to love and be loved

two

two

"I'm not saying you're a bad driver, you're quite reckless though." Zoe critiqued Liam's driving as she got out of the car and kissed the ground.

"You're alive, aren't you?" Liam shot back, obviously annoyed with her joke.

"Oh don't be such a sour puss just because Mary said no to wanking you off in the car." Zoe stuck her tongue out at him.

The lovely car ride over to Legend's, our favorite diner within a 10 kilometer radius of campus, consisted of Liam driving much faster than needed, a screaming Zoe in the backseat, numerous hopes and pleas for roadhead from Liam, and a great deal of eye rolls from both me and Niall.

"Mary! Girls! Hey!" Louis' familiar voice chirped as we walked through the heavy doors to the restaurant.

"Hi Lou, table for five please." I smiled at his big blue eyes and tousled brown hair.

"Of course love, want me to start you off with the usual drinks?" Louis asked as the bryn and zoe headed to our usually booth in the corner.

"If it's not too much trouble, I'd love a coke, but I'm sure the boys will have a pint or two."

"New car?" Louis questioned, nodding to the gleaming black Audi parked right outside.

"New guy's, not mine."

"New guy? That was fast." Louis broke eye contact and looked down to the glass he was filling with beer.

"Not my new guy, just new to the school. You actually might remember him, apparently we met him at that christmas party we went to with my father." I regretted bringing it up the second the words left my mouth.

"That tosser! What the fuck Mary! Why would you even talk to the bastard?" Louis' voice started to increase in volume, "He planted a giant snog on you in front of me at the party!"

Well Liam didn't tell me that part.

"Lou, babe, it's not like that at all. He's Niall's roommate. We're just being friendly, and you can't get mad because we aren't dating anymore."

Louis and I had been in an on and off relationship since the summer before my sophomore year. Long story short, we dated, broke up, drunkenly hooked up, then started dating again. It was a recurring cycle. The official break up was after I hooked up with Harry and Niall to make him mad, yet he had never stopped being my best friend throughout the entire thing, but he still got quite jealous when I talked about guys in front of him, even though it had been well over 5 months since we ended things.

"I know, but I just don't think he's the kinda kid to start hanging around. He's trouble. I swear on it. You're father would not approve either."

"Don't worry, he's too straightforward and spoiled." I reassured him.

"More spoiled than you?" Louis smirked, before holding a menu in front of his face knowing he deserved a whack to the head.

Leaving Lou to sit down with the everyone else, I gracefully skipped a step on accident, causing my body to launch directly into Liam's rock hard chest.

"Are you finally gonna fulfill my request from the car? Or are you just being a tease?" The cheeky bastard laughed as he helped me back to me feet.

"No, you're just oh so charming that you swept me off my feet." The sarcasm was practically radiating off my lips.

"Except I have a much nicer ride than Prince Charming." He smiled, waving his car keys around.

"Wow, you're mother must be so proud that she raised a boy that is going to sleep with a chain of gold-digging, blonde bimbos his entire life. Who's going to break the news to your parents that grandchildren are not in their future?"