Promise//l.t

So Close

April's POV

As I walked into my music theory class I tried to be very subtle. I was after all, late. Like, 20 minutes late. After trying to recover from the Louis fiasco last night, I woke up in the middle of the night. I did my research and I found out that the so called Eleanor and Louis started dating right after we broke up. I couldn't quite fall asleep after that and I stayed up all night. This resulted in taking a nap...which I overslept. You may be wondering why I have a music theory class since I am studying psychology. Well I get Tuesdays and Thursdays of, so I decided to take music classes at the university to pass some time. Anyways, my plan worked perfectly. My usually uptight teacher was in a very good mood today. I wonder why.

"Well class I have a surprise for you! We have five very special guests coming in today! They are very popular in the music industry, so I presume most of you know them. I present to you...One Direction!" Oh great. Could this day get any better?

The boys walked in with big smiles plastered on their faces....which I'm guessing are fake. A murmur of 'Hello's and 'Hey's went through the classroom. The girls in the class were obviously overjoyed. I was probably the only girl who seemed unhappy.

"These marvelous stars will be helping you on your composing project. While you work they will walk around the room and talk to you!" My teacher said. I just tried to lay low and calmly work on my project, while all the annoying girls in the class practically begged for the boys' attention. About two seconds passed before I heard a loud "April!" I annoyingly turned my head to see Niall there, smiling genuinely. 

"HI!" He said happily.

"Uh, hi."

"I HAD NO IDEA YOU WENT TO SCHOOL HERE? HAS LOUIS SEEN YOU YET? OH NEVER MIND HIM, WE ALL MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" Shortly before they left Doncaster, I had become good friends with each of the boys, and they were all like brothers to me.

"I missed you too Nialler!" I said honestly. He called all the boys over, including Louis, and my smile faltered a bit.

"APRIL!" They all said simultaneously, except of course Louis.

"Hey I know you!" Louis said loudly. I looked at him hopefully. That is until he said, "You're the girl from last night! How do you not have a cold?" He asked. At least he cared about my health. I guess. How could he not remember me? All the boys looked at him weirdly before my annoying teacher called him over.

"He doesn't know who you are?" Zayn asked.

"I guess so. Or maybe he's just pretending. But I don't know." I said sadly.

"How could he not remember you? He was really sad after you guys broke up." Harry said.

"Yeah but remember then he met Eleanor and forgot- Oh. Sorry April." Niall said sheepishly.

"Niall!" Liam said. He smacked Niall upside the head to which Niall responded to with a frown. 

"It's okay guys. Really! He moved on and so should I." The boys each gave me apologetic looks, which I decided to simply shrug off.

"So what you working on?" Niall asked referring to my music.

"Um I planned out this performance on the guitar but I doubt it's good." I said handing over the papers I was working on.

"Can we hear it?" Zayn asked. I shrugged and took out my guitar.

"Sure." I began playing and found myself humming quietly. I finished quickly and looked down unsurely. The boys each had a look of amazement on their faces and I bit my lip shyly.

"That was great!" Liam said finally.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yes! It's brilliant! Have you added any lyrics?" Niall yelled anxiously.

"Um no not really."

"I have an idea. OH LOUIS!!!!" Harry called.

"Yep?" Louis said while sitting in the chair next to mine.

"April here has a great song, but she needs some help with the lyrics. Hey I have an idea! You should help her!" Harry said. He pretended to act as if he actually had a good idea, which is obviously not true. If looks could kill, Harry would be dead by now considering how I'm glaring at him. 

"Oh sure. So what do you have prepared?" I unsurely played the song and waited for his reaction when I was done.

"Wow that was really good! Um seeing as the class is almost ending maybe we should meet at the park nearby to work on it. Sound like a plan?" Louis said.

"Uh-but-um- yes?" Ugh. He was making me a nervous wreck. Just like when we first met.

"Ok see you there at 2:30. Bring your guitar!" He said while walking away. I was a blushing mess, and I could tell by the amused looks on the boys' faces.

"Oh shut up!" I said to them while picking up my stuff and walking out of class. I had 15 minutes to get to the park Louis was talking about, so I decided to pick up some coffee on the way. I remembered Louis' favorite coffee place and decided to get him some.

I got to the park and waited...waited...and waited. I waited for exactly an hour, twenty-three minutes, and fourteen seconds. And no sign of Louis. His coffee was obviously cold by now. And mine was untouched. I found it a bit rude to drink it without waiting for him. But then again it's even more rude to leave a person waiting for an hour, twenty-three minutes, and fourteen seconds.

I was about to leave when I saw a disheveld Louis run up to me. His hair was messy and there was a lipstick stain on the corner of his lips. He was obviously with Eleanor.

"Hey! I'm so sorry I'm late! I got..um distracted. Um sorry again. January, right?"

"April. My name is April. Um you have a little something-never mind I'll get it." I said reffering to the lipstick on his lips. I slightly licked my thumb and rubbed it against the stain on Louis' lips. He kept his eyes on me and I kept mine on his lips. I suddenly blinked, realized how awkward this was, and pulled away from him. 

"Um sorry." I said awkwardly.

"It's ok." Louis said smiling slightly.

"Uh I got us some coffee but it's probably cold by now." He interrupted me by reaching out towards the cup of coffee and savoring a quick sip of it.

"Nonesense! It's delicious! My favorite actually! How'd you know?"

"Um just a hunch I guess. Anyways, let's get to work." I said while sitting down and pulling out my guitar.

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Three hours later and we had the lyrics to a full song.

"Ok so I need you to sing them while playing the guitar."  Louis said. I took a deep breath and started singing.

(A/N: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PUT HERE SO JUST PRETEND THE LYRICS ARE REALLY ROMANTIC AND WHATEVER LOL)

Louis clapped loudly once I was done and I couldn't help but giggle. I tried quieting my loud laugh by covering up my face yet Louis stopped me and held my hands in his.

"Don't hide your face. Your laugh is beautiful. You're beautiful." He said softly. And then he looked into my eyes, and I looked into his. 

Before I knew it, we where leaning in. Closer, closer, and closer. Our lips barely touched before we heard a shrill voice screaming.

"LOUIS!!!!" Well I guess the devil does wear Prada after all.

A/N: I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AGAINST ELEANOR BUT IT WORKS FOR THE STORY IF SHE'S MEAN. I LOVE HER OKAY? OKAY. NO HATE ON ELEANOR!!!

P.S: Creds to Dani (my friend) for the cover she made me.

P.P.S: Creds to Loli (my other friend) for the [other] cover she made me.