CHAPTER 1 - Louis' POV –

I needed a night out. Harry had been dumped by Alyssa, Liam had been in detention for the last hour and half because he forgot his biology homework, Niall had fallen out with his mum about the band and his school work balancing out and Zayn was getting all stressed.

So we were going clubbing.

We all need to relax and just let everything flow away for a night.

"I just need a shag. Are girls into one night flings? I mean, if they were desperate they might be." Harry had said. That's what he'd said when he met Alyssa. Then he took it seriously. Then she found a guy who'd just won £5,000 on some radio contest.

"Some might. If they're drunk maybe." Zayn had answered excitedly.

"I just want to have a night away from everything. I'm so glad that was the last day of school. These Christmas holidays better be good." Liam had sighed; he didn't mind school but it just got too much after a while. Hence, forgotten biology homework.

"I'm not getting drunk tonight. Mum's angry enough with me." Niall had sounded nervous. He's not a lightweight at all but he hates being in fights with his family.

"C'mon guys; we don't have to get drunk and Harry can shag some girl in the disabled loos if the need over comes him but we're going to have fun! We need to loosen up a bit." I lectured them. This is why we needed the night out in the first place.

"Louis' right guys, let's just leave it all behind." Liam enthused, backing me up like I'd hoped he would.

At least we're not going to the dodgy strip club up the other end of town Harry would get 'excited' before we'd gone in.

This club wasn't one of the huge, busy ones with hundreds of people grinding against each other on the dance floor. It was more a pub than a bar. Less soft pink carpets that used to be red, pool tables and old men drinking beer more multi-coloured light up floor, collections of stylish leather sofas and sophisticated teens drinking tequila.

When we arrived there was only about a hundred people in total there; half of them on the dance floor other milling around in groups of friends sitting in the aforementioned sofas.

This is what we want. Not a big club with everyone drunk and the humidity rising past the comfortable threshold. This is much calmer and Harry can still find a girl to shag.

We'd been in the club for about half an hour. We'd nabbed three chairs and a coffee table. Niall, Zayn and Harry were sitting down and Liam and I were standing, one foot on the coffee table, all five of us with beers in hand. We were smiling and laughing, relaxing and letting go for the first time in weeks.

"I can't believe she thinks that we can still be friends after what she did, I'm not acting like a girl right? I'm not being petty and weak am I?" Harry asked, once again talking about his break up with Alyssa.

"Dude, she cheated on you. Get over it." Zayn stated with a smirk.

"Sorry." Harry apologised.

"So basically that was yes Harry; you are acting like a girl." Niall patted his shoulder and we all laughed.

"Didn't you cheat on her like, 4 times when you were together?" Liam questioned.

"No, the occasional fuck while your girl's on her period doesn't count." Harry stated matter of factly.

"Course not." We all disregarded Harry to live in his special world with sex and relationship laws.

"Anyway! Is there any hot girls in here?" Harry asked, placing his beer on the coffee table and turning round to see if there were any girls that are up to his standard, his hands on the back of the chair so he was peering over like a meerkat.

"There's always hot girls at clubs Hazza." Liam smirked. "What about them?" Liam nodded his head towards a group of 3 girls about 30 feet away, standing in a group talking with soft drinks in their hands. One was platinum blond with big eyes and long legs on show from her short denim shorts. The next had dark black hair and full lips, also showing off a lot of leg with the short dress she was wearing. The last had light brown hair and her dress wasn't so short and she was the only one of the three not wearing heels. Her hair was dead straight and shiny, masking her eyes from my view.

She looked over at me and our eyes met for the briefest of moments. They were piercing blue and grabbed my attention instantly. She looked away as quickly as she'd looked over and resumed conversation with her mates.

"Lou? Lou!" Liam sang, waving his hand in front of my face. I blinked and shook my head; bringing my mind back to the guys, not her.

"Sorry."

"Which one you staring at?" Harry asked excitedly; he was in girl mode.

"N-none of them." I tried to lie, though the stutter as my mind continued to hold the picture of her eyes and the embarrassed half smile.

"Seriously, which one?" Liam asked, also admiring them.

"The brunette." I whispered, suddenly embarrassed.

"She's cute. They're all bang-tidy." Harry stated, quite loudly; the beer was getting to him.

"Shut up Harry!" I whispered-shouted at him.

"Those girls over there though; they are more than bang-tidy." Harry continued, ignoring my comment, pointing at a group of girls on the dance floor.

This is when our conversation about every girl in the club began. I soon went to buy more drinks; a round of cokes, Fanta's and J2O's were needed before we went back in for more beer. I looked back over at blue eyed girl and her gaze flicked away. Had she been looking at me? She can't have been? Damn, her hair's hiding her eyes again now. Though she does have really pretty hair. I bet it's soft. I love girls with soft hair. I paid for the drinks and carried them back to our coffee table on the black tray provided by the bar tender.

Harry had picked out 3 girls he was going to have a chat with and disappeared. Liam nabbed his seat and I remained standing. We continued to chat and enjoy our night out.

Harry soon returned saying the girls had boyfriends or thought he was too young or something. He is quite baby-faced is our Harry. Then we decided it was time to dance and show off some of our above-average funky moves.

I glanced at the blue eyed girl one last time before going to rock out to the heavy beat chart song. She flicked her hair away again; she was definitely looking at me that time. Did she think I was weird? Maybe she was looking past me at Zayn or Niall but didn't want to be caught staring. That much be it; she thought Niall was cute.

I danced away for a bit with the guys; screwing some light bulbs, patting some dogs, waltzing with Harry; your traditional style of dancing. We did manage to clear most of the dance floor.

"Hey Lou, she's looking at you again." Liam nudged me in the silence between two songs.

"No she's not, she's looking at," I began to argue, turning round to see where he gaze really led.

She was looking straight at me. Our eyes met again and I smiled. Her eyes lowered to the floor and she blushed a little, turning back to her mates.

"See? She doesn't like me." I said to Liam.

"She does. She's just shy. Why don't you go talk to her?" He suggested.

"Well, because," I struggled to think of a reason. Liam turned me around and pushed me towards her saying "Just go!"

By the looks of it her friends had done the same thing as she was stumbling in my direction. We both paused, unsure whether to continue.

I took another step forward before Liam pushed me again. This encouraged her to do the same and we soon met in the middle. We stood in silence; I couldn't help it! Her eyes were even prettier closer up without her hair masking her face.

"Sorry, my friends thought you were looking at me." She apologised, shyly tucking her hair behind her ear. I decided to go down the confident route.

"I was. I still am." I smiled; she looked up at me suddenly; surprised? She smiled and held out her hand.

"My name's Josie."

I shook her hand, feeling her soft skin on mine and shaking lightly. "I'm Louis."

So there's a little introduction. I told myself I wouldn't publish anything new until I've finished all my unfinished fics but I started this last night and fell in love with it. Plus What Makes You Beautiful was played this morning and that's an excuse isn't it?

My first One Direction fic (that's not a one shot) though I don't think it'll be THAT long.

Thanks for reading x