Perfect Now [l.t]

Step one ⛅️

LOUIS' POV
"What time is Esme getting here ?" I ask Harry.
"In 5 minutes, I've told you this many times Boo Bear."
"Don't call me that. And sorry I forgot, not my fault." Glaring at Harry I walk over to my phone and text Jay : 'Let me know when Nialler has got you two xx'.
Almost instantly a text comes through in response : 'He got us ten minutes ago , so we should be there in 15 minutes or so xx'.
I type out a quick response : 'ok , see you soon love xx', before placing my phone back down on the table.

"Woo party time!" Liam comes barrelling through with a party hat on and a party whistle hanging out his mouth. As he comes past I roll my eyes and grab the cone hat off his head. "What was that for?" He moans trying to wrestle the hat back off me.
"You look like a twat."
"It's my party, I'll look like a twat if I want to."
"Suit yourself."
He puts the hat back on and sticks his tongue out at me as he walks away. Usually , Liam has some sense of maturity about him, but take him to a party and he's all kid again.

Five minutes later there's a knock on the door. Step one has begun.
"Party mode people." Harry addresses the three of us in the room.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Liam rubs his hands together in excitement whilst Zayn and I just nod our heads.

As Harry leads Esme in Liam runs over and hugs her. "Thanks for coming!"
"No problem, thanks for inviting me," She hugs him back before retreating into Harry's waiting arms. "Is this everybody? Where's Niall?"
"He popped out to the shop to get some more food." Zayn answers.
"Oh right, cool," Esme waves a small box towards Liam. "This is for you."
Liam takes it and gives her a warm smile. "Awh thanks Esme."
"You're welcome." She returns the smile.

Now that Esmes here all we have to do is wait for Niall to arrive with Jay and May and see what happens.

Whilst we wait for them to arrive , we pretend to go on with party , laughing, eating and chatting. It wouldn't be too bad if I wasn't worrying about what was to come.

What felt like decades later, another knock comes from down the hallway. I stand up and begin walking towards it. "Must be Niall, took him long enough." I call over my shoulder. I open the door to first see Niall beaming, hand in hand with May and then I see Jay, stood behind them with a small smile upon her angelic features. "Hey guys. Took you long enough." I try to come across calm, but I'm not sure how effective it is.
May pokes Niall on the shoulder with her free hand. "He's a slow driver."
"No I'm not." He retorts, pulling her through the door.
Jay steps forward and I envelop her in a hug. "Hello love."
"Hello love." She repeats, laughing at her little 'joke'.
"Shut up," I pick her up and spin her around. "Or I may have to dump you over the balcony."
"How kind of you."
I laugh and put her down before taking the lead past Niall. As we near the living room my heart rate increases and my hands begin to sweat slightly. If Jay notices , thankfully she doesn't mention it.

When we reach the door , I see Esme has stiffened and suddenly looks on edge. She must've heard the voices from the hallway. There's a moment of silence as everyone files into the room. The girls all exchange looks whilst I wait for the reaction from Jay. Shouting, maybe pushing or perhaps even laughter. But none of that. Instead , she reacts in a way I never expected. She takes one look at me , another at Esme and bursts into tears.

AUTHORS NOTE
hiii! Ignore how bad this chapter is oh my daysss, but I wanted to upload and I didn't want to make it too long so hopefully it's okay. I've been really busy lately for some odd reason but I'm hoping to be able to find some more time to write now, since I don't have any school work to do, so hopefully I'll be updating more often again!

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