She's Not Afraid

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: THE DATE

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: THE DATE

*CHER'S POV*

"The Amusement Park?"

"I want to ride the rollercoaster and Niall does too." Louis stated.

Wow, this seems more like 'their' date... but I don't really mind.

"Whatever you say, babe." I sighed.

Louis gasped at what I just said like it's such a big deal that I called him 'babe'.

I turned to face Paris who was looking at us rather suspiciously.

Can Louis be more obvious?

He's super spontaneous too... he just drives us anywhere that randomly pops up inside his head.

I should probably expect the unexpected when it comes to this date...

*LOUIS' POV*

OH MY GOD! CHER JUST CALLED ME BABE!!!

In such a sexy way too...

I wasn't prepared for that alright.

"Can I call you babe too?" I asked for her permission.

"Of course you can, silly." She chuckled then gripped my hand rather tightly.

"Let's go ride the coaster now so that I can do 'certain' things to you." She added which just made me all the more excited.

"Okay!" I dragged Cher with me while skipping merrily.

I don't even give a damn about my brother and Niall right now...

It's just ME and CHER in my field of vision.

I'm thinking of telling her the truth about my sexuality pretty soon...

*NIALL'S POV*

"Hey man, you want to ride the coaster too?" I asked Paris.

"No." He responded rather coldly.

"Okay then... I'm just going to go after them." I was about to walk away when---

"Hold it right there! You still have a lot to spill to me." Paris grabbed me by the back of my shirt.

"Huh?"

"Do you actually believe those two?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Uh..." Actually, Cher told me not to tell ANYTHING to this guy... but what the hell.

"No, the truth is that I'm Cher's real boyfriend." I decided to fool him just for the fun of it.

"I knew it! Louis could never land on such a hot chick like her..." He looked happy.

What is with this dude?

"Wait, so you're saying that Cher and I are more compatible together?" He got my interest.

*PARIS' POV*

"Uh, yeah. Totally." I lied to the kid.

I wanted to say 'No, we're better off together.' but then I didn't want to make him cry there and then which would probably cause a scene.

It's like telling a kid that there's no Santa Claus...

"Okay, I just changed my mind. Let's go ride the coaster." I dragged him by the shirt to catch up with my brother and my Cher.

Now that I'm sure that Louis is out of the picture, it's Niall's turn.

"Say, would you like some tips on how to get your girl's attention?" I asked.

"Yeah, that would be great!" He perked up.

"Okay, I'd be happy to let you have your 'moment' with Cher while I chat with Louis right after riding the coaster and all you have to do is..."

This is going to be a piece of cake.

Cher's my only obssession, you see.

*CHER'S POV*

"If ever you're scared, you can always bury your head into my chest." Louis offered.

"Uh, I'd rather not. This kind of stuff doesn't really scare me." I said in a bored tone.

"Rollercoaster, of love..." Niall sang behind us.

"Doesn't this remind you of final destination?" Paris sounded amused.

"I LOVE that movie by the way." I turned my head at the back for a second.

When the coaster started rolling, Louis and Niall began shrieking like girls... which went on for forever.

Louis clasped my hand tightly amidst the screaming which surprised me a bit.

I stared at the side of his face while he was busy screaming and it's the first time that I actually noticed how good-looking he was... for a gay guy.

So I just let it slide as he held my hand...

"I think I'm going to puke." I heard Niall say.

And that's what you get for eating too much ice-cream.

Strangely, I could feel Paris' glare at the back of my head since he was seated right behind me... or maybe it's just me imagining things again.

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"Louis, let me talk to you for a second..." Paris placed his arm around his brother's shoulders once we got off the rollercoaster.

"Cher, I want to ride the Ferris Wheel!" Niall began to drag me to a different direction when the Tomlinson brothers had their backs on us.

"Quit shoving me around!" I exclaimed when he pushed me inside the ride.

"I'm not your mommy." I added.

"Of course you're not... but what EXACTLY am I to you then?" He asked seriously once the Ferris Wheel started turning.

"Um, a friend, right?" I'm pretty sure of my answer but---

"Wrong answer." He scooted closer towards me.

"But I thought---"

"Shh, let me do the talking here..." He silenced me by placing a finger on top my lips while he gazed deeply into my eyes with his baby blue ones.

I could suddenly feel the tension in the air seeping through my skin which got me nervous for I have never seen this serious and dark side of Niall before...

I don't know how many minutes have passed us by as he slightly hovered above me with me just sitting there, frozen in place but before I even knew it, we just landed back down and the cable door opened...

...revealing Louis and Paris who were just watching us as they waited right outside.

"What the f***..." Louis' facial expression was unreadable...

I don't blame him though for I would probably feel the same way if I was in his shoes wherein he just caught his lover in such a position with another GIRL.