𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 ~ ✰☽ 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜

~ eighteen ~

I woke up to a cold feeling on my cheeks. A gentle spike. And my fingers felt slightly numb.
Carefully, I lift my lashes and see a light orange and pink sky.

Wait a minute... am I outside? And what's that thump noise?

Thump thump. Thump thump. Thump-

It's a heartbeat.

I tilt my head back a little and feel my mind stop spinning. There was a boy. Eyes closed, nose and cheeks tinted pink. Sharp jawline.

Louis.

My head was on his chest. And his arms were around me.

"Holy shit!" I yell, ignoring the fact that the tired boy was still asleep. With a jolt of shock, he sits up really fast and gasps.
"Louis what the hell are you doing?" I ask, still confused and tired. Even a little bit angry.

"What? I don't- where are we?" He asks, now looking around at the trees and sunrise in the distance.

I scurry off the blanket, leaving him to stand up by himself, "Louis why the hell did you sleep next to me?" I scold.

Was I angry? Yes. Am I confused? Yes. Did I hate waking up on Louis' chest? N- No...

"You fell asleep last night! I wasn't just gonna leave you out here alone!" He exclaims, getting slightly defensive. I ran a hand through my hair, but it gets caught and snarled up.

"You could have at least woken me up to take me inside!" I grimace at my ratted hair, tangled with some grass, "And besides, it's cold out! You could have gotten both of us sick!"

"I was gonna take you inside! But I closed my eyes for just like two seconds and was so tired that I fell asleep too!"

"Then how did we end up in- in that position?"

"I don't know! You can't control your body when you're sleeping! But it's not my fault that you fell asleep outside!"

I groan and place my hands on my cheeks, feeling the warmth relieve the freezing feeling.
And then my heart skips a beat.
"What's the time?"

The boy yawns and runs a hand through his messy hair before reaching into his pocket and pulling out his phone.
"Seven fifty four. You have time."

I quickly sigh and pick some grass out from my hair while the boy sniffles. I can't believe that this just happened. I can't believe I just slept right next to Louis.

"Look, I'm sorry okay? But we're literally just fine. Nothing happened. You're overreacting."

"Oh shut your mouth Louis, I have the right to feel upset that you slept by me!"

He simply shrugs and reaches down to pick up the blanket, "Just chill okay? I don't want to start off my first day of filming like this, so shush."

I slightly roll my eyes and look down as the long and awkward silence between us stretches. This is just great. Every time we start to get along, something happens that makes it weird between us and ruins things.

And after the morning we just had, we have to go on set and act with each other.

I'm honestly pretty nervous for what will happen.