Something's Changed (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 9

Ryan's POV

"Maybe all of the days from that night onwards were adding up to this, to give you the confidence to face your past and sort everything out again. Once Louis is given proof of Lucas being his child, you two can resolve your issues from the past," I explained to my good friend.

"We will now begin! Everyone please gather near the stage now!"

"Lets go guys," Amelia said before leading us to the stage.

When everybody had gathered around the front of the miniature stage the 5 boys from the band were introduced to us by Paul, who we all knew from the interviewing process. The one I recognised as Harry passed Lucas over to Louis who took the little boy and examined his features carefully as he gazed at his son in awe.

"Right, we will be conducting some drills with you to make sure that you are fit for the job. The first drill we will be doing is getting the band in and out of the hotel," Paul said before asking us to follow him to a large cutout of a hotel doorway.

"You'll be split into 2 groups before this activity commences. One group will take the role of the fans and the other of the security and then you'll swap before we move on. As there are 15 of you, 7 of you will play the security and the rest of you will be fans as the fans always outnumber the security. When told, the security must escort the band and the baby boy out of the hotel doors and make sure that they hold the fans back as well so I need to see you splitting into which part will you be securing. Similarly the fans need to attack like real fans would to meet their idols. Ryan, Max, Jade, Deepika, Amelia, James and Sarah will be doing the role of security so I want you to gather and decide who will be holding fans back and who will be escorting the band out."

Our little group was led by Amelia as she was the first person to speak up and so it was decided that Max, Jade, Sarah and myself would hold back the fans as James, Deepika and Amelia escorted the band.

"We're ready," Deepika informed Paul who blew a whistle to get everyone's attention and then he told everyone to get into their positions which we all did.

Louis' POV

I held Lucas as 3 people came and joined us behind the door frame whom I recognised as Amelia, Deepika and a boy whose tag read 'James'. Amelia stood in front of us, James behind us but slightly to the left side and Deepika stood on the right side which was coincidentally next to me.

We heard a whistle blow and then Amelia led us out of the door with the support of Deepika and James but as we were ushered out of the door my arm brushed Deepika's and I felt an electrical connection with her like I used to in the past before I left. The slight nudge pushed Deepika towards the sharp cardboard edge and I heard her wince as she made contact. Yet she moved us along like nothing happened and so I was unable to inspect her wound.

"Well done squad, you were fabulous," Paul stated, "Deepika, I saw you walking into the edge of the cutout so are you okay?"

I quickly handed Lucas to Zayn and then pulled Kinjal closer with her unharmed arm. I inspected the wound and it was pretty deep for cardboard.

"How many times do I need to tell you to be careful, Deepika? You're an accident prone and this wound is really deep so let me bandage it for you," I insisted without thinking and so I cleaned her wound and bandaged her arm up properly.

"Be careful next time," I added in the heat of the moment.

When I was done Deepika pulled her arm away from my grip and then took Lucas off of Zayn before scowling in my direction and walking away to sit somewhere on the field away from me as Paul announced a quick 5 minute break. I watched her as she lay flat on her back on the grass and then placed Lucas on her stomach.

"Niiiiii!!!" Lucas squealed as Niall rushed to where he was and scooped him into his arms.

"Hey!" Deepika yelled playfully before getting up onto her two feet.

"Sorry babe," Niall replied in a baby voice before running away with Lucas.

I was feeling jealous that Deepika didn't even stop Niall from using a pet name but I had bigger issues to deal with first. I snuck over to where some of the other bodyguards were standing but I couldn't take my mind off Deepika so I stormed over to her side, grabbed her arm and dragged her to the tunnel where no one could see us. I didn't check which hand I grabbed but when I finally saw, I noticed that it was her injured arm and I removed my hand because I had a strong grip on it. I apologised but Deepika wasn't having any of it and instead she slapped me across the face so I grabbed her shoulders and slammed her into the wall behind her.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?! Can't you just leave me alone, you bipolar freak?!" She yelled in my face.

"No," I replied before slamming my lips on her lips and kissing her properly and soberly for the first time ever.

Deepika's lips moulded with mine perfectly but she refused to maintain contact by shoving me off her body. She was certainly stronger physically and mentally now so I knew that she wasn't going to give in so quickly, especially after last night.

"Just stay away from me, Louis Tomlinson," she said firmly.

Although she hadn't swore at me this time, I was more effected by this remark because she said my name in a spiteful tone as if she despised my presence. I groaned before going back to join the group waiting outside.