Broken Ice - Nouis

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^^ Louis' Instagram story yesterday. what a precious human being. He wrote on his guitar 

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Saturday November 18th

Finally, the day of Louis' not date with Niall. He had no idea what they would be doing, but he hoped he would like it. Louis was in the middle of picking what to wear when Lottie walked into his room. She leaned against the door and watched her older brother root through his closet to try and pick something out, not sure what it was for.

"Why're you in such a rush?" Lottie asked, giggling when Louis jumped. He looked at his sister timidly.

"Just going out with some friends." Louis lied, not wanting his mum to make a big deal out of it, knowing Lottie would spill the tea to their mother if he told her. She kept trying to set him up with random people during the first 2 years of being in Canada, and she continuously asks about his love life. Besides, it's not even a date, and he doesn't want him mum to freak out over nothing. "But they're picking me up soon and I don't know what to wear... can you help me?"

Lottie nodded and walked over to help Louis with his outfit. She asked what they would be doing, but Louis only shrugged, unsure of the plans. Lucky for them, Louis' phone buzzed with a text notification from Niall himself. Diving for his phone, Louis smiled when he saw what the boy said.

Niall: Dress in a warm coat, we'll be outside :-)

Louis furrowed his eyebrows at the text, sending back a simple 'ok'. They would be outside? He now had even less of an idea of what they would be doing, but he told Lottie about it anyway. She nodded and pulled out a pair of grey sweatpants that hugged his legs comfortably to keep him warm. After picking out a navy blue long sleeves shirt, she handed Louis the clothes and told him to get ready.

"What time are they picking you up?" Lottie asked just as Louis was about to walk into his connected washroom.

"Umm.. 7:30, so in 45 minutes." Louis told Lottie, smiling nervously before he walked into the washroom. Louis changed out of his lazy day home clothes before pulling on the outfit Lottie helped him pick out. He looked at himself in the mirror, hoping it would be ok for the not date. If they were outside, he probably wouldn't be taking his coat off, but he still wanted to look nice.

The boy started to style his hair to fall naturally and to look messy yet neat. Louis always thought it suited him. But would Niall like it? Louis bit his lip, not sure why he cared. They were just hanging out anyway, it's not even a date. Besides, he'll probably be wearing a hat that will cover his hair anyway.

"Louis hurry up! You have half an hour before your friends get here." Louis sprayed a little cologne into the air, walking into the mist and biting his lip when he smelt the faint vanilla smell. Harry had gotten him that cologne from Italy when he went in the summer, but Louis never really wore it, at all actually. The odd thing was, Harry had also gotten him another cologne from the same brand, just a different smell, and that was the one he always used. Unfortunately, they look the same , and Louis picked the wrong bottle.

Without having time to wash off the vanilla scented cologne, Louis sighed and kept it on, leaving the washroom, hoping Niall wouldn't notice or hate it. When Louis walked down stairs, he smiled at Lottie.

"You look oddly excited to go out with your friends." Lottie noted, watching tv with a bag of opened salt and vinegar Lays chips between her legs. She turned her head to look at Louis when he reached into the bag and grabbed a handful of chips.

"I'm just excited to hangout with the lads, i guess." Louis chuckled, eating the chips like Lottie was eating up his lies. He didn't like lying to his family, or to anyone really, but he knew that for now, it would be best for Lottie to know nothing of Niall.

Louis gasped when he saw that is was 7:20, jumping off of the couch and running up the stairs. Lottie asked where he was going, so he just shouted back that he needed to brush his teeth. When arriving upon the bathroom, Louis pulled out his mouth wash first and took some into his mouth.

Although it was an uncommon thing to do, Louis always used mouth wash first and brushed his teeth after. After swirling the mouth wash around his mouth for 30 seconds, he spit it out and put a line of his minty toothpaste on the bristles of his brush. Like always, Louis brushed his teeth for 2 minutes and rinsed his mouth out after.

He smiled to make sure he teeth looked clean before Louis grabbed a grey beanie out of his room, pulling it onto his head while he skipped down the stairs. Louis took a drink of water before opening the coat closet near the door, pulling out a nice warm jacket that was a forest green colour, the hem of the coat coming down to cover the tops of his thighs.

There was a knock at the door, making Louis smile. His stomach dropped when he heard Lottie squeal before peeking her head past the curtains to look out the window. "Oh! I want to say hi to Harry!"

Louis ran over to the door, quickly saying buy to Lottie who got up and started to walk to the door. When he opens the door, he hears her say, "Lou, I want to say hi to Harry or Zayn if they're the one at the door. You know i love your friends."

Louis smiled at Niall when the boy turned to look at him. Niall was wearing black pants, a brown coat that resembled something Louis' is pretty sure Sherlock Holmes wore, and a navy blue scarf. He quickly turned to shut the door. "Sorry Lottie, we have to go, don't want to hold the other lads up. I'll see you later."

When he shut the door, Louis let out a sigh of relief and started to walk to Niall's car with him. Like a gentleman, Niall opened the passenger door for him. Louis blushed a little, but hoped Niall played it off as a flush from the chilly weather. "Thank You Niall."

The blonde shut the door for Louis as well. When Niall got in the driver's seat, he pulled out of Louis' driveway. It was silent in the car before Niall cleared his throat and asked, "Who were you talking to in your house? And why did they think I was a friend named Harry or Zayn?"

Louis chuckled and chewed on his lip. "Oh... she's no one really."

It was silent again until Niall spoke up, a little worry in his voice. "Is she your girlfriend, and you're just lying about where you're going and who I am, even though this isn't a date?"

"What? Oh, god no!" Louis laughed, turning to look at Niall with a smile. "That was my sister, she moved in with me not too long after I got my house. She thinks I'm out with my mates because she'd probably tell my mum and everyone would make a big deal out of this."

Niall let out a breath of relief at the news of that not being his girlfriend. Louis poked Niall's cheek in a friendly manner before asking a question as well. "Where are we going"

"You'll see." Niall chuckled, glancing at Louis, sending him a charming smile that made Louis oddly happy. After a car ride filled with light hearted chatting, Niall parked his car, catching Louis' attention.

"We're here." Niall finally said, turning to look at Louis with a nervous smile. Louis looked away from Niall and out the front window, gasping at what he saw, a smile of his own painting his lips. 

A/N:

Hey!!

This chapter is very over due, and I'm so sorry about that. Even worse, it sucks haha

I was going to write out Niall's date with Louis, and i had, but then my google chrome (what i write the rough drafts/back up copies of each chapter on) deleted the chapter, and i got upset so i left it for a day or two. Them more shit happened, so i rewrote this and just finished, but I've decided to make all the mushy gushy date stuff happen next chapter!!

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, let me know if you did or didn't

I don't really know what to say because I'm honestly so tired from only 3-4 hours of sleep for the past month. I didn't really check over this chapter, so there are probably more typos than usual. 

I hope your day is amazing!!

Keep smiling sunshine! 

-Laylania xxx