Half A Heart

Chapter 24

"What was her name?" I ask Louis, curled up on his lap. I finally spoke to him again after a day of just lying in bed trying to process all he said to me.

"Julia," he speaks without hesitation. Is it bad that I'm kind of jealous of her? I know he left her with their baby and never spoke to her again but she still slept with him... Ugh, shut up mind.

"Tell me about her," I close my eyes, resting my head on his chest.

"Well... She was one of my closest friends for a while, and then at a party, I kissed her and we started dating after that... She was really nice and she was probably the only person back then who understood me. We had this sort of connection," he speaks softly.

Ok so I'm officially jealous of her even though I shouldn't be.

"Did you love her?" I ask and immediately regret it.

"I've only loved one person in my life, up until this very moment, only ever that one person," he speaks in a tone of adoration and I frown.

So she's the only person he's ever loved?

"I think she's the only person I ever will love," he continues.

Damn.

"Well she sounds lovely," I say sarcastically, sitting up and moving away from him slightly. I seriously think I'm bipolar.

"Baby," Louis coos, "I'm talking about you."

Wait what?

"Huh?" I tilt my head at him, really confused. Wasn't he just talking about Julia?

"I've only ever loved one person, that one person is you," he confirms and I blush, biting my lip. Ok I'm definitely bipolar. Maybe it's just because this boy drives me insane. Literally.

"You love me," I say more to myself and he chuckles, wrapping his arms around me again.

"I love you," he nods, resting his head on top of mine.

~*~

"Boo," I call out, walking into our bedroom.

"That wasn't scary," Louis points out, sprawled out on our bed with the TV on.

"It's a nickname," I smile, practically pouncing on him and lying on his back.

"Still wasn't scary."

I laugh, pecking him on the lips before getting up again.

"I'm going to shower," I sigh, grabbing a new change of clothes from my cupboard before scurrying into the bathroom.

After spending about twenty minutes questioning life in the shower, I grabbed a towel, wrapping it around me in an attempt to dry my body off. Picking up my clothes, I slip in a puddle of water, cursing to myself as I land on my butt, dropping my clothes onto the wet floor.

"God damn it!" I pout, picking up my soaking outfit.

"Louis!" I shout but get no response.

Making sure the towel is secure around my body, I shuffle out into the bedroom, seeing no sign of Loueh. Right when I'm picking out my new outfit, Louis walks in with a cup of tea and nearly drops it when he sees me.

Well when you think about it, I'm naked. Just under a towel.

"Um... I dropped my stuff in the water," I explain, hurrying back into the bathroom to hide my flushed cheeks.

~*~

"Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god," I walk into the small sort of living room area in our hotel room to see Louis repeating 'oh my god' over and over.

"Louis?" I snap him out of his trance and he jumps to his feet.

"I have to go see her," he shakes his head and I look at him with concern.

"See who?" I approach him, confused and kind of anxious at the same time because he's so on edge.

"Julia. Wait no, I can't see her or I... I need to see her and I need to see Josh," he finalises and my eyes widen to the size of two ping pong balls.

"Um... Are you sure about this?" I bite my lip anxiously and he wraps his arms around my waist, kissing me breifly before grabbing his phone, wallet, car keys (for his rental car since we're here for a whole week as a mini break - we're in London) and toms, running out the door.

You can trust him Jessie, give him some space. He needs to do this, he needs to meet his child for the first time. I'm just scared he'll want to live the happy family life and forget about me...

Stop, Jess, you're being ridiculous. Just hang out with Zayn or Dani until he gets back. Just relax.