Epilogue
Louis POV
I was in my bedroom, looking for my left shoe. It was nowhere to be seen. How can a shoe disappear? It didn't grow legs and run away, it has got to be here. I opened up my wardrobe and started throwing things out of it in hopes of finding the shoe. It wasn't there. I got on my knees and looked under the bed. Not there either.
"Louis!" I heard from downstairs. "Hurry up!" I would, if I could find the shoe. I was not going out in one shoe. Or I could and start a new style. I wonder if it would catch on. Or if I would just get weird looks. I'm guessing it would be the second one.
"I can't find my shoe!" I shouted back down.
"Have you checked the wardrobe?" Obviously. That's the first place I would look.
"Yes!" I shouted back.
"What about under the bed?" Am I that predictable?
"Yes!" I waited for a response. Nothing. "Do you know where it is?" I shouted again. And again, no response. "Hello?" I shouted once again. I heard someone walking up the stairs. I heard the door to the bedroom door open.
"Ari – whoa! Hurricane Louis been again?" Erika asked me as she stared around the room. I grinned at her. I spotted the missing shoe in her hand.
"You stole it!" I said, pointing at the shoe. She looked at me.
"Yes Louis, I wanted to wear your shoe." She said sarcastically. I grinned at her again.
"So where was it?" I asked as she gave it to me. I sat on the bed and started putting it on.
"Ariana had it. She has obviously been in here again and thought it would be funny to hold us up. Everyone will be here soon so I am going to go and finish Ariana's hair." Erika said as she turned around and walked out the door.
You are probably wondering what is going on. Well, for starters, I am busy getting ready to go out for a picnic with everyone. And by everyone I mean Niall, Zayn, Harry, Liam, Brittany, Erika and Ariana. Yes, they are my best friends from high school, minus Ariana. And, in case you hadn't already guessed, Erika is my wonderful wife. We have been married for 4 years now. The young age of 21. I remember the wedding day like it was yesterday. Erika looked beautiful in her wedding dress. I, of course, looked great in my suit. It was a special day that I will always cherish.
Ariana is my darling daughter. She is named after Ariana. We decided when we got married that our first born girl would be named Ariana in honour of her. A day doesn't go by when any of us don't miss her. Ariana is the double of Erika, meaning she just like Ariana too. She has long, wavy brown hair, just like her mum. She is 3 and a half years old and is very cheeky. She gets that from me, I believe. She is quite smart for her age. And Harry, being the great uncle he is, has decided to teach her what a 'wet willy' is. And of course, now she has to do it on everyone. Her main target is Harry, courtesy of me. For her 3rd birthday, Zayn decided to buy her a mirror and brush set. He would, wouldn't he? She is always using it, and doesn't like it when Zayn steals the mirror from her to use. She ends up hitting him with it when she gets it back. Niall has taught her the art of eating her body weight and yet not putting on anything. She likes the days when he is over, which is most, because he bring plenty of food which she steals form him. Liam has taught her how to eat things, such as yoghurt, with a spoon. He told her to either use; her finger, drink it from the pot, or use a fork. She doesn't like using spoons that much anymore. And Brittany has taught her what make up is. Erika wasn't to happy about that one as she has walked into our bedroom a couple of times to see Ariana wearing her make up. They're lovely aren't they? I guess there is a little bit of each of them in her. I have taught her comedy, it's my speciality. And Erika has taught her sarcasm. For a 3 year old, she has been taught a lot.
I finished putting on my shoe and got up off the bed. I walked down the stairs and into the living room. Erika was doing fishtail plaits in Ariana's hair.
"Are you ready?" Erika asked me.
"Yes." I said. Just then, the doorbell rang.
"Good, you can answer the door then." She said, smiling at me. She so planned that.
"Yes darling." I said, putting emphasis on the 'darling'. I walked to the front door and opened it. There stood Harry, Niall, Zayn, Liam and Brittany.
"Hey guys." I said happily.
"Hey Louis." Niall said happily back in all his Irishness. Considering he has been in this country since he was 4, he hasn't lost his accent much.
"Hey mate." Harry greets, casual as ever.
"Vas happenin'" Zayn, obviously, said to me. He still uses that catchphrase.
"Alright Lou." I get from Liam.
"Hey Lou." Brittany said. I moved aside and let them all in. I closed the door.
"Uncle Niall!" I hear Ariana shout. I then heard a thump. I walked into the living room to find that Ariana had jumped at Niall and he hadn't been ready for it. She basically pushed him over. Everyone was laughing. Niall got up.
"Hey kiddo." That was Niall called her.
We finished getting ready and soon left. We walked to a field that was about 10 minutes away. When we got there, we found a tree to sit under and set the picnic blanket out. Within 5 minutes, Niall and Ariana were scoffing their faces.
"Hey Brittany, do you know you have a Liam on your face?" She asked Brittany jokingly. We all laughed.
As you can probably tell, Liam and Brittany are officially dating. They have been for about 6 years now. You want to know what everyone else's relationship status' are? Well then, Harry has a girlfriend. They have been going out for just over 2 months now. They met at a carnival. They had to go in the same car for the Ferris Wheel, and it went from there.
