A Thousand Reasons (A Louis Tomlinson Fanfic)

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 (ATR)

Shopping with Lux

Monday mid-afternoon

Lynnley's POV

When he said he would stay with us, he literally meant STAY with us. Its been 3 and a half hours an he's still with us! I have never had someone so crazy and loud hang out with me this long... I'm normally that socially awkward person that has like 5 friends and everyone else just ignores you..

"Lynnley, I like you. You are officially one of my friends." Louis said

"Well... Erm... Okay?" I said confused on why he would want to be my friend.

"Why do you say it like that love?" He said.

"Well... I don't have a lot of friends.. Just my friend Ellie and a couple others who I'm not even close too... It's a bit weird for someone being so insistent on being my friend." I said avoiding eye contact with him.

"Here's the reason I want you to be my friend..." he paused thinking about exactly what he wanted to say. "There's just something about you that I like. I can't help but WANT to be your friend. I don't know if its my conscience telling me you need a friend or if... I'm not quite so sure what I'm trying to say honestly.." Louis said.

"Oh." Was all I said and walked down the canned and dried fruit aisle.

"Lynnley. You are a great girl. Funny and sweet when you talk.. TALK MORE TO ME." He said with a huge smile.

"Ha! Okay Lewis I will talk more to you, as long as you promise to try to be quieter in public places." I said with a look that told him, 'Listen to me'

"Hey.. you called me Lewis, and I CAN TALK AS LOUD AS I WANT TO." He yelled and earned a few death glares from some old ladies on the dried fruit aisle.

I dragged Louis down the aisle and looked at the old ladies and apologised about his behaviour. After that incident, we walked down the cake aisle. I picked up a box of yellow cake mix and stuck it in the cart. I looked over to see what Louis was up to.

Louis looked at me with puppy dog eyes and held up a box of chocolate cake.

"Please!!!" Louis said

"No. We are getting the yellow." I said

"No." Louis said and sat down in the middle of the aisle with a pout.

"Louis stand up and act like your own age." I said stifling a laugh.

"No." Is all he said.

"Yes." I said

"No." He said

"Louis Tomlinson."

"Lynnley I don't know your last name." Louis replied

"Stone. And YES." I said

"No." Louis said

"YES." Lux yelled

Louis and I couldn't help but die of laughter. Lux was just too funny. She looked at us from inside the cart with a funny face because of us lying on the floor in a fit of laughter.

"Lou.. We should probably start heading back. It's about time for Lux's nap." I said

"Okay!" Louis yelled picking up Lux from the cart and running down the aisle and towards the checkout line.

"OH MY GOSH. IT'S LOUIS TOMLINSON!!!!" Screamed a teenage girl that appeared to be around 15.

"WITH BABY LUX!!" Screamed the girls friend.

"Oh gosh... This can't be good..." I muttered under my breath as literally girls started running towards Louis.

"Lou..." I said and I gripped tight on his arm.

"Lynnley. Take Lux and both of you get in the car. Drive down to Starbucks and get me something.. This could take a while. I'll check out and somehow try to take pictures with all these girls." Louis said to me handing me Lux and the car keys.

"Okay. Be back soon. Do you care what I get you from Starbucks?" I asked

"Nah. Just surprise me." He said and turned around to the screaming girls and yelling paparazzi. As I was walking to the car, I heard the paparazzi yelling things at me, asking if Louis and I were together, if we had adopted Lux, and the most ridiculous, if we were married...? Where do people get these ideas?! I quickly put Lux in her car seat and hopped into the drivers seat driving off and hoping the paparazzi would move so I wouldn't kill them. As I pulled up into Starbucks I decided against going through the drive thru. I took Lux out of her seat and put her in her pushchair and pushed her into Starbucks.

"Hi, welcome to Starbucks. What would you like today?" The lady at the counter said.

"Erm.. I would like a Veinti Chocolate Cookie Crumble Frappuccino, a Veinti Double Chocolatey Chip Frappucino and a child's hot chocolate." I said

"What's the name?" She asked

"Lynnley." I said

"Okay Lynnley! Your total is 14.36! Have a great day." She said with a smile and went to make my drink. I sat down waiting for her to call my name. It's so weird being in here with only a couple of other people. We're in London for God's sake. I wonder where everyone is...

"THIS IS MY OATH TO YOU-OU!" My iPhone rang out.

"Hello?" I said not bothering to look at the caller ID

"Hey Lynn. I'm on my way over to the nearest Starbucks."

"Oh! Hey Lou! Sounds good." I said

"Okay see you in a bit." He said

"Kay... Lou. How did you get my number?" I asked

"I found it on the fridge." He said and hung up. I looked at Lux with a goofy smile. I earned a giggle and a smile from her.

"Lynnley?" I heard the Starbucks lady call out. I walked over to the counter and got the drinks.

"Thanks." I said and walked off to the table. I took a sip of my Chocolate Cookie Crumble Frappuccino and looked out the window, observing the people that walked by. With it being winter in London, a lot was happening. I poured the hot chocolate from the cup to Lux's bottle and let it cool down.

DING DING. I heard the bells on the door chime as someone walked in. I looked away from the bottle and saw Louis coming towards the table. He sat down and picked up the Frappaccino.

"How did you know I liked this kind?" He asked

"I just picked one... Guess I'm amazing at guessing. My guessing skills must be out of the ROOF." I said to Lou with a dead serious face. He looked at me funny and smiled.

"Remind me why I've spent the last 5 hours with you?" I teased Louis

"Cause I'm awesome. That's why." He said with a smile.

"No.. You really aren't..." I said and winked

"I HAVE A DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CHIP FRAPPACCINO. YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID." Louis practically yelled.

"LOUIS WHY ARE YOU YELLING IN A PUBLC PLACE?" I yelled back.

"BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT." He said with a laugh. Lux just looked at us with a weird expression and giggled.

"Oh. So you think we're funny?" Louis asked Lux.

She nodded her head and giggled again. Louis picked her up and threw her up in the air, caught her in his arms and started tickling her. She was laughing really hard now. She was having so much fun. When you looked at Louis he was loving every minute of it... So far... He's been one great friend.

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A/N- SOOOO. VAS HAPPENIN? I FINISHED THIS CHAPTER AND I AM ENJOYING CAPS LOCK. ANYWAYS. I AM GONNA GO. VOTE/COMMENT/FAN/TELL YOUR MUM, DAD, CAT, PET ROCK, COUSIN, AUNT, AND A RANDOM MAN ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET ABOUT THIS STORY!

-Natxx