The Boy With The Blue Eyes [Louis Tomlinson Story AU]

Chapter 25

Louis' PoV

   We just sat there, for a minute, two, five, seven. Watching each other, gauging each other's reactions. Wondering if either of us would move first. She looked like she wanted to get up, like she wanted to reach out to me, but she didn't.

     I figured we'd get nowhere with the contact thing, so I sunk to my butt on the grass. I crossed my legs, and my breath hitched as I watched Alice do the same, ten feet from me.

     "I'm just as terrified as you, you know," She kept her eyes on the ground, and pulled blades of grass out of the ground. I wonder if her statement was true. I was very terrified. Beyond terrified.

      "I..", Years of not knowing, all the words I ever thought I'd say when I saw her again, and I couldn't form a single sentence. She just nodded, as if she could tell.

       "Uhm," She pursed her lips, and scrunched her eyebrows, looking at the ground still. "I'm okay now, you know? I'm not mental anymore, I'm not a monster anymore," She finished the sentence with a joking tone, but I could see the true pain behind her eyes.

        I dropped my eyes from her gaze, and mimicked her, pulling grass from the ground, "I never thought you were a monster."

         "I was Louis, I hurt you, I hurt the ones I loved. I can't forgive myself for that."

          "I can. I have. I mean, if forgetting counts as forgiving. I think I'm making this worse, I don't.. uhm.. I don't think me talking is such a good thing," I let out a nervous chuckle.

          "You look so different," I brought my eyes up to roam her downturned face. "I bet neither of us would have guessed you could grow a beard," I smiled, and watched her cheeks raise as well.

           "Well, you've definitely aged well here as well, You don't look like the girl next door anymore," She met my eyes and I smiled again.

            "I missed you." Once the words left her mouth she held her breath, and her cheeks turned pink. I could hear the sharp inhale that left my mouth as well. She just said everything I'd wanted to say since the day she left.

             "Uhm, lets just, uhm let's forget I said that.. Uhm I'm sorry," She stood, and walked over to the pond, wrapping her arms around herself.

Alice's PoV (Mid-switch HA!)

        I'm such an idiot. Why did I say that ? I wish I could take it back, not because it wasn't true, but because he didn't feel the same. I wanted to say that as soon as I left him the first time, but I don't think right here, right now was such a good idea. What if I just ruined my last chance to ever see him ?

        I froze, as I heard his voice behind me.

        "I missed you too, Allie," and right then I couldn't take it anymore. I turned, and took two steps forward, Louis still too far from me being five feet away. He seemed to just know what I needed, as he opened his arms for me. And suddenly my arms were wrapped tightly around his shoulders, my face buried in his neck, one of his arms secured around my lower back, the other tangled up in the back of my blonde curls, holding me to him. He buried his face into my hair, as the force of our impact rocked us a bit. I couldn't help be notice how right it felt to be in his arms, our bodies seemingly fitting together. It was all like some twisted, sick, cliché movie if I was honest.

         We stayed like that for such a long time, that the removal of his warmth took a part of me with it. I didn't realize I was crying until Louis placed both his hands on either of my cheeks tenderly, wiping the tears away with his thumbs. I saw the moisture pooling in his beautiful eyes, his gorgeous blue eyes that I'd missed so much. I was in love with this boy with Blue eyes, and I couldn't deny it anymore.

          I felt our lips connect, and the warmth filled my body. This felt so right, we were made for each other. We had to be. They say when you meet the one, you know, and right now, in this moment, I knew.

           We pulled back after a while, and I noticed Louis' body leant forward, he had kissed me. But I was perfectly fine with that, I couldn't help but fear what his reaction would be after. I never figured he would pull me into another crushing hug. I felt a drop of moisture on my nose, and I thought one of us had started crying again, until I heard the rumble of thunder.

            We were suddenly surrounded by large raindrops, falling fast, and warm. I looked up, blinking them out of my eyes, and watched the last patch of blue get covered by a large rain cloud.

             "We must have been out here longer than we thought," Louis whispered in my ear, his stubble grazed the side of my cheek, and I reveled in the feeling. I met his eyes, and there was a glimmer in them I had missed so much. Then we both started to laugh.

                The sound leaving his mouth was angelic, to say the least. The way he slightly leaned into me, eyes screwed shut, nose scrunching, it was adorable. Then we were kissing again, all the hesitation from a moment ago gone. It was soft and tender, a clip right from The Notebook.

                 "Allie! Louis!" We heard Maura yell for us, and we laced our fingers, running from the maze garden, and grabbing the rest of the group on our way to the building. When we got inside, everyone was laughing, shaking water from their hair. My eyes lighted on four other boys I slightly seemed to recognize, and then the laughing ceased. The tension in the room increased, and everyone peered at us. I looked at Louis and we shared a small smile.

                  I turned to them, removing our linked hands from behind my dress, and raised them slightly, for the others to see. I visibly saw their tension fade, twinkles gather in their eyes, and their shoulders relax.

                 "I'm so happy for you Allie, and you too Louis dear. It's been so long since I've seen any of you, and though I wish it had been under better circumstances, its still so lovely." I saw Niall hug Maura's side as she teared up.

                  I felt Louis remove himself from my hold, and walk over to Harry, who had dramatically changed from the boy I knew in high school. I watched him open his arms, and smile at Louis, who smiled back, and tightly embraced the boy.

                    "Congratulations, Boo," I heard him mumble. They had gotten very close, I assumed, with Harry's arms in a lazy hold around Louis' lower back, and Louis' head laid on his chest. I couldn't thank Harry enough for taking such good care of the boy I loved when I couldn't be there.

                     Love ?

                     Did I really love him ? Or was I just happy to see him again ?

                     I sighed, watching him double over in laughter with a hand on his stomach, as I felt Liam lay a friendly arm around my shoulder. I was in love with him.

                    I was in love with the boy with the blue eyes. But just as my revelation came to me, something broke me from my beautiful haze.

                     "Allie ?" That voice belonged to only one person that I knew. And at that moment, I wasn't sure if I loved or hated her.