Pairing Hearts |louis tomlinson|

Chapter Twenty-Two

The next day I woke up because Louis' phone was ringing. I knew Louis was trying not to wake me, so I pretended to be asleep as he reached over me for his phone. I knew he was going to try and leave the bed, so he wouldn't wake me up, but that meant he would take the warmth with him, so I turned to rest on top of his chest. I heard him let out a little chuckle as he ran his hand through my hair.
"Hey Bailey, what's up?" I heard Louis ask.
"Oh yeah, she's okay, she's sleeping right now," Louis answered.
"Well, Alec came by yesterday and was being a total asshole. He called her a tease and a bitch and a bunch of other things I won't say out loud. I think she's more shook up about it than she cares to admit. She's been through a lot this past week, I'm sure she isn't ignoring you guys on purpose. I'll make sure she calls you soon."
Louis hung up and I felt his arms wrap around me tightly. "I'm so fucking lucky," he whispered kissing my forehead and I felt the butterflies in my stomach.
--
That afternoon we were sitting on the couch watching tv. Louis hadn't mentioned the conversation and I knew it was because he didn't want to push me into anything I didn't want to think about. He was really too good for me. Someone started knocking on our door loudly and Louis got up rolling his eyes.
"Everyone's always banging on your door love," Louis said ruffling my hair. "You're too popular."
He opened the door and Bailey burst in holding on to Marcy hard. "What's going on?" I asked pushing my hair back.
"You look tired," Bailey frowned still holding a thrashing Marcy. "We'll talk to Louis. Maybe you should go get some sleep."
I knew I looked wrecked, but I wasn't going to let Louis deal with all my problems for me. "I'm fine, what's going on?" I asked.
"Is there a reason you have Marcy in a death hold?" Louis laughed closing the door and following them back to the couch.
"Bad, she did something bad," Bailey said.
"I didn't do anything bad," Marcy scoffed. "I just stood up for you, Kate."
"What does that mean?" I asked looking between the two.
"Well Louis told me about what Alec did and then I told Marcy and she flipped. I tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen. She went when to Ashley's place while I was at work and I had to leave and drag her off the property because Ashley was threatening to call the cops," Bailey sighed still holding on to Marcy tightly.
"Let me go," Marcy said finally getting out of Bailey's arms.
"What did you do?" I asked rubbing my temples.
"Nothing, I just yelled at her for being such a horrible person to you. I may have called her a worthless hag, but that's it I promise," Marcy said holding her hands up in surrender.
"I don't need you to yell at people for me," I said looking away. "I can take care of myself."
"You don't stand up for yourself. I'm not letting your sister send her boyfriend over here to call you awful names and degrade you in your own home." Marcy was practically fuming and I felt so guilty about how much she cared.
"I'm sorry I made you so upset," I said looking down at my hands.
"You didn't make me upset," Marcy said shaking her head. "Your sister is the one who pissed me off."
"But if you didn't know me then my sister wouldn't have pissed me off," I replied.
"Kate, don't be ridiculous," Marcy said rolling her eyes. "Please just let me love you and protect you."
I looked up at Bailey and Louis, who just nodded. "Kate, you've been through enough. Just don't worry about this," Louis said with a frown.
"How can I not worry about it?" I asked resting my head on my hands. "All you guys ever do is support me and all I ever do is cause more problems. I'm supposed to be taking care of you."
"You do take care of us," Bailey laughed.
"Kate we practically live here. You and your boyfriend cook for us like three times a week. You help us with our homework and notes. You are literally the kindest person. You take care of us way more than we ever take care of you," Marcy replied patting my knee. "I don't even feel slightly bad for yelling at Ashley for how horrible she's been to you."
"Well I'm not bothering her with my time anymore, so neither should you," I replied with a frown.
"I'm sorry," Bailey said patting my shoulder. "You're going through a lot and this can't be easy."
"I'll be fine," I sighed. Louis came out of the kitchen and handed me a cup of tea. I hadn't realized he had gone into the kitchen in the first place.
"Thanks," I said taking a sip.
"Course love," Louis said patting my head.
"Listen, I think I'm going to go back to bed. Can you two just promise you won't do anything crazy?" I asked giving them a little smile.
"Promise," they laughed. "Go get some sleep."
I gave them a wave and they left. "Come on, I'll go get your pajamas," Louis said getting up.
"I'm not going to sleep," I smiled taking his hands and pulling him down. "I just wanted to be alone with you. I've been through a lot and now I just want to be normal with my boyfriend."
"I'm literally the luckiest man in the world," he smiled when I rested my head on his chest. "I didn't think I would ever get this lucky."
"I'm luckier," I replied when he wrapped his arm around me.
"Kate, I want to buy us a house," Louis said softly after a while.
