Can you love a ghost? // H.S✔️

40. Louis my boyfriend.

We all wake up around ten and quickly clean up before my mum and dad return from there night away. To be fair there isn't much mess and between us all it takes about an hour to have the house back to normal. We shower and get dressed and have a late breakfast before we decide what to do for the day before the gang drive home.

"We could just go into town and look around the shops?" Jess suggests

"No thats boring, we are not doing that" Tom chews on his toast.

"What if we go to the pub down the road? It's Sunday so they'll have a live band on and we can chill in the sun until you've got to go?" I suggest. Everyone nods and is happy with the plan so we finish our breakfast and pack everything up so we don't have to do it later and walk down to the pub which is ten minutes away.

By the time we get there it's half one and the band is already playing some summer tunes in the garden the place is packed. I didn't think it would be so busy but then again I've never been it must be popular.

Aaron goes and gets our drinks because we know he won't get asked for identification and he returns a few minutes later with a tray full of drinks. We sit down at the wooden bench and listen to the band and verbally abuse each other like we do.

"Holly!"

I hear my name being shouted and I look round to my horror I see the one person I don't want coming over. Louis.

I mentally start trying to come up with explanations to either explain to him he has to be my boyfriend or for him to fuck off. I don't know which one I'll be able to get away with. He's striding towards us quicker than I can think.

"Hols what you doing here?" He looks at me and then around the table at my friends who are already silently judging him.

"Oh erm I just came here for a drink with my friends from back home" I try and tell him to go away with my eyes but he's not getting it.

"Oh cool. My friend is the drummer in the band so I'm down here to watch him"

He stands shifting from one foot to another and I know he's waiting for me to start introducing everyone.

"Oh cool. That's cool. Good." I take a large sip of my drink and keep my eyes down. Praying he'll go away.

"Who's this?" Jess speaks up and I look at her and stare a deathly stare at her and she looks at me as if to say what's the problem.

"Louis" he smiles.

Oh my god my heart is in my mouth. What the hell do I say? I stand up like a rocket and stand next to him and grip his arm and start to take a step away not before I hear Aaron.

"Louis? So your Holly's boyfriend"

I fling my head back in defeat. I can't get away now. I need to think of a response and quick. But my mouth has suddenly decided to stop working.

"W-What?" Louis laughs and my heart skips a beat. I do the only thing that springs to my mind right now and pray it works and no questions are asked.

I turn to face him so my back is facing the others and I lean up and kiss him. It's a nice meaningful kiss which isn't too long or awkward but yet long enough for me to add "please play along" I pull away and look at him frowning at me and I plead with my eyes. Pled with everything I have that he doesn't make me look like a complete fool. How am I ever going to explain this if he doesn't go along with it.

He smiles at me and then looks back to the group. "Yeah that's right, I'm just playing with you" he hooks his arm around my waist and pulls me closer to him. He leans in and places a quick sweet kiss on my cheek and turns his head slightly so his lips are touching my ear. "You owe me big time" I swallow the saliva I've not notice forming in my mouth and smile at the group.