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As I finished packing my suitcase I felt a tear fall onto my hand. This was the last time I'd be here. The last time I'd see this house, this room. I didn't want to leave but I had to. I'd only found out last week. Mum came home and told me over dinner that we had to move to London because she'd got a job transfer. At first I refused to leave all this behind me but after a few days it seemed like I had no choice.


 

 I'd told all my friends and they were so sad to see me go. Especially Chloe. Me and her had been best friends since we were little. We never spent a moment apart, we basically lived at each others. What's mine was hers and what hers was mine. It had always been like that. Now we were being ripped apart. It felt like I was losing a sister. I told her that I'd call her everyday and that we could talk on MSN until we fell asleep at the computer. We laughed at the idea of me living in London, after all, I hated the place, but inside we were both crying.



I sat on the floor and looked around my room. The walls were bare and the wallpaper had been torn where id pulled my posters down. My bed, wardrobe, mirror, shelves, TV and every single other thing in my room was sitting inside the removal van being taken to our new home. The only thing in the room was me, and my suitcase.



"Louise!" I heard mum calling me from the stairs "Darling we have to leave. Come on now"



I stood up and pulled open my door. I dragged my suitcase out, took one last look at the room and shut the door. The room I'd always felt safest in was no longer mine. Soon it would belong to someone else and they would be lying in their bed listening to the wind blowing the tree's branches up against my window. I walked out the front door and avoiding eye contact, walked past mum, not even acknowledging her existence. I still hadn't forgiven her and I never will. She didn't have to accept this job. She could have stayed where she was, she was perfectly happy. It's not like she's even getting paid extra. It's exactly the same job just in a different part of England.



I threw my suitcase into the boot of the car, making sure it made the loudest bang possible just so mum would know how upset and annoyed I was. Once I was in the car I slammed the door shut unravelled my headphones, turned on my iPod and started to play McFly. There my favourite band and wherever I go, their music travels with me. As I listened to the intro of "I'll be ok" I laid my head back, closed my eyes and listened to the lyrics. The car started and we were off. To our new home. I felt like shit and as "Ill be ok" drew to a finish I thought to myself but will I be ok Danny? Will I be ok?

Doesn't it look wonderful?"


I suddenly heard mum say from the front and opening my eyes I realised we had stopped in front of a small house with an overgrown garden and no driveway.


"Oh yeah, spectacular!" I replied sarcastically.


I avoided eye contact with her as she gave me that 'watch your attitude' look and instead shuffled my iPod again. Without bothering to turn it off I got out of the car and took in my new surroundings. They were awful. There were weeds growing everywhere and each house was grotty and covered in dirt. I'd been here five minutes and already I hated it.

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After putting boxes and furniture into each room until they were full to burst it was late and me and mum decided to leave unpacking properly until the morning. I agreed as I was not in the mood for listening to the history of each and every object mum pulled out of the seem to be endless boxes.

I walked upstairs to my new bedroom. It was the biggest out of the three in the house. Mum thought it would make me happy if I got the largest because she knows I like my space and being a single mum and all she doesn't need much herself. My bed was already in place with my duvet and pillows neatly arranged. That would soon change. I got into my pyjamas and jumped onto my bed. Switched on the laptop and waited for it to load.


 

Username – Mrs Jones

Password – Bolton_Queen


Guitarist and Vocalist of McFly, Danny Jones was my god. Those big blue eyes and long dark curls kept me happy day and night. When it had finally loaded I signed into msn. I saw that Chloe was online but I was tired and didn't feel like one of our 'small talks' which turned into gossip for 5 hours or more. I decided to just send her a quick email.


Hey,

I'm here. It's awful and I hate it. I want to come home.

How your McFly shrine coming along?

Miss you loads

Louise xxxx


 

Her wall is absolutely covered in pictures of McFly and we call it her shrine. It's quite good actually. Maybe I should start one. It can cover the horrible shabby walls that my room is surrounded by now.

I turned of my laptop and snuggled down into my warm duvet. I fell asleep imagining what my wall will look like once its Danny covered. Then the Danny dreams occurred. There's not one moment where that boy isn't in my head.

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I woke the next morning to the sound of smashing glass coming from downstairs. Realising that mum had obviously started unpacking and worrying she may destroy something of mine I decided to join her. I pulled on my jeans and hoodie and wandered downstairs. Mum was cleaning up the glass with a dustpan and brush she had managed to find. Leaning against the doorframe I glanced around the room. Boxes were stacked everywhere. You could hardly move without knocking something over. This was going to take a while. Mum straightened up and turned towards looking slightly shocked as she did so.


