secondary crush

Chapter 18

Harry's POV//

Me and Louis arrive at the bus stop holding hands, as we stop and wait he makes no obvious notion of wanting this to change, so I keep hold. I don't even know why we're going to Ashtons, But I'm glad to get out of the house.

As we're now getting on the bus, I unfortunately have to let go of Louis's hand. But after no more than two minutes, we're both sitting down, and he's reaching out and taking my hand again. I hope everything's okay with him, he's not talking as much as he usually would be. I decide to ask him.
"Lou, is everything okay?" I ask, and he looks at me, our eyes meeting. He doesn't say anything, he just nods.

We get to the stop outside Ashtons house, and I tug Louis off the bus, thanking the driver. We make our way to Ashtons front door and I see the curtains twitch, then the door swings open revealing a beaming Niall.
"We're gonna play spin the bottle" he announces, his voice slightly slurred. Oh this is going to be fun.

We walk in to see the rest of the group already sitting on the floor in a circle, an empty wine bottle in the middle, which Niall seems to have downed the contents of. Luckily he can handle his alcohol well, so he's nothing but a bit tipsy.  He passes out a few cans of lager.
"Let the party begin" he announces.

Me and Louis take our seats, me next to Louis and Zayn, Louis next to me and Eleanor, who he instantly threw his arm around. I thought they broke up? Are they back together? Why am I so jealous? I look away quickly as Eleanor starts whispering to him. I don't wanna know.

Eleanor leaps forward naming herself the "spinner of the bottle" she sets it off, it lands first on Niall, then on Ashton. they look at each other and shrug, I notice Niall blush slightly, before they crawl into the middle of the circle and kiss. I have to admit, it wasn't the peck I was expecting. We all looked at the pair in shock, even Ashton looked a little taken a back. Niall just shrugged and sat back down.

The bottle next landed on Eleanor and Zayn, Eleanor politely kissed his lips.
"So much for your knack for the bottle landing where you want" Niall hissed, not so quietly, me and Louis seemed to be the only two confused by this, the rest of the gang laughed.

"Right that's it" said Maya after having to kiss Eleanor and Niall, and Zayn having to Kiss Liam.
"I'm doing the spinning" Maya took the bottle from Eleanor.

We were all getting tipsy by this point. Niall and Ashton past that, leaning more into "I'll barely remember this tomorrow" drunk.

Maya spun the bottle. It slowly rounded the circle before landing on Louis, and then.... ME! Everyone cheered, Louis grinned, and I felt myself blush. Louis leaned towards me and pecked my lips gently, ignoring the boos from everyone else in the room.
"That wasn't a kiss!" Niall yelled, Ashton agreed, nodding his head from his seat in Niall's Lap.
I wonder what they'll think of each other tomorrow? I mused to myself.

Maya took the bottle again, ignoring Niall telling her that she shouldn't have allowed that last round, she just shushed him.

This time the bottle landed on me first, and I practically felt everyone in the room hold their breath as she spun again, past me... Eleanor... then straight to..Louis! Niall's shout of "HOORAY" was practically deafening, Liam threw his arms up.

Louis leaned into me again, whispering in my ear.
"Don't panic" he breathed, then he violently pressed his mouth against mine, I gasped which he used as an excuse to slip his tongue into my mouth. I instantly responded, allowing him to take control. I wrapped my arms round his neck and felt his hands on my waist. I can't believe I'm actually kissing Louis Tomlinson! Louis! My best friend. But it's only a game, right? I didn't care at this point, all I wanted was for his lips to stay on mine. I didn't even notice how long it had been until everyone started not so subtlety clearing their throats,
"Oi get a room" Zayn shouted, at this, Louis pulled away, looking into my eyes for a long moment before returning his gaze to the group, who all looked extremely pleased with themselves for some reason.