Chapter 24:

"Bye! I'll see you soon, I promise. Eat your vegetables, call me anytime, we'll have Skype dates.. I promise." I tugged Daisy off me gently, she backed away with a frown.

"Promises mean nothing if you don't keep them. You better keep them or I'll tell mum and Dan to bring you home." She crossed her arms and declared.

"Alright, sounds like a deal." I held my pinky out to her. She gladly took it and walked over to Louis with a smile.

"Be safe, honey. I know you'll be perfectly fine with them. I'll have Lottie help me look over the list you have of all the stuff you want. It'll be here before you leave for the US next week. If you think of anything else you want, just text me." Mum ranted and I rolled my eyes at her.

"I will, thank you. I love you and have a safe trip back." I said before leaving a kiss on her cheek.

"You take care of your brother, you hear? Make sure he takes some days off." She instructed.

"Got it, although I think Juliet has that covered." I grinned, knowing that the blonde would be very strict with Louis. 

"Love you," Mum said one last time before heading off to the cab. Louis came over and draped his arm around my shoulder as we waved. The taxi started up and was soon out of sight.

"We're free! We can have a party!" Louis cheered. I laughed at his excitement.

"Mum being here wouldn't have stopped that." I bumped hips with him. 

He smirked before wiggling his eyebrows. "But seriously, let's have a party. Harry and Rosie are out enjoying her last full day here, Liam has plans, Zayn is doing who knows what.. Let's invite Josh, Niall and a few of my friends over."

"I don't know about that.." I said dubiously.

"C'mon, please? Pretty please? Please?" Lou begged, eyes going wide and lips poking out.

"You begged yesterday. Do you honestly think the puppy dog eyes are going to work twice in two days?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Yes! Because we have nothing to do tomorrow, so we can sleep off the hangovers. Please! It won't be too crazy. Just a couple of people." Louis continued to beg.

"We're not typical teenagers, this isn't a typical house party. A couple of people probably include Leona Lewis or Taylor Swift." I sighed. "But you're going to have it whether or not I agree to it.. So at least invite some girls I get along with. Please."

"Juliet will be there. She was gonna come over tonight anyways." Louis replied as his fingers started tapping away on his phone.

"Worse comes to worse, I hide out in my room."

"You won't. You're going to have a blast." Louis insisted with that happy-go-lucky grin.

~'~'~'~

The normally large flat seemed to have shrunk in the past hour. There were people everywhere. People I had never seen before (At least that I remembered) were coming up and giving me hugs. Everyone seemed to know me. I made my way to the kitchen, in desperate need of some water.

The alcoholic beverages surrounding me sparked absolutely no interest in me. My fingers pulled at the refrigerator door and I grabbed a bottle of water. I turned around and headed back into the living room where a mass of bodies were dancing to a song with very heavy bass. I stood still, debating on whether or not to go lock myself in my room.

"You look a little lost." A voice chuckled. I looked to see Niall grinning down at me. I almost sighed in relief at the sight of someone I knew.

"Uh, just feeling a bit claustrophobic with all these people telling me they missed me. I don't even know who they are." I whispered, trying to avoid suspicion.

"You know me, Josh, Lou and Jules." Niall pointed out.

"Well, Jules and Lou are off somewhere and I don't want to find out exactly where. And you and Josh have been mysteriously missing since you arrived. So I've been getting hugged by complete strangers who don't know that I don't know who they are. Because honestly, who would ever think 'oh hey she was in an accident, I bet she lost her memory and is pretending she didn't.'" I ranted.

Niall pulled me into his chest for a quick hug before pulling away and leaning down to look me straight in the eye. His crystal blue eyes sparkling just slightly. "Listen. Don't think about it. C'mon, let's get you a drink and go out on the patio. I think you need some time to forget about everything."

"Are you trying to get me drunk? Such a good boyfriend." I said sarcastically with a smile. I let him lead me to the kitchen. I was unsure of what kind of drink to get so Niall grabbed one, informing it was my favorite.

"After you, m'love." Niall directed, his hand falling to the small of my back as we walked out to the patio.

We settled on the two lawn chairs. Niall hesitated for a second before taking my hand in his. I smiled softly as his fingers wound with mine. We were silent as we sipped at our drinks. 

It was the comfortableness I felt now that made me realize I could definitely see a future with a certain blue-eyed Irish man.

~'~'~ JOSH POV ~'~'~

"See you later, mate." I nodded at the guy who gave me a thumbs up before walking away. I took another sip of the beer in my hand.

My eyes scanned the room for a certain brunette. I spotted Juliet laughing with a few of her friends and Louis grinning while in a vivid conversation with some guy I'd never seen before. I lifted my watch up to see the time. 11:45pm.

"Joooosh! Hi, Jo-Jo!" A voice slurred while tugging persistently on my sleeve. I turned to see an obviously plastered Brook grinning wildly at me.

"Hey, Brook. How much have you had to drink?" I inquired as I wrapped an arm around her waist to support her.

"Ni-Ni-Ni gave me a.. Ni.. Uh. He gave me one! But, but, then he went bye-bye! Ni-Ni went bye-bye!" She burst out laughing as she leaned against my arm. Her laughs rippled through her body.

"Alright, however much you had was way too much. Let's get you to your room." I sighed as I headed her in the right direction. 

She didn't stop giggling. "You have a very pretty chin! You... You could be a chin model!"

"I'll look into it." I chuckled as I pried the door open. I led her to the bed. "Time to go to sleep."

"Wait! Wait! Joshyy! Wait for two seconds!" She started yelling as she pulled on my arm, refusing to let me turn around. I let out a tired sigh before turning back towards her.

"Yes, Brook?" 

"I have to do something! It's something I can only do right now because otherwise bad things will happen!" Brook exclaimed wildly, her hands going wild. I raised an eyebrow at her.

Her glazed over eyes met mine and she let out a smile. Then the last thing I expected happened.

Brooklyn Tomlinson, girlfriend to Niall Horan, the blue/green eyed brunette who had been through hell and back, kissed me.