Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Goodbyes or How We Got Ourselves A Date

Hi guys, a double update today. :) I just looked some flights up online and found out that there are no flights from London to Doncaster and vice versa, probably because it's too close. For the sake of the story, would you mind pretending that there is some sort of flight connection between the two airports? All the love, Summer xxx

We were all very quiet on the way to the airport. Louis was driving Lily, Niall and me to the airport. Niall was flying home for two weeks and Lily and I had to fly back to London. Niall and Lily seemed to have worked it out because they were holding hands in the back. Niall kept whispering to her and Lily looked very happy with him. I was sitting in the passenger seat next to Louis who was driving. He glanced in my direction every now and then, but didn't say anything.

We hadn't really had time to talk properly and neither of us seemed to be sure where we were standing. There was a bit of awkward tension between the two of us, but I was too shy to say anything. We pulled into the car park and everyone got out. Louis walked towards the back of the car and got our luggage from trunk. Niall helped him unload and Lily, who seemed to have notice the awkwardness between me and Louis, looked over to him and shot me a questioning glance. I shrugged and silently told her that we'd talk about it on the plane.

We had to say goodbye in the car park because Niall and Lily wanted to have some privacy to say goodbye and Niall was going to fly off from a different terminal. Niall walked Lily around the car out of sight and I turned around to face Louis. "So, um, I guess I'll see you next week? That is if you still want to come to the wedding with me." I added quickly and looked down to my feet. "Of course I still want to be your date to the wedding." Louis sounded surprised. "Why do you asked?" I blushed a bit.

"Because we kissed, twice, and now it's awkward and I don't know if we are just friends who've kissed, or dating or a couple and I never know what to say in these kind of situation, so I'll just shut up now." I blushed deeply and Louis chuckled. "Claire, look at me." I looked up at him. He was looking down at me with a fond look in his eyes. "We kissed. I like you, you like me. I know that you wanted to wait but I am not sure if I can stay friends with you when you are such a good kisser, you know? Makes it kind of difficult for me." He winked at me and hit his chest, but I had to fight a smile. "So, Claire Winters, would you like to go out on a date with me?" He asked me and my stomach flipped. "I would love to go on a date with you, Louis." We smiled at each other and he leaned down to kiss me. I met him halfway and we shared a short, but very sweet kiss.

"Oi, lovebirds!" Niall's voice interrupted us. We quickly pulled apart, but not fast enough. Lily and Niall had already seen us. I blushed, but Louis just smiled smugly and intertwined our fingers, to give my hand a little squeeze. "We gotta go now, sorry Claire." Niall smiled apologetically at me. I nodded and let go of Louis' hand to give him a proper hug. He hugged me back very tightly and pressed a kiss to my hair. I pulled away a bit and we shared one final kiss, before I had to let go. We all grabbed our bags and after Louis had hugged the other two, the three of us made our way through the carpark to the airport.

After a quick goodbye to Niall, Lily and I made our way through security to the gate and sat down next to each other. "What a weekend." Lily said next to me. "One of the best ones I've ever had." I said and Lily agreed with me. "So you and Niall worked it out then?" I asked her and a wide grin spread across her face, although she was trying to hide it. "We did. We'll go on a date when he's back in London for the start of the promo tour in two weeks." she told me happily and I gave her a hug. "I am so happy for you two. You really deserve each other." I told her and she grinned at me. "Thanks. Now, would you mind explaining to me what the fuck just happened in the car park?" she asked me and wiggled her eye brows at me.

Now it was my turn to blush. "Louis and I might have made out a little bit and he might have asked me out on a date." I mumbled. "Ha! I knew it! Finally!" Lily exclaimed loudly and some people around us shot her a weird look. "Be careful, I don't want anyone to hear us!" I shushed her and she giggled. "So are you two a thing now?" she asked me. I shrugged. "Well, we will go on a date sometime soon whenever he can squeeze it in and he is still my date for the wedding next week." Lily squeezed my leg. "Shit, this is so exciting! Half a year ago we didn't even know them and now we are going on dates!" I shushed her again, but I was just as excited as she was.

I told her all about what happened since we parted ways last night while we waited for our flight to start boarding. "Harry saw you in Louis' t-shirt without any trousers on? Shit, Claire." I giggled. "It was super awkward. He recognised Louis' clothes on the floor. Oh and yesterday, when he introduced me to his mum and stepdad and Gemma, they thought that we were dating and I choked and I just really wanted to die. It was so embarrassing and awkward, Lily!" Lily was laughing so hard next to me that she was crying. People were starting to stare again and she quickly tried to compose herself.

"You really tend to get into weird situations around Harry, don't you?" she laughed. I shrugged. "I just don't know why they would think that we are dating. I mean, do we look and act so much like a couple? And also, he is Harry Styles, I'm just me. As if I ever had a chance with him. It's like a beautiful sparkling unicorn next to um... a mule, which are very cute, but not as impressing and elegant as a sparkling unicorn if you know what I mean? With Louis, it's just easier, I guess? I feel like, even though he is this amazing guy who is not only insanely attractive but also super talented, he is still this normal guy who you could at least kind of imagine with a normal girl like me?" I sighed.

Lily gave me a very serious look. "Claire, now you will listen to me, okay?" I nodded. "You are one of the most amazing people I know. You are kind, you are funny, you are super beautiful and talented and any guy would be happy to have you. Louis likes you very much and I am sure you two will make a great couple and Harry will probably make an amazing friend. Ignore what other people say and listen to what your heart says, okay? And just hypothetically speaking, I think you could never look bad next to Harry Styles because you are both very beautiful and attractive people and his aura just makes everyone around him sparkle, too." We both laughed at the idea of Harry sprinkling sparkly dust over the people around him. "I didn't mean it literally!" Claire defended herself. "But do you get what I mean?" she added more seriously, and I nodded. "I do, thanks, Lil." I gave her a hug and she hugged me back just as tightly.

A few minutes later, our flight was announced and we could board the plane as one of the first people because Louis had bought us fast track passes after I had refused to let him spend too much money for a first or business class ticket on us. As we sat down I thought about how much had happened since I had arrived at the Doncaster Airport a little more than twenty-four hours ago. I leaned back and plugged my headphones in, letting Ed Sheeran lull me into sleep for the next hour or so.