She has your eyes | A Louis Tomlinson Fanfiction (Under MAJOR editing)

Chapter 4

"I'm going to make this right, Cece. I promise," he promises.

"You can't promise me that, Louis. You have a life. A girlfriend," I say, pushing him away. 

"And none of that matters now," he says, looking into my eyes. 

"It does matter, Louis. You cannot just walk away from all of that."

"Yes I can, because I always have and will always love you. Even when I'm with Eleanor, in the back on my mind and a piece of my heart will always belong to you, Cece."

"This is wrong."

"No is not," he replies.

"You can walk away from her just like that? Don't you love her?"

"I do love her, but not the way I've loved, or love you, Cece," he replied. "Look, you don't have to decide on anything now. We don't have to rush. We just found each other again, and I sure as hell will not let you go," he continues. "Now that I got you back, I'm not going to let you go," he says. "That much I can promise," he says, framing my face in his hands. "Just wait for me."

I lean my forehead on his and close my eyes. I place my hand on his cheek, rubbing small circles with my thumb. He leans into my touch. We stand like that for a few minutes and then break the embrace. 

Louis phone starts ringing. He takes it out of his pocket and puts a finger out, signaling for me to give him a second. I start to walk away but he stops me. His free arm wrapping tightly around my waist. 

"Hello?" he says into the receiver. "Oh, hi El," he says. He was talking with Eleanor, his girlfriend. I walk away to the kitchen and put the kettle back on the stove. "Listen, before you say anything else, we need to talk," he says to Eleanor. I pour myself a glass of water. Louis walks to the kitchen, still on the phone. He sits down on the table.

"This is not really a conversation to have over the phone, El. Why don't we talk this over dinner tonight?" he asks her. "Fine. The pizzeria, tonight, at... at 7:30pm?" he asks her. "Fine. See you tonight," he replies and hangs up. He sights and buried his face in his hands. "She's impossible," he mumbles and I laugh.

The doorbell rings, making us jump. Louis breaks the embrace and I go open the door. Outside I see the guys. Leah was in Zayn's arms and Lou with a sleeping Lux on her arms.

"We're back," Harry says cheery. Lou hushed him.

"Lux is sleeping," she reprimands him. He mumbles a 'sorry'. I let them in. "Can I put her in the Play Yard?" she asks.

"Of course you can," I say and she smiles. Liam walks in and hands me Leah's diaper bag. I place it on the floor by the door. Zayn hands me Leah and she snuggles into my chest. Louis appeared in the doorway and closes the door. He looks at me and smiles. He kisses the back of my head. 

"So, we worked things out," I announce to everyone, walking over to the living room where everybody is. They all smile.

"And I'm breaking up with Eleanor," Louis says putting his hands in my shoulders, drawing circles on them, something he did out of habit when we were together. I guess some things never change. I look up, and everybody is in shock and confused. "I'm meeting with her tonight," he says.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Lou asks. 

"Yes. I am sure," he replies, nodding.  

"Okay, now I think it's time for Louis to officially meet his daughter," I say, turning around and facing him. He looks down at Leah. I give her to him and he cradles her in his arms.

"Hey, baby. I'm your daddy," he says, kissing her head. She nuzzles deeper into his chest. He looks at me and smiles. Leah looks up at him and then me. She returns her head to Louis chest.