Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Perfect Or How I Made Harry Styles Laugh

Hi everyone, here is another super long chapter. I hope you enjoy it. :) If I got any of the dates or something like that wrong, please don't hesitate to write a comment underneath. I tried to research when they released what song etc but it's all a bit of a blur and google doesn't tell you everything. :D I hope you have a great day! All the love, Summer xx

Louis and I ended up watching TV for a bit, but when the programme was over I knew I couldn't avoid the dreaded conversation any longer. Louis turned off the TV. "Sooo... about earlier." He started and looked down at me, his face unreadable. I took a deep breath.

"Okay, here is the thing." My heart was pounding and my hands were shaking so I folded my fingers and hoped that he wouldn't notice my nervousness that way.

"After Harry had followed you out of the kitchen I felt really bad so I kind of followed him and started looking for you to apologise. Then, I, um, heard you two arguing and, um, the part where you said that you, well... that you kind of liked me and I didn't know how to react to that so I sort of didn't and fled into the bathroom. And then, when you were in the shower I just needed to get out of there, so I did?" I didn't dare to look at Louis the whole time and kept my head down, staring at my hands.

There was a long silence, then I heard a groan and which made me look up again. Louis had buried his face in his hands. When he re-emerged, he ran a hand through his fingers. "Shit, Claire. I am so sorry you head to hear that. I swear I didn't want you to find out like this." he started to ramble. "I overreacted this morning because I was jealous when I didn't even had the right to be jealous. And now you probably think that I am weird and if you don't want to hang out with me anymore I would totally get that because you made it pretty clear from the start that you are unsure about being seen with us and dating one of us is probably the last thing that you want and" But I interrupted him. "Louis." He looked up at me, his beautiful blue eyes filled with emotions.

"First of all, I have always thought that you are weird, but I kind of like that about you because it makes me feel more normal." I said with a grin and I saw a glimpse of a smile on Louis' face. I took another deep breath and then continued. "Look, here is the thing. I like you Louis, probably a lot more than I should. Even if I wanted to I probably couldn't stay away from you for a very long time." This time he really smiled. "It's just... I'm a it of a mess, Louis."

Louis opened his mouth to protest, but I held up my hand and continued. "No, seriously. I haven't had a boyfriend since school and it's been four years since I graduated. I am super busy with uni at the moment and you're constantly on tour or doing promo and even with the hiatus coming up, you'll still be touring for another month and then you'll be doing promo until December. I just don't know if now is the right time for us. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? It's not like I don't want to, um, try it like ever, but I don't think now is the best time."

It hurt me to see how disappointed Louis looked. "Lou?" I asked him after a few seconds. He hummed. "I really like you and I hate to disappoint you like this." He looked up. "Disappoint me? Claire, I am not disappointed in you. I am just annoyed that my job is keeping me from being with you. Don't get me wrong, I love my job because it's what I have always wanted to do and I love making music and making people happy, but in moments like these I just can't help and be a bit bitter about it. Do you know why Eleanor and I broke up?" he asked me and I shook my head.

I had never been one to investigate the boys' relationships and I don't even think Louis had ever talked about this publicly, but of course there had been a bunch of theories. But I didn't want to read them because A they were mostly wrong anyway, and B I always thought as long as they were happy, I was happy, too. "We didn't spend enough time together. I was always on tour and she was at uni and we hardly ever got to see each other and after a while the distance got too much." He looked completely broken, sitting there on my sofa, his hair messed up, his t-shirt crinkled. I pulled him into a hug. "It just sucks, you know?" he said into my shoulder. "I don't want to lose a second girl because of my job, Claire, I really don't." I hugged him a bit tighter. "You won't Louis." I assured him.