What About Love {One Direction AU}

Sixteen.

•Louis•

-A Couple Months Later-

"Tomlinson!" Jack yelled from across the shop. I sighed, before wheeling myself out from underneath the car I was working on. I gave him a deadly glare, before sitting up and setting the tool in my hand on the ground.

"What's up?" I said with annoyance.

"Your done for the day." He told me, crossing his arms across his chest. I cocked my head to the side in confusion, trying to wrap my mind around what he just told me.

"Am I being fired?" I asked, worry in my voice. Jack chuckled, shaking his head.

"Hell no." He replied.

"Then, why am I being sent home?" I said, standing up from the floor and whipping my hands on the nearest rag. Jack chuckled, before nodding his head in the direction of his office. I raised an eyebrow, before walking past him and into his office, only to find Niall, Liam, Harry, and Zayn. "What the hell?"

"Louis Tomlinson, your about to have your mind blown." Niall said, overexerting a bit. Liam slapped the back of the Irish guy's head, before throwing a bag of my clothes at me.

"Get changed and cleaned up." Liam instructed, pointing to the employee restroom. Just as I went to ask why I was being ordered around, Liam pushed me down the hall and into the bathroom, leaving me to get changed. I looked into the mirror, scratching my head in confusion, before rolling my eyes and doing what I was told. Once I was out of the bathroom, the guys signaled me out of the shop, still leaving me confused.

"Where are you guys taking me? Where's Ali?"

"Alice is with El and Riley." Niall replied, ignoring my first question. I crossed my arms, growling at that the four guys.

"Oh calm down. You'll know soon enough." Zayn told me, causing me to throw my head back and groan. Fifteen minutes went by before we arrived at a pub. I raised an eyebrow, before poking Liam on the shoulder.

"Why are we here?"

"Louis, welcome to the beginning of your bachelor party." Niall said, as the four guys got out of the car and walked towards the pub entrance. I just sat there, very confused. "Cmon! Would you have preferred we took you to a strip club?" He added. I gave him a death glare, before flipping him off. To be quite honest, I'd rather be at work then go to a strip club.

"Are you coming or not?" Harry asked, as he grabbed Zayn's hand. I groaned, before walking into the pub with them, the smell of heavy cigarette smoke and alcohol instantly greeting me.

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-A Few Hours Later-

"Niall! I dunno about this!" I hiccuped, as we walked the pier towards the large boat. Niall laughed, assuring us that he had his badge on him if anything were to go wrong. I fixed the collar of my jean jacket, before Niall stopped us and pointed at the officer near the boat. That's when reality hit me and instantly felt like I sobered up.

We were about to hijack a damn police boat.

"Niall, I don't think this is a good idea." Zayn said, as Liam draped an arm over my shoulder.

"Oh, live life a bit! C'mon, Niall! Do work." Liam said, as we waited for Niall to distract the officer. Once the coast was clear, the four of us jumped on the boat and started it up. I was worried that we'd get arrested, or something for stealing a police boat. Alice would probably already be pissed that I drank as much as I did. Hell, Riley will probably have Liam's head on a silver plater after finding out that he went out and drank.

As we started to pull away from the pier, Harry hollered for Niall, as Liam started steering the boat away. Niall smiled at the officer, before running towards the boat and jumping on it.

"Hey! Come back here!" The officer yelled, as we got further away from the pier. I watched as the man became unrecognizable, telling me we were far from the pier. I looked at Niall and took a ragged breath.

"I can't believe we just hijacked a damn police boat! Alice is going to kill me if she finds out!"

"That's the point of a bachelor party, Lou. What happens here, stays here!" Liam hollered, as he steered the boat.

"Liam, you need to calm down. You can't get too crazy. You already drank alcohol when you shouldn't have." Zayn told Liam, as he wrapped his arms around Harry. I sighed, as I listened to Liam argue about how he wasn't that drunk.

A few minutes went by before I found myself and the guys committing yet another crime. Break and entering, to be exact. But this time it was huge. And by huge, I mean London Bridge huge.

We're only a flight of stairs away from standing on top of the London Bridge, thousands of feet above rushing cars and water.

Save my soul.

"C'mon, let's go." Liam said, as he walked outside and stood on the bridge.

"Liam, your crazy bastard! You're gonna get yourself killed!" Harry yelled, as he followed Liam out. Zayn, Niall, and I all looked at each other, before looking at the way out to where Harry and Liam went. I hiccuped, before putting one foot out of the doorway to the bridge.

"Louis, what are you doing?!" Zayn asked me, as I started walking out.

"YOLO." I hollered. And before I knew it, I was standing next to all four of the guys, screaming, hollering, and whooping like an idiot on top of the London Bridge, as cars zoomed by fast below us, the idea of falling no longer a thought, or care.

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-The Next Morning-

"Louis, Louis wake up." I heard someone say. I opened my eyes and saw Liam standing above me, shaking my arm. I swatted it away, closing my eyes again. That didn't stop him though. It only gave him the drive to continue. "Louis, I'm dead serious."

"Your too loud. Making my head hurt." I replied.

"Then I'll buy you some coffee, or something. But right now you need to get up."

"What for?" I groaned, as I opened my eyes and stared at him, the room spinning a bit. I looked around and saw that we were in a hotel room. I was on the floor, Zayn and Harry were in one of the beds, Niall was in the other, meaning Liam slept - crashed, would be more like it - on the floor, as well. "What time is it?" I asked, as I tried standing up.

"Two in the afternoon." Liam said, assisting me up. "We need to get you home. Alice is freaking out. Riley is, too. And stress isn't good for the babies." He added, as he ripped the covers off of the guys that were still asleep. It hurt me to imagine that Alice was upset I didn't come home.

I walked over to the window, the brightness instantly making my eyes hurt. I turned around and faced Niall, who was now putting on his shoes. "What happened last night?" I asked, my mind fuzzy from all the alcohol in my system last night.

"I dunno." Niall said, scratching his head in confusion. As we all got around and left the hotel, I shoved my hands into the pockets of my jean jacket, only to feel a box. I raised an eyebrow, before pulling it out, only to realize it was a box of cigarettes.

"Did any of us smoke last night?" I asked, as I opened the box, only to see there was only three left.

"I dunno. I'm as confused as you are." Zayn said, as he rested his head on top of Harry's. The rest of the ride was silent, because knowing El, Ali, and Riley, we might be getting our asses chewed.

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-Logan, xxx