Their eyes caught each other as she responded, blue meeting brown as music filled the room and enveloped them. The skin of his arm seemed to prickle beneath her touch, similar almost to electricity coursing through him, as cheesy as he realized that seemed. "Believe me," he said softly. "You bring the power to this duo." That was when Terrari walked back into the room, leaving Ashleigh hardly any time to respond, thankfully. It was something he had said extemporaneously, and he blushed slightly in embarrassment.
He shook the man's hand as per custom and followed Ashleigh out, one hand holding his phone and his other buried in his pocket. His blush had dissipated by now, but it appeared again at her comment, flushing as guilt seemed to rise in his throat, still grinning like an idiot. He had to reason to feel guilt -- certainly, he could have his relationships -- but he did, nevertheless, and he failed to shake the feeling."I...ah...yeah," he said slowly, looking over at Wendy to wave and then back at Ashleigh.
"See you..." he started to say as she walked off, cutting himself off when he realized she wasn't listening. Louis watched her for a moment longer, perplexed just slightly, before turning his full attention to Wendy. He would be lying if he said she was not stunning even in her simple outfit. He thought to do some sort of affectionate gesture, but he worried a kiss was too forward -- something he knew Americans took far too seriously. He gave her a quick hug of sorts with one arm, drawing her in for a moment to his body before releasing her.
"Ready as I will ever be," Louis replied, smiling back at her as he buried both hands back into his pockets. They walked side by side, brushing up against each other occasionally as others barged past or simply because walking in a completely straight line in New York City was practically impossible. "It was nice. Mr. Terrari seems to like what we had." He knew not if he ought to tell Wendy about Ashleigh's comment before leaving, for she certainly must have noticed something awry in the situation. He decided changing the subject was the safest route. "And how were auditions...?"