"Louis, I don't even have a real job yet," I frowned. "I don't want to be like my sister."
"I don't want a massive place babe. I just want a place that's a bit more secure. I want to know that a million people aren't going to pound down our door at any minute. I mean obviously Bailey and Marcy can pound down the door anytime they want, but it would be nice to have a room or two where they could stay. I'm sure they don't love sleeping on the floor. I'll pay for the whole thing as long as you promise to decorate."
"Lou..." I said hesitantly.
"Let me just find a few places and if you hate them then we won't do it," Louis interrupted a pleading look on his face.
"Alright," I nodded. The truth was, I was going to be graduating at the end of this semester anyway, so maybe it was time to move out of this place. "Lou?" I asked looking up at him.
"What's up, love?"
"I was thinking of maybe applying for some jobs in San Diego," I said softly. "Would you hate that?"
"Kate I think that's such a good idea," Louis grinned. "You know I hate LA. There's too many people here and it's so stuffy."
"Maybe we could get a house there when I graduate," I said softly.
"Or we could get a house now, so it's perfect when you graduate and we could all go there on the weekends," Louis replied kissing my cheek. He sounded so excited and it made my heart flutter knowing he was just as excited about the future.
"I love you," I whispered.
"Love you too babe," Louis grinned.
--
A week later Louis had found a couple houses in San Diego, so we went to go look at them. Marcy and Bailey, of course, decided to join us.
"Kate, why is your phone ringing so much, how popular are you?" Marcy chuckled as my phone rang for the tenth time during the drive.
"My sister won't stop calling me," I sighed grabbing it and silencing it.
"Are you planning to answer it?" Louis asked glancing over at me.
"No," I replied setting the phone face down.
"Then you should block her number or change yours," Marcy replied.
"I figure eventually she'll give up," I shrugged.
"Oh my god is this the house?" Bailey asked as we drove up a long driveway.
"It's too big," I frowned looking up at Louis.
"Just give it a chance," he sighed. "The view is killer." I nodded, not wanting to seem pessimistic about the whole thing.
In the end, it was the last house we looked at that stole all of our hearts. It wasn't right on the beach, but it was on top of a hill, so we still had a great view of the water and it was biking distance from the public beach access. There was a long driveway with a big gate and security booth that I knew Louis was happy about.
"Look this is going to be specifically to keep the two of you out," Louis smiled pointing to the gate and booth.
"We all know there is no amount of security that could keep us out," Marcy grinned and we all laughed. The front yard was big and green as we walked to the front door.
It was a one-story house, but it had big windows all across the back wall, so we could see the pool outside and the ocean below. It was a lot bigger than my apartment, but it wasn't so big that it felt empty.
"Not too big love?" Louis asked wrapping his arm around my shoulders.
"No, I definitely don't think I would lose you in here," I grinned. There were three bedrooms on one side of the house all with their own bathrooms. The other side of the house had an office and poolroom. There was a big garage, so we could fit surfboards, kayaks, and bikes.
"I really like this place, Lou. I can see us here," I told him and I could see the excitement in his own eyes.
--
That week Louis stayed in San Diego to sign contracts and fill out paperwork on the house, and that weekend I came down alone, so we could start working on the house.
"I can't believe it's already ours," I said as we stood in front of the house.
"I get what I want pretty fast with a name like Louis Tomlinson," he grinned kissing my cheek. We went shopping for paint and lights, and tons of other things and by the time we got home we were exhausted.
"Come on, we have to go watch the sunset babe," Louis grinned. "Every night we'll go down there, promise me."
"I promise," I smiled as he took me to the garage. There were two bikes sitting there and I looked up at him surprised.
"Bought us bikes," he grinned. "Hope you like purple because it's all yours."
"Thanks," I smiled staring at the bike. "You know this is the first one I've ever actually owned."
"You'll never have to borrow a bike again," Louis smiled kissing my cheek before taking off. When we got to the beach Louis laid out a blanket and let me curl up against him as we watched the sun sink below the water.
By the time we got back up the big hill, we were panting. It was a lot bigger than I remembered, but it was so worth it. "Next time we're here we'll have security," Louis told me as he punched in the gate code.
When we got inside I attached myself to Louis. "I'm so happy," I told him as I sucked on his neck.
"Kate," Louis moaned trying to push me away.
"I want to say thank you," I said palming his crotch and looking up at him.
"Babe, your words are enough," Louis said trying to push me away again.
"Just let me," I said unbuttoning his pants and pulling them down along with his boxers. I went back to his lips as my hand pumped him. When he was hard I knelt down, so I was at eye level with his dick.
"Babe," he said looking down at me. This wasn't my first time sucking someone off, but this was the first time I wanted to, and the first time I wasn't scared. I loved Louis so much and I knew he would never hurt me, even on accident. When I took him into my mouth I heard him let out a low moan and he leaned against the wall to support himself. After he came in my mouth and I swallowed it all he pulled me up to hold me.
