Eighteen

I Loved Him

"I just moved in next door. I brought cookies!"

I looked up at the boy standing before me and took in his features. I couldn't see his hair, as it had a green beanie covering it. A few small curls had emerged from the beanie though, and he looked perfect. He had nice green eyes, full of happiness and overall just made me want to smile. Then his height. Being only 5'8", this "Harry" boy towered over me. Don't even get me started on his deep British accent. It literally just-

"Oh no, you don't like cookies do you? I knew I should've brought cupcakes!"

Ugh, I must've been staring.

"What? No, I love cookies! Thank you Harry" I said, taking the glass platter with chocolate chip cookies stacked perfectly on top.

"Uh, you want to come inside?"

"Actually I have a lot of unpacking to do, so um, enjoy your cookies!"

As he started walking away, I thought about what it would've been like if he had actually come inside. My house definitely wasn't clean, and I don't know how Casey would react to a random boy coming in and watching Pretty Little Liars with us.

But what if he had come in? He probably wouldn't have enjoyed pretty little liars, but instead enjoyed my company. Maybe he would've come over more often until we grew fond of each other and- wait, I have Louis! What was going on in my brain? I had a boyfriend to think about, not some random good looking neighbor.

Maybe if I find out his age, he'll be too young for me and I can go on throughout my life with Louis. It wouldn't hurt, would it?

I stepped out into the front porch to see Harry opening his front door.

"Hey Harry?" I yelled. He looked over at me questioningly before answering.

" Um, yeah?

"How old are you?"

He stood there for a second, and curled his lips into a small smile before answering.

"Eighteen"

And with that, he gave me a small wave and walked inside his house.

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"So you just asked him how old he was?"

"That's what I said, Casey."

She stuffed another one of Harry's cookies into her mouth and turned her attention back to the T.V., only to turn it off.

"What'd you do that for?" I asked.

"We need to talk."

"About what?"

"Louis, obviously Aria."

"I don't want to talk about him" I whined, turning the TV back on, only for her to turn it back off.

She sternly looked at me, like my mother would, before talking again.

"You can't keep doing this. You just can't Aria. I talked to Liam today. He told me that he doesn't think that this relationship is healthy for you too. He also told me that Louis has had constant mood changes. Honestly I don't know why this is still going on."

"You don't know why this is still going on?" I yelled through my tears. "Because I need him Casey! I loved him!"

"Loved?"

"What?"

"You said loved Aria. You said that you loved him, as in past tense."

"I don't know why I said that. I love him." I corrected myself.

"Sometimes you need to listen to your heart Aria, more than your head."

"I am listening to my heart. I love him. We can work through our fights. This was just a stupid little fight. Relationships have fights, you know."

"Whatever you say..." she scoffed. And with that she got up, grabbed her purse, and left. And as soon as the door shut, I realized that she had told me that there wasn't going to be any more Louis talk. That obviously wasn't the case.
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A/N

Hiiiiii! Really hope you guys liked this chapter. To explain a little bit, Casey and I will be alternating chapters. So this chapter was written by me (Jaide) and the next chapter will be written by Casey.

So the ship name for Louis and Aria is #Laria :). Already introduced drama, but I think that's what will make it exciting. I've always hated reading chapters where literally NOTHING happened, so hopefully this is something.

-Jaide xo