Chapter 38 of 53

38 - People

The Assistant // Louis Tomlinson1,519 words~8 min read

short filler i know but there's so much more to come ;)

and guys im running out of songs I CANT WAIT FOR 1D's NEW ALBUM!!!! NOVEMBER 19!!!! COUNTING DOWN!!!!

One Thing

"How much longer?!" Niall whines from his seat in the corner of the couch beside me.

I rub by fingers against my temples in attempt to calm my sudden urge to murder the blonde boy. "Niall, if you ask me that one more time, I will throw all of the food out of this bus and you will starve."

That shuts him up.

Good boy.

I snuggle up against Louis, leaning my head in the crook of his neck.

"I'm craving pancakes, Lou," I mumble against his skin. We've been on the road heading to Houston from our last show in Albuquerque for about an hour, and we are all already getting restless and apparently, hungry.

"Let's make pancakes, then," he whispers in my ear, his breath fanning over my skin and sending chills down my skin.

"We don't have mix."

"Let's ask to stop at a market."

"Can we do that?" I ask, turning to look up at him.

"Yeah. We do it all the time. You don't really think the five of us boys can manage to travel across counties in a bus and not stop along the way, do you?"

"Good point." I roll my eyes.

"Why pancakes?" Harry asks from the other side of the couch we are all sitting around. Hailee is laying across his lap as he plays with her hair.

"I don't know." I shrug. "I'm really craving pancakes. Plus, I'm bored."

"Let's make pancakes, then!" Louis laughs.

"You guys do that. I'm going to take a nap," Hails mumbles tiredly and closes her eyes.

☆☆☆☆☆

With full and happy bellies, we are back to being bored and restless. Well, I guess Louis and I are restless. Everyone else are taking naps in their bunks. I'm not so tired, so I start texting Katie on our group message.

From: Avenue

hey guys! i miss you girls already!!! what are you up to?

From: Katie

OHHH MYY GOD! have you watched 'Free!', yet? Babbbbyyyy!!

God, she's been bugging me about this for what's felt like months. It's this anime show that she, as well as Annie, have been obsessed with.

From: Avenue

NOO! What's your weird obsession with that show anyway!?!

From: Niall🐧

Haru's soo cute! And it's good! Give it a chance!

From: Niall🍴

They aren't even GOOD LOOKING!!! And I mean they're drawings! You think they could hire better artists!!

From: Niall🐧

Really, Gen? So, you'll only watch a show if it has good looking people?! What about that show Phineas and Ferb?! It's soooo dumb!

From: Niall🍴

You can hurt me, but stay away from my boys.

From: Niall🐧

what about that dumb blue platypus they have?! Like what the heck?! It's so lame!

From: Niall🍴

ok, now you've crossed the line! PERRY IS THE BEST PERSON IN THE ENTIRE PLANET AND HE HAS A DUCK BILL AND A BEAVER TAIL!! HOW GREAT IS THAT?! And I didn't even mention Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

These are the people I spend my life with. What is wrong with me?

Louis leans over to peek at what I'm doing on my phone. "Who you texting?" he asks before reading the names. "What?! Why was I left out of this group text?! Wait! Why are there two Nialls? And he spelled 'Perrie' wrong."

"Relax, and no, it's Annie and Gen," I say laughing. I kind of forgot about their names in my phone.

"What?"

"Before we knew you guys, they just both called each other Niall, so the other day they hacked into my phone and changed their names. Gen is the Niall with the fork and knife, because her and Niall have huge appetites, and Annie is the Niall with the penguin, just because Niall said 'I'm as scary as a baby penguin', and she fell in love with that quote," I explain, realizing more and more how weird they are. Yep, these are the people I spend my life with. Great. I repeat: I need new friends.

"Okkkayyy, then."

"They're weird, I know. I mean, you've met them, you know!" I laugh.

"Here, let me say something to them!" he says, taking my phone from my hands.

