Liam's POV

I stared, shocked, at the four people standing in the doorway of the ice cream place Ella and I were at. Harry spotted us sitting at the table in the back. He smirked at us, and without a second's hesitation, swaggered right up to our table. Louis flanked him, and Danielle and her new boyfriend trailed behind, looking a little more than confused. Harry and Louis pulled four chairs up to our table and plopped down. Harry looked at Danielle and nodded, signaling her to do the same.

Utterly shocked, Ella and I stared in silence as all this happened. Harry was first to break the quiet.

"So how was your date guys?" he asked, smirking right at me.

"Wouldn't know, it's not over yet." My voice was icy razors I spat through my clenched teeth.

"Uhm, not to be rude guys, but what are you doing here?" Ella asked. She was so sweet about it too.

Louis took the liberty of answering. "Well, we were hanging out with Danielle and her new boyfriend, Corey, when I just had a craving for ice cream, so we decided to come here." Out of all the ice cream places in London, I found it very hard to believe that they just happened to come to the same place. They had probably asked Zayn or Niall, who knew where I was planning on going. Danielle shot Louis a look that clearly said 'that is so not what happened', to which he returned with a 'just go with it' look.

"Not to be rude," I started in a tight voice, trying to keep calm. "But, as our date isn't over yet, would you mind, uh, leaving?"

"Come on, we just want to join the fun." Harry said with an innocent smile.

Ella looked from me to Harry in confusion. She shrugged and placed her small tiny, warm hand on top of mine. "It's okay Liam. They can stay if they really want to." She said with a small smile, but disappointment was clear in her eyes.

"Thanks Ella!" Harry said cheerfully, leaning back carelessly in his chair. I was more than tempted to kick the legs so he fell over. "So Danielle, how are you and Corey doing?" he asked, a wicked glint in his green eyes.

"Uhm we're doing pretty good, thanks…" she said awkwardly, looking at me and Ella apologetically.

"So, Danielle, tell me again why you and Liam broke up." Harry requested.

"Uhh, I'll be right back, I just have to go to the bathroom." Ella got up and flounced over to the ladies room.

"I have to go too." Danielle stood and followed her.

Once the door swung shut I turned to Harry and Louis.

"What the hell?" I spat angrily.

"What's up mate?" Harry asked in mock concern.

"Uhm, I'm gonna go to the bathroom too…" Corey said awkwardly, rushing away from the table.

"Are you being serious right now? Why would you come here with Danielle and her boyfriend on my first date with Ella?" I clenched my fists together, trying to control myself.

"We told you, we wanted to join in the fun." Harry said. Louis kept silent, looking as if he were regretting coming along.

"Why would you try to ruin my relationship that hasn't even started yet? I seem to recall us making a pact to never let a girl come between us."

"Because I truly believe that Ella and I belong together, so I'm going to fight for her." Harry answered confidently.

"Well, I'm not giving her up." I said.

"We'll see about that." Harry said with a smirk.

Ella's POV

I pushed through the door and headed to the sinks, running a hand through my hand through my hair. What was even going on right now? Harry was being a total jerk, and it so wasn't like him. Even though he was being a total douche right now, I still had little butterflies in my stomach. As much as I liked Liam, I had to admit to myself that I had some feelings for Harry, and that was bad, obviously.

The door swung open and Danielle swished in, her curly brown hair bouncing.

"Ella, I am so sorry. I had no idea this is what Harry was planning. He had just said he wanted to hang out with me, and that I could bring Corey. I feel so bad! I didn't know." Danielle gushed.

"Don't worry about it." I said weakly. "I'm just kind of confused with the whole lot of things right now."

"Aw," Danielle enveloped me in a hug. "I know you don't know me really well, but I'll listen if you need me to. I know the boys very well."

She seemed so genuine and concerned, I couldn't help but telling her. "I like Liam. A lot. I really do. I know I just met him a few days ago, but I already have a lot of feelings for him. But at the same time, I like Harry too. Not as much as Liam, but there's still something there. I'm worried I may have rushed things and not given myself enough time to really sort out my feelings. And now Harry showing up has just made me more confused."

