F E I G N E D | elounor

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"This is what were doing?" Louis asked unenthusiastically. I giggled.

"Oh come on! It'll be fun!"

"When I asked you what you wanted to do today I assumed it'd be relaxing on a yacht all day, tanning, drinking." He said wishing for a different outcome for the day.

I laughed at Louis's words, as we stood in the line to get into the zoo/aquarium on the beach.

"Enough yachts, and boats and fancy things. Can't we just be real people for a day?" I asked him, as he looked at his phone. "And that includes no working."

"I'm sorry, I'm just trying to keep up with all the updates at work. Josh is trying to undo literally everything I've done." He said annoyed.

"Well when we fix your mess, you can get back to work and put things back the way they were." I said and smiled.

"I can't believe I'm paying to see animals. You wanna see animals we could just walk on the beach and hope we see a shark or a fish." He said and I couldn't help but laugh.

"You know where you belong? With the crabs. Because you're so crabby." I teased.

"Wow. You're soo funny." He said sarcastically but I could see him holding back a grin. I smiled at that.

We finally got inside and I was practically dragging Louis everywhere around in amazement. He pretended to seem uninterested in everything but every now and then I would catch him looking at some type of animal or fish in amazement, and each time I smiled because at least he was enjoying a part of it.

"Touch the glass." I said, and he quickly shook his head.

"Uh uh, no way. There's sharks in there!" He said, as we approached a blue glass wall. We stood side by side behind the glass wall the reflected a bright blue water on the walls and floors around us making it feel as if we were in water as well.

"Do you think we could've been friends?" I asked him.

"What?"

"Yeah. . .like you think if we ever met at one of the parties, actually spoke with one another, we could've been friends or acquaintances?" I asked him. I saw him shrug from the corner of my eye.

"I'm not sure. Why?"

The whole time we spoke we were mesmerized by the bright blue water with the peaceful sharks swimming around. It wasn't scary, it was calm and we were the only ones in the shark exhibit at the moment. The whole moment just felt calm and relaxing. For the first time with Louis I didn't feel like a London Elite.

I just felt like Eleanor.

"I think we could have been. If I could only get passed that attitude of yours." I joked and I heard him scoff.

"Please. You're so shy, I could've walked up to you and you wouldn't have said a word." He teased back.

"Well what else am I supposed to do? We didn't talk." I laughed.

"And you're asking if we could have been friends?" He teased, and we both laughed.

We went silent again, admiring the water.

"I want a pet shark." I said with a sigh.

"Our pool isn't big enough." He said in an oblivious tone.

"I still want one. I think it would be rather cool."

"How about we meet in the middle and settle for a dog." He said in an amusing tone.