From: Avenue

hey guys its louis ! i would just like to say i love your contact names;)

From: Niall🐧

AVENUE!!!! YOU WERENT SUPPOSED TO SHOW THEM THAT!!!! THATS SO EMBARRASSING

From: Niall🍴

I AM PLANNING YOUR MURDER IN GREAT DETAIL >[

Louis looks over to me with a confused expression. I shrug, pursing my lips.

"I told you. Weird."

He gives a tight nod, in response before looking back to the device.

From: Avenue

no need for murder girls. i would very much prefer if we all remained alive for the time being. your secret is safe with me.

From: Katie

Annie has this scary expression on her face and im slightly afraid.

From: Niall🐧

then i suggest you walk away.

From: Katie

no.

From: Niall🐧

yes.

From: Katie

no.

From: Niall🐧

yes.

From: Katie

yes.

From: Niall🐧

IM NOT STUPID I WONT FALL FOR THAT YOU IDIOT!!!

Louis chuckles and hands the phone back to me.

"They are an interesting bunch, aren't they?"

"That's one way to look at it."

He smiles and leans down to peck me on the lips, ignoring the buzzing phone in my lap.

"Hey, you know, we have an hour or so once we get to Houston before rehearsal," he whispers, against my lips and butterflies immediately erupt in my stomach at his words.

"Hmm... we could do a lot in an hour, couldn't we?" I giggle.

"Quite a lot." Louis smiles before pressing his lips back to mine, briefly.

"Well not with our friends right there in the bunks." I smirk.

"Then how long until we are there again?"

"Why? Are we in a hurry?" I tease.

"Now we are," he states seriously as he struggles to keep a smile on his lips, his suddenly heavy breaths fanning my face.

I press my lips back to his, more firmly this time. His hands reach down to to grasp my hips, digging his fingers into my sides strongly, and causing a gasp to escape my lips. He takes the opportunity to shove his tongue into my lips, massaging it against my own.

A moan slips through his lips, sending a wave of vibrations through our connected mouths, causing shivers to radiate up my spine. I fist his hair in my hand, tugging lightly. He lifts my waist to push me down below him, resting on his shoulder while the other arm remained on my hip. I bend my knees so that they hold his legs and waist securely between them. Deciding to tease him a little, I lift one foot and reach down to lightly graze across the skin of his calf, before tentatively slowly tracing it up the side of his thigh. I smirk when I feel him shiver involuntarily against me as he relaxes his elbow further to press his body flush against mine. He takes the opportunity to slowly grasp my thigh that had reached his hips, keeping it bent at his side.

My stomach starts to burn and I pull back suddenly, panting against his face in mine.

"Guess you'll just have to be patient." I smirk.

He grunts and throws his head back against the back of the couch.

"That was mean! No one likes a tease!"

I chuckle and sit up to tilt my head to rest against his chest, kissing his neck lightly.

"Sorry," I giggle, not sorry at all.

"You should be." He pouts.

"What if I promise to make it up to you."

This seems to spark his attention, as he opens one of his eyes to look down at me without moving his head forward.

"Promise?"

I chuckle at how adorable he is. "Promise."

"Ugh..." he groans, finally raising his head to look at me fully. "I guess I forgive you, then."

"I like this new secret weapon," I giggle, admittedly giddy.

"Use your power for good, not evil," he whines.

"What's the fun in that?!" I joke.

He gives me 'the look', telling me he does not appreciate my joking.

"You know you love it."

He rolls his eyes. "Curse my love!" he shouts dramatically at the sky, flopping his limbs back out against the couch.

"Shut up and bang her before I throw up on everyone!" Hailee's voice shouts from the bunks.

I throw my head back in laughter.

"Like you're any better!" I yell back in her direction.

"DAHMBY!"

I silently decide to cede the argument to laugh and look back to Lou.

"You two have a cute friendship."

"Yeah, I know. We're adorable," I joke.

He giggles and leans in to peck me on the lips before I snuggle into the crook of his neck on his lap, playing with his fingers in mine.

I couldn't think of a better place to be.

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