlier played in my head causing me to keep my hands still. "Lou loves you, he loves you so much that I'm sure if he was not gay, you and him would be the ones engaged right now." He told me truthfully causing me to laugh and him to grow a small smile. "Louis is not going to leave you, and anyone else that left you is a damn fool." He said seriously.

"I'm fucking tired." I said suddenly, ruining the sweet moment that Harry had just created as I leaned head against another cement step and closed my eyes.

"I'll take you home then." He told me as he pulled my drunken body off of the stairs. I felt weak and my body slumped into Harry's as he wrapped his arms around my waist to hold me up.

"I don't want to go home, I'll hear the boys having sex all night." I complained as I leaned my head against his chest lightly, hoping he would not notice.

"Then stay at my place tonight." He whispered in my ear, and against my better judgment, is said yes.

Notes

Happy New Years Eve! I hope everyone has a good and safe night. Ill be in bed by 11 because i have to work at 6 tomorrow lol.

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