"Christ Lou, you scared me!" she said whilst searching for somewhere to put the broken shards of glass.


I apologized and walked over to the corner where 4 boxes marked with LOUISE were hidden. I picked one up and being careful not to knock any of the other boxes over I dragged it upstairs. I did this repeatedly until finally they were squashed together in my room. Most of these boxes were filled with Clothes and shoes whilst the others were full with CD's, DVD's and other less important possessions.


After about 10 minutes of sorting clothes into specific piles I got a bit bored and so unpacked my stereo and plugged my iPod into it. I put the whole library on shuffle and didn't realise how loud it was until Busted's 'air hostess' started blaring out of the speaker. I hate Busted but this song makes me laugh. See, Chloe used to be obsessed with them and she had once confessed to me that when she first heard the song instead of hearing "throwing peanuts down the aisle" in the second chorus, she heard "throwing penis down the aisle". I suspect that a certain boy named Jamie was on her mind at that moment in time but whatever it was it made me laugh and so now every time I hear this song it makes me laugh.


Today however I wasn't in the mood for that song or those voices. I wanted to hear the voice of gorgeous Danny Jones. I turned on Star Girl and already I was more excited about unpacking all my stuff. I jumped around singing along and sorting putting all the clothes into the right piles. Jeans, t-shirts, knickers, dresses, thongs, skirts, oh and shoes. It was all fun in the world of Louise. If fun is the right word.

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The next week was filled with unpacking, shopping for food and more unpacking. I didn't realise how much stuff we actually had. Then Monday came and mum was off to her new job. I was going to be on my own everyday for the next 5 weeks. Mum was working everyday 9 till 5 and the school I was starting had broken up for the summer holidays. Bring on the boredom.

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Ok so the 5 weeks actually went quite quickly. I was as bored as hell though! Spending everyday on msn and watching TV is not exactly the most amusing thing I've ever done. I met up with Chloe twice but both times she was acting quite off with me. I asked her why and she snapped at me and said she was fine. I didn't want to lose her so I didn't press the matter. Anyway, the days flew by and soon enough it was my first day at my new school, and yes…I was scared shitless.

*Louise*


Well, here I go. We had drawn up to the front gates. So many strangers and faces I'd never seen before were bustling there way into the school. I felt sick. I wanted to turn to mum and tell her to let me take another day off but I knew I had to do this. So I forced myself out of the car and through the gates.


*Carrie*


The first time I saw her was as I was heading to Maths. Books clutched to her chest she had chestnut brown hair tied back in a tight ponytail and big brown eyes. She didn't look confident at all. More like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Of course she wasn't confident. She was new, she didn't know her way around and she didn't know anyone that she could ask. I could see her glancing around at everyone. She could see them pointing at her, see them whispering about her. It's awful. I can relate to that. I get it almost everyday but not for the same reasons as her. My reasons for being whispered about and pointed at were completely different to hers and anyone else's. Its not bullying, its not because I'm new and it's not because I've got no friends. I've got plenty. Its because of my brother. I know that sounds weird. I mean, I bet you can think of loads of people with brothers, but, how many of those people have brothers who are, well, famous?


*Louise*


I hated this. It was my first day at my new school and already people were talking about me. Yes I'm new, big deal, get over it already. It's like they'd never seen a girl before which was kind of hard to believe seeing as they all were them. Yep, that's right, an all girls school. God this sucks. I want boys back. I want to go through those phases where you see a boy in the corridor and your heart skips a beat and you get butterflies and then for the next few weeks you can't take your eyes off of him. Then it changes and your saying what an arrogant, self obsessed bastard he is. Good times. I smiled to myself, that smile soon faded. This was hell! I was never going to go through that phases again. Not unless I turned into some obsessive lesbian in the next few months which was never going to happen. Well, not as long as Danny Jones was in the world.


 

I was happily daydreaming about mine and Danny's wedding when all of a sudden some alarm went off causing me to literally jump from the spot I was standing. "Great" I thought to myself "first lesson" and then it suddenly struck me, what was first lesson? Shit, I'd been so busy daydreaming about Danny I'd forgotten to pick my timetable up.