Her name is Molly. She has dark, auburn, messy, wavy hair that reaches to her chest. Light brown eyes. She is lightly tanned and has a light dusting of freckles on her cheeks and shoulders. She is about the same height as Erika, 5ft 4. You have to be able to tolerate her as she isn't an easy person to deal with. She is full of sarcasm and she can often be quite moody. She doesn't sugar-coat things and speaks her mind. Molly's always up for a laugh, I guess that's why she gets along with all of us so well. She loves to tease others, especially Harry, so he gets his own back, of course. She's ambitious, mischievous and devious. But behind all that, she is hard working and motherly, she loves looking after Ariana. She's always keeping track of the people that she cares about and even though she may come across as a bit bossy, it's because she cares.
Then there is Zayn. His girlfriend is called Jess. They have been going out for 4 ½ months. Liam actually set them up. Jess is his cousin's friend and he decided Zayn needed a girlfriend because he hadn't had one in a while. So he set them up on a blind date, and things have been going well.
She has brown/red hair that is fairly long and is slightly curly in places. Light brown eyes that look hazel in some lights (they are quite cool actually). She has pale skin, so pale she looks like an extra from Twilight. She is only 5ft 1, making her the shortest, minus Ariana, of course. She is a quiet and reserved person, or so we all thought, but once we got to know her she was louder that Ariana (because she is only 3 and a half). She can also be really sarcastic. She doesn't really tend to over-complicate things and she had quite a childish view of the world.
Lastly, there is Niall. He also has a girlfriend. Her name is Kristen or Kristy as we call her. He had met her in university. They have known each other for about 5 years now. They became sort of like best friends. A few months ago, Niall overheard her talking to Erika about liking him more than just a friend, and everyone, but Kristy, knew that he liked her, so, with a lot of help from us, he finally got up the courage and confronted about it, through a song. After that they started dating. They have been going out for about 3 months now.
Her hair is brown, wavy, and hangs right above her chest; however, she usually wears it up in a high braided ponytail. She has baby blue eyes and fairly tanned skin. She tends to be shy and quiet around new people, especially when she is alone. She eventually opens up to others if they make the first move. She is a kind and intelligent person; however, she does not like to show off her knowledge because the fears of being wrong and laughed at overcome her self-confidence, but when she is around her friends, she doesn't care if they think she's an idiot. When she is with her close friends, she likes to joke around a lot. She is more of a listener than a talker unless needed. She can be quite random aswell, sometimes she will say something that seems to come out of a genius, and sometimes she will say something totally random and out of her normal ways.
They are all really cool people. They should be here soon. And as if right on cue, we saw them walking up to us. They were carrying bags that obviously had food in them, Niall and Ariana's eyes lit up. They finally got to us.
"Hey guys." Jess said. We all said hi back. they say down on the blanket and we all began talking about random things, like we usually do.
Eventually, all the girls got into a conversation, and all the boys did too. However, being boys, we don't like talking much, so with the football we had brought along, we got up and decided to play a bit of football. Of course, it was an odd number, so that was when we decided to beg the girls to play.
"Hey you lot." Niall shouted over to them.
"What?" Kristy shouted back.
"You wanna come and play football with us? We need an equal number." Zayn shouted back. They all looked at each other and then decided to play.
"So how are we doing this then?" Erika asked.
"Boys against girls I think." Molly said.
"Seriously? You want us to beat you?" Liam asked.
"Cocky git." Brittany said.
"Oh, you're on." I said. We set up the goals and then started playing.
After about an hour of playing, and Ariana stealing the ball to help the girls, we finally ended the game. It was the first to 11, and guess what? The girls won. I swear it was because Ariana kept taking the ball, but they insisted it wasn't.
"Alright, you win. Cheaters." Harry said.
"We didn't cheat, you just can't face losing." Erika said, laughing. Of course, being the immature person Harry is, he started mimicking Erika, and she did it back. will they ever grow up? Everyone started laughing at them.
"I think we should go home now. It's getting pretty late." Molly said, looking at her watch, calming her laughing down.
"Yeah, we should. Got to give Ariana her dinner and then put her to bed." I said.
"No. we should stay out longer." Ariana said.
"I don't think so." Erika said, smiling at her.
"Say bye to everyone." I said to her.
"Fine." She said, and then walked over to give everyone a hug and say bye. Me and Erika also said bye and then we all went our separate ways. Me, Erika and Ariana all walked home.
We all stuck to our plans in life. Erika became a Music teacher. I became a Drama teacher, Niall became a Cooking teacher, Harry became a Sports teacher, Brittany became an English teacher, Zayn became a Sports teacher and Liam became a Music teacher. And we all work in the same school. I think my life turned out pretty well. There is nothing I would change about it. I have an amazing wife, a beautiful daughter, and the best friends I could ever ask for. Plus the great memories from when I was a teenager. And if you look around our house, there are pictures of Ariana up so we never forget her. she was a truly amazing person, and I will be forever grateful to her.
Ok, so I know I had put this story as complete, but I felt the need to write an Epilogue. So this is set about 9 or 10 years in the future.
Thank you to ThatOneDiabeticGirl, Jessi Tommo, It'sMeSenna, ecrivesse-noelle, KtCat96, onelifeonedirection, Vanessa-1D, beautiful. and. freaky, and BoomThatGirl1D for reviewing the last chapter.
And a big thank you to the following people for letting me use them in my story:
- onelifeonedirection - Zayn's girlfriend Jess
- beautiful. and. freaky - Niall's girlfriend Kristen
- ThatOneDiabeticGirl - Harry's girlfriend Molly
Look out for more stories soon.
Much love :) xxx