Louis had an uneasy sleep that night. He couldn't find any peace and wasn't really alseep. After thousands of tries to actually fall sleep Louis gave up. He came back from his half sleep to consciousness and opened his eyes. Everything was pitch black. As he wanted to move he realised he was trapped in his place. Slowly his eyes adjusted to the darkness and Louis looked down on himself. There was Harry curled up to his side with his arm wrapped around Louis' stomach. A doubey smile crept into Louis' face and a fuzzy feeling spread through his body. That felt so right. 

After a few more moments of admiring Harry he untangled himself from Harry, carefully not to wake him, and stood up. He looked back down at that cute little boy before he left the room. He just couldn't drown in moments like that or his crush would get even worse than it already was. Harry was barely even a friend. 

"Get that in your brain, Tomlinson" he admonished himself. 

Still kinda sleepy Louis walked through the hallway, taking everything in in the darkness of the night. Outside the storm was still increasing and Louis felt himself getting anxious. He stopped his midnight walk in front of that one locked door. He hesitantely unlocked it and walked inside. It still all looked the same. The big bed was made neatly, the curtains were closed, but the shelfs and the closet were empty. Nothing showed that anyone ever lived in here. 

As Louis sat down on the bed something caught his eye. He leaned down and felt under the bed. He grabbed it and put it on his thighs. Louis' heartbeat picked up. It was that one photo album he was looking for a while ago. He had tons of old ones with baby and childhood pictures at home but this one was the last they made before his mother had passed away. Full of pictures of him, his mother and his father happily together and his lovely sisters. He thought it was gone but now he was really holding it in his own two hands. 

"Louis?". 

Startled Louis almost dropped the album. His head snapped up into the direction of the voice and he froze in his spot. Harry was standing in the doorframe with his hair sticking in various directions, looking tired as hell but still absolutely adorable. 

"Did I wake you?" was Louis' only concern right now. 

"No, I um... had to take a wee and then noticed you were gone so I went to look for you. Here I am now" lied Harry but Louis was too distracted to notice that. 

Louis stroked over the album and felt tears forming in his eyes. Being in this room probably wasn't such a good idea. On the one hand he wanted to drown in his memories and cry his heart out but on the other hand he wanted to be stronger than this and just let go. It was too much for him. 

"You wanna get out of here? I could make us some hot chocolate" offered Harry him. 

Tightly Louis held onto the album and stood up from the bed. Together with Harry he walked downstairs into the kitchen. Harry warmed up some milk and told Louis to just sit down on the couch. Like a little kid Louis padded over to the fireplace and sat down next to it with a fluffy blanket covering him up because he was cold again. In no time Harry came over to him and handed him his hot chocolate. He took another blanket and sat down directly in front of Louis, just looking at him. The fire crackled in the fireplace and Louis watched the blazing flame. It was so peaceful. 

"What's that?" pointed Harry at the photo album Louis was still clutching to his chest. 

"A photo album. I was looking for it at home. I thought it was gone but it was here all the time" answered Louis honestly. 

"Are those picture of your Mom?" asked Harry even though he knew the answer. 

Louis nodded and handed Harry the now open album. Harry took it reverently and looked at the shown pictures of Louis' Mom. With a tiny smile Harry laid it down in the middle of them so both could see something. The shadows of the flammes danced over the pages. 

"She's beautiful" breathed Harry barely out. 

"She was, yeah. Inside and out. She was such a wonderful person. Always there for everyone, was understanding and never judged you no matte what. She was always there to support me" told Louis him with a sad smile on his face. 

"When we watched Love, Simon I had to think about her. In that scene where the mother talks with her son after the coming out, remember? This scene made me cry for more than just one reason" added Louis bravely. Harry had no idea what to say. He felt the guilt coming back. 

"I never had the chance to tell my mother I'm gay. When she was still here I was too busy with being there for her to even think about myself. Now that I know she is not here. Maybe better. Now I will never know how she would have reacted" continued Louis, sinking into his insecurities. 

