Two Mermaids and One Direction

Littany

Louis P.O.V.


"Hand me the magnifying glass?" I hold out my hand to Brittany. She rolls her eyes but grabs it off the coffee table and holds it over my head. I could easily get it but I teasingly sigh.

"Please?" I whine.

"Please what?"

"Please give me the damn magnifying glass!!"

She taps her chin.

"Now that didn't sound very nice to me..." Britt looks around the room and smirks. I roll my eyes again and swoop down to kiss her. As planned, this catches her off guard and I grab the magnifying glass from her hand.

"Hey!!" She shouts and laughs. I really love hearing her laugh.

"Was that nice enough?" I smile.

"Nah, but whatever." Britt grabs her mother's book and I take a good look at this necklace.

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"This is hopeless! We've been trying for four hours and have nothing! Not a clue!!" Brittany cries out. She crumples up the map she was looking at. I scoot closer to her on the couch and she rests her head on my chest.

"Maybe it was just a dream," She lets out a breath "You guys are leaving in five days and we should be out having fun. I'm sorry." She fumbles with the stitching at the hem of my shirt. I wrap an arm around her waist and pull her closer.

"It's not your fault. If I were a merman and I had that dream, I'd do the same thing." I play with her brown hair.

"Wanna go to the gym?" I ask. She sits up.

"The gym?"

"Yeah, apparently we need to get in shape for tour. So maybe we should go to the gym." I shrug.

"Uhm... Ok," She gets up and skips off to her room. I look down at my clothes, deciding I need a different pair to go the gym.

About ten minutes later, Brittany comes back in a magenta tank top and capri leggings. Her hair is up in a messy ponytail with a headband pushing it back. Her phone is in her hand and she comes over to me.

"Lou, you gotta change, that isn't gym appropriate." She sounds like a know it all, but covers up with a giggle.

"And you know because..."

"I used to go with Frankie on Thursdays." She says as if I should know. I put my hands up in surrender.

She pulls me off the couch by my arms and leads us to my car.

After I change, we drive to the gym. I get a great idea and take Brittany's hand. We rush to the pool.

"Uh, Lou?"

"Yes...?"

"Why are we here? I can't go in." She whines. I reassure her and open the doors. The lifeguard turns his head and I walk to him.

"Hey Chris," I greet him. Chris and I went to high school together.

"Hey Pooey." he joked. I rolled my eyes.

"I see you've matured,"

"And I see you never came back after the X Factor but instead went off to become a worldwide superstar with a beautiful girlfriend." He smiled. I saw Britt's cheeks turn red and I pull her closer to me.

"Anyway, I don't want to get recognized, so do you think you could close the pool for Britt and I?"

"Uhhhh... ok?" He raises an eyebrow. I smile and walk away. Ten seconds later the announcement is made that the pool is closed. There was only one old guy on the bleachers anyway.

When he exits I ask Chris to do the same. He locks his office and leaves. I lock the pool doors and go back to Brittany. She has a happy expression as she gazes at the pool.

"I haven't been in one of these in four years!" She squeals. I smile and throw her in. Bubbles form around her and a purple tail appears. I throw off my shirt and hop in also. Britt does this amazing jump out of the water.

She goes to the deep end and swims as far down as possible. Then she speeds up and jumps at least six feet above the water level, spins and flips then dives back in.

"THAT WAS SOOOO COOL!!" I shout. Britt giggles and swims over to me. We climb out of the pool and she dries off.

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Half an hour later we're sitting on the bleachers, I'm watching Britt play with the pool water. She empties it and makes the water hover over the pool. Then she drops it back in and sighs.

"Thank you Louis. I was so stressed and that's what I needed." She smiles.

"I love you Brittany."

"I love you Louis."

I lean in to her and we kiss briefly. Unfortunately we are interrupted by my phone going off.

"Hello?" I groan.

"Louis." Simon sounds pissed. I roll my eyes.

"Yes Simon?"

"Studio. Now." He hangs up. I sigh and turn to her.

"We um... Simon-"

"I got it." She stands up and hops down the bleachers, me following behind.

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Brittany P.O.V.


"Ah Louis," Simon smiles. "Brittany." He nods to me.

"Please explain this." He throws a magazine on his desk and Louis and I hover above it. It's me and Louis exiting the boy's flat after I had that dream. The headline says;

LITTANY CAUGHT OUTSIDE, AND WHAT'S BRITTANY SO UPSET ABOUT??

Couple Brittany Obregon and Louis Tomlinson supposedly broke up but what's this? Could it be that they're back together??

And why does Brittany look upset? Could one of the other four guys be questioning her or harassing her because of the couple getting back together?


WOW. They couldn't get a better story?

"I told you to stay away from her!!" Simon raises his voice and speaks as if I'm not there.

"I can't!!" Lou yells. I grip his hand tightly.

"Why? She's using you Louis!"

"Woah, what?? Don't you tell me my girlfriend is using me because I love her and she loves me!!"

"Think for ones Louis! She's poor and an orphan!" Simon shouts and the room goes silent. My eyes are soon full of hot tears and I can't speak. I feel Louis' eyes on me and his arms wrap around my waist. I jerk away and step back.

"Brittany he didn't mean-"

"No Louis. I did mean it. She's an orphan whether she likes it or not. You can't love her because she doesn't love you-"

"SHUT UP SIMON!!" Louis yells. I am still frozen.

"DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS?! CAN'T YOU TELL WHEN ITS TIME TO STOP RUNNING YOUR MOUTH?! I APOLOGIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE IS AS RICH AND STUCK UP AS YOU! BUT TO CALL ME OVER HERE TO TELL ME THAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T LOVE ME!! SHE DOES SO DONT EVEN TRY WITH ME! I HAVE DEALT WITH THIS FOR THREE YEARS AND IT IS FUCKING PISSING ME OFF! YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN NOT STAND TO BE AROUND YOU! YOU-YOU'RE A DISGRACE!!" He yells. I can practically see steam coming out of his ears. He grabs my hands and leads me out of there, into his car.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." Louis rests his head on the seat. I reach over and hold his hand.

"I really love you Louis." I weakly smile. He turns his head and leans into me. We immediately stop when we hear tapping on the windows. I open my eyes to see Simon, furious outside the car.

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