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Nothing Without Love

Jump to insane

Louis POV


“So why would I say yes to this?” She pulls her legs off my lap and drawls them closer to herself. I knew this was a bad idea.

“Because I'm charming?” I try to laugh but her face turns sour and she give me nothing to work with. I can't figure her out, she's back and forth, shes up and down, she's left when I'm right, right when I'm left.

“Why can't you just tell him the truth?” She asks. It's easier of course, if I just told Stan the truth but then he would know I lied in the first place.

“I don't know.” I swear I sound more and more like an idiot every day with her.

“Well he's your best friend. I'd never lie to my best friend. Ophelia would know in a heartbeat and she wouldn't care if I told her the truth. Isn't he your best friend?” She asks just to make sure.

“Of course he's my best friend. It was a slip of the tongue, then I just dug myself deeper in the hole.” It's the truth. I couldn't keep my my mouth from spouting random shit.

“But you couldn't just stop and tell the truth?” She keeps pushing.

“I was afraid of how he would think of me.” I speak lower, a little ashamed of my actions now.

“But he's your best friend. Your best friend for a long time.” She speaks to match my tone, quieter, as if she understands more.

“I'm tired of being the one that's always alone. Everyone has someone else, and I swear everyone feels sorry for me being the third wheel, the fifth wheel. So I just lied, told him I had a girlfriend. Then he told me he and his family were coming to visit and he wanted to meet you. I just panicked! He asked what her name was and I said it was Josie. I know it was stupid but my brain wasn't thinking.” I'm frustrated with myself, this situation that I've gotten myself into.

“So it's just for a weekend?” She asks for the second time.

“Well they'll be here for a week and a half. Then I can tell them we broke up or something.” I suggest, this is never going to work, so stupid.

“Okay.” She shrugs her shoulders like its nothing.

“Are you sure? We have to go to San Diego for the weekend.” I make sure that she knows. I'm so nervous for this whole thing. Stan knows me more then anything else so if we're not careful he can see right through me.

“Yeah. I mean, as long as you pay for my meals and drive to San Diego.” She smiles. I'm sure she has no idea what she's getting herself into and I don't know either. This could backfire completely.

“I can do that. We have two weeks.” I tell her.

“Well that will work, Niall's mom is coming to visit and Erica already told me I'll have pretty much the whole week off. So we won't have to worry about that.” She explains, makes me feel a little better. We'll have to work hard for this to work, for us to be able to pull this off.

“Okay, so we'll just have to learn about each other and then we'll drive down to San Diego two weeks from Friday, I rented a condo for all of us to stay, then we'll come back to LA, he knows you work for Niall so they know that you won't be able to be around as much during that week.” I have all these plans running through my head that I can't even keep up with everything. My brain is going a mile a minute and I can't believe she even said yes. If she would have said yes then I would have simply told Stan we broke up. Why I even asked her is still insane to me.

“What are we going to tell Niall and Erica?” I knew that question would come up as they obviously will know that something is up between us, we'll be spending more time together. Niall is clueless at times but he still picks up on things and you can't get anything by Erica.

“I'll tell them. I'll let them know whats going on. I'm sure they'll understand.” I”m also sure that Niall will give me shit until I die. That this is something that Niall will never forget. And I'm doing this to myself. I could change my mind right now, take it all back but I've already committed. And it seems like once I set my mind to it I won't change it.

“Okay.” She shrugs. She's a bit of a shrugger. She's always shrugging. I don't really know if that means she doesn't care at all or if she doesn't know what to say. I can't believe I've proposed a plan to have Josie be my fake girlfriend just to please my best friend. Well my best friend who knows everything about me and will see through me in an instant. “So where do we begin?” She asks.

“Well I kind of know a little bit about you but I wouldn't mind knowing more.” This may or may not be a part of a plot to get Josie to spend more time with me. Mainly for selfish reasons, I like her. I close my eyes and let myself relax, finally admitting to myself that I like her. I feel like if I she wouldn't have left that night then I wouldn't have kept thinking about her. I probably would have forgotten about her like I've forgotten about the rest. But something has been different about her since that first night.

