Liam's POV

I watched Ella, Melanie, and Meike prance back to Ella's white Mustang. The top was down and blew all their hair back from their face as they drove away, laughing and talking excitedly. I watched the car round the corner and disappear, still in shock at the events from today. Shaking my head in disbelief I walked back into the living room where the boys were and plopped down on the couch. The boys were staring at me. Zayn and Niall in shock, and Harry and Louis in a slightly accusingly way.

"What?" I asked like I had no idea what their stares were caused by.

"Well," Niall coughed. "Look at the little lover boy over there." He grinned. The one thing I loved about Niall was he was super supportive for all of us.

"Yeah, let's look at him." Louis said. Normally, he would be joking around and embarrassing me to no end; but now he wasn't giving off his normal, happy, joking mood.

An awkward silence followed, nobody knowing what to say. I ran a hand through my messy hair, nervous. I didn't want them to be mad, and I knew for a fact Harry was starting to have really serious feelings for Ella, so he might be really upset.

"I can't believe you." Harry finally broke the silence, his voice rough with agitation. He suddenly hopped up from the couch and stormed upstairs. Louis gave me a disapproving glare before following Harry upstairs.

What had I done? It wasn't my fault Ella had fallen for me instead of Harry. But still, I felt bad. Harry was one of my best mates. He was practically my brother, and we had vowed from the beginning we wouldn't let anything come between us. Was Ella coming between us? No, that's not possible. Harry was just upset; he would get over it soon. Right?

"I'm sure everything will be okay." Zayn assured me, patting my head reassuringly. I trusted his words as I set upstairs so get ready for my first date with Ella.

Louis' POV

I approached Harry's closed door and knocked.

"What?" his uneven voice floated through the door.

"It's me, can I come in?" I tried sounding calming and reassuring. Harry and I had always been closest out of all of us, so I knew as much as he didn't want to talk about it, he needed to. Harry wasn't very good at hiding his emotions.

I heard his footsteps across the carpet and the door flung open. He went back to his bed and flopped down, burying his head in the covers.

"Listen, I know you're a bit upset…" I started but he cut me off.

"A bit?" he scoffed, lifting his head. His eyes were full of sadness and anger and had a shine to them like he was on the verge of tears. He really must be falling for her hard.

"You really liked her?"

He nodded sadly. "Like," he corrected to the present tense. "I'm not going to stop just because she and Liam are going on a date. It might just be a fling, and I still have a chance." He looked up sadly at me, waiting for an affirmation to his hopes.

"It might be…" I said, but there wasn't a lot of sureness in my voice. I really didn't know and I didn't want to give the boy false hope.

"It was just like…" he sighed, looking away from me and staring into the distance. "I don't know. Last night I really thought we had a connection. It wasn't like anything I'd ever felt before. I guess she didn't feel the same way."

He was staring gloomily out the window. I plopped down on the bed next to him and clapped a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Listen mate. I know you're upset now, but you're right, it could be just a fling. Don't give up. But don't try too hard. Just try being her friend for right now. I think that's really all you can do for right now." I felt bad because my advice was so lame, but it was the best I had.

"You know what's funny? I have millions of girls who would kill to be my girlfriend, but I can't get the one girl I really want." He groaned in agitation and threw a pillow over his head.

I probably wasn't going to get anything else out of him now, so I patted him once more on the back and got up. "Keep your head up, mate. You're Harry fucking Styles." I said as I walked out of the room, closing the door behind.

Harry's POV

Louis shut the door behind him and a heard the soft click as it sealed shut. I was confused and angry and betrayed and upset. I was confused because, as amazing and beautiful as Ella was, I couldn't understand why I was falling for her so fast and so hard. I normally took a long time to start having feelings for a girl, so I couldn't understand why Ella was so different. I was angry at Liam for stealing her away, and betrayed that he would do that in the first place. I was upset because, even if I tried to fight it and I couldn't understand it, the fact was I had fallen for her, and she wasn't there to catch me. I'd just crashed hard.

My jumbled emotions swam through my mind, causing a headache to develop. The only other time I had had so many emotions completely taking me over was when my 'relationship' with Caroline had ended. I let the sour memory take over my mind, distracting me at least for a little.

It had been around the middle of January. Things were a little shaky with us for many reasons. The threatening fans making jokes about our relationship, the disapproval of friends and family who didn't like the age difference, and the fact that my tour and her work schedule hardly left us anytime to be together. We were denying rumors about being together, but everyone knew.

Eventually, we stopped denying the rumors and started dodging them, ignoring them completely or answering the bare minimum. Then Caroline had done an interview and said something about me being just a 'fling' and us 'having no future'. Hurt and angry when I heard about it, I confronted her about it. She didn't deny it and said what she said was the truth. Basically, she told me I was just there for her entertainment, though those exact words never left her mouth. I ended it, there and then, and headed off to America a few days later. I made sure I got word out that it had ended, but didn't say why, just that the decision was mutual. I knew if I let the fans know exactly what happened they would go berserk, and even though I was extremely mad and upset with her, I didn't want her hurt. I still cared about her.

I was an emotional wreck for a while, though I never let anyone know it, or tried not to. Even the super hot American girls couldn't cheer me up in the beginning. But one day, I just got over it. And that was that.

But even with that relationship, the emotions were never really as strong as I felt with Ella now, and I had only just met Ella a few days ago. I didn't understand. And I was still falling yet. I had crashed, but bruised and sore, I continued falling, and I didn't think there was any way to stop that.

Ella's POV

I grabbed Melanie and Meike by the hands and yanked them forward as we ran, forcing them to go faster. We were crossing the campus to our dorm. I needed to get ready for my date. Even though I still had four hours until six, when he told me he would pick me up.

