Being back in school after a ten days break is never nice but it's worse when you're Louis and overthinking everything. Harry has been really different this whole break and they got together and cuddled a lot but now they were back in school. A place where everyone knew Harry as a fuckboy and knew about Max and probably even more and the fear was there that the pressure would be too much for Harry. On Top of that, Max was still in school with them and Louis wasn't keen on seeing him again. 

With his hands stuffed into his pockets, Louis was waiting for Niall to get ready for class but he was talking to Eleanor while Louis was leaning against the locker next to them, getting ignored. A smile spread across his face when Harry walked over to him with his books in his hands. 

"Hey, Lou, why the long face?" asked Harry. 

"I'm being ignored" pointed Louis at his two friends with his head. 

"Not from me though" leaned Harry closer to him, causing Louis to stand up straight and knock his book down, cursing under his breath for being such an idiot. 

"Are you okay?" eyed Harry him suspiciously.

"Sure" tried Louis everything to occupy his hands. 

"You don't wanna be seen with me" stated Harry. 

"What? No, ...".

"You don't wanna be seen with everyone's Fuckboy and be dragged down with me," said Harry, gaining the attention of Niall and Eleanor but also of some other students. 

"God, Harry. It's not like that. I'm not ashamed of you or anything. It's just... Max is still here and he doesn't even know about us yet. He was pretty mean and I wanna know what he's up too. Also, I think it's important that you know what you really want first. Being that popular means attention and judgy people. It can be too much. I just want you to be sure. It's okay. I can wait" explained Louis himself, knowing people were watching them.

"But I can't" intertwined Harry their fingers and kissed Louis' cheek, turning Louis into a blushing mess and earning gasps from people around them but he didn't care. 

Like this, they walked down the school hallway and into class. A few minutes later Mr Matthews showed up, surprising them all. It was Monday and not Wednesday or Friday so why was he here?

"Don't even ask. One of your other teachers is sick today. Guess I'm doomed to be your only teacher" explained Cory before someone could ask. 

"That can be fun" snickered Niall. 

"So, I heard some talking and looking at you now I guess the rumours are all true. I guess it's time for the talk" looked Cory at the boys. 

"In front of the whole class?" exclaimed Zayn embarrassed, making Cory wince and pull a weird face. 

"Yeah, give us the talk. Let's see what you know" chuckled Louis. 

"Okay, when a boy...". 

"Stop" cut Zayn him off. 

"Okay guys, it's summer. Feelings spread which leads to dating which leads to movies which lead to popcorn which leads to putting your hands together in the dark touching the popcorn which leads to holding hands which leads to... that" pointed Cory at Niall and Eleanor staring at each other. "Oh, I'm not ready for this". 

"It's too late anyway" shrugged Zayn. 

"Yeah, I know everything" agreed Niall with him. 

"And I've done everything" laughed Harry, making Louis glare at him. 

"I... - I give up. I failed" was Cory done with them. 

"We're evil. We're breaking teachers. We're good" enjoyed Eleanor this way too much. 

"You. Me. Mars. Let's do this thing" looked Niall intensively at her. 

"Guess life is over mocking us. It's gonna be good now". 

---

Good turned into confusion mixed with worry. The next day Harry didn't show up to class. No one knew where he was. He hasn't texted anyone, not even Louis. They all tried to reach him but he never answered. Wednesday he wasn't there either. Now Mr Matthews was alarmed too. The whole day the mood was tense and weird. Louis noticed how people were looking at him and he hated it. His life was none of their fucking business. 

"Guys, you know what's up with Harry?" came Cory over to them after their last class. 

"No, we haven't heard of him in two days" sighed Liam sadly. 

"Not even you, Louis?" addressed Cory him now. Louis just shook his head. 

"I give you two days to handle this otherwise you'll come to me, deal?" offered Cory them and they all accepted. 

In his despair, Louis even went to Max while Liam went ahead to Harry's house. When Max saw Louis and Zayn coming over his face hardened and they knew this wouldn't be very nice. 

"What do you want?" glared Max at them. 

"Harry is kinda missing for days and no one knows where he is. Can you try to reach him in some way?" came Zayn straight to the point. 

