She's Not Afraid

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: GIRL THAT YOU LOVE

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: GIRL THAT YOU LOVE

*LOUIS' POV*

I can't believe the paparazzi didn't make rumors about me and Cher in Germany!

The media's clearly playing favorites and thus 'CHARRY' is born...

Charry my butt, 'CHOUIS' is so much hotter...

Anyway, it's not about the competition... but then again, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE COMPETITION!

I have got to step up my game if I don't want to let my first love slip away and fall into some other guy's arms, even if he happens to be my friend.

I just won't allow it!

"Hey, are you busy tonight?" I asked Cher in the living room where she was just lounging on the couch with her eyes fixated on the screen of her iPad.

"Uh, yeah. I'm playing 'Zombie Tsunami'. Talk to you later." She hinted for me to go away but I firmly decided to stick around and watch her play instead so I sat down right beside her.

"Wow, you're really good at that game..." I praised her.

"Shh! You're distracting me." She said seriously.

This made me want to tease her all the more so out of nowhere, I bit her left earlobe.

"LOUIS, WHAT THE HELL?!" She immediately backed away as her ears turned bright red.

"Oh, look, the game says 'GAME OVER' already... now can we go watch a movie or something? My treat." I had the sudden urge to go to the movie theatre with her.

"You go watch yourself! You just ruined my game, you know?" Cher sounded like a stubborn kid.

"If you don't come with me then... I guess I'll just have to come creeping into your bedroom every night." I blackmailed.

"What kind of blackmail is that?" She snorted.

"Will you go with me then?" Niall joined in our conversation as he approached us.

"Oh, right. I owe you a treat... okay, I'll go with you to the movies." Cher said in careful thought.

What the?! How can she make up her mind that fast when Niall was the one asking her out?

That's just so unfair! But at least I can tag along with them...

*NIALL'S POV*

"Is this a date?" I asked Cher as we entered the movie theatre.

"Uh, not really... more like hanging out. You know, as friends." She smiled with cuteness oozing out of her.

I guess I'm fine with that... hanging out as friends... what I'm really not fine with is Louis being the third wheel.

"I got the popcorns!" Speak of the devil.

"This one's for Niall and the other one's for me." Louis handed me my popcorn.

"What about mine?" Cher asked.

"We're sharing." Louis stated almost immediately.

Why didn't I think of that?!

Louis squeezed himself in between me and Cher but I transferred to the seat on her right side since there were still a lot of empty chairs left.

"What flavor do you like, Cher?" I inquired.

"I like everything!"

"Then feel free to get from mine. It's sour-cream flavored." I offered her my share.

"Mine's barbecue." Louis stated out of the blue even though no one asked him.

"Shh, the movie's starting." Cher said in a serious tone.

Then she alternately got some popcorn from our buckets.

We were watching the last installment of the 'Harry Potter' series which Cher happens to like very much.

Every once in a while, I'd steal glances of her flawless face...

I also 'accidentally' brush my fingers with hers whenever she dips her hand into my popcorn which she didn't mind anyway.

I leaned back further into my seat to check out what Louis was doing on the other side of Cher.

He wasn't even paying any attention to the movie AT ALL... his eyes were too focused on Cher alone that he didn't even notice me looking at him with a pissed off look on my face.

*CHER'S POV*

My favorite characters are Fred and George Weasley and Hermione of course! Sorry Potter...

I nearly broke into tears when one of the twins died! And I couldn't even tell them apart...

Just how sad is that?!

I couldn't even cry because I didn't want them to see me crying again.

Once is enough. I certainly don't want them to think that I'm a weakling or too emotional for that matter.

Just then, I received a random text message which read: 'Hey, beautiful...'

What the hell?

I immediately checked if Niall or Louis were texting in their phones but none of them were holding one so I just shook it off and returned my attention to the movie.

Including the fact that I just caught Louis frantically turning his head away from my face when I looked in his direction awhile ago... the guy's being way TOO obvious.

Maybe there's something on my face...

Anyway, a couple of minutes later, my phone beeped again and this time it says: 'Right behind you...'

This made me turn my head to the back a bit too quickly but all I saw were unfamiliar faces, none of them which I happen to know.

Now I'm starting to feel creeped out...

I then returned my head back to the front, conditioning my mind that it's just some petty prank that someone's trying to pull on me.

"I love you..." Louis and Niall unexpectedly whispered on my ear both at the same time.

"Seriously? Very funny, you guys. There's no way I'm falling for that one." I just shrugged their childish jokes off.

Reminds me of the time when we were in third grade, was it?

They'd pass me notes with 'I love you' written on it during class but I just crumple it right in front of their faces since I'm no fool.

I knew better than those girls who kept on swooning at them in school.

"Who says I'm kidding?" I heard one of them say but got confused as to WHO said it because I was watching the movie at the same time...