“Yeah, well I'm pretty interesting so I can see your fascination with me.” She raises her eyebrows up and down, laughing. She's really pretty. I've paid attention, I've known that for a while, anyone can see it but she's flawless. She's full of grace but she's quick with a comeback and she keeps me on my toes. I haven't known her long but something about her, this interaction we have is not like something I've really known before. I can't get my hopes up, nothing ever seems to work well for me. That's okay, there is always someone that takes the fall. I've come to terms with it. “Well, tomorrow is Saturday, I have it off so I'll be going to my dads gym if you want to join me.” She suggests.

“Your dads gym? He owns a gym?” I ask, maybe I have more to know about her then I thought I did.

“Yeah, he's had that gym for close to twenty years. He's a trainer now, he trains my brother, mainly just helps with his conditioning and keeping his endurance up. He has a few other clients, but his gym is where everyone goes.” I have to make a mental note to do some research on her family, her father, mother, and brother. I at least know his dad and brother will be on the internet. I don't even know why he quit fighting, I had heard from Mark he was at the top of his game when he up and retired, something about a fight but he had gotten interrupted and we never finished the conversation.

“Why did he quit?” I almost clasp my hands over my mouth as I can't believe I've just asked that. It's something that I could have figured out myself, it seems like a personal question but I don't know if Stan will ask. Stan was big into boxing when we were growing up, I'm sure if I told him who Josie's father was he would piss his pants.

“His last fight was bad. He won but he had a nasty left hook, it was always tough and people couldn't miss it. He was fighting Peter Bradley, it was like a Rocky and that Russian guy match up. Bradley just wouldn't give in and so dad just kept swinging. He went down finally and he didn't get up. Dad put him in a coma. He recovered, they're friends now but it scared dad too much. It really did a number on him and he didn't recover from it. He was afraid of killing someone, taking someone away from their family so he put his gloves up. Opened the gym instead.” She shrugs again as if explaining this situation was an every family occurrence.

“Wow.” It's literally all I can say. Her father almost killed someone. “And he'll be at the gym tomorrow?” I gulp loudly, if her brother doesn't kill me then I'm sure I will be killed by her father.

“It's okay, I'll ask Ophelia to come, you can just show up and we can all just workout.” She suggests. I know she's sensed my anxiousness and she's seemed to be picking up on my body language or something because she already knows how to calm me. Just the slight change in her voice and her shift in body language its like Feng shui for a room. Josie is Feng shui for my soul already.

Jesus Louis. Chill the fuck out. Lets just skip all these steps and jump to insane.

“Okay.” I smile tightly, if I keep my lips tight then maybe no other words will slip from my tongue. The movie is almost over as I realize it's close to ten. “I should probably get going.” I suggest and start to stand, pulling my pant legs down. “I'll be seeing you tomorrow.” I don't know weather to give her an awkward wave, even weirder high five, or just walk away. I think it's too soon for a hug.

“Can I have your number so I can text you the address?” She grabs her phone from the table as I speak my number she types it in quickly and calls me. I feel weird as to now finally have her phone number. I don't know why but now I feel like I can talk to her as much as possible. God, she's going to regret this decision everyday of her life.

Notes

I sure love writing Louis and his erratic thoughts. Thoughts about Josie and Louis? I would LOVE to hear from you all. I don't bite, I swear it! :)

Hope you're all having a fantastic day!!

xoxoxo

Comments

Love all your stories hope you keep going on this one

This was so cool! Love it. So lovely. They are too cute.
Sending inspiration. We love you. I wish you finish this in a way you want and wish and I can't wait to see what you have in mind for future of these two :)

This was so sweet! When they get so sweet my drama alarm starts chiming!!! Sorry I didn't read it yesterday, I didn't log in until today! Happy Halloween!!!

Love the update!