"Aww, did he drop his newest fuckbuddy already? That was damn fast. He had me longer shagging his brains out" mocked Max Louis nastily. 

"You're dead" lunged Louis towards him but Zayn held him in place. 

"Such a tiny fighting-dwarf. Pathetic" spat Max condescendingly. "Why do you care for that useless fag anyway?". 

"Fag? You're gay yourself, Jerk" fumed Louis. 

"Only the one getting fucked is gay" stated Max. 

"That's enough. I'm going to...". 

"Breath, Louis" whispered Zayn into his ear. 

"He's not worth it but I'm gonna try anyway. Bye for now" left Max within a second.  

"Die on the way" called Louis after him. "Why did you stop me, Zayn?". 

"Harry wouldn't want you getting in trouble" was Zayn's simple answer. 

Quickly they made their way over to Harry's house too where they were met with Anne opening the door and telling them Liam and Niall were already up in Harry's room. They ran upstairs and stumbled into the room where they were met with Liam looking all sad and pissed off next to Harry. 

"Someone told Harry that he doesn't deserve us as friends" was the first thing Liam said. 

"Who?" Louis wanted to know. 

"It's not important" waved Harry it off. 

"It's the most important thing in the world. I'll find them myself and I hate to be them when I do" was Louis about to walk out of the room again but Zayn just grabbed Louis underneath his armpits, picked him up, put him back down in the middle of the room with a huff and closed the door. 

"Harry, don't let what anyone says get to you. That's what gives them power" told Zayn him. 

"Are you my friend?" asked Harry insecure. 

"Of course I am". 

"This isn't the Harry I know and I want to know why and I want to know now" approached Louis his boyfriend now. 

"He said I was the biggest nothing in this school. He said I shouldn't walk around all confident and pretend people like me. He said I don't deserve you as my friends. He said I'm a useless fag and I won't achieve anything" revealed Harry to them brokenly. 

Louis' face darkened at that and his hands balled into fists. "I'm gonna kill him this time". 

"Louis, No! We have to handle this all together" held Liam him back. 

"Oh yeah? Then be a good friend and take care of him. I'm not allowed to anyway" crossed Louis his arms over his chest. 

"What?". 

"Ask your boyfriend" rolled Louis his eyes. 

"I'm gonna handle this as soon as I know who it is but without violence. That's not the way" assured Liam him. 

--

"Where's Harry?" asked Niall on Friday as they entered the gym. 

"I thought you said he wasn't going to miss any more classes" frowned Liam. 

"Then why haven't we seen him?" wondered Louis. 

"Oh, there you are" came Max over to them. He had a practice before the first lesson. "I texted him but he didn't answer". 

"I'm sure you did" glared Louis at him with pure hatred in his eyes. 

"Tommo, what are you on about?" asked Liam confused. 

"Guess who called Harry the same mean thing his cyberbully did shortly before we visited him. Interesting coincidence, don't ya think?" put Louis his hands on his hips. 

"Wha... You!" realised Liam what Louis was implying and pushed Max against the next wall, shocking all of them. "You're the one who did this to him? Why?". 

"Why not? He deserves it. He can't always get away with his games. Someone needs to tell him what he's really worth. You wanna let me go now?" shrugged Max unbothered. 

"You're the nothing, Max" got Liam angrier by the second. 

"Liam, don't" tried Louis to stop him. 

"What? I thought this is what you wanted, Louis?" looked Liam confusedly at him. 

"He wanted you to punch me, Mr Perfect? Well, I don't think that's what he's gonna do" made Max fun of them. 

"Yeah. No, that's exactly what I'm gonna do" put Liam on a serious face. 

"No" jumped Louis onto Liam's back. "That's what he wants. He wants you to be like him". 

"No one is like me. I'm unique" boasted Max arrogantly. 

"You mean a misproduction" hissed Louis at him, still on Liam's back. 

"It's almost cute how much you're protecting that gay bastard. How many times did he hurt you again and you were just a second choice? You're one now. I don't like you but you would be so much better off without him. All of you" straightened Max his shirt. 

"No, we wouldn't. Harry is funny and smart and can be very cheeky and would you please let go now?" listed Liam and then threw Louis a look, who directly jumped off his back. 

