~Under The Lights Tonight~ (A Louis Tomlinson Fanfic)

2. Repeated Heartbreak

I was just about to call Savannah again when I heard the doorbell ring and I went to get it.

"Hey babe, I mean Brie.." I laughed, that was Sav for you. She was holding a cute little birthday bag thing and I guessed it was my present.

I pointed at the bag and grinned "Ooh might that be my birthday present?"

"Why yes it is, here love" Savannah said and passed it to me gladly. I looked in the bag and there was another box wrapped up in One Direction wrapping paper which I have no idea where she got. But as soon as I unwrapped the box I was face to face with a shoebox with the TOMS I've been saving up for, they were special addition coral coloured TOMS with stripes on the heel part.

"Oh my god, I love you so much right now Savannah Rose Coyne! Thank you! And you knew I was saving up for these and that I loved them!!" I squealed and pulled her in and gave her a Brie bearhug.

"Yess I know, I've been saving up for you too, taking extra babysitting jobs and stuff hoping to buy them for you before you had enough money!" She answered sweetly.

"This is why I love you and why your my best friend in the whole wide still getting bigger universe" I beamed proudly.

"Yeah I know" she said with a wink, acting all cocky. Then I remembered what just happened with my parents and pulled her up to my room, and told her all about it while we both freaked out and talked about how excited we were. I told her that I was bringing her with me, and her parents had better say yes or else I was kidnapping her. Surprise, surprise her parents said yes as we found out that my parents and Sav's parents planned this all out for us and knew that we would have wanted to go together.

Anyways you see Savannah wasn't always a directioner like me, originally it was just me and she honestly just kind of hated them and their music saying they were just another boyband created to ruin music for us. And she hated that they were being compared to the Beatles, but eventually I got to her with all my fangirling and dedication. She realized that she was too quick to judge them and that they're actually extremely talented and sexy! Now she's a full on Directioner and she's got One Direction infection baadd and it's contagious!

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That night I started packing the basic things that I would need for London; my toiletries, some of my favourite clothes, a book or two for the plane, my camera and the stuff I would need for my hair. I didn't pack many clothes though cause I was going shopping tomorrow with Savannah for clothes for the trip as we both knew that we would have to look our absolute best in London when we met the lads. I fell asleep packing and woke up in my suitcase cause I was sitting in it last night and must've fallen asleep there. I started laughing to myself as I got up and walked to the bathroom to get ready to meet Savannah.

I was just about to walk out to door to head over to the mall when my phone buzzed in my pocket. I checked it to see a text from my ex boyfriend Noah. He just texted saying 'heyy brie'. I texted back saying 'hi'. And it pained me just to do that.

Me and Noah were dating before for six months, and before that we were super close and flirted all the time. That's why it hurt so much when he broke up with me out of the blue saying that he just wanted to be friends. Then after that maybe less than a month later he asked out the girl he always liked, well before me anyway.. It felt like to him I was just a distraction to get over the other girl. Anyways in short, he left me and broke my heart, I loved him though and I kind of knew deep down inside that I did and I knew he was 'the one'. I just thought that what we had was different from any other relationship; I thought it was special, it was for me but I guess not for him, I guess that makes me naïve then.. I told him all of that just because it was too hard to keep it all inside and he just had to know.. So he said he was glad that I'd told him but he didn't want me messing with his new relationship. It broke my heart all over again cause I would never do something like that. He said he still valued our friendship and I tried to bear with him and make it work, but I couldn't help but be infinitely jealous of the other girl, Jenny. Also, if you really like someone then you'd know it's so hard to pretend you don't mind them being with other people, when really it just crushes you every time you see them with that person. You know what I mean?

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I got to the mall and me and Savannah hit up all our favourite shops and got tons of new clothes for the trip. After that we headed over to the food court for a bite to eat after several hours of walking around and shopping.

"Don't look now Brie, but I see Noah and Jenny behind you and he just looked at you kind of weird then started to kiss Jenny.." Savannah slowly whispered to me. As she said that I took my time counting to 5 mississippi's before turning around and seeing exactly what Savannah had described to me; Noah was hugging her around the waist and she had her arms around his neck and they were sort of just looking at each other and whispering and smiling and kissing, being all cute together. I just turned to look down at my feet to avoid torturing myself with that while I mumbled "Why would he look at me then go and rub his new relationship in my face Sav? He already knows how I feel, is he trying to make me more jealous cause that isn't possible.." Under my breath to Savannah. She just sighed and said "I'm not sure but his look wasn't one of anger or anything, he just looked kind of sad. But hey, look at me.." she pulled up my chin while doing so. "If he's going to be like that then he most certainly doesn't deserve you. Brie, love, trust me I know how much he means to you but it's just gonna keep hurting till you move on, and don't worry London will be the perfect distraction, besides who knows what kind of lads will fancy you there!" she said the last bit in her british accent with a wink. I smiled and hugged her knowing I would never survive without her; she was like the sister I never got, in a way she was my soulmate I guess you could say. I thought about what she said for the rest of the day until I fell asleep that night; the night before we would leave for London.