Six Girls, Five Guys, One Summer (One Direction)

Chapter 31: Lizzie Gets Her Date

A/N I asked people to vote on what the date would be in this chapter. But, just as I was about to write the winning idea, I lost the inspiration for that scenario.

So, instead, the idea with the second-most votes is the one I'm writing. So, here goes Chapter 31! Enjoy!

Also, dedicated to adreamyreality for being the first to vote for Lizzie and Louis's date!

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Lizzie’s POV

“You wouldn’t want to beat your boyfriend, would you?”

“Is this your way of asking me out?”

“Possibly. It depends on if you say yes or not.”

That had been the exchange Louis and I had gone through at the go-kart place. I had obviously said yes (how could I not have anyway?), but we still hadn’t gone on our first official date. Heck, we hadn’t even picked out what we were going to do yet!

I sat down on my bed, my ear buds in and my iPod playing music in my ears from the local radio station. I was still in my pajamas, but I had already brushed my teeth and had breakfast. I had also pulled my dark hair back into a ponytail so it was out of my face. Thoughts were running through my mind. All of them were not making me feel much better. Instead, they made me feel worse, knowing that time was running out. All we had left was a week.

Then, the worries flooded my mind. If we only had a week, when would this date even happen, and what would we even be able to do? What if he had to leave before it happened? Would he forget all about me?

I groaned, falling back so my head hit my pillow. I sounded way too much like Lucy. She had been just like this. She didn’t want to get too attached to Niall because she didn’t want to be forgotten. Now, I was nervous that I would be forgotten. I didn’t want to be Lucy. I love her like my own sister, but I didn’t want to be her.

The sound of my phone snapped me out of my thoughts. It was Louis’s ringtone, which I had set as Bubbly by Colbie Caillat. To be honest, I really liked that song. And, since Louis had been calling me quite a bit recently, I had set it as his ringtone for that reason. Of course, nothing else influenced it.

No, really. Nothing else! Do you really think I’m going to lie about that?

Anyway, I reached out to my bedside table and picked up the phone. I tried my best to sound more cheerful and said, “Hello?”

“Hey, Liz,” Louis responded. You know how you can hear something in a person’s voice and tell if they’re smiling or not? Well, I could hear it in Louis’s voice right then, and I was glad to hear it too.

“Oh, hey Lou,” I said, sitting up now. “What’s up?”

“Nothing really, I just can’t believe the summer’s almost over,” he mused.

“Neither can I. Only a week left,” I sighed. The whole summer had gone by way too fast. It was like it went by in the blink of an eye.

“It’s all gone by so fast,” Louis added, saying what I had just thought. “Three months…it felt like two weeks or something, you know?”

“Totally,” I agreed. “But it was definitely the best summer ever. Thanks for everything, Louis.”

“Hey, no problem. It was a great summer,” Louis told me. He, again, had that sound in his voice that told me he was smiling. “You think you want to go on that date today?”