Bad Influence

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"Are you going to stay with us until we go home for New Years?" I asked Eleanor the next morning. She nodded. "That was the plan, and then I'll be in London until Lou leaves." Eleanor said. "Is it hard? You know, studying in Manchester when your boyfriend is in London and then all over the place?" I asked. "It is, but somehow we make it work. I'm really starting to fall in love with your brother." She said. I smiled. "He's falling in love with you too." I told her. "Really? You think so?" Eleanor asked. I knew how she felt, when you first started a relationship with someone and you started to fall, you needed to know that the other person were there to catch you, no matter how cliche that sounds. "We talked about it before you came, he said he is falling in love with you. And I haven't seen him this happy and in love since Hannah. and trust me, my mum, and everybody likes you better than her." I said. Eleanor smiled. "Thank you Angel, it means a lot. It's weird. We haven't known each other for that long, but I already feel like we're best friends, it's weird isn't it?" Eleanor asked. "I know how you feel, I feel the exact same way. You just click with some people I guess." I said. She nodded. "I'm so glad Harry introduced me to Louis." Eleanor said. I laughed. "I'm glad he introduced you too." I said and she laughed with me.

"Good morning." Nicole said as she came into the kitchen. "What are we talking about?" She asked. "How weird it is that we're so close to El, even if we've only known her for like a month." I said. Nicole nodded. "It is pretty weird yeah, but I like it." Nicole agreed. Mum cam into the kitchen, talking on her phone. "Yeah, we're still on for tonight." She said with a smile. "No, my kids are home. My two eldest, but hey'll be alright, the other one's are with their dad." She said after a while. "Yeah, I'll see you at eight. Bye." She said before she hug up. I looked at her an raised an eyebrow. "That was Dan." Mum said. "Who is Dan?" I asked. "Have I not told you about Dan?" She asked. I shook my head. "Oh, honey I'm sorry." Mum said. "Who is he? Is he your boyfriend?" I asked with a smile. "Well, not yet, but we have been dating for a few months. I thought I had told you about him." Mum said. I smiled and gave her a hug. "That's great mum! I'm so happy you're moving on. Does the girls and Lou know?" I asked. She nodded. "I have. The girls are surprisingly okay with it, but I think it's because Mark has been seeing someone as well." Mum said. "And Lou?" I asked. "He's okay with it too." She said. I nodded. Louis still had the father-son relationship with Mark. He didn't go with the girls to Mark's parent's place, but he visited Mark as much as possible, Mark had visited us in the apartment as well. And Mark had been to a few concerts as well as show his support for Louis on X-Factor. I knew Louis saw him as his dad, rather than who I thought of as our dad. I had asked Louis why he didn't call our dad, dad. He had told me it was because he didn't want anything to do with him, and that if anyone was his dad then it would be Mark, and it would always be Mark. Louis never called Mark dad in front of me, but I also knew he called Mark dad, and I was alright with it.

Louis had come down a few seconds after mum. "So, we're still going home tomorrow right?" He asked before he gave Eleanor a kiss on the top of her head. "Yeah, our flight is leaving at four." I said. Louis nodded and looked at mum. "You're seeing Dan tonight right?" He asked. Mum nodded with a smile. "Isn't it about time you brought him home so we could meet him? We're leaving tomorrow, and I would like to meet the lad that's taking me mum out." Louis said. Mum laughed. "Always so protective of us, aren't you?" She asked. Louis smiled and pulled her in for a hug. "I'm just making sure he's nothing like Troy." He said. Mum looked at him. "Louis." She begun but Louis shook his head. "He might have been a decent man when you met him, but he left us. I know he asked me to come with him, but he took my baby sister to another country and didn't even have time for me to visit. And I'll never be able to forgive him for that." Louis said. Mum sighed. "He is your father." She said. Louis shook his head again. "You're wrong, we both know that Mark is my dad. And speaking of him, I'm brining El to visit him today. He and the girls are coming back from his parent's place." Louis said. Mum nodded. "Alright, well, say hello from me." She said. "From me too." I added. Louis nodded. "Will do, we better get going, they are already home." He told Eleanor before he grabbed her hand. "See you tonight." She said with a smile before she let Louis drag her out of the house. I looked at mum. She smiled. "He's so eager to meet Mark, he hasn't seen him in a while you know." Mum said. I nodded. "He could have gone with the girls to his house Christmas Day." I said. Mum shook her head. "Mark asked him, but Louis said he wanted to spend it with us, and that he would come visit Mark after they got back." She said. I smiled. "Well, Louis has always seen Mark as his dad more than dad, but he'll still do anything for you." I said. "That, and the fact that he wanted Mark to spend some time with his girls." Mum added. "He's too good sometimes." I said.

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