One-Shot Book (One Direction/ 5 Seconds of Summer)

End Up Here (Louis Tomlinson)

Jessica Harland. The new kid in school. Despite only moving into the school, she had quickly gained quite a friends just due to the fact that she just happened to be one of the prettiest people to have ever existed. It didn't take long for her to be recognised by several influential people. And by influential, I mean the jocks, but of course.

Louis could only watch from afar as he saw Jessica being surrounded by people at the 'populars' table. He had seen her since the first time she walked into the classroom. She was beautiful, to say the very least. Long lashes, thick brown hair that cascaded past her shoulders, and bright hazelnut eyes that seemed to shine with mischief and curiosity. But, Louis thought, the most prominent feature was her natural pink lips. Oh, those lips! If Louis had the opportunity to, he would write soliloquys and sonnets just to describe them. They seemed so supple, and honestly, Louis just wanted to kiss them into oblivion.

"Mr. Tomlinson!" his teacher eventually called, knocking him out of his daze. "Yes, miss?" he asked. "As I was saying earlier, Miss Harland here will be sitting next to you for the rest of the term. Will you be okay with that?" the teacher said.

Louis heart jumped into his throat. "Um... yeah, sure," he said, avoiding eye contact with the girl who had just been assigned as his new desk mate. As she sat next to him, Louis gulped. "Jessica Harland," she introduced, holding out her hand for Louis to shake. Louis sucked in a breath and grasped the girl's hand. "Louis Tomlinson," he said, shaking her hand, before dropping eye contact again. Jessica looked seemingly confused for a moment but brushed it off as she tuned her attention to the lesson.

During lunch, Jessica was invited almost immediately to the jocks' table, which consisted of Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Luke Hemmings, and Calum Hood. They instantly wanted to get to know her better, and Jessica got along with them splendidly, chattering with them as if they have been friends for a long time.

Louis sighed. In reality, he too wanted to get to know Jessica better, but alas, who was he, a math nerd, compared to the jocks whom people basically worship? After sighing for the seventh time in the past 15 minutes, his friend, Niall slammed his sandwich onto the table. "What the hell is wrong with you, mate? That's been the seventh time this minute! Are you okay?" he asked. "Look, usually I wouldn't agree with this arsehole," Michael said, ignoring Niall's splutter of indignation, "But I do right now, so spill the tea." Louis sighed yet again and Niall just about wanted to smack him, when he said, "It's about that new girl, okay? Nothing much." His other friend, Ashton furrowed his eyebrows. "What about her?" he asked. "She's my partner in math, and she's cute. Like, really, REALLY cute. And I guess, I just want to get to know her, you know?" Louis replied.

"Then, why don't you?" Niall asked. "Nialler, mate, have you seen where she is, right now? She's with the jocks, the populars. Why on earth would she want to be friends with a nerd like me?" Louis said. "Who knows, man? She has been looking this way quite a lot," Michael chirped. "Yeah? Then, it's probably cause she's wondering what a nerd like me is doing with friends. Let's face it, guys. I don't have a chance with her, don't even deny it," Louis said, burying his face into his arms.

Niall, Michael and Ashton shared a look. They couldn't deny that the girl was definitely very pretty, and was a social butterfly unlike them who were often the stick together kind of people. However, Louis doesn't give himself enough credit, for he too was quite handsome to say the very least. Plus, Louis was smart, top of the grade, in fact. Who knew, maybe Jessica was into nerds?

"Lou, don't downgrade yourself too much. I mean, sure the possibility is low, but there's still a chance," Ashton said, putting his hand on Louis' back. Louis looked up and gestured towards the group. The three of them looked over the table to see Zayn casually put his arm around Jessica's waist, a blatant attempt at flirting. "Guys, I know you think that I have a chance, but who am I compared to Zayn fucking Malik who is obviously into her? Or any of the other jocks for that matter?" Louis said.