From the Bottom to the Top (One Direction/ Little Mix AU)

Ch 5.-First Date and Surprise Surprise

JESY'S POV

I opened the door to see...Ryan standing on the other side of the threshold. He was holding a small card and a bouquet of roses. Before I could say anything, he grabbed my hand and pulled me outside, closing the door behind me. "I'm so glad I found you. You see, this fell off of one of your bags at the airport." He passed me the card. Jesy Nelson. The Belle Ville Hotel. Paris, France.

I looked up at him. "You came here, from the airport, just to give me this card?" He smiled and handed me the bouquet. "And these. And... I wanted to ask you to...go on a date with me?" I blushed. "Really? You want to go on a date, with me?" He blushed too. "Yeah, I really do." I was about to accept, when Jade decided to ruin the moment. "Jessica Louise, get you bum back in this room! We need to talk!"

I sighed, and I heard Ryan laughing. Jade was dragging me back in the room when I realized something. "You don't have my number!" Before turning and walking to the elevator, he said, " Actually, I do. I saw it on the card I just gave you. I'll text you the details later. Until then, Jessica." And like that, he was gone. Once the door was closed, the girls jumped on me. Literally. We all fell to the floor in a heap. "Explain.", Perrie said. I sat up, knowing this was gonna take a while.

LIAM'S POV

I bet you weren't expecting this. My point of view. Well, here it is. I honestly don't know why Harry and I stand back and watch. We thought it would just be a bit of teasing, a couple of pranks or something. But Louis can really hold a grudge. Yep, the lads and I think this is all Louis' fault. We used to be close friends with the girls, but after last year, we separated. But this year, Harry and I plan on changing things. We're gonna find a way to make amends with them if it kills us.

I know the girls are in France. I was going to their house to talk to them when I heard the news through an open window. That's how Zayn knows. I also know that Zayn likes Perrie, and I've encouraged him to go to her, but the rest is up to him.

Harry is going to talk to our uncle, the headmaster, to see if he can stop Louis' torture on the girls. Until then, Louis wants to have a party tonight, and I'm tired of it. He has a party every night, then the rest of us are left cleaning up his mess. I know you're probably thinking, Why don't you talk to him? Tell him you don't want to have a party. Grow a pair and stand up for yourself!

The thing is, Louis is really scary when he's angry. We all know from experience. So, we usually end up having the party. I just hope tonight's a little different. Who am I kidding? Of course it won't be different!

ZAYN'S POV

I'm clutching the armrest, waiting for the loop-de-loop Louis told me about. But it never comes. I'm starting to think Louis is lying to me about that. Yep, I'm on my way to France. I had to take Liam's advice and follow my heart. Yeah, Perrie will probably hate me for a while, but I'm hoping that if she puts the bullying aside and gets to know me, She'll see that I've changed. For her.

I've also brought her a surprise. I hope she likes it. I'm still worried about Louis though. I wonder if he'll notice that I'm not at the party tonight.

---seven and a half hours later---

HARRY'S POV

It's almost midnight, and the party's slowly coming to an end. I looked around. I'm pretty sure I don't even know half the people at this party. I think Louis did an open invite. I think the girls are just trying to stay out of our way, because they weren't here. I can't believe Louis would stoop so low as to bully girls that he once really liked. Especially Jesy. He totally had a thing for her. And I'll admit, I kind of like Leigh-Anne. But now, Louis' gone and ruined everything.

I ended up kicking a fourth of the party people out, many that were drunk and passed out. While doing so, I was humming a random tune I made up. For some reason, I couldn't get it out of my head. I think I was coming up with another song! I'll tell the others tomorrow.

I was putting the rest of the guests in taxis and sending them to random places, while Niall and Liam cleaned up the house. It was our regular routine. Louis was upstairs, drunk off his ass, and Zayn...where was Zayn? He's been acting weird lately, and the only person he's talked to since school let out...was Liam. Note to self: See if Liam knows anything about Zayn. Liam's a horrendous liar, and he can't keep secrets, so I'll be able to get it out of him, whatever he's hiding.

PERRIE'S POV

The next morning, we forced Jesy to spill on the cute French guy. Coming all the way to this hotel from the airport, to ask her out is so adorable! We helped Jesy get ready, Ryan's picking her up any minute now. I was a little hesitant to accept this. "Jesy, are you sure about this? I mean, he does know you're only here for the summer right? I don't want him to get the wrong idea! I don't want you to get hurt, possibly falling for him!" I was very protective of my little Jessica, especially after the whole bullying thing.

Jesy turned and smiled at me. "Pez, relax. Ryan knows how long I'll be here, and he's okay with it. It's one date. It's not like he asked me to be his girlfriend or anything." I smiled slightly, then frowned. "But what if he does ask you? What will you do then? We all know you can't handle long distance relationships. Remember Jordan, and Jake?" We all cringed at the thought of her last two boyfriends. and Jade came up behind me. "Pez is right Jesy. We're not trying to tell you what to do. We're just looking out for you because you're our sister and we love you. We just don't want anything bad to happen."

Jesy pulled all of us into a group hug. Her phone buzzed on the bed. She picked it up. It was a text from Ryan.

***Come outside. I have a surprise-Ry-Ry***

We all smirked at her. "Ry-Ry?" Leigh-Anne asked. Jesy blushed. "You had to have been there to hear the whole conversation." We all went downstairs, mostly because we were curious about the surprise. We stepped out of the elevator into...falling snow? Oh it was fake, romantic snow! In the middle of the lobby, covered in fake snow, was Ryan, holding a bouquet of white roses. We all squealed like little, gossiping schoolgirls as Jesy walked towards him. He handed her the bouquet, and from what l could see, he told her to look outside. So did we.

Outside was a horse-drawn carriage. He'd rented it just for her. AWWWWW!! This guy is really pulling out all the stops for this first date. Why can't I get a guy that does something like that? Jesy and Ryan left us there, in the fake snow. To be honest, we enjoyed it. We made fake snow angels and everything! After a while though, we went upstairs and got dressed for the day. We planned to go sight-seeing later. For now, we just sat and watched TV.

Jade ended up putting it on some game show and for the next hour, we were there trying to guess answers to the questions being asked. Or I was at least. Jade and Leigh were yelling out complete gibberish the whole time. The show was about to go off and another one was coming on, when there was a knock at the door. No one moved. "Jade did you order room service?" Jade shook her head, eyes still glued on the TV. It couldn't have been Jesy because she had a key, she would've just walked in. There was another knock and again, no one moved. I sighed and got up. "Well, I don't want everyone jumping up at once to get the door."

I slowly made my way to the front. There was more knocking. "Jesus, I'm coming!" Somebody's impatient. I swung the door open, looking warily at the interrupter of my good day. My eyes went wide and I froze on the spot. "Z-Zayn,..." His eyes brightened. "I came all the way to Paris to do this." Before I could respond, his lips were on mine. I wanted to push away, but his lips were so, so soft. "Perrie! What are you doing? Why is he here!" I pulled away and turned around to see Jade, holding a crying Leigh-Anne. Then I realized what I'd just done. She just caught me, kissing one of her bullies! I looked back at Zayn. Shit!