"Harry is a great friend and you would know this if you'd really given him a chance instead of just using him. I can depend on him. He's my best friend" fought Liam for Harry now. 

"You really mean that?". All of them looked perplexed to the ceiling. A bit farther away from them Harry was clutching to a rope hanging from the ceiling. "You're my best friend too". 

"How'd you get up there? I thought you couldn't climb the ropes" wondered Liam. 

"I can't but in desperate situations apparently I can fly" answered Harry. 

Immediately Niall and Louis shared a look before running over to the mats and grabbed two of the big ones. They carried them over and laid them down directly underneath Harry. 

"You really don't wanna know a goofball like that?" pointed Liam at Harry. 

"Not really" shrugged Max. 

"Too bad because friends like Harry don't just fall out of thin air" and that was the moment Harry let go and fell down on the mats with a tiny yelp. 

"Haz, are you okay?" helped Louis him up. 

"Yes, I'm good" smiled Harry at him before turning around to Max. "How could you do this to me?". 

"Don't act all hurt now. You were a bully not a long time ago. Don't be surprised it came back around to you. And now excuse me, Kyle is waiting for me. No wait, it was Calvin today" mixed Max up the names unashamed. 

"Calvin? You told me you weren't talking to him anymore. You lied to me?" blinked Harry at him. 

"Did I? Mm" shrugged Max. 

"So you never stopped... You cheated on me?" realised Harry the extent of it. "How could you? You were my boyfriend!". 

"As if you were ever faithful to anyone. Sorry, just fucking you wasn't enough. Pathetic" and with this, he was out of the gym. 

"Haz, I'm so sorry" hugged Louis him from behind. 

"I should've known that and he wasn't completely wrong" sighed Harry. 

"Don't even start this now" told Louis him sternly. 

"Okay, we're done. It's all over. Nothing else we can do except moving on with our simple High-School lives ... except..." said Niall and then made a hand gesture to Louis, knowing him way too good. 

"What are we gonna do about Max?". 

"Tommo, you can't fix everything" replied Zayn. Louis just looked at him. "Okay, go ahead". 

While Zayn, Louis and Niall walked away Liam and Harry just stood there for a second. "I almost died" grinned Harry, referring to his deep fall. 

"I know, Buddy" put Liam an arm around him and followed their friends. 

--

Later that Friday Cory walked into the classroom and was met with an unusual sight. "What's going on, guys?". 

"Louis made us write on our heads" stood one girl up, having the word 'telltale' written on her forehead.

"Louis? Zayn? Harry?".

"Insecure" pointed Harry at his forehead. "It always mattered more to me what my friends think about me than what I think". 

"Louis?".

"When I own it, it doesn't make me feel so bad" pointed Louis at his word. Broken. 

"Good. So before someone can use our own flaws against us maybe we should admit we all have them" was Cory proud of them. "We're all human beings. We're all on the same team and if we sense our own flaws because we see them in others it's true friends who help us wipe them away". 

Louis took out a tissue and leaned closer to Harry. Carefully he wiped the word insecure away. Harry did the same for Louis. Zayn wiped away Liam's 'Mr Perfect' and Liam Zayn's 'Unforgiving'. On Niall's head was written 'Inattentive' which Eleanor wiped away. 

"Still one thing left to do," told Louis Harry in a whisper. 

After the lesson, Louis quickly left the classroom. His friends nearly ran after him. He searched for Max and found him pretty fast. As he saw Louis coming he let out a loud groan. 

"Just leave me alone". 

"After this, I will" glared Louis at him. 

"After what?" rolled Max his eyes, ignoring Harry and the rest behind Louis. 

"This" punched Louis him straight in the face, making Max stumble back in pain. This was long overdue. "This was for insulting and cheating on my boyfriend". 

"Louis!" gasped all of his friends. 

"I know, I know I shouldn't have done this. Blah blah, but he deserved it" turned Louis back around to them. 

"You're amazing" marvelled Harry and fell around Louis' neck before kissing him passionately with practically the whole school watching them. 

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Max is completely out of the picture now. Finally. Gone. Wuhu!!!

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