Look After You

Ch 16: And so it began....

Claire's POV

So it has been one week since Louis returned from the UK and we have been inseparable(as much as my parents and Harry let us). Of course the boys mocked us mercilessly when Louis would hold my hand or kiss me in front of them. But all it took was threatening Niall and stealing Zayn's hair products, and they stopped teasing us.  All was happy in paradise right?

Wrong. Stupid management had told us to keep our relationship a secret since they thought it was "just a summer fling." No matter how many times Louis insisted that we were going to stay together, they just ignored him. I actually didn't care about it, I'm not the kind of person that loves to have a lot of attention. Until... 

Louis FLIPPING Tomlinson happened. One night I was over at his house, watching a movie. Harry took a picture of us together on the couch, acting all couple like, and Louis "forgot" about management's little rule. So he decided to Tweet that picture of us saying :

@louistomlinson: Isn't she beautiful? I'm so lucky she's mine :) xxxx http://twitpic.87014 

Long story short, after Louis was yelled at by all the boys, me and management, they decided that it would be ok for us to "step out" as a couple. Today was the first day we were going out in public. 

Was I nervous? Pshh, no way. 

Actually, I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. 

I was pacing back and forth in the boys living room, waiting for Louis. I'd gone over my outfit with Sara over phone, text, and Skype at least ten times. After long discussions and many arguments, we'd decided on a pink tank top and a white skirt with gold sandals. I'd woken up at seven am to do my hair and makeup over and over, until my mom said I was becoming more OCD. 

"CLAIRE! WOULD YOU STOP PACING!" Harry screamed from the couch. I turned around and glared at him. Harry and I had a love-hate relationship. Since he and Louis were Larry Stylinson, he got mad at me for stealing Louis away from him. 

"Shut up Styles." I bit my nails nervously and kept pacing, ignoring Harry's whining. 

"Claire, I'm sure you'll be fine," Liam said, smiling reassuringly. "It'll be awful the first time but you'll get used to it before you know it. " I managed a smile in return. Ahh Liam was channeling his inner Daddy Direction. 

"CLAIRE CLAIRE CLAIRE!" Geez, why was I so in demand today? 

Niall ran into the living room, wearing only a pair of sweatpants and socks, dramatically waving his cell phone in the air. He skidded right in front of me, dramatically gasping for breath. I sighed and waited for whatever what was about to happen. 

"What does it mean when a girl says I'm cute?" Seriously? I sighed and reached for Niall's phone. 

To Sara <3: I'm usually not the lad in the band that all the girls scream over 

From Sara <3: Well, I think that you're cute :) 

Aww, my best friend was growing up! *le sigh* 

"Well Niall, two things come to mind. 1, it means that she thinks you're cute. 2, why is there a heart next to her name?" He blushed and I smirked. He stammered for a minute, while Harry and I snickered at his reaction. 

"What are we laughing at?" The sexy accent of my boyfriend filled the room. I turned around, automatically smiling when I saw him. He was wearing a white tee-shirt and khaki short with sandals. He looked...sexy. My eyes met his and he smiled. I walked over to him and he wrapped a arm around my waist and kissed my cheek.

"EWW PDA!" 

"GROSS!" 

Sometimes Harry and Niall could be so mature. 

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We pulled up to the mall and I took a deep breath. Louis rubbed my hand reassuringly. 

"You know we don't have to do this. We can go back to our place and watch scary movies. Or you can chase Niall around the house again," he said. I laughed but my eyes got wide when I saw all the girls waiting outside the mall holding signs. Paul got out of the car first, followed by Liam, Harry, Niall, and Zayn. 

"Ready love?" Louis asked. Well, I was ready as I'll ever be. I nodded and we got out of the car. Louis took my hand and guided me through the crowd. Bright lights went off everywhere and I was temporialy blinded. I clung to Louis's hand as he skillfully weaved through the crowd. Paul had one of the side doors to the mall open and we slipped through the door. 

"Wow." That was all I could say before Louis kissed me. 

"I'm so proud of you," he muttered into my lips. I smiled and ignored Harry's whining. 

"EWW Boobear stop it! You're cheating on me!" 

I pulled away and grinned at Louis. 

"So what do we do now?"

"The entire mall is ours, babe."  

So being the mature people we were, we casually walked around the mall, chatting about mature things. 

HA. 

I'm with One Flipping Direction, there is no such word as "mature" in their vocabulary. 

So Niall went to the food court, eating his little Irish heart out. Liam went to the Disney Store with Zayn, letting out their inner child. 

And Louis, Harry, and me? We slid around the mall in our socks, like bosses. There was lots of laughing, cursing from the boys, and a lot of falling by me. After a few minutes, Harry slid off to go flirt with the Hollister girls, so it was just Louis and me. 

"Slid to me!" Louis yelled. He was about three stores away from me. 

"No way!" I yelled back. "I might fall!" 

"Trust me, babe. I'm not going to let you fall." 

Sigh. When he puts it like that... 

I took a deep breath and slid towards Louis, screaming at the top of my lungs. I crashed into him,  but Louis kept his word and made sure that we didn't fall. 

"Wow, I didn't fall," I said breathlessly, looking into Louis's sparkling blue eyes. His next words made me  melt. 

"I'll always be there to catch you, love." 

A/N: Soo here's chapter 16. Sorry it took so long to update but i got writers block. So I'll try to update by Wednesday... but it depends on how much hw I have :P 

~BookwormGirlxxx