Maura knocked on her son’s bedroom door, hoping he would answer. “Honey, Harry is here.” She waited a minute for a response, but didn’t receive one. She opened his door, and seen him asleep. She sighed, and gestured for Harry to enter.

“Try to get him to go out. He hasn’t seen the sun in a week.” She whispered to him. He nodded, and closed the door behind him. Harry walked slowly over to his sleeping boyfriend, and sat on the edge of his bed. He sighed, and put his head in his hands.

What was he supposed to do? He didn’t know what to do; he wasn’t good at comforting people, but his boyfriend needed him. He needed to do something. He felt the bed moving, so he looked up to see Niall sitting up and giving him a confused look.

“Harry? What’re you doing here?” He question, his voice rough. Harry gave him a little smile, and shrugged.

“Too see you, of course. Maybe we can go out?” He suggested. Niall opened his mouth to decline, but he stopped himself. What am I doing to myself? He thought. Niall returned his smile, and nodded. He hopped out of bed, and grabbed clothes.

“I’m just going to take a quick shower then we can head out.” Harry nodded, and watched Niall walk to his bathroom. He and Louis had actually planned to double date. Louis had finally gone on his date with that girl, which he found out her name was Annie, and she was really pretty. She had long blonde hair, but she always wore it in a pony, and she had brown eyes. She wasn’t really Louis’s type, but he liked her nonetheless.

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Louis sighed, impatiently waiting for his best mates. He turned towards Annie, “I’m sorry they’re late. Niall has been depressed the past week, and it probably took a bit time to get him out of bed.”

Annie shrugged, and smiled. “It’s fine Lou. I don’t mind; I know how it is to be depressed. They’ll be here soon.”

And soon they were; not even 10 minutes later they both walked in. Louis sighed in relief at the sight of Niall, and was happy to see him smiling.

“Niall, bud. It’s good to see you.” Louis said, pulling him into a hug. Niall hugged him back, and then pulled away. He stood next to Harry, and waited for Louis to introduce them to his date. Louis quickly caught on, and pulled her forth.

He cleared his throat before speaking, “Lads, this is Annie. Annie this is Niall, and Harry.”

They said a quick hello, before they all found a booth in the back of the diner, and waited for a waitress.

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They were all laughing at a story Louis was telling them, about a time his pants ripped in the middle of class. He was giving a presentation, when he dropped his paper and bent to pick it up.

“It was so embarrassing, I didn’t go to school for a week.” He chuckled. They laughed harder, and Louis huffed before crossing his arms. “It’s not that funny.” He muttered.

“It is that funny.” Harry chuckled. Annie, and Niall, nodded; agreeing with Harry. Louis turned towards Annie, and acted shocked.

“You’re supposed to be on my side!” He joked. Annie giggled, and playfully smacked his arm.

“Sorry babe. No can do.” She said playfully.

Louis pouted, and turned away from her. “Fine, then. Be like that. You can find your own ride home.”

Niall gasped, and quickly scolded his friend. “Louis, that is not nice. How could you be mean like that?’

Annie looked up in surprise, and then moved her eyes to Louis.

“Ni, buddy, I was only joking. We’re only playing around.”

Niall flushed red, embarrassed. He mouthed a quiet ‘oh,’ and quickly excused himself before rushing off to the bathrooms. He ignored his friends calling him back, and instead locked himself in a stall. Why can’t I just be normal? He thought. He heard the door opening, but ignored it.

Someone knocked on the stall, and he mumbled, “Occupied.”

He heard a sigh, “Niall, if you do not open this door, I will crawl under.” It was Louis.

“Go away.” He whispered. He didn’t want his friends to see him like this. He hated himself when he did this. He wished he wasn’t innocent anymore; he wanted to be like his friends. 

“Niall,” Louis sighed before crawling under the stall. He didn’t care that the ground was dirty; he only cared about his best mate. “Niall, look at me.” He demanded softly.

When Niall didn’t look up, he gently grabbed his face and brought it up. “Ni, please don’t cry.” He gently wiped away his tears, and looked into his best mates eyes; they showed pain.

“We were only playing around… It’s not your fault that you thought we weren’t. You aren’t used to people joking around. We know that, we accept that. You wouldn’t be like this if it wasn’t for that god awful friend of yours.”

Niall didn’t say anything, Alfie wasn’t awful, but he knew Alfie shouldn’t have let him be so oblivious.

“You were born this way, Niall. It’s going to take time for you to change. It won’t just happen over night. It could take months, and maybe even years. But you can’t help that, and we will always be here by your side, supporting you. Okay? We love you.”

Niall only nodded, but he knew Louis was right. Louis placed a kiss on his forehead, before helping him to his feet.

“Come on, let’s finish this date.” He grinned, and linked his arm through Niall’s.

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Niall sighed, sitting back onto his headboard. Harry was currently in the shower; he was planning to stay over. Niall thought about the things that took place today. It was a decent day, and he thought with the help of his friends he can get through anything that was placed in his way.

He thought about all the obstacles that he has been through ever since meeting Harry. Nathan, and Lea, the break up, and getting back together. Harry pushing him to the side, and going to America. Alfie, - Alfie was the main problem now. Alfie has been ignoring him lately, and when he does get a text its Alfie simply telling him that he needs to get rid of Harry.

Alfie wasn’t a good friend, he thought to himself. Alfie should be supporting him through this all. But he wasn’t, and he hasn’t been here for him like his other friends have. Alfie must not be a true friend, he thought to himself.

But he needed Alfie, and he wanted Alfie to stay in his life. He just needed to find out why Alfie didn’t like Harry, and he wanted the real reason.

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Just a quick update. I'm supposed to be grounded off my computer, so updates are going to be from my phone. This was written on the computer, I'm being a bad girl and sneaking on. Haha.

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