Broken Promises

Chapter 1

Mikayla POV

"What do you mean you have to move to the US?", Lou asked me.

"What part of that was hard for you to understand?", Zayn interrupted, "the moving or the to the US part?"

Lou gave him a death stare that said 'Now wasn't the time'. He rolled his eyes and turned back to me.

"He's right, though", I said, "if I want the job, I can no longer live here".

He gasped, and I heard Liam said something to Zayn.   

"Okay, where are the rest of the boxes?", Harry asked, walking back in my apartment.

"Umm, you're not moving anything else", Louis told him.

All eyes were on him.

"What? Why not?"

"Because Mikayla isn't moving in with me anymore".

I was shocked, and Zayn cussed behind me.

"Are you serious?", Niall asked, "you two had a fight in the 5 minutes that we were downstairs?"

"No, we didn't. But, she was just offered an executive position at a huge company".

"Congrats!", both Harry and Niall said.

"The job is in the US".

"....Awkward".

They put their boxes down and talked amongst themselves.

"HOLD UP", I yelled.

Louis turned towards me, but made no eye contact.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean we're not moving in together anymore?"

"How can we, Mikayla? You just got a job in another country".   

"Maybe we should leave", Liam suggested.

"You're not going anywhere", I said and faced Louis.

"First of all, I never said I was taking the job. Secondly, even if I am, why can't my stuff be moved to    your house? They won't do me any good here".

"They won't do you any good at my flat either. Why give the impression that we're moving in together when we're really not?"

I rolled my eyes. He was pissing me off.

"This really is a private moment for you two", Niall said.

"It's fine, really", I said, "stay".

"Louis, you can't just tell me what to do. If I want to move in with you, that's what I'm going to do".

"BUT, YOU'RE NOT. You're really not, babe. I don't want your stuff there if you aren't. I can't look at it everyday and be reminded that you don't live in the same country as me anymore".

I saw him sniffle.

"Yeah, we're going to leave now", Harry said.

"TAKE ONE MORE STEP TOWARDS THE DOOR, AND I WILL END YOUR LIFE".

They all jumped at my outburst, but remained where they were.

"Louis, you're forgetting one thing", I said, grabbing his hands.

"What's that?", he still avoided eye contact.

"I never said I was taking the job. I told him that I would think about it".

I couldn't help but smile at the way that his face lit up.

"I would love to say that you won't, but I think we both know that you will. Mikayla, you're way too intelligent to not take the job. You know you can't pass up this opportunity".