Everyone had gone now and the corridors were empty. Where the fuck was I supposed to go? I had no idea where reception was. I turned round and went flying into some stranger. They grabbed my arm to stop me falling but it wasn't enough for me to keep my grip. My books went flying and I stumbled, nearly falling over but managing to balance myself at the last minute. Not wanting to look into the eyes of the person I had most probably just injured I crouched down and started gathering my things.

"I'm so sorry" I said, still not looking up.

"It's ok, it was my fault" said a male voice and as I thought about it the accent sounded vaguely familiar.

"No, I should have been looking where I was going, I'm sorry"


I saw him crouch down and help me to gather my things but I still kept blabbering on about how it was my fault until he eventually put his hand on mine and made me stop what I was doing. I looked up and we made eye contact.


 

"Really, it was my fault" he assured me.

 

I wasn't really listening. I was too shocked at what I saw. Crouching in front of me with his hand one mine and staring at me was none other than Danny Jones.

 

Chapter 4

*Danny*


How the hell am I supposed to find Carrie in this place? Its huge. I need to talk to her and tell her that Tom isn't able to pick her up today because the bands rehearsing for the new tour. I don't know why he didn't just come and tell her himself. I mean, she is his sister. Then again, she's like a sister to me so I don't mind. I'm used to it, Tom always sends me to do his dirty work.

I have no idea what lesson she's in and there's no way I'm going round every classroom asking. I suppose I could just go ask at reception. If there is one, and if I can find it. Hmm this could take a while.

I'll go ask that girl over there where to go. I walked up to her and was just about to speak when she turned round and bumped into me. Her books went flying and I grabbed her arm to stop her falling. She didn't look at me, just started picking up her stuff. I bent down to help her, apologizing at the same time. Whether she heard me was another question. She was overpowering my apologies with her own. She actually sounded quite scared and worried, like I was going to shout at her for being so clumsy. I put my hand upon hers and she stopped gathering her things so that she could look at me.

I assured her that it was my fault entirely and that she needn't worry. She just stared at me not saying a word. I have that effect on most girls. I smiled and laughed which seem to bring her back to reality because she immediately stood up and shook her head.


"Thanks" she smiled at me and hurried off.  


"WAIT!" I shouted after her and she slowed her pace.


*Louise*


Danny Jones is shouting for me. What do I do? What do I do?

Deciding it would be rude to ignore him I turned round and gave him a puzzled look.


"Erm, do you happen to know where reception is?" he asked me flicking one of his dark curls out of his face. God he was gorgeous.


Louise…say something.


"Your so hot!"


Please tell me that was in my head. He looks confused but I think I see a smile forming. Say something quick to make him forget what you just said.


"I'm new." And he would want to know that why? "So, no I don't know where reception is, sorry." Meh. That will do.


"Shouldn't you be in class then?"


"Yer but I don't know where I'm supposed to be, so I need to find reception as well"


"Ok well, do you fancy wandering round until we find it?"


Yes I do Danny and I also fancy you. This I thankfully did say in my head. Oh my god he was walking towards me. This was so surreal. One minute I was listening to him in the car the next I'm actually in a conversation with him. No way was this real. In a minute I'll be woken up by mum and I'll find out that this was all a dream and that I hadn't been to school yet. I never was woken. I was still standing in front of Danny and he was waiting for an answer.


"Yer sure" I said. Walk as slowly as possibly without making it obvious. I thought to myself.


*Danny*


She seemed a little nervous and on edge. Maybe it was because she was new or maybe it was because she had just bumped into me. Whatever it was, it was awkward.


"So where have you moved from?" I asked trying to make conversation

 

"Cambridge" she said quietly

 

"Awesome. We played there once."


"Yer I came. It was good"


She knows who i am then and she likes us. Well, I could tell she knew who I was from her first reaction. I just hope she's not an obsessed fan who's gonna stalk me now. She seems nice enough not to do that. I glance over at her and see that she's staring at me as well.  She looked away and that would be the normal reaction for me but something was keeping me staring at her.


About 5 minutes later she stopped at looking around I realised that this was probably reception. It was a massive desk and a woman with grey hair and small glasses was sitting behind it. I went first.


"Hey, can I find out where Carrie Fletcher is please?"


The woman started tapping away furiously at the keyboard and I turned around to that girl.


"So er what's your name?" I asked seeing as id just spent 15 minutes walking with her and still hadn't found it out.


"Louise" she said smiling.


"Miss Fletcher is in room 108" the woman from behind the desk directed at me. I spun round. God this school was posh. 'Miss Fletcher'? That's a new one.