"Oh honey." Danielle placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. "So, I know it may seem like things are going really fast, but in reality, with those boys, you kind of have to. They have crazy lives and you have to just go with it. Take it from someone who dated Liam; he's absolutely amazing. He's a really great boyfriend. We broke up because we just fell apart, mostly due to the fact that we never saw each other. And Harry, he's a real sweetheart. He's very romantic and one of the most hilarious people I have ever met. And as for him showing up and crashing your date, that's not like him at all. It just means that he really likes you. So, I think you should just take things slow for now. With both of them. See what happens."

"Thanks Danielle!" I smiled warmly at her.

"No worries love, and if you ever need to talk, I'm here." We exchanged phone numbers, and I promised to call if I ever thought I needed her. I fixed my lip gloss, and together we headed out back to the table. Liam and Harry were glaring at each other, while Louis sat awkwardly between them.

"Ella!" Liam smiled at me, breaking his glare with Harry.

"Hi Ella, have a nice trip to the bathroom?" Harry asked, grinning up at me, his dimples coming into full relief.

"Yes, I did, it was lovely. But if you don't mind, I think Liam and me are going to get going." I looked meaningfully at Liam. Danielle sent me a thumbs up and a wink.

"Sounds perfect to me." Liam said, standing up and grasping my hand. We walked out into the cool night air, leaving Harry staring dumbfounded at us. I felt a little bad, I hadn't wanted to leave Harry. I wanted to spend time with him too, but I really felt leaving with Liam was what was best. We hopped into his car and he started the drive back to campus.

We reached the parking lot and got out.

"I'm sorry our date kind of got cut short," Liam mumbled.

I jumped up on the hood of the car and leaned back, looking up at the shimmering stars. I patted the area next to me.

"It isn't your fault, darling. Our date doesn't have to be over yet."

Liam climbed onto the car next to me. I cuddled into his warm body, his arms winding around me.

"So do you wanna play the question game?" I asked.

"Sure," he said, and I could hear the smile on his face.

"What was your first girlfriend like?"

"I don't even remember. It was so long ago." He laughed.

"Wow, what a lame answer!" I giggled, poking him in the ribs.

"Oh shush. Now it's my turn. What was your first kiss like?"

I remember back to the sunny day in sixth grade. "It was with a boy called Thomas. I had been a serious dork in elementary school, but once I hit middle school, joined the cheer squad, and hit puberty, the boys finally started paying attention to me. Thomas was my first boyfriend and he had many girlfriends before me, so I was quite awkward, if you can imagine. Anyways, he pulled me behind a tree after school and just kissed me. It was weird, and he tasted really nasty. I broke up with him the next day." I laughed at the memory.

For the next forty-five minutes Liam and I played the question game, asking prying questions, but laughing and joking around. It was very fun. I slid off the hood and onto the sidewalk.

"I should probably get back to my dorm. Melanie and Meike are probably dying of anticipation, waiting for me to tell them all the details of tonight."

Liam looked slightly disappointed, but nodded understandingly, and jumped off the car.

"I had a really nice time with you tonight." I said honestly, beaming happily up at him, the incident with Harry almost forgotten.

"Me too. I'm glad we did this." Liam grinned back at me. We were already practically in each others' arms, so I closed the little bit of distance and leaned on my toes, kissing him softly.

"Goodnight Liam." I whispered, wrapping my arms around him and hugging him close to me, basking in his delicious scent.

"Night Ella." He murmured back.

I glided all the way back to my room, smiling like an idiot the whole way.

This note is much needed so please read. I am starting a new fanfiction. It should be on tomorrow, if not tonight. It is in no way related to this one, besides the fact it's about 1D. I also apologize for the short chapter, it was a long day but I wanted to make sure I updated something. The next chapter WILL be much longer and have a lot more happen. Sorry if it was kind of anticlimactic, I wanted to have this happen because I got an idea for later events in the story involving Danielle.