"I'm sure she would have accepted it. You just said she never judged anyone, right?". Louis nodded. "See? She would have still loved you. Maybe even more for being yourself. I just know it". 

"Thanks Harry" sniffled Louis. 

"Please don't thank me. I did absolutely nothing right. I'm sorry for that stupid comment about your Mom back then. I was so damn stupid. I....". 

"Harry stop. It's okay. It's in the past. Over. Done" cut Louis him off. 

"It's unforgivable" sighed Harry guiltily. 

"I'm not gonna lie. Yes it was stupid and pretty mean and it hurt me a lot but didn't we agree on leaving all this behind us in the past where it belongs, Hazza?" tilted Louis his head aside. 

"We did. It's just so hard. I can't understand why you don't hate me, Louis" hung Harry his head low. 

Louis moved a little closer to Harry and lifted his chin up with one finger, making Harry look at him. "You are a good person who experienced bad things. You're not a bad person, you hear me? I could never hate you, Haz". 

"Really?". 

"Really".

"There is nothing I could d....". 

"There is nothing you could do, you understand? It's you and me now until the day we... you know" cut Louis Harry off and made a funny face. Both put their hands over their hearts and made a funny sound as a joke for dying when they're old. 

"It's you and me forever now, Haz. You're not getting rid off me ever again no matter how hard you try. I will never give up on you" stated Louis honestly. 

"You're truly too good for this world" marvelled Harry in awe, staring at Louis in the light of the fireplace. 

Louis smiled at Harry and then looked back at the album to distract the butterflies in his stomach. He flipped through the pages until he stopped at one picture. All of his family members were on it. His Dad had his Mom in his arms. Louis' four sister were playing around with him and all looked disgustingly happy. He missed that time so much. 

"Who are they?" asked Harry. 

"My sisters" answered Louis fondly. 

"I didn't knew you have sisters" mumbled Harry. 

Louis sensed Harry's discomfort and sadness and decided to just open up to him even more to show him he was really serious. "I have four younger sisters. Lottie is the oldest, then Fizzy and the twins Daisy and Phoebe. They're all lovely girls but can be pretty annoying and a pain in the ass sometimes. I really miss them a lot". 

"Why? Where are they?" asked Harry kinda worried. 

"They are on privat schools far away from here and I don't see them very often. I could have gone too but I wanted to stay here and have no idea why exactly. Now I live alone and well it's pretty damn lonely to be honest. It makes it harder to stay strong but it's okay" admitted Louis. 

"I have one older sister. We get along pretty well or um we did back in the days. Now she lives in Manchster because she attends Uni there. I'm really happy for her but I should probably call her more often. Haven't called her in a while. Anyways, I really love Doncaster, I mean how can you not, but I really want to leave someday and go to Uni somewhere else. Not that I will ever graduate anyway but I can dream, right?" revealed Harry suprisingly to him. 

"Why do you think that?" asked Louis confused. 

"C'mon, you know how I am in school. There is no way I can graduate like that. I didn't care about it but deep down I probably always knew I'm just too stupid anyways so why even try? I will be stuck here forever" shrugged Harry but Louis could see how much he was hurting. 

"You're definitely not stupid, Harry". 

"Have you seen my grades? I never pay attention, I'm always late, I never do my homework and you know why? Because I simply don't know anything" snorted Harry in self defense. 

"I wish I was as smart as you" added Harry sadly. 

"I'm not as smart as you might think I am. I'm bad at stuff too. Take biology for example. I simply don't have a clue but you do. Last lesson you impressed the hell out of me with that answer, Harry. You're definitely not stupid. No one is good at everything" contradicted Louis . 

"Wow one subject. What about the rest? I won't pass like that. For you it's so simpl....". 