"Thanks…." I replied, glancing downwards to look for a name badge. She didn't have one. I looked up to see her eyes narrowing and looking at me. Oh shit she must have thought I was staring at her chest. Er no thanks.


I turned back and saw Louise giggling out of the corner of my eye. As I walked past her she whispered "I think she likes you".

A piece of her hair had come out of the pony tail she had in and she must have sensed me looking at it because she reached her hand up to where I was looking. She tugged at the hair tie that was holding it up and let it down, she shook her hair and the soft brown waves fell just below her shoulder. She tucked one side behind her ear leaving the other side to fall where it pleased. I was mesmerised by her prettiness. It's not everyday I meet someone as beautiful as her. 'Pull yourself together mate, she's 16' I thought to myself.


"Well, I'd better go find my lil friend then. Let her know what's going on" I told her "It was nice to meet you" I paused "Louise"


She smiled "It was nice to meet you too Danny"


Hearing her say my name was slightly strange, it felt different to when other people said it. I backed into the door we had walked through causing it to push open slightly and winked at her. She raised her hand in a little wave and turned back to reception. God she was beautiful.


*Louise*


My stomach flipped. I was having one of those moments. You know where your heart skips a beat and you get butterflies.


Danny Jones just winked at me! Danny Jones just spoke to me!


This has got to be the best day of my life. I waved at him as he passed through the door. I closed my eyes and breathed deeply. This was amazing.


I turned back to reception. "Hey, I'm new, do you have my timetable please?"

Chapter 5

*Louise*


Ok so you'd think after meeting Danny Jones my day would be spectacular. Unfortunately it was the complete opposite. Each lesson I'd had so far was exactly the same, silent and then as soon as I walked in each head in the classroom would turn towards me. I hated being new. I'd wandered round the whole day on my own. No-one even approached me to ask my name.


I was in English when the bell for lunch went. I wasn't looking forward to it. After all who wants to sit in one big hall on their own while everyone around them has a good old laugh with their mates?


So of I went, to the hall where I sat on my own and ate my lunch. I honestly felt like I was going to cry and as I looked around at everyone who each had there own group I felt the tears coming on. I covered my face with my hands and just sobbed. I realised I must have looked like a complete idiot but for I didn't care. I just wanted to get out of here. I was just about to get up and walk out when I felt an arm around my shoulder. I uncovered my face and looked up at who's arm it belonged to. It was a blonde haired girl. She smiled at me and then said "Come with me, I know what it feels like to have everyone staring" I looked around and sure enough every single pair of eyes in the hall were fixed on me. I grabbed my bag and headed towards the door with this girl.


*Carrie*


I couldn't just leave her. She was sitting on her own, with no-one around her and now she was crying. It must be awful. To be new I mean. Ok I'm going over.


I headed in her direction and once I'd reached her table I placed an arm around her shoulder. She looked up at me. Her eyes were puffy from where she'd been crying but she didn't seem to care. She just looked like she wanted to run away.


"Come with me, I know what it feels like to have everyone staring" I said to her quietly.


She glanced around at everyone and then got up. We walked out of the hall and I led her down the main corridor to the toilets. I opened the door and thankfully no-one was in there.


*Louise*


Hot tears were stinging my face as we made our way into the toilets. I'm glad there was no-one in there as I'd already embarrassed myself in front of half the school. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw how awful I looked.


"Jesus, I look like shit" I said, half laughing.


The girl who had been so kind to me laughed and asked me my name.

"I'm Louise, Louise Winter" I managed to say while splashing my face with cold water.


"I'm Carrie Fletcher" she replied whilst passing me a towel. Fletcher? I recognized that name, but before I could ask her about it she asked me "You're new aren't you?" and I nodded silently.


"Yer, just moved down here from Cambridge. I'm not really fitting in as you can probably tell." I searched my bag for my mascara and pulled it out.


"Nah, you'll be fine" she said "We don't get a lot of new people so when we do its kind of awkward but once people get used to you, you'll make loads of friends. You've already made one"


I looked at her and smiled. Hearing that I actually had a friend here was a relief to me. I finished applying my mascara and threw it back in my bag.


We left the toilets and walked down the main corridor. After about half an hour of non stop chat the bell went signalling last lesson. Carrie had invited me over to her house after school and I'd happily accepted seeing as I didn't want to go back to an empty house for about 4 hours.


