I breathed a sigh of relief when he left me and completed my baggy pyjama look. "What, you really want to go to sleep already?" Louis asked me in astonishment. "Um... yes?", I asked hesitantly, wondering what was so wrong with that. After all, I was so tired. "It's only a little after 6 pm and it's still totally bright," he said demonstratively. "It's been a long day," I murmured with a yawn. After all - total chaos had happened today, it hadn't been relaxing at all.

"Okay, El. I'm going to take the boys out to have a little party." "... a little party?", I asked him reluctantly. There was no way he was still so fit, whereas I could slip away into the world of dreams at any moment. "Well yeah, just have some drinks at the beach bar. A little dancing..." "Mhm... is Perrie coming as well?" I was very interested in this question. "Yes, I think so." " Did you forgive her?" "I promised you." A smile flashed across my lips as I said these words.

"See you tomorrow, then." "Tomorrow?", I asked him in surprise. "When I come back, you'll be asleep, won't you?" I shrugged my shoulders a little, " I may be." "Well, then... Good night, sweetheart. Get some rest." " Good night. Bye." He kissed me on the top of my head for a moment, then all I could hear was the door slamming. And the next moment I fell asleep.

I was awakened by the unlocking of the door. Sleepy I rubbed my eyes and stretched myself for a while. Outside there were stars and moon high up in the sky and outside six different voices were to be heard. Zayn, Louis, Liam, Harry, Niall and- Perrie. I was so glad that they got along with her again.

The next moment Louis entered the flat. "Hey, Lou", I greeted him sleepily and he seemed very surprised that I was still awake. I was awake again. "So you're still awake? Trouble sleeping? Maybe I could make you some tea?" "I'm fine. I just woke up," I corrected him, "How was it at the bar?" He shrugged his shoulders. "If it weren't for Harry's harsh comments on Perrie, we might actually have had some fun." I sighed, "Well, he's not gonna leave it alone, is he?" Louis shook his head, "He's just not what he used to be... I don't want to bring this up again, especially not today. It's just that... it's tearing me apart, you know." I would have loved to ask him what Harry used to be like, but that would have been kind of out of place as Eleanor. So I relaxed my tense sitting posture. "How was Perrie?" "She was doing much better." "And do you know what Zayn said about the baby?" "No. Nobody said even a word about it." "Not even a hint?" Again, Louis shook his head, "only that the two of them are as into each other as before." "At least there is something good," Then I secretly looked at the alarm clock and drove through my face, "01:29", I murmured. And I wouldn't fall asleep that quickly now. So I got up and groped my way in the dark to the fridge, in whose light I could see a lot of carrots. Louis had already stocked up on a whole year's supply! Then I reached for the cola and drank the bottle empty in one go and felt the caffeine waking me up. "El, we both know you can't sleep after a Coke." "Let that be my concern - you want a carrot?" That's when I pulled the orange vegetable from the fridge and fumbled around with it. Louis was still standing in the same place. About three metres across the road and just grinning at me crookedly, "Not only that," he finally said. "Oh really? I don't know what you're getting at. Too bad," I joked and jumped onto one of the counters, completely forgetting my fear of heights and that I almost hit my head on the ceiling. I didn't know what was going on with me. Something had got into me. A kind of feeling that I couldn't interpret. In any case, I had way too much energy.

Louis slowly approached me while looking up at me the whole time. And I looked down at him, holding the carrot high up. He really did everything for a carrot. He could just go to the fridge and get another one. Somehow Eleanor - me - seemed to have it in for him. After all, he was standing right in front of my legs. "Well, what are you going to do now?" I whispered with a broad grin and expected him to jump up to me at any moment. But instead he lifted me down and I wrapped my legs around him. We were now at the same eye-level. "Could it be that you are a little drunk?" I whispered and protected the carrot with both hands behind my back. "I wouldn't know since when that would bother you," came the surprising answer and pressed a kiss on my lips that deepened more and more. So this was my first real kiss with Louis Tomlinson.

As we fooled around, he tore the carrot from my hands and threw it carelessly behind him. Totally unexpected. "Not stupid", I complimented him when we broke up again. "Did you think I was stupid?" he teased me and I nodded. And as punishment I was kissed again.

"Don't you dare to be cheeky in any way," Louis warned me with his finger raised, as I started to speak again. I felt really amusing. In a positive way. I felt completely free and full of energy for the first time and... a little bit in love.