"Don't say simple or easy, Harold. That's not true. I worked my ass of to be where I am now. I worked so hard for school to not fail in any subject. And you know what? I hated it. I hated every bit of it. I didn't do it for myself. I did it because I felt completely useless when my mother got sick. I tried to be less of a burden so she didn't had to worry about me or my future. I spent all my days studying or helping wherever I could. That wasn't fun. It turned me into the freaky Nerd I am now and I had literally no life but yeah. Not easy at all" became Louis angry now but not with Harry or himself. More with the world in general. 

"You're not a freaky Nerd, Louis. I'm sorry for ever making you feel that way. You're very smart and I admire you for that. I didn't knew you felt like that. I wish I knew. I bullied you in a time where you were at the ground already. I'm sorry I'm always that stupid" apologised Harry again. 

"You are not stupid, Harry" made Louis clear once and for all. 

"How about we study together?" asked Louis suddenly with a new idea popping up in his head. 

"What?". 

"Well, I mean I could help you if you want and you could explain biology to me. I have really no idea what he is always talking about" offered Louis Harry a little smile. 

"I would like that" smiled Harry brightly at him. 

"Great. Then that's a deal". Louis could see the happiness in Harry's face but also sleep coming over him again. "Let's go back to bed. It's late". 

They put out the fire, put the blankets away and put the cups back into the kitchen. Then they walked back upstairs but Harry pulled Louis not into their former room but in the room of Louis' parents. For some reason Louis was okay with that. As he closed the door a thunder was heard and he flinched visibly due to his fear. 

"Come here, love. The thunder can't hurt you in here" patted Harry the spot next to him on the bed. 

"I can't help it" admitted Louis embarrased but climbed into the bed next to Harry, tugging on his sweater paws. 

"You're cute when you're scared" yawned Harry cutely. 

"And you're cute when you're tired" grinned Louis sheepishly. He had to stop that. 

"M'not tired" yawned Harry again and curled adorably against Louis' side. 

"Of course not, Princessa" smiled Louis fondly and wrapped an arm around Harry to pull him closer to his chest. 

"Good night, Louis" said Harry already half asleep with his head on Louis' chest. 

"Night, Hazza" kissed Louis Harry's hair. "Oh and Harry? Thanks for that movie thing. That was really cute". 

"Everything for you, Boo" were Harry's last words before he was sound asleep. 

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Late in the morning the five boys sat at the table finishing up their breakfast. The sun was shining through some friendly clouds and last nights storm was long forgotten. They were chatting sleepily until they were done eating. Together they cleaned the table and washed the dishes without a problem. But then Niall decided to be the real idiot he was deep down. He sprinted through the glass door to the dock and jumped into the lake in his clothes. The water splashed everywhere. 

"Niall, you're crazy" called Louis out to the lake. 

"Come in here, Tomlinson, or I will tell everyone you have a tiny dick" shouted Niall back to him totally insane. 

"That's not true" stated Zayn. 

"You don't even know that, Niall". 

"Do I look like I care? I will do it anyways" poked Niall his tongue out at him. "Oh and Zayn, I really didn't needed that information". 

"Your own fault, Horan" shrugged Zayn smugly. 

"C'mon, Tommo. Let's startle the eels" urged Niall impatiently. 

"I can't believe I'm really doing this" muttered Louis more to himself, tooking off his pants. 

"I'll join you" said Harry and took his pants off too. "Boys?". 

"Nah, I'm not crazy like you. That water is freezing. You can die alone" shook Zayn his head wildly. 

"I stay with him. I'll make some tea ready for you for afterwards" told Liam him and went inside with Zayn. 

"Is it just me or was that weird?" asked Louis Harry, now only wearing his boxers. 

"You mean as weird as jumping in a freezing lake?" countered Harry cheekily. 

"Who allowed you to be that cheeky, Harold?" cocked Louis an eyebrow at him. 

"I have always been like that. Why? Does it drive you crazy?" approached Harry him. 

"Was that your plan? Don't know if it's working". 

"Stop the flirting, Lovebirds. Come in now or my dick will fall off" screamed Niall over to them. 