After last lesson I made my way down to reception where I said I'd meet Carrie. I found it faster than I did with Danny. That might have been because I was walking a bit faster though. We walked out the front and down the street. Her house was quite far but we past the time by chatting about why I had moved and how I liked it so far. She was really nice and I was glad I'd met her cos otherwise I would have been walking home miserably, on my own.


We entered her house and dumped our bags. It was huge. Way bigger than ours. I followed Carrie through the hall and into the living room where four people crowded round one table were sitting. I didn't even notice who they were until one of them looked up and almost shouted at me


"Louise! What are you doing here?"


I hadn't been paying attention so when he shouted this it made me jump. I looked to see who it was and saw that it was Danny. What the hell was he doing here? It was then that I realised why the name Fletcher had rung a bell. Tom Fletcher. Guitarist and vocalist in McFly. How could I have forgotten that hours after I had met his band mate? I put my head down but I could feel each and every member of McFly's eyes on me. This was so not real.


*Carrie*


How did Danny know her name? That's strange. Well, I guess I'd better introduce her to the others then.


"Er guys, this is Louise, she moved down here from Cambridge"

The guys all said hey to her and she smiled back


"Louise this is…" but she managed to finish the sentence for me


"Danny, Dougie, Harry and Tom" she said looking slightly shocked.


"Yer Tom's my brother. Louise do you wanna come get a drink?" I asked and started walking towards the kitchen. She didn't move so in the end I grabbed her hand and dragged her across the room. I pushed open the kitchen doors and as it shut I heard Louise let out a slight squeak.


"Soooo, you know who they are then?" I said whilst getting some juice out of the fridge and pouring it into two glasses.


"Yer, my friend at home is obsessed with them, her walls covered in pictures of them"


I laughed and she asked what was so funny.


"Its just weird" I replied "You know, thinking of people having posters of your brother plastered all over their walls. Kind of creepy actually"


She laughed and then I remembered that Danny seemed to know her, I wanted to know how so I asked her. She looked confused at first but then it clicked.


"O, we bumped into each other this morning, literally, he came to ask me where reception was and I turned round and walked into him. I didn't know where it was either so we went to find it together and then we got chatting"


"O right" I said, a little confused


"What?" she asked me noting my confusion


"Well, when you walked in he lit up so I thought you'd known each for a while is all"


"Really?" she didn't seem phased by it "That's weird"


"He's nice isn't he? I mean, he's like an extra brother to me"


"God, it must be awesome having them round your house all the time, I mean what's it like, having four totally hot boys round you 24/7?" she asked leaning forwards waiting for my answer.


"Ok, first of all I do not see my brother as 'totally hot' so if you're gonna refer to them as that say 3 and secondly I don't see them as totally hot, I see them as extra brothers" I said whilst trying to hide a smile.


"O come on!"


"Seriously! I just don't see them in that way!"


She didn't look convinced. I guess I could tell her.


"Well, I've always had a slight crush on Dougie but no-one knows! Especially not Tom so you tell anyone and I will seriously kill you!"


I don't think she heard the last part because she was too busy going "awww". I went over to hit her when Dougie walked in. We both looked at him and then burst into a fit of giggles. He gave us both a weird look and continued to the fridge.


"What you girls chatting about?" he asked whilst bending down to get something out of the fridge. Louise moved her head to the side and realising what she was looking at I nudged her.


"What?" she laughed "I was only trying to get a good view!"


I nudged her again. Dougie turned around and gave us another one of his weird looks.


"Good view of what?" I could tell he was getting suspicious.


"Your butt" she started and I coughed loudly over her


"What?" he asked


"Your button" I replied "Your shirt button, it's undone"


He glanced down and did it back up. He laughed and then walked back out humming Blink 182 'all the small things' as he went.


"Girl you should totally ask him out he has a perfect arse" Louise said to me


Embarrassed I hit her playfully on the arm. I could tell that me and her were meant to be friends and that this was going to be the start of a great friendship. Not only was she great to chat to but it finally meant I could talk to someone about having a brother who's famous. All my other friends just use me to get them good tickets and backstage passes but Louise was different. She didn't see them as famous. She just saw them as boys. This was great.


*Louise*


Meeting McFly wasn't as big as I thought it would be. I thought id completely hyperventilate and freak out but I didn't. They seemed like nice normal boys. Carrie was a great friend so far and I was glad that she liked me. I wasn't going to let anything get in the way of this friendship. Not even the fact that her brother is in McFly.

