Twenty-one

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Mood: idk tbh lol

The next day Eleanor was fussing over her date that night, just as Louis was over his first date with Harry. Louis was smiling widely, staring at his best friend running around her room, looking for something to wear.

"What about this? Wait no--this is so ugly I don't know why I even bought it." She says throwing the dress on her bed. Louis huffs, standing from her bed and walking to her dresser. He opens it, shuffling through the clothes pulling out a pair of black skinny jeans and thin beige wool jumper. He hands it to her and hums before looking through her jackets. He grabs one of her black leather jackets and tosses it to her.

He grabs a pair of thick heeled combat boots and a cream white beanie with a stencil cat in the front.

"There." Louis hums with a smile. She hugs him before pushing him out of the room to change.

It was past seven. Eleanor's date, Alice, would be here any minute to pick her up. Eleanor was still changing when the doorbell rang. Louis shuffled to his feet, answering the door.

Behind the door was a girl, smaller than Louis by four inches, curly reddish brown hair styled perfectly. She wore blue skinny jeans and a baggy white jumper.

"Hi--is Eleanor here?" She asks shyly.

"Yeah. She's getting ready. Come on in." Louis says, moving aside. She mumbles a quick thanks before walking inside.

"You're American?" Louis asks, noticing her accent.

"Hmm? Oh! Yeah. I just moved here two months ago from California." She says, shrugging.

"How old are you?"

"Twenty." Louis nods.

"Are you her roommate, Louis?" She asks and Louis nods, "She told me a lot about you."

Louis blushes and Eleanor walks out, applying mascara. She pauses when she sees Alice and blushes.

"Oh--hi. I didn't hear you come in." She stutters, fixing her makeup quickly. Alice smiles and Louis could feel the fond between them.

"Well, we should be off. I got us some reservations at some fancy restaurant. If that's okay with you?" Eleanor nods and grabs her bag, giving Louis a kiss on the cheek. He squeezes her hand and let's her go, watching her leave.

Once they were gone, he and Harry had texted animatedly.

Harry: So she hasn't had a date since high school?

Louis: no and I'm honestly so happy for her.

Harry: me too. So do you have any New Years plans?

Louis: not really. Me, El, Niall, and Liam usually just go bar hopping and drink until five in the morning haha

Harry: sounds a lot more fun than my plans.

Louis: you have to hang out with Taylor?

Harry: yeah. It's sucks.

Louis: don't worry about it. It'll be over soon. Once spring rolls around they're always gone

Harry: what?

Louis: every time you 'date' someone you 'break up' with them in spring. It's quite funny tbh.

Harry: well I promise you that won't happen with you and I.

Louis: really? I hope not.

Harry: I promise. Oh hey, I never asked. Do you have a personal Instagram? Other than your fan account?

Louis: yeah it's @//louist91

Harry: consider you followed :)

****

Eleanor came home a few hours later, waving to Alice while giggling and smiling furiously. Louis eyes her curiously.

"How'd it go?" He asks. She smiles and hops on the couch.

"It was amazing. She took me to a fancy restaurant and paid for everything. She's so funny oh my god. Is this how you feel with Harry?" She asks, swooning. Louis chuckles and nods.

"Maybe." He shrugs, a smile pulling on his lips. Eleanor throws her arms around him suddenly, hugging him tightly. He squeaks but hugs her back.

"I get how you feel now." She says, nuzzling into his neck.

"Yeah, yeah. Come on I need some sleep. It's almost New Years." He says pushing her off, laughing. She huffs but follows.

****

~ New Years Night ~

Louis, Eleanor, Niall, Liam and even Alice were at their fifth bar of the night and it was only 11:30 pm.

Eleanor and Alice were dancing on the dance floor, laughing loudly. Niall was having a drinking contest with some frat boys. Liam and Louis were sitting at the bar, drinking quietly.

The two boys were piss drunk and it didn't take long for them to laugh hysterically when Niall fell, spilling beer all over himself.

Liam stood up suddenly, grabbing Louis' hand and pulling him onto the dance floor.

"Let's dance." Liam whispers, "Like old times." Louis couldn't comprehend what was happening but the alcohol in his system just wanted him to have fun.

A Jeffree Star remix was blasting through the club, vibrating Louis' small frame. He followed Liam to the dance floor, turning to face away from Liam, grinding against him.

Reality slowly slipped away.

****

Harry was scrolling through Louis' personal account. He hasn't followed him because it would be too suspicious to fans. They will probably find out that he has a fan account too.

There were pictures of him and Eleanor and some of just himself. He was about to exit the account when he saw a picture of him and that Liam bloke.

He clicked on it reading the caption.

Babesssss and I :)

Harry raised an eyebrow. Babe? The picture was posted almost four months ago.

Harry noticed that the picture was tagged with Liam's Instagram @//fakeliampayne. He knows he shouldn't be snooping around people's accounts but he was curious.

He glanced around him, nobody was paying attention to him. He was currently in New York, standing next to Taylor waiting for the ball to drop signally a new year.

Taylor wasn't paying attention to him either. She was talking to one of her friends. Harry clicked on the picture being met with Liam's account.

Harry gasped when he saw the most recent picture. It was a picture, most likely taken by someone else. The room was dark, bodies dancing against each other. That wasn't what bothered Harry.

What bothered him was that Liam was clearly dancing with Louis. Louis was grinding against him filthily, Liam gripping his hips. The two boys seemed to be having the best of times, smiling and sweaty.

The caption said,

Stole Liam's phone and look what I just saw. Seems like Lou forgot about his new boyfriend ;)

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