"I would love to see that" shouted Louis back with a laugh. 

"Sure you don't just want to see Harry's d....". 

"COMING" screamed Louis and jumped into the lake close to Niall, shutting him up successfully. 

"I take that as a yes" grinned Niall dirtily at him. 

"I swear shut up or you will never leave this lake again" threatened Louis his best friend. 

"Exchanging death threats again?" appeared Harry next to them. 

"Nothing too bad. Don't worry, Haz" offered Louis him a smile. 

"Don't worry, Haz" mocked Niall Louis' voice. Louis kicked him against the leg. "Ouch". 

"Shit, it's so damn cold" was Louis shaking like crazy. 

"Niall, why did you do that?" questioned Harry with a trembling bottom lip. 

"I'm just living my best life and I wanted Tommo by my side. Never said you have to join us. It's not my fault" shrugged Niall and Louis kicked him again but stronger. 

Louis was swimming right next to Harry and they were facing each other. Their feet were brushing against each other over and ove again. The sun let little light beams dance on the surface and it was reflected in Harry's eyes. The sight was magical but Louis only had eyes for Harry, who was already looking at him. Niall looked back and forth between them and just left but they didn't notice. Louis' whole body was freezing due to the cold water but his heart felt warmer than ever. He could feel Harry's body close to him and couldn't stop looking into those mesmerizing eyes. 

"You need another minute or are you already dead?" heard Louis Niall call from the dock. 

He blinked a few times and then swam back to the dock with Harry following him. They climbed out of the lake and were met with the freezing wind. Quickly they ran inside and were met with Liam waiting for them with tea and blankets to warm up again. He was a great friend. 

"Your such a good housewife, Li. Thanks" patted Niall Liam's shoulder. 

"I'm not a wife. I'm a real man" huffed Liam insulted. 

"Whatever you say". 

"Shut up and be nice to him. He made you tea" slapped Zayn Niall against the head. 

"Why is everybody hurting me all the time?" wailed Niall like a baby. 

"Maybe you should stop insulting people" said Zayn as he sat down near the fireplace where his friends were. 

"Man, I need more friends and not just you four lovesick idiots" muttered Niall to himself. 

Niall, Louis and Harry were wrapped up in a warm blanket and all five of them had a tea cup in their hand. They just enjoyed the warmth of the fire and each other's company. Suddenly Niall jumped up and a second later he came back with a guitar. Niall started playing their own song in an acoustic version and it sounded beautiful. They were ready for the final performance. After that he played some other songs and the boys sang along to for example Stereo Hearts, I Got A Feeling, Valerie and Torn. In the end they snapped some pictures all together to have a memory of this day forever. 

Later on Liam and Harry went into the kitchen to make Lunch for them. Niall, Zayn and Louis stayed behind on the couch. Thanks to it being an open kitchen Louis could watch Harry's every move. He felt like a total creep but couldn't stop himself. 

"You're drooling" chuckled Niall next to him. 

"I'm not" protested Louis and looked away from Harry. 

"How's it going with Harry?" questioned Zayn interested. 

"Pretty good, I think. We're making progress" mused Louis. 

"And what does this mean in detail? I want details" urged Niall him excitedly. 

"There are no details and never will be. I mean I can't deny that I really like him and you knew that already but it's not going anywhere" sighed Louis defeated. 

"Why not?".

"I thought it was going good" Zayn didn't understand. 

"Yes, really good but not like you may think. We get along pretty well and I see his will to change and I already see a big difference. He is so nice and caring to me the last days. We really opened up to each other last night and had an honest talk and made some promises" told Louis them honestly. 

"And what exactly is holding you back?" hooked Zayn. 

"We're on a good way to become good friends but not more than that. Maybe he flirts with me but I'm not the only one. He doesn't want anything serious and I'm not in for just some fun. This would ruin everything and I like him too much already. This would break me more than everything he ever said" admitted Louis and his gaze turned back to Harry, walking around the kitchen happily. His feelings for this boy were out of control. This crush was getting worse. 