"Jesus Kate," he said burying his head against my neck. "That was amazing."
"I love you," I replied running my hand over the back of his head.
"I love you so much," he answered kissing my neck lightly. "Let's go to bed."
I nodded letting go, so he could pull up his pants. We were sleeping on an air mattress for the time being.
--
I woke up in Louis' arms and despite the air mattress, I was comfortable. We laid in the covers for a while just watching each other. "Kate, do you want me to make you feel good?" Louis asked tracing his fingers over my cheeks.
"No," I answered meeting his eyes.
"Are you sure? I just feel guilty about last night. You didn't have to do that if you didn't want to and I didn't even..."
"I'm not ready for that," I answered looking down.
"Well when you're ready, I promise I'll make you feel like you're in heaven," he answered pulling me against him.
"I already do," I replied kissing his cheek.
--
The next few weekends Marcy and Bailey came with us to the house to help us paint and build furniture. Graduation was getting closer and I already had a job lined up for the next school year only a mile from the house. Both Bailey and Marcy had gotten jobs at separate schools in San Diego. Marcy was planning to stay with her parents for a while and Bailey had found an apartment with roommates.
"We might as well just designate this as Bailey's room," Louis chuckled as we painted the walls a light gray color.
"Your life would be much much more boring without me," Bailey said with a grin.
"I can't believe you guys really have a security guard. You're like actually famous," Marcy said shaking her head and looking out the window.
"It's just Louis," I replied.
"The people love me," Louis grinned and I rolled my eyes.
"When are you two going to buy us beds?" Marcy asked nudging the air mattress out of the way. "You would think since you're so famous you would be able to afford some proper mattresses."
"No furniture until everything is painted and clean," I answered.
"Better hurry, graduation is only two weeks away," Bailey answered.
"Maybe if Louis would stay here and do some projects while I'm at school instead of insisting on coming back to LA with me every week," I laughed giving Louis a loving smile.
"I'm not working if you're not," Louis laughed wrapping his arms around me. In truth, he just didn't like the idea of me living alone with no security anymore, and I honestly didn't feel safe without him. I had never once complained about him coming back to LA with me and he knew that.
"Hey lovebirds get back to painting," Marcy complained and we laughed.
Later that night we sat on the floor of the kitchen eating pizza. "Marcy, is Sam moving out here with you after graduation?" I asked resting against the wall.
"We've been talking about that a lot," Marcy said and I watched as her face got sad. "His work is in LA and he's actually really pissed that I accepted a job out here. Honestly, though I just hate LA so much. The traffic alone is enough to make my skin boil."
"So what are you two going to do?" Bailey asked biting her lip.
"We broke up two days ago," Marcy said looking away.
"What why didn't you tell us?" I asked my eyes going wide.
"I knew I would be here this weekend and honestly I just don't want to think about it because it fucking sucks," Marcy said and I could see the tears in her eyes. I got up and went to sit next to her wrapping my arms around her shoulders like she had done for me so many times.
"I'm sorry," I said rubbing her back.
"We were together for five years," Marcy said annoyed. "Five fucking years and he just ended it. All that work and time for nothing."
"You deserve better," Bailey answered.
"I'm going to talk to Marcy," Louis told me as we got up to go to bed.
"Okay," I nodded kissing his cheek and going into our room. I could hear their conversation as I laid in bed waiting for him.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry about Sam," Louis said and I heard him sit on her mattress.
"I just don't get it," Marcy sighed. "Why would a guy end it after five years? I thought he was the one. I thought he loved me. What did I do wrong? Would you ever do that to Kate?"
"That's a really shitty thing to do," Louis agreed with a sigh. "But honestly it's not your fault. Guys are idiots, myself included. He doesn't know what he missed out on because you are a really great person. You're loyal and big-hearted and honestly, a catch, don't tell Kate." I could hear the smile in his voice.
"He's an idiot for letting you go, but you'll probably find someone ten times better."
"Don't ever do that to Kate," Marcy said softly.
"It's not me you have to worry about," Louis smiled. "She's the one who is going to find someone way better."
"Not a chance," Marcy replied. "She's so in love with you she doesn't see anyone else."
"You're going to find someone better, I promise," Louis said and I heard the mattress shift and a few seconds later he was in the doorway.
"Come here," I said holding my arms out. Louis smiled and climbed onto the bed and I pulled his head down on my chest.
"I literally couldn't ask for a better boyfriend," I whispered kissing the top of his head.
"You heard?" Louis asked as I scratched his scalp.
"I'm not planning on leaving," I replied. "You and I are going to last."
"That's all I want," he said taking my hand and kissing it.
"I want to go to bed," I answered and he chuckled.