 

Chapter 6

*Louise*

I'd been in London 3 months now and I loved it. Of course I was missing my friends back in Cambridge but I had new friends. Carrie for one, me and her had become just like sisters I trusted her with my life and she trusted me with hers. Other girls at the school had eventually started speaking to me and I got to know a lot of them and then there were the McFly boys. Well, they're awesome. Me and Carrie hang out with them at her house now and again and there such fun, laid back people. I'd occasionally catch Danny staring at me but I pretended I hadn't noticed and continued to be myself.

 

I was turning 17 this weekend but I hadn't planned anything. I couldn't have a sleepover, the house wasn't big enough and I couldn't be bothered to have a big party. In the end I just decided to go to bowling with a few of my new mates.

 

When Saturday came I headed over to Carrie's to get ready. Tom was driving us to the alley because my mum had work. I rung the doorbell and Danny answered.

 

"Hey, Carrie's upstairs" he said.

 

"Thanks" I smiled and him and walked towards the stairs.

 

"Er, Louise?" I heard him call, I turned round and he started walking towards me. My stomach flipped every time he called my name. I still had my crush on him and as I'd gotten to know him more it felt deeper than a crush.

 

"Yep?" I asked, curious of what he wanted.

 

"I was wondering if you could come over to mine tomorrow, I've written a song and I wanted your opinion on it"

 

"Er ok, yer sure I'll come check it out, where do you live?"

 

He gave me his address and walked into the living room where I could see the other boys sitting watching us. I waved and then wandered upstairs, where I found Carrie straightening her hair.

 

"What's that?" she asked pointing at the piece of paper which Danny had written his address.

 

"O, it's just Danny's address, he wants me to go over to his tomorrow and listen a new song he's written" I answered, pocketing the paper and walking over to the chair in the corner of her room.

 

"mmhmm im sure he wants you to listen to a new song." She said making herself sound as sarcastic as possible.

 

"And what's that supposed to mean?" confused and curious at the same time.

 

"O come ON Louise! Don't tell me you haven't noticed" she said turning to me and laughing.

 

"Noticed what?" although I had a feeling I knew what she was about to say.

 

"The staring, the constant talking to you and whenever you walk into the room he lights up"

 

"Really? I hadn't noticed" I said whilst trying to hide a smile. I was lying, of course I'd noticed. Does that mean that she noticed that I lit up every time he entered the room?

 

"And yes, I have noticed you acting the same around him"

 

"Ok Carrie, yes you're my best friend and I know that best friends are supposed to be able to read each other like books but that was just plain scary"

 

She laughed and turned back to the mirror. So if Danny hadn't wanted to me to listen to his song then why did he want me to go round his?

 

"Now, you want him right?" she watched as I nodded "Ok well then, lets make him jealous so that he moves a little faster"

 

I was intrigued. What tricks did Carrie have up her sleeve to get things with me and Danny going a little quicker?

 

 

 

*Danny*

Woohoo! She's coming round mine tomorrow. Guess I'd better plan my next move. 

 

"What new song?" Tom asked me suspiciously as I entered the front room.

 

"He hasn't got one. It's just cos he fancy's her and wants to snatch her up before someone her own age does. You do realise she's only 16 right mate?" Harry replied turning to me.

 

"Yer, of course I do, but if its gonna work out, age won't matter" I replied. Harry lifted one eyebrow and stared at me.

 

I laughed and then sat down next to Dougie who of course had to crush my happiness.

 

"So er, dude, what are you gonna do when she turns up and there's no song?"

 

My smile disappeared. He was right. Craaaaap. Hadn't thought about that. I suppose I could just blame it on one of the guys. Say they stole it. Yes, I shall do that.

 

"I have an idea" I said "Tom mate, can you drop me home on the way to the alley?"

 

"Yer sure, I think I can hear them coming now"

 

And sure enough I could hear Louise's sweet voice and gorgeous laugh coming from the stairs.

 

 

 

*Louise*

We'd been up here about an hour getting ready and also talking, mostly about Danny and Dougie, when we realised it was time to leave. I grabbed my bag off of Carrie's bed and we both did the usual girl ritual. Checking our make-up and hair in the mirror and then applying more lip gloss and hairspray. I opened the door and walked out.

 

"Danny's going to love you in that" she said as we wandered down the stairs. I smiled to myself and whispered "I hope so" when we reached the bottom step.