"It's just a crush. A simple silly crush. A crush, crush, crush, crush" tried Louis mentally to convince his mind or his heart or whatever told him it was more than this. 

"I understand that, Louis. It would be bad for the both of you to just have sex but nothing serious" said Zayn understandingly. 

"But that's what he is best know for, right? I mean that's what he does. A lot of sex with different meaningless people all the time. And then there's me. I'm still a bloody virgin and don't want to do it like that. This would never work out" tried Louis more to convince himself and cringed at the thought of Harry fucking someone else. 

"I don't know what to say to this" admitted Zayn overwhelmed. 

"But I do. Louis, the way you two look at each other these last days especially what I've seen today is more than just sex and lust. He looks at you the same way you look at him. You just don't see it" told Niall him. 

"I don't know. Let's not talk about this stupid crush any more. It will go away soon" waved Louis the matter off. 

"I'm not so sure about that. Sometimes a crush doesn't go away no matter how hard and long you try and it grows into more. Especially when you see that person almost every day" voiced Zayn concern. Louis followed his gaze and like expected Zayn was staring at Liam. 

"As far as I remember Liam is not a Fuckboy or something like that. So what are you waiting for, Zaynie? He is right there" was Louis seriously confused. 

"He doesn't lik...". 

"If you're really saying he doesn't like you like that I will personally have your head, Malik" cut Niall him off. 

"You're mean" pouted Zayn. 

"Maybe but you're stupid". 

"What he means is that it's pretty obvious Liam likes you back. Didn't you see how jealous he gets when we joke about our undying love and all that sexual stuff? He really likes you, Zaynie" told Louis him what he had noticed. 

"Let's say you're right, why doesn't he do anything about it? He knows I'm gay but as far as I know he's straight" countered Zayn. 

"That's actually a pretty good point" Niall had to admit. 

"Maybe because he thinks there is something going on between us" said Louis. 

"Why would he think that?" asked Zayn dumbly. 

"Seriously Zayn?" looked Niall incredulously at him. 

"Harry kinda hinted that people think that, not excluding them" admitted Louis. 

"Well, I don't care. He doesn't like me like that. He is straigt and that's it" said Zayn stubbornly. 

"You two are both idiots" groaned Niall. 

"You think so? This reminds me that I wanted to ask you something, my dear Nialler" turned Louis to Niall in a sugar sweet voice. 

"Oh and what?". 

"Do you maybe want to tell me something? You know, about Eleanor?" smirked Louis, knowing he won. 

"Um..." was it now Niall's turn to be speechless and blushing. 

"Uhh Nialler has a crush" sing-songed Zayn like a little girl. 

"Shut up" slapped Niall Zayn's arm. 

"Sooo?" dragged Louis the word out extra long. 

"Fine. Maybe I like her.... a bit but I can handle it. She is my best friend for years. I don't want things to change or go down hill" admitted Niall embarrassedly. 

"Why are we all such cowards? Maybe we should just give up and stay alone forever, have some fun and stuff" tried Louis to joke but he sounded pretty sad. 

"We're very lucky with our crushes" snorted Zayn sarcastically. Yeah... crush. 

Shortly after their very positive little talk the food was ready and they all ate in peace. Afterwards they packed their things together already and stuffed it into the car. Before they would drive home they wanted to visit this pedal boat thing close by. It was only midday after all. The drive was pretty short and Louis was happy to see it was kinda empty. A guy close to their age came torwards them with a friendly smile. 

"Hello and welcome. I'm sure you want some pedal boats, or am I wrong?" said that guy. His name tag read Josh. 

"No we just came here to watch the trees because we couldn't have done that anywhere else" replied Louis sassily. 

"Aye, sassy I like that" grinned Josh at Louis. "So all of you?". 

"Yes but in pairs" nodded Zayn. 

