Chapter 17 Nichole
The July sun was hot on my skin. Lottie and I were laying out in Louis' backyard soaking up the rays while Louis went to do something 'important'. Lottie was gorgeous to say the least. I now knew how it felt to be jealous of someone younger than you. "What's your favorite song?" She asked me. I instantly replied.
"Beneath Your Beautiful." That song will always hold more meaning than anyone will ever know. I sometimes hear Louis humming it while stroking my hair at night. I think he thinks I'm asleep when he does it. "What about you Lottie?" Her face scrunched up in concentration.
"I think I'll have to go with Nightingale by Demi Lovato, but I like it when Louis sings it to me before bed." Her voice sounded distant, but I couldn't see her eyes behind her brown sunglasses.
"You know he loves you right?" she smiled.
"Yes. He's always been the overprotective brother. I never gets old." I smiled. "He's basically filled the 'Father figure' in our lives." Her smile faltered a little bit.
"Hey don't be sad babe. My dad's in the hospital unconscious." She looked over at me and I shrugged. "It could be worse right?" she nodded and I sat up. "I'm going to go get us some frozen Lemonade from your brother's secret stash. Do you want regular or strawberry?" she pursed her lips.
"Surprise me." She focused her attention back on the Gossip magazine in her lap. I entered the air conditioned house. I pushed my sunglasses up to hold my hair back. I walked into their garage and was surprised when I saw Jo sitting inside her car crying.
"Jo are you okay?" I rushed to her side of the car and opened her door. She had already wiped away the evidence of her tears, but her eyes were still red and puffy. "Jo what happened?" she shook her head and waved her hand in dismissal.
"Don't worry your pretty little head about it. I don't want to ruin your day." she mustered up a smile. "You and Lottie are having a girls day I see." she motioned to my purple and blue bikini. I smiled knowing that my cheeks were red. "You look great Nic. Louis is lucky to have you." I immediately knew why she was crying.
"Mr. Tomlinson." her eyes widened. "Mr. Tomlinson is why you're crying isn't he?" she let out a long shaky breath.
"So Louis told you?" I nodded and she shook her head. "You can't keep anything from that boy can you?" She hopped out of the car and leaned against the wall. "I never wanted my marriage to fail. Sometimes in life things take a turn for the worst." She was going to start crying again I could tell. "Even after I found out about the affair I still wanted to make it work. I tried to offer counseling, but that just made him mad." her voice caught in her throat. "He said that he's always loved me. We've been together since high school and college, so we've been together for years. He's always loved me, but he was never 'in love' with me." the last five words broke her and she was in my arms sobbing before I could mutter a word. I did the only thing I knew to do to comfort people in this family.
"He doesn't deserve you Jo. You're too good for him. You and your kids deserve better than a low life who would put the very people who love him through something like this." she nodded and wiped off her face. I pushed a strand of her brown hair behind her ear. "You're a great mom Jo. You tried your best and that's all you can do." she smiled once she calmed down.
"You're a great girl Nichole. Someday you'll make a good mom and I hope I'm the grandma." I laughed and rolled my eyes.
"Thanks Jo. I need to go take Lottie her lemonade before she gets curious and comes to get me." I smiled as I reached into the deep freezer and pulled out two strawberry lemonades. "Are you going to be okay?" she nodded and I hugged her before going out to tan with Lottie.
"What took you so long Nic? I was about to roast." Lottie joked. I smiled and handed her the lemonade before sitting in my chair.
"Louis moved them again. He knew we would eat them today." She laughed and we continued filling our bodies with the sun's comforting rays.
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Louis got home late that night. I made dinner since Jo wasn't feeling up to it. They had already ate and went to bed. I stayed up waiting for Lou. "Hey babe." I stretched on the couch before walking over to him. He wrapped me in his strong embrace and kissed my forehead.
"Did you have a good day today?" I smiled and nodded.
"You have a wonderful family. I'm pretty sure they consider me as part of the family already." I poked his cheek before intertwining our fingers. "I made chicken Alfredo." once he was done eating I wanted to talk. He barely talked all through his dinner and he never made eye contact for more than a second. Which is weird because Louis loved staring contest. Once we were up in his room and laying in bed I snuggled close to his side. "Louis what's wrong?" he sighed.
"I made a really important decision today." I looked up at him in the darkness.
"You want to talk about it?" He sighed again.
"First thing in the morning. I promise." I nodded and laid my head down on his chest.
"I missed you today. They haven't called about dad yet and I'm starting to get worried." He started to run his fingers through my hair.
"I'm sorry babe." he kissed my forehead again.
"It's okay. To make up for your absence me and Lottie ate your frozen lemonade." his chest vibrated indicating that he was laughing.
"Of course you did." I ran my fingers down the crease in his abs and was starting to fall asleep.
"Louis do you love me or are you 'in love' with me?" I knew that if I could see his face it would be confused.
"What kind of question is that? Aren't they the same thing?" No.
"Yeah. I guess." I could feel him shaking his head.
"You're insane Nic. Goodnight." I smiled.
"Goodnight babe."
"I love you."
"I love you more." and with that we fell asleep extremely exhausted and completely relaxed. We never went an hour without seeing each other, so today had been an experience, but at the end of the day when he was holding me in his arms I felt as if I have never left his side in my life. I felt safe and loved. A feeling only Louis could give me.
A/N: So guys this was basically a filler chapter I think 5 more chapters til the book ends and the sequel starts and I promised I will update the sequel faster than I did Wish's :) I love you guys
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