She's Not Afraid

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: LOUIS' BROTHER

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: LOUIS' BROTHER

*CHER'S POV*

"Uh, who is that stranger standing by the door?" I turned to ask Zayn since Harry was busy oggling at the dude with great admiration, I think.

"Louis' older brother." He simply stated.

"And did he just address me as Louis' girlfriend?" I asked again.

"Aren't you?" Louis' brother arched an eyebrow.

Before I could say something, Louis magically appeared right behind him.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You didn't tell me that you'd ACTUALLY be coming today!" Louis panicked.

"Then it wouldn't be a SURPRISE visit now, would it?" His brother chuckled.

"Now kindly introduce me to your cute lover over there who's currently in bed with your two other bandmates." He added.

What the? I don't really care whether I'm Louis' girlfriend or not... but I am kind of bothered that being in bed with Harry and Zayn just made me look bad.

"Uh, Cher, meet Paris and Paris... kindly lock yourself up in my room for the meantime?" Louis mouthed a 'We need to talk." in my direction before dragging his six foot tall of a brother out of the room.

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"What?" I asked him when he entered my room.

"I need your help." He stated.

"Go on." I motioned him to explain more details of what exactly I should be helping him with.

"Okay, so I told my brother that I already have a girlfriend... because he'd make fun of me if I still didn't have one---"

"Or call you gay?" I interrupted him.

"Let me finish first. Uh, yeah that's about it. Wait, what was I saying?"

Okay, now I feel guilty for making him lose his train of thought so...

"I'll do it, I'll help you out. I'll be your 'pretend' girlfriend or whatever." I decided.

"Say what?! Really? This is awesome! Then you're okay with going out on a date with me?" He looked incredibly overjoyed.

"Yeah, sure." Like I said before, I'm starting to grow fond of the guy who is my first gay friend ever.

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"So you guys are childhood sweethearts right?" Paris asked.

"Uh-huh." Louis and I both nodded.

"Then how come I never saw you visit our house before?" Paris looked doubtful of us two, I'm sure of it.

"Uh... we're going on a date this afternoon." Louis changed the subject.

"Is that right? Then how about I tag along?" His brother stared at me with the same blue-gray eyes as Louis', asking for permission.

"What for? To prove to you that we're a lovey-dovey couple in public as well as in private?" Louis looked annoyed.

"Exactly." Paris was making me uncomfortable with his powerful gaze alright.

"Fine then, you can come with us. Louis and I couldn't care less anyway since we have nothing to hide." I retorted back as I placed an arm over my 'boyfriend' slash girlfriend's shoulder.

I'm not really sure as to what to call Louis or what he'd prefer.

I bet Niall gets confused too...