Say Hello, Wave Goodbye -- Louis Partridge

18. Sk8er B0i

Louis' hands were interlocked in mine and we were running like idiots. We fell a couple of times but all we did was laugh and carry each other to our feet again. Having him next to me, it was a great feeling. His warmth, his smile his everything made me happy. Louis finally came to a halt and I realised we were standing in front of ten different slopes.

"A skating park. I should have known." He started walking to the middle of the park and our hands detached, my hand immersed felt lonely without his. Louis was smiling ear to ear. He was happy too.

"It's not just any skate park. It's my skate park!" I started laughing.

"I'm not believing that until you have you're name on google maps." Louis walked towards me.

"Fine check it." He said while we were standing centimetres away from each other. I was a bit dazzled but I managed to get my phone out and press google maps. I used my location to check where I was and blinked a couple times. It literally wrote Louis Partridge Skating rink.

"I'm confused." He shrugged.

"My dad and I built this place when I was six. Okay maybe I should say my dad built it and I watched. This whole park was greenery and because no one bought the land they were going to turn it into some building. We loved this place as children so my dad brought it and we added the skating slopes."

"What can I say, I'm impressed." Louis smiles and through his head back which was adorable.

"Come on, let's skate."

"You are forgetting that I don't know how to skate..."

"I'm going to teach you." I groaned in protest. He grabbed my arm and pulled me to the flat land. "Okay, first we need to decide which leg you balance most on."

"How about none because my balance is horrible." Louis pouted and I couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay fine, I guess I'll decide. Put your right leg on the skateboard."

"Lou, I'll slip." Louis' brown eyes pierced mine.

"Then I guess you'll have to trust me to catch you."

"I trust you." We exchanged small smiles and I finally stepped on the board. As predicted, I flew and then jumped to brace for impact only to be met by Louis' arms. He spun me around, laughing. "See I told you I couldn't do it."

"Hmm. Maybe we should just stick with your hobbies." Lou took both my hands and interlocked them with mine. I didn't want this to be the end. I wanted to share his favourite place with him.

"I know! How about you skate and I get to watch you." Lou rolled his eyes.

"That's not fair on you."

"Trust me, it's so fair. I have not been able to stare at you for a month now. Do you know how painful that was?"

"Yes, yes I do." We smile again. I haven't been able to stop smiling. I'm not a person that smiles a lot and this was really killing me. "Fine then. I guess I'll skate."

Lou got to the top of the rank and with one jump he was flying from left to right. His fluffy brunette hair waved up and down and his face looked so concentrated on his board. Every now and then he would make a trick which would make me start clapping uncontrollably. Louis would start smiling even more, his teeth showing and I would break into a bigger smile. After a while I got a text and I looked at my phone. It was my mum reminding me of my shift. I frowned as I tried to come up with an excuse, not noticing Lou come by my side.