In the Dark

Chapter 17

After I find my clothes for the day (black skinny jeans, a white cami, my favorite red plaid button up top, and my red vans), I decide to go downstairs to socialize. Almost everyone is awake by now, so it isn't too hard to maintain a conversation.

"So Mel, have you and Louis been making any plans for anything coming up?" Johannah asks, in regards to the tour.

"Well, we did buy the house together, and we are trying to move in. But with so many distractions coming up, it's been sort of difficult."

"Well, if you'd like, the family can make a trip and help you guys a little bit" she offers.

"We can't- not with you recently having the twins"

"Oh please, I can handle it. I've done far more before. I promise, I'll be fine"

"If you insist. But only if you stay in the house with us. It came with beds in all of the rooms, so we just have to supply sheets."

"Fine. It's settled then. When you and Louis leave for London, we will all leave" She insists.

"I'll be right back" I reply. I head upstairs and begin talking to Louis, who is still in the process of packing the rest of his stuff from here. "So your mum is going to be staying with us when we go back to London. She insists on helping us move into our house" I explain to him.

"Of course she is. Okay, so we will have all of the bedrooms full, in other words" he chuckles.

"Basically."

In regards to us leaving, we leave Doncaster in 3 days. So, I imagine that if I help Louis pack the rest of his belongings, we can finish that in a day, then actually enjoy the town for the last two days.

Just as I predicted, I help Louis- as he begins to slack off. "But Mel, we are almost done!"

"Yes, meaning that we shouldn't stop until we are done. That way, here is nothing that needs to be done later"

"Uhhhhhhhhh, why do you have to make so much sense all the time??" He asks.

"Because I think ahead, and I like to finish things early." I reply in a smart ass way- because how else would I reply?

We finish packing his things in less than an hour. "See? I told you it wouldn't take that long."

"Yes, thank you by the way. I probably would have waited until Tuesday to do all of this" he rubs the back of his neck- which is still extremely sexy. "But now it's like 10 o'clock and everyone probably went to bed."

"No problem, it wasn't that bad- I don't think anyway. Besides, now we can do whatever we want to for be next couple of days"

"I love the way you think" he hugs me, and stares at me

"And I love you" I say staring back. We lean into each other and start kissing. It gets very heated, then we remember it is like 10 pm right now. So everyone probably went to bed. We decide to go to sleep, and enjoy Doncaster for the last two days.

***Two Days Later***

We had an amazing time in the city. We did whatever we wanted, and weren't stopped by crazy fans all too often. I really enjoy seeing Louis sign autographs on the street, simply because that signature probably means the world to these fans. I know that 4 months ago, it would have to me.

As we board our plane, we find out seats, then get settled for the flight. Johannah somehow manages to keep the twins quiet almost the entire trip. The worst we heard from one of them was one started crying because they lost their pacifier.

We arrive in London, and get Paul to pick us up from the airport. "Nice to see you guys again" Paul says to us.

"It's great to see you again, too Paul" I say to him and hug him. He hugs me back, then begins talking to Johannah.

"Well, are you ready to officially
Move into our house together?" Louis asks me.

"Ready or not, here we come" I reply, taking in a deep breath.

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Wednesday arrives, and I can't believe it. Johannah has helped us unpack almost everything we both own. Thus, making us realize we desperately need a new dining set.

"Why don't Mel and I go pick one out?" Johannah suggests.

"You two go ahead, I'll keep the kids occupied" Louis smiles. I love seeing him play with his siblings. He is so cute- gah.

I decide to drive to the store. What store, I don't know. But I believe a hardware store would probably have the best selection. So I eventually find one.

"Ooh, this one is so pretty!" Johannah says, admiring the dark table in front of us.

"It really is, and even I could afford it!" I chuckle. The table has 8 chairs, enough for everyone here tonight. We ask the person working for one of the boxes, and he even loads it into the car for us.

"Thank you very much, Nathan." I read his name tag.

"Not a problem, ma'am. Anytime you need help like this, just stop by." he smiles, then walks back into the store.

We make the short drive home, and walk back into the house. I walk in first, creeped out by the silence. I look outside, seeing Louis playing with his siblings in the grass.

Johannah and I bring in the table, and get it almost completely put together when Louis walks back in. "Wow, that is beautiful. I didn't knew you two were back yet"

"Oh yeah. We saw this one, and purchased it almost immediately." I laughed.

I go outside and play with the kids, and Louis spends some quality time with his mum. Probably nice, seeing as they don't get to do that very often.

When they both step outside, I decide it is time for everyone to go back inside. We make some small sandwiches, and relax in the fully furnished home.

"Thank you so much, Johannah. We could not have done this without all of your help" I thank her.

"Oh, it was my pleasure. Any reason to see my son and his beautiful girlfriend" she smiles at me. "Well, I think we will be heading off to bed" she states.

"I'm probably not too far behind" I say.
We all say our good nights, then head to bed. As I glance at my phone, I have like 7 text messages. I ignore them for the night.

"Mel, the house is beautiful. Thank you for everything" Louis whispers to me.

"Louis, thank you. Without you, I wouldn't even be sitting here right now. I would probably be back home doing homework for school" I chuckle.

"I love you" he says, brushing my lips.

"I love you too" I smile into the kiss.

"Goodnight, baby" he whispers.

"Goodnight" I mumble, before falling asleep in his arms.

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Holy cow! An update! I don't think anyone is still actually reading this story, but I felt the sudden urge to update today. I don't know why, I've been slammed with work all week. But you know- I got a creative urge I guess. Even though this isn't very creative. Oh well :)

I love you all<3

~Melanie<3