One Chance ➳ l.s

|Chapter 6

|Chapter 6

It's late afternoon, around five-thirty, and the driver was finally pulling up to a large white house. A big gate surrounded the front, obviously to keep outsiders from looking inside of the One Direction household.

"Wow..." Was all Louis could say when the house came into his view. Niall was the same, looking out the tinted window and staring in amazement at the beautiful house.

"Welcome to your second home, boys." Paul called out from the passenger seat.

The van parked outside the front door, the driver saying that he would bring all their bags and suitcases inside. Niall and Louis thanked him before they followed Paul up the stairs to the door. Paul opened the door, walking in casually, while Louis and Niall slowly made their way in, looking around and taking in everything.

Paul looked to his left into the lounge room, and to his right to see into the dining room. He didn't see the boys anywhere. So he just called out to them. "Liam, Zayn, Harry! I have a couple of people you need to meet!" He said loudly enough to hear up the stairs.

Out of nervous habit, Louis started fiddling with his sweater sleeve hems again, tucking his hands into the material to make sweater paws.

He was about to meet One Direction. Of course he already did at the audition, but this is right in front of him. He could be less than a metre away from all of them. It's a dream come true. Even after all the paperwork signing, Louis hasn't truly caught on that he is actually part of the band. He still felt like his fanboy self, imagining this was like a meet and greet. A meet and greet that isn't going to end any time soon... he hopes at least.

Next things they know they hear many foot steps coming down the stairs in front of them, rushed steps.

It was Liam, Zayn and... Harry. Don't freak out Louis, don't you dare freak out!

Louis didn't know how to feel for a moment. He didn't want to make a fool of himself and just stand there frozen, freaking out.

But he was kinda doing both.

"They're here?" Liam called out halfway down the stairs, a smile growing on his face. As well as Zayn and Harry's.

When the boys made it down the stairs, they walked up to Niall and Louis with big grins. "Hey guys!" Harry said, doing a little wave.

Niall seemed to have grown some confidence and waved back casually, while Louis did a small wave back, his hand still in his sweater.

"I'll leave you boys to it, I'll see you soon. Don't annoy Louis and Niall too much now, you buggers." Paul jokes, waving good bye and heading back out to the van, closing the house door behind him.

It was silent for a second before Liam spoke up. "So, welcome to our home. As well as your home." He gestures to Louis and Niall.

"This place is massive! It's sick!" Niall commented with a smile.

The three boys laughed.

"Well, why don't we get to know each other a bit, aye?" Zayn suggested.

Everyone nodded and made their way into the lounge room to the left. Louis couldn't help but love the big soft couches they had, sinking right into them. Louis' eyes couldn't stop flickering over to Harry, who now had his phone out, reading a text. The small smile that crept on Harry's lips made Louis' stomach do back flips.

Liam, Zayn and Niall started to talk back and fourth with each other, a few laughs slipping in from time to time, but Louis couldn't keep his mind and eyes off of Harry who was sitting right in front of him. Harry was hardly looking up at anyone, eyes glued to his phone. It made Louis a little curious as to who he was talking to, but he wouldn't dare ask.