louis had been happy when he’d heard a lot of his mates were heading to paris for the new years celebration – because he knew had he stuck around with his family, he’d just feel like a giant third wheel. all his siblings were in happy relationships, and that’d have likely made him feel a bit miserable. not to mention this was the first new year he’d been single in a long time – and while he was happy to be away from she who not be named, he’d been doing a lot of thinking of how lonely the new year celebration was going to be. which had been one of the many plus sides he’d thought of when he invited dani, even if it ended up being a night between two friends, at least he wasn’t alone and he was in the company of someone that often put a smile on his face.
only really wanting to spend time with dani tonight was a lot of the reason why he decided to ignore the larger celebration – he didn’t want to have to fight for her attention. maybe that was selfish of him, but he didn’t see that as a bad thing of wanting all her attention. at least for tonight. well, that and his bum arm, because he could imagine with it being so busy – he’d risk getting his arm jarred more than once. this was a whole lot better, there were only a few hundred people here, whereas there were thousands at the other celebration. when dani arrived, louis’s eyes were instantly drawn to her and what she was wearing. she looked beautiful – but lou couldn’t think of a single time where she didn’t look beautiful, so he wasn’t surprised. he just smiles at her words, however, and does his best to not look smug when she tells him that he looks nice. “a lot calmer here, yeah? and thank you, love, though you look very beautiful yourself,” he replies easily, before letting out a little laugh at her next words. “well, my mate’s sister is watching his kid, so she said she’d have no problem watching freddie as well. figured he’d rather be around other kids, than a geezer like me, yeah? though he was sad he was missing out on seeing you.” his tone was just a little bit teasing, and then he nods his head toward the elevator that could take them up the eiffel tower. “you want to stay down here, or you want to go up and watch the fireworks from the top, love?”
danielle had done a lot of things and traveled to a lot of places, but doing new years in paris was a first for her, one that she was looking forward to. as cliche as it might seem, maybe it would bring good year ahead. still she was trying not to overthink it too much, she had a habit of being one to plan and look too far ahead and sometimes things didn’t always work out the way she hoped, so instead she was just going to take things moment by moment, and so far that seemed to be working out in her favor.
it was also kind of nice being here where louis was the only person she knew. it meant that the actress didn’t have to try to mingle and make small talk with people she’d been acquainted with. not that she was being antisocial, but it was rather refreshing to be able to focus on just one person. and the fact that one person happened to be lou made it all the better. “much calmer, yeah. and i did promise that i wouldn’t let you break any more bones so that was a good call. helps with my mission,” she chuckled. “excellent point, im certain he’d prefer that over being stuck with a bunch of adults. yeah well, he knows im the fun one. smart kid, he is. wonder where he inherited that.” smirking, the brunette glanced up at the structure before looking back at him, “we’re here, we can’t not be at the top, would be a waste.” without a second thought, her hand reaches for his free one and tugs him toward the elevator.