I took a long shower, letting the hot water calm my nerves. When I got back to our room, I found Melanie and Meike in my closet, throwing clothes around.

"Looking for something?" I asked, catching a white tank top Melanie had thrown over her head.

"Yes, we are." Meike answered. "We need to find you the perfect outfit for your first date with Liam!" she held a shirt out in front of me, but shook her head and threw it on the floor.

"You guys are cleaning this up, I hope you know." They nodded, not looking up from the articles of clothing they were examining.

Eventually they decided on a tight black micro mini, with a white cami tucked into it, and a hot pink lace top over it. Then they went through all of our shoes. The best thing about all of us was we wore the same size in clothes and shoes, so we could share our wardrobe. They paired their carefully selected outfit with a pair of Melanie's strappy black and hot pink summer wedges. Somehow, they had found a perfect match for the outfit.

"Alright!" Melanie clapped her hands together in front of her once I had put on the clothes. "Time for hair and makeup." Though I insisted many times I was very capable of getting ready myself, they wouldn't hear it. I think they were having a lot of fun with this.

Melanie shoved me into my spinny desk chair while Meike grabbed curling irons, straighteners, brushes, and all of mine her and Melanie's makeup. They immediately went to work on my while music blasted in the background.

At 5:45, they finally put down their brushes and lip glosses, and deemed me ready of a first date with Liam. I checked myself out in the mirror. The outfit was really cute, and super flattering to my tiny hour glass figure, plus the wedges were six inches, making me taller. Even so, I would be nowhere close to Liam's height. Without heels, he was exactly a foot taller than me. My eyes were sparkly and smoldering thanks to Melanie's perfect makeup job, and my lips were full and pink. Meike had done my hair to perfection. She had pulled the top half back into a ponytail, and curling the ends. Loose corkscrews fell down my back. I had to admit, I looked pretty good.

"You're gonna knock Liam off his feet." Melanie smiled.

"Thanks so much guys! You made me look amazing!" I enveloped both of them in a bear hug. They laughed and squeezed me back tightly.

I waited anxiously for Liam's text. He said he was going to text me when he was here, and I should meet him in the parking lot. Even though it was summer, and the place was practically deserted, he didn't want to risk being spotted by fans. That's what he told me anyway. I still had no idea how huge of a deal One Direction really was, but judging by their video views, quite big.

At six exactly my phone lit up with Liam's name. I jumped up excitedly and tugged at my skirt, making sure I looked perfect.

"Wait!" Melanie demanded. She rummaged around on her desk and pulled out a bottle of Sweet Pea body spray from Bath and Body works. It was my absolute favorite scent in the world. She spritzed me multiple times, until my scent was strong and lingered in the air behind me. "Okay, you're ready." She smiled.

Melanie and Meike walked me down to the parking lot as they eagerly anticipated everything that was going to happen. I saw Liam leaning against the side of a black car, looking adorable in dark wash jeans and a tight fitting purple shirt. He smiled when he saw me, his brown puppy dog eyes lighting up. I smiled back at him as butterflies erupted in my stomach.

"Hi lovely." He greeted when I reached him, pulling me into a tight hug. "You look beautiful."

I blushed as I pulled out of the hug. "You look pretty fine yourself." I flirted.

"Hello Melanie. Hello Meike." Liam greeted them, as they were still standing awkwardly a short distance away.

"Hi Liam." They synchronized.

"See you guys later!" I waved, stepping through the door of the car Liam had just opened for me. What a cutie.

"So where are we going?" I asked as he sped off through the streets of London.

"It's a surprise." He said mysteriously.

I pouted.

"Hey, don't give me that look! You'll love it, I promise." he looked away from the road long enough for a wink and smile at me.

"Can I try to guess?"

"Nope!" he popped the p. "I want you to be surprised!"

I pouted again and spent the rest of the fifteen minute ride trying to get him to give me some sort of hint.

He pulled up to a cute little meadow, little trees and colorful flowers dotting the perfect green landscape. In the center of the grass a blanket was set up with a full out picnic. It was so cute; the perfect first date. I'm glad he surprised me.

"Oh my gosh! That's adorable!" I said excitedly, hopping out of the car.

"I'm glad you like it." He smiled, reaching for my hand and pulling me along with him to the red blanket.

We sat down and started to eat sandwiches, chips, and other cute picnic food. We laughed and talked, seriously getting to know each other. As the sun started its retreat down the sky, Liam brought out a soccer ball, and we started to play. Even though I wasn't on my school's soccer team, I was still kick ass at it because James was a natural born star on the soccer field and I helped him out all the time.

When the sun had completely disappeared behind the trees and the first stars were twinkling brightly in the sky, Liam accepted defeat and we headed back to his car.

"I should have bet you something I would win." I teased, poking his sides as he drove.

"Please, I was just tired, I'll beat you another time!" he laughed.

"Oh, I'm sure." I giggled. We stopped at a little ice cream place on the way back. I ordered a bowl of mint chocolate chip with extra whip cream and sprinkles, and Liam ordered a huge bowl of chocolate. We sat down at a table for two in the back and started enjoying the cold deliciousness. The bell on the door jingled, signaling someone had come in. Liam stared at shock at whoever had entered. Curious, I followed his stare. Standing in the doorway was Harry and Louis, along with Danielle, the sweet girl I had met last night and apparently the ex girlfriend of Liam's, her arm around the waist of a tall muscular man I didn't know.

A/N Sorry I didn't update over the weekend! I had planned on it, but I ended up spending the entire weekend with a friend. So my apologies. Let me know in a review what you want to be said in the next chapter, cause I'm planning on it being pretty heated.