A New Turn

Chapter 9

LOUIS POV

I thought I had done a fine job of pretending to be somewhat cool. Caitlin was acting pretty shy, but Harry had told me that she sometimes gets nervous around new people, so I didn't take that too personally.

We eventually pulled our hands away from each other. I didn't really want to but I couldn't keep holding on. Well, unless I wanted to ruin the relationship further than I already had.

"I'm just gonna take Caitlin's stuff to her room." Harry finally said something. I was thankful for him leaving because I was starting to worry that he was going to stand there the entire time that I wanted to talk to Caitlin.

After Harry left, we kinda stood awkwardly for a minute. Lots of things ran through my mind, mainly things about what I could say next.

I eventually settled on something that came out sounding somewhat cool.

"So, do you want me to give you a tour?"

She replied quite swiftly.

"Yeah that would be great!"

"Alright, follow me I guess."

I just showed her everything, considering she would be living here. She seemed really interested in our kind of rumpus room. In there we had a couple of pinball machines, a pool table, and a couple of superhero statues. She was particularly interested the Iron Man one. I mean Robert Downey Jr. was pretty awesome so who could blame her?

We reached the glass door that led to the deck and pool area. The deck had always been my favourite place in the apartment. For some reason, the amazing view of London always help me think clearer.

"Want to take a closer look at the city?"

"I'd love to." She sounded pretty excited when she said that.

I could see the want in her eyes as I opened the door for her. I followed her through as she went up to the glass enclosure.

London's normal morning air covered my face. I could see that Caitlin looked really cold, I imagined that she wasn't used to our cold temperatures. I hadn't been to Australia but I had heard some really good reviews.

About every 30 seconds, I turned to have a quick glance at Caitlin. She could t keep her eye off the city, she never looked away. She was utterly astonished, and honestly, who could blame her?

Suddenly, I felt a hand against the edge of mine. I immediately looked down, so did Caitlin. Her hand was so cold but it felt so good. All I wanted to do was give her my jacket, cup her hand and warm her up. But I couldn't, I did not want things going to fast.

Before I knew it, we were gazing into each other's eyes. It felt like I was in heaven.

After a few seconds, she looked away, and she looked a little embarrassed. She spoke pretty quickly.

"Sorry about that. Just a bit... overwhelmed by everything."

"Don't worry, it's all good. Wanna head back inside and check out your room?"

"Yeah sure, that'd be great."

She followed behind me and as we entered the apartment and walked up the stairs.

I wish more had happened between us.

HARRY POV

To have Caitlin here was amazing. We spoke a couple of time a week over Skype but to have her in person was awesome. I couldn't wait to show her around London.

Yes, Louis and Caitlin had been my plan for a while now. But I needed them to be together in person so I was kind of praying for an opportunity. Thank goodness for Caitlin's mum for thinking of me.

Louis thought he had stuffed up the other night with Caitlin but I knew he hadn't. Caitlin was always understanding of anything and I could tell by the way that she was looking at him that she would forgive him for anything.

I began putting Caitlin's stuff away where I thought she might like it. After all, I did stay with her for 6 weeks and her room and she had her clothes in the usual spots.

Suddenly, as I was placing down a photo frame containing a screenshot of me and her in one of our classic Skype conversations, I heard a door slam from downstairs. It was the door from the lounge room to the deck area. I looked out of her window and saw Caitlin and Louis staring out at the city. Caitlin seemed mesmerised at the view, and I saw Louis glancing up at Caitlin every so often.

And then I saw something. Caitlin bumped her hand into Louis'. They looked at their touching hands before gazing into each other's eyes. I was so happy with myself.

This all ended in about 10 seconds. Then their lips started moving in chatter before the headed back inside. I hope Louis had made some sort of progress with her.

I was about to leave the room to see the two but I heard steps coming up so I stayed put. The pair entered my room. I broke the ice.

"Ok so I've tried to remember where you kind of put stuff and I tried to put it there. Move anything you want and get comfortable!"

"Thank you so much Harry!" She ran over and gave me a hug.

After she let go of me, she ran across to one of her bags and pulled out 2 gifts wrapped in blue paper.

"Ok so these are for you guys just as a bit of a thank you for having me on such short notice."

She ran over and handed me the item before running over to Louis and to my surprise, she hugged him as well. Did she know what she was doing?

A/N

Hey guys! Hope you are enjoying my story! Keep voting and giving me feedback. Remember I am new at this so any feedback, trust me I will take into consideration!

In sad news, there may not be an update for the next few days! I've got my school musical and I'm going to the 5SOS concert on Saturday which I'm BLOODY excited for and I'm making a tshirt and poster for that so I apologise!

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