What Forever Feels Like ➳ z.m

Chapter 14

Lila's POV

"I'm so happy to see you Tate!" I said embracing the feeling of his arms.

"I'm happy to see you too... I missed you." He said quietly.

"I missed you too."

He gave me a small squeeze before separating from me. He smiled down at me for a few seconds before I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Zayn smiling at me.

"Hey Tate." He greets him with a handshake.

"Hey Zayn." Tate smiles and shakes his hand.

Zayn and Tate continued in conversation as I looked at the other four boys who were patiently waiting by the bus. I motioned for them to come over. I wanted my old best friend to meet my four new ones.

Once the boys had all reached us Tate and Zayn's conversation stopped.

"Tate, this is Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis." I said pointing to each one as I said their names. "Boys this is my best friend Tate."

"Nice to meet you." Tate said with a smile.

"Lila! I thought I was your best friend!" Louis whined and I laughed.

"You are! But Tate is my old best friend. We've been best friends for as long as I can remember." I said with a smile.

"As long as I'm your best friend, that's good enough for me!" Louis says and wraps me in a big hug.

I laugh as he lets go and then an awkward silence sets on the group. No one has anything left to say and nobody knows what to do.

"Zayn. Do you mind if I ride home with Tate? I wanna catch up." I say sweetly.

"Of course not. Let me help you with your stuff." He says with a smile as he grabs one of my bags and hands me the other.

"Thanks."

We walk with Tate to his car and toss my bags in the trunk. I closed it and then turned to Zayn. I rocked forward on my tippy toes and pressed my lips to his for a quick kiss.

"Can you come over later, after you've had some rest and hang out?" I ask.

"It's your birthday, of course I will!" He says as if I was stupid.

"Yay!" I said, rocking forward and kissing him again. "I love you."

"I love you too." He said with a smile.

I broke away from Zayn and got into Tate's passenger side as he slipped in behind the wheel. He started the engine and within seconds we were on our way to my house.

"So, tell me about the fun time you had on tour." Tate says with a smile.

"It was awesome Tate... You should go with me for the show in London!" I said excitedly.

"Um thanks, but no thanks..."

"What?! Why not."

"No offense, but boy bands really aren't my style." He laughs.

"Alright... But you're missing out." I say with a laugh.

"Okay. Just tell me what happened."

I told him everything. Every last detail. He nodded and listened to every story I told. Thats one of the things I missed most about Tate. He is such a good listener. I could sit there and talk for hours about a subject and he'd just sit there, listening to every word I said.

"But it was so great... Anyway, how's Ali?" I asked.

"We broke up." Tate said plainly.

"Really?"