Everything in Between

Chapter Six

Happy Monday 

. . .maybe not. . .aha

Chapter Six 

Three weeks had passed since I first ran into Liam and Louis at the grocery store and I had seen the boys almost every week. It was just like old times, and it was honestly nice to be with them again. Except for the fact that Louis spent most of the time I ever saw him glued to his phone. However, today, I was supposed to meet Louis at his apartment and then from there we were going out to lunch, where hopefully things would be better.

I rang the doorbell, and waited for him to come answer it. The fall breeze outside was a bit warm for October so my coat was slung over my arm.

“Hey, Cassidy, what’s up?” Zayn casually leaned against the door frame.

“Hey, Zayn, is Louis home? I was supposed to meet him here.”

“Yeah, I think he’s in his bedroom. Come on in.”

I followed Zayn inside. “You can just wait here. I’ll go find Louis.”

I had to admit that I was a little nervous about this lunch. Louis and I had hung out plenty of times before with just the two of us, but for some reason this time felt different.

Ever since I realized how I truly felt about Louis, I found myself more . . . jittery around him. I was acting the same way a girl acts around her high school crush and I wanted it to stop. I wanted to be friends and if I kept this up, we weren’t going to be.

“Cassie! Oh my God, I am so, so, sorry. I completely forgot that I was supposed to meet up with Harry today and didn’t realize that when I planned this lunch with you. I really am sorry, but I won’t be able to go out with you today. I had kind of made these plans a while ago.”

My heart sort of sunk at that. I really wanted to spend time with him, but I do know that he hadn’t meant any harm by it. It was just two best friends who hadn’t hung out together in a while and I completely understood. I shrugged it off as nonchalant as I could and just prayed that it appeared as convincing as I thought it was.

“S’okay, we can just do it another time. I know how desperate Harry can be at times.”

A small smile broke out onto his face and he stepped closer to pull me into his arms. “Thank you so much for understanding,” he gave me one last squeeze before pulling back.

I guess I was used to Louis blowing me off but with these strange new feelings, I felt way worse than I should have. I decided to just ignore them, to not acknowledge them, and move on with my life as if they weren’t there at all.

“I feel awful for just ditching you like this! What are you going to do for the rest of the day?”

“Seriously, Lou, it’s okay!” I mustered up the biggest smile I could manage. “I’ll probably just hang around my place for a bit, maybe run some errands. I never had anything planned to begin with.”

His gaze landed on Zayn passing through the living room, who was frowning down towards his phone, most likely headed to the kitchen.

“Wait, Zayn!” He stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to face us looking a smidge uncomfortable.

“Why don’t you two go together instead?”

I just about choked on my own spit.

“Umm . . .”

Thank God I wasn’t the only one uncomfortable with this idea. Don’t get me wrong, Zayn was a genuinely good guy, but we weren’t exactly close. We didn’t talk a whole lot and he was probably the boy I was the least close with out of the band.