"That's standard. Well, you're five so I will join one of you. Maybe you, pretty boy?" addressed Josh Louis with a flirty smile. 

"I feel honoured but I have to go with Harry. If he goes with Niall they will most likely drown after five seconds because Niall is a child and Harry is clumsy. And no one seperates Liam and Zayn sooo..." declined Louis with a wink at Josh. 

"Too bad but it's selfless to do that for your friend and to renounce me" threw Josh him a playful look, making Louis laugh a bit.

They all followed Josh to the boats, Liam walking a bit closer to Zayn since Josh appeared, and got in them but not without Josh offering his help to Louis who just waved it off and helped Harry instead who had a deep frown on his face the whole time.

Josh ended up in a boat with Niall and they really almost drowned. Liam and Zayn were pretty careful all the time and Louis was sure Zayn had some kind of fear of water or something similar to that. But he couldn't focus on that because Harry's clumsy self kept distracting him from everything. They laughed a lot and in the end didn't fell into the lake. So it was a success.

"That was a lot of fun" stated Niall happily.

"I almost died but I guess it was fun. Maybe we see each other again someday" chuckled Josh.

"I don't think so. We don't live that close. So don't get your hopes up" said Harry petty. 

"You'll never know, Harry. But probably not that soon. I won't be here for a while. I was just helping out but I will join a friend of my father for a trip with a class soon. Maybe after that someday" told Josh them.

"Would be fun, I'm sure" grinned Niall. 

"Well, we have to go. Bye Josh" said Louis goodbye to him. 

"Goodbye Louis, love of my life" said Josh dramatically.

"You're an idiot" laughed Louis while walking away. 

"Only if you like idiots" replied Josh. 

"Unfortunately for me I do" turned Louis back around, walking backwards. 

"Does this mean I have a chance?" called Josh after him laughingly. 

"Who knows" called Louis back. 

"What was that?" asked Harry as they reached the car. 

"Just some fun. Never heard of flirting, Harold? I thought you were an expert in that area" said Louis and walked over to the driver's side.

"He's weird" huffed Harry as he got in the car. 

"He isn't weird just because you don't like him" countered Louis. 

"Can you just start the car and save us your marriage banter for later? I want ice cream" threw Niall in from the backseat. 

"Only good boys get things from Daddy" winked Louis laughingly at him. 

"I'm so done with you" crossed Niall his arms over his chest. 

"Ice cream sounds good, don't you think?" coughed Harry next to him. 

"Ice cream it is then" said Louis and started the car. 

They drove back into the little village and got some ice cream before their drive back home. Louis had the feeling Harry was actually pissed at him for playfully flirting with Josh but that didn't make any sense, right? He was the king of the flirts and even flirted with Louis himself, so why wasn't he allowed to do it? There was one reason in his mind trying to get through to him but he fought against it. He couldn't think about that for a second. Harry didn't like him as more than a friend and that's it. 

The drive back was filled with laughter and music and weird sounds from Niall wich made them all laugh. They felt free like this and didn't want it to end. They needed more of those times. But sadly it was over as soon as they reached Doncaster again. Louis dropped his friends off at their homes and drove back home himself. When he arrived he was met with the familiar loneliness of his house.

Back in his room he finished his homework before he took a shower and headed to bed. On his bedside table was now lying the photo album and a picutre of him and the boys someone has took of them at the ice cream palor and they had printed out before they drove back. Something felt good in his life for once again and he never wanted to miss this feeling again. That's why he was even more determined to keep his feelings under control. He needed to get over that stupid little crush on Harry. He couldn't fuck this up again. And when he fell asleep the last thing in his mind was the will to control and hide his feelings and a pair of beautiful sparkling green eyes in the sunlight. 

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And part 2 of the weekend trip. Did you like it? I really tried my best. 

I wanted to update later but I wanted to make my Girl Elli happy today so I updated for her <3 <3 <3

Question of the Chapter: Are the boy's crushes as stupid as they think?