The Best Days (ON HOLD)

CH 3: Pizza

A.N. PLAY "BLOOD" BY THE MIDDLE WHEN I SAY SO (ONLY IF YOU WNAT A FULL EFFECT OF THE MOOD) OK? THANKS GUYS! I love you all!

Sunny xx

Louis's POV

I saw Hope putting on her skates with her friend. The girl was blonde and her hair was set behind her ears as she bent over to tie her skates. Her eyes were green like Hope's but darker. Hope finished lacing up her skates before her friend did so she helped tie them.

Eleanor tugged at my arm.

"Will we get pizza?" She asked hopefully with her eyes sparkling.

"Would I pass up the opportunity?"

"Maybe."

"Only if I felt sick." I kissed her forehead. "Hope is here. Let's greet her. She is our guest after all." She nodded in agreement so we got off the rink to meet them.

"Hello Hope." Eleanor said.

"Hello. This is my friend Emmie." She gestured to her friend and she had her cheeks sucked in and her lips puckered but relaxed when Eleanor was going to shake her hand.

"I'm Eleanor and this is Louis." Emmie shook my hand. She was full out blushing.

"Can we make song requests?" Hope asked after tuning into the current song playing. "We Found Love" by Rihanna. Eleanor nodded.

"Cmon. Let's go. We're also getting pizza later." El took Hope's arm and they went off to skate.

"Well. Some others are coming soon so it won't be just us." I said. She was staring at me. She must be a fan. I looked over at the doors and saw Liam and Sophia enter. Emmie and I went to say hello.

"Hey Louis. Who's this?" Sophia asked me.

"This is Emmie. She came with a girl named Hope me and El invited."

"Nice to meet you Emmie. I'm Liam." He shook her hand.

"Nice to meet you too." She returned. I saw Hope and El at the DJ booth talking to him. Must be requesting a song, I would hate to think of them flirting. 

We were the only ones at the rink so no one would take pictures or want autographs. There was no way anyone could find us. 

"Liam! Sophie! C'mon and join us you guys!" El hollered to us.

We skated into the rink. Everyone else came. Zayn with Perrie and Niall came with Harry. We all got aquainted and got on the rink to skate. I suggested a race and we all agreed the losers would give a pound to the winner. So the winner would end up with 8 pounds. Then we got into a line and raced as fast as we could. Eleanor fell behind me. Emmie however was right up with Harry. Then she jumped over the finish line to get past him, then soared and tumbled onto the hard wooden floor. And we were all congratulating her but Harry defended himself by claiming she was a 'cheater' and that we had to skate not soar. But after the DJ said she didn't cheat we all dug into our pockets, purses and wallets to pay the winner her reward. (A.N. PLAY SONG NOW)

Then our party of nine sat down at a giant table, got 2 big pepperoni and sausage pizzas and talked while munching down our glorious meals.

I remembered how Hope was next to the curly haired boy at the ice cream parlor and how ecstatic he was. I wondered if she was involved so I asked her. After all, she did kiss him after his announcment.

"Hey Hope, can I ask you something?" She put down her slice, turned to me and swallowed.

"Sure. What?" She cocked her head.

"Well 2 weeks ago at that Ice Cream Parlor the curly haired boy was yelling and made our ice cream free. And I noticed you were next to him smiling. Do you mind if I ask who he is and why on earth he could be so happy as to go bankruppt on the last day?" I chuckled but her lips fell to a frown.

"His name was PJ. I was a...close friend of his." Her eyes moistened and she turned away, biting her lip.

"You ok there?" I asked and caught eye contact. That caught Niall and Harry's attention. So Harry and his big heart came to where we were and sat next to her.

"I would lie but that does no good." A soft tear fell down her red cheek.

"Tell me about it. Why are you crying?" Harry asked and rubbed her back.

"The day you saw me was the day he died. We were involved in a crash. I wasn't hurt much physically. Just a scar on my stomach from broken glass."

"So you were close?" Harry asked as her head dropped onto his shoulder. She nodded.

"He's dead so I might as well explain why he was hooting for joy. We were privately engaged. He got a job offer in North Carolina and he wanted to accept it and take me there. He was yelling and giving away Ice Cream because I wanted to go. This pizza's good. Thanks for inviting me Lou." She held back tears and changed the subject quickly, forcing a smile. She took a bite of pizza.

Harry and I exchanged blank faces. This was horrific. What has this poor girl gone through? I'm sure trauma treatments and heartbreak, seeing your fionce die. This was un-imaginable.

"I'm sorry." I whispered and hung my head. She put down her pizza and swallowed her bite hastily. Another tear streamed down her face. Harry kept rubbing her back. Eleanor was about to throw her paper plate away when she noticed us.

"What's wrong?" She asked very concerned.

"Nothing. I'm just making a scene." Hope said with a frustrated tone of voice and left for the bathroom.

"Why is she upset. Did any of you boys do this?" She sat down.

"I asked her about something the day we saw each other at that Ice Cream Place and she told me about her dead fiancé and it was only about a week and a half ago when he died too. She needs another girl." I explained. Eleanor nodded. I basically sent El in to go fish for her lost, frail and broken heart and I knew since I had brought this whole thing up I had to strengthen and put her heart back together. I couldn't be her lover but a close friend. And that's probably what she needed most. She needed someone who cares.