Desirable

~65. Homework

"Shit! That's fucking ace, guys!" Tommy hollers, slapping the desk with excitement. Arisa only smiles but Louis laughs at him. 

"It sounds good, right?" he beams as he plays the recording again, the three silent as they listen again. 

Tommy dramatically moans and stands up, getting a cigarette from his packet and balancing it between his lips. 

"I can't believe we're already done with a song. I knew it was gonna be good but I didn't know we'd be this good," he flicks his lighter a couple times, waiting for it to light. When the cigarette lights, he puts the lighter away in his back pocket. 

The song they had produced was fully by the piano and Louis's skill with the instrument, but they also included a couple choruses of him singing. They were fairly short verses but his voice was the perfect texture for the song, all three were perfectly satisfied with the result. 

After finishing, they decide to take a well-deserved break. Louis makes his way from the studio room to Tommy's lounge and sits down on the wide-spread sofa, the other two follow him but remain in the kitchen behind him. 

He pulls his phone out of his pocket and brings up his contacts, immediately tapping the desired name and pressing 'Facetime'. 

His face appears on the screen as the call reaches out to her, ringing a few times. Clementine hurriedly answers on the other end, his phone blessing him with the image of her smiling face. 

"Hi, you!" she smiles widely, adjusting her curls in the camera. 

"Hey, pretty girl. Guess what?" 

She looks at him with squinted eyes, trying to read his face. He had a handsome grin stuck on his face, making her feel giddy with joy. 

"Did you finish one?" she guesses, her voice raising in pitch with excitement. 

"Hell yeah, we did."

"Louis!" she screeches and drops her mouth wide open, "that's amazing! How did it go? Are you happy with it?" 

"The process went pretty smooth for this one, we didn't have a lot of hiccups. And it sounds great, I can't wait to show it to you," he sighs lightly, watching her adorable face chuckle. She looked perfect to him, although she always did. 

"Me neither, I bet it's perfect."

Tommy overhears their conversation and smiles at Arisa, who doesn't acknowledge the gesture. They were making snacks on the kitchen island while the dreadhead spoke. 

In the background of the call, he hears AJ laughing from a small distance away. Clem turns her head to look behind her.

"What are you two doing?" she laughs. Louis frowns slightly, he couldn't see what was going on.

"What's the little man up to?" 

Clem stands up and walks over to the table by the window, where AJ and Bruiser were sat beside each other. AJ's homework was in front of him but Bruiser was holding the pen, leaning over the paper. 

"AJ's doing his homework and B is apparently helping him," she shoots the tattooed man a glare, but the two boys had devilish smiles on their faces, AJ trying not to laugh. 

Clem passes the phone to the younger boy, who turns his attention to the screen. 

"Hi Louis!"

He smiles back, "Hey, kiddo. Where's Celise?" 

"She's already asleep, she did a lot of fussing today and tired herself out." The boy rolls his eyes, repositioning the phone so they were all in the frame.