Look After You

Ch 2: Do they have Nando's in Florida?

  LOUIS POV

I was just sitting on the couch in my flat, watching television, minding my own business. It was nice and quiet, until Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Niall ran into my flat. Of course they have a key, I forgot about it. Niall headed straight for the kitchen and Harry jumped onto my lap. 

"Boobear!" I missed you!" he said, burying his face in my shoulder. "Liam's been bossing me around." I glared at Liam over Harry's shoulder. 

"How dare you boss around my Hazza?" I scolded him. Liam rolled his eyes and sat down on a chair next to the couch. Zayn sat next to Harry and me on the couch. 

"Listen, Larry," Liam said. I stuck my tongue out at him, but nothing fazes Liam. He continued talking. "We need to have a band meeting. Uncle Simon called." 

I shoved Harry off of my lap, ignoring his curses. Crap. Simon called. That was never good. If he told Liam to lecture me about breaking up with Eleanor, too bad. I wasn't going to listen. I just couldn't do it anymore. I froze, my mind whirling at 100 miles an hour. 

Were we touring again? Did he want us to do another photo shoot or magazine interview? Did he want one of us to fake date someone? You never knew with Uncle Simon. 

"Oi! Niall! Get your lazy Irish butt out of the kitchen and into the living room now!" Harry yelled, still on the floor. 

"I'm coming, I'm coming Styles. Keep yer curls on," Niall mumbled as he came out of the kitchen holding a bag of crisps. He sat down on the floor next to Harry. He shoved a handful of crisps into his mouth and looked at Liam expectantly. 

"Ok so Uncle Simon called. He wanted to tell us that our albums sales are very good. He's pleased at how hard we've been working at promoting the new album. So he wants to reward us by inviting us to spend the summer with him in Florida." Liam finished talking and Harry and Zayn grinned. I knew they were thinking about all the pretty girls in Florida.

"Wait," Niall said, holding his hand up like we were in school. "Do they have a Nando's in Florida?" 

Liam shrugged and stole some crisps from Niall. Ignoring his protests, he went into full Daddy Direction mode. "So are we in boys? Are we going to spend our summer away in America?"

I thought about it for a minute, a summer away from my family. A summer away from England. But it could be fun. Since we were going to be in a beach house, there were probably going to be parties, music and definitely cute girls. Just what I needed to forget about Eleanor.

"I'm in," Harry and Zayn chorused, bumping fists and laughing. Niall nodded, he was too busy stuffing his face to talk. 

"Ok, let's go to Florida!" I said. 

Liam clapped his hands together and stood up. 

"Great. I'll call Uncle Simon and tell him. He said that if we were going, we'd be leaving tomorrow. So go pack." 

After the boys left and I had finished packing, I sat on my bed staring at a picture I'd taken of Eleanor and me. We were so happy then. Who knew our love could just crash and burn? Who knew love could hurt that much? I stared at the picture for another minute then shoved it underneath my bed. I know this sounds melodramatic, but it will take a while before I'm ready to start dating again.