 

"Toooooom!" Carrie called "We're ready, come on, we're gonna be late"

 

"Yer whatever I'm coming" he called back before appearing in the hall placing his 'wicked' hoodie over his head.

 

Danny followed and out of no-where said "Wow, Louise you look beautiful"

 

 

 

*Danny*

Well, what else was I to say? Beautiful was the only word that I could think of to describe her. She was wearing tight black jeans and a black strapless top with a silver locket hanging round her neck. The brown waves that normally fell just below her shoulder had been straightened and tied up in a messy bun with just one piece falling in front of her eye. Her tanned skin glowed in the light and for a moment I was hypnotised.

 

"Thanks" she gave me a smile and then glanced at the door as Dougie and Harry walked from the front room to where everyone else was. I could tell that they were thinking exactly the same as me.

 

"Wow girls, you look….different. You look gorgeous"

 

It was Dougie who said it this time and as he did, Louise wandered up to him and ran her hand down his arm.

 

"Thanks Doug, don't look to bad yourself" she said and gave him a wink

Could it be possibly that she liked Dougie more than me? Damn. Make your move Danny. She needs to know how you feel.

 

 

 

*Carrie*

Looks like my plan was working. Louise was paying more attention to Dougie and Danny hated it. Danny was the only one stupid enough to not get what was going on. All the others were laughing at Danny's expression and even Louise was trying to hide a laugh.

 

I smiled when Dougie said that we looked gorgeous but it didn't have the impact it used to when he complimented me. Don't get me wrong, Dougie is seriously hot but I just don't like him in the way I used to.

 

"Ok, we going then?" Tom asked and we all walked towards the door. We all got into the car and Harry and Dougie waved us off. The boys were obviously planning to write some more songs tonight. New album perhaps? Well, whatever it is it'll be amazing.

 

Louise wasn't talking much. She was just staring out of the car window. I could see her reflection in the window though. She was smiling. I could tell that she really liked Danny and I was hoping that tomorrow he'd make a move.

 

 

 

*Louise*

I couldn't stop smiling the whole car journey. Danny did like me! It was obvious.

 

When we pulled up to the bowling alley, me and Carrie got out of the car. Tom was just pulling out when suddenly Danny flung the car door open.

 

"Louise!" he shouted after me and I turned towards him "erm…..happy birthday"

He past me a box and kissed me on the cheek. I looked up at him and then down at the box. I opened it and inside was the most beautiful bracelet I'd ever seen.

 

"Oh Danny thank you so much!" I said and flung my arms around his neck. "It's as beautiful as the necklace that Dougie got me"

 

I put my hand to the necklace which I was wearing and looked at Danny. He was jealous. That was a good sign. It meant that the plan was working. It meant that Danny was trying to speed things up a bit and if something was going to happen between me and him I wanted it to go as fast as it possibly could.

Chapter 7

*Louise*

That whole night I couldn't stop smiling. I couldn't sleep because I was so excited about tomorrow. I wonder what would happen at Danny's, would he make a move? O I hope he does. I want him too. I want to kiss those soft lips and run my hand up and down those large muscular arms. I wish time would just speed itself up!


I woke up the next morning with a smile on my face. Today I was going round Danny's and I couldn't wait. I wondered if maybe Carrie had been wrong about him liking me and he did only want my opinion on his new song but I prayed that she was right and that he wanted something more.


I spent ages trying to figure out what to wear but eventually I decided on my lose jeans my black strappy top and my white jacket over it. It was sexy but laid back. I didn't want him to think I was desperate. I tied my hair up in a ponytail and did my make-up. 'Perfect' I thought to myself as I wandered downstairs.


It was 10 and I'd told Danny I'd be at his at 11 and seeing as I didn't know how long it would take me to get there I decided it best to leave.  


"Bye mum" I called from the kitchen grabbing a piece of toast and heading for the door.


"And where do you think your going?" she asked walking down the stairs and staring at me.


"I told you mum, I'm going over Danny's" I replied unbolting the door and stepping outside "I don't know what time I'll be back so don't wait up and if you need me just call my mobile."

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I shut the door and ran down the steps before she had a chance to stop me. I looked around and realised I actually had no idea where I was going and after 15 minutes of walking round in circles I eventually stopped to ask someone. I asked a woman who was trying to handle her twin children and after much shouting and chasing them down the road she managed to tell me directions. I followed what she had said and soon enough I was standing outside the address Danny had given me. My heart was pounding so fast ...

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