Here's the continuation from the part before this :)

Louis' P.O.V

I was back at my house and I hadn't seen Harry since lunch in the corridor, he normally waited outside the school to call me short before I left but he wasn't there today. I was about to sit down on the couch when I heard a knock at the door, it was only 4:30 so I didn't know who it could be. I walked to the door and opened it seeing two green eyes and some dimples.

"Harry? What are you doing here, Its only half four." I said as I let him in.

"Do you mind if we work on the project earlier today? Its just my dad wants me to do family business stuff when I get home." He said frowning at the floor.

"Oh yeah, it's fine." I said as I lead him back up the stairs into my bedroom. "So I was looking over what we wrote and I think its good, and you might finally complete an essay." I said chuckling as he sat down on the bed. "Hey, you okay?" I asked as he stared at the ground.

"Its just my dad." he mumbled looking up at me, his eyes no longer looked the beautiful green colour, they looked more dull.

"You can tell me about it if you want?" I asked as I sat down next to him on the bed.

"I told him I had a boyfriend." He started "And he didn't like it very much, my mum got him to calm down a bit though, but he wants something."

"What does he want?"

"He wants my boyfriend to come over for dinner. Probably so he can interrogate you." He sighed looking down as I was frozen in my seat.

"He wants me, to come over for dinner?" I asked after a few seconds.

"Yeah." He whispered as he looked up at me. "But you don't have to come, I can make up an excuse" He rushed out quickly, I looked away from him and thought for a minute.

"I'll go." I said quietly as Harry looked up at me with a shocked expression.

"You will?!" He smiled wide as the green poured back into his eyes.

"What are fake boyfriends for right?" I said smiling at him before he brought me into a hug, I didn't fight him and hugged him back. "But I'm still mad at you."

"What why?" He asked as he pulled away and I stood up and walked over to my desk.

"The thing in the cafeteria." I said looking at him with a stern glare as he laughed.

"I told you, I couldn't help it. You've got a good ass." He smirked and I threw a pen at him.

"Shut up and think of things to write" I sternly said pointing another pen at him, he chuckled and nodded as he looked down at his book. I tried to stop smiling, but I couldn't. I don't know why I felt like this but I hated it, I sighed and started writing more about our project.

After another hour of silence Harry spoke up. "How you doing shorty?" He asked and I couldn't see him but I knew he was smirking.

"I thought you would have stopped calling me that." He groaned as I spun around in my chair.

"Nope." He said popping the 'p'. I shook my head as he smiled at me. "Don't you think this project is a bit weird." He asked me and I looked confusedly at him so he carried on. "Like, its a project on love. No one of us have really experienced actual love, Like we say we love our girlfriends and boyfriends, but do we really? I mean how do now what love really is." He said as he looked into my eyes.

I looked back into his eyes and blue met green once again. "I think you just know." I whispered, and he looked down. "But what you said was really good Harry, you should write it down." I smiled at him as he looked up surprised.

"Really?"

"Yeah, it was good. You need to stop doubting yourself and just write how you feel." I said as he nodded. Oh no, why am I being nice to him. This isn't normal.

"Okay well, I have to go after I do that. My dad will flip if I'm not home soon." He chuckled a little and wrote down what he said before standing up and throwing his bag over his shoulder. "Thanks for doing this now Lou." He smiled as he walked down the stairs with me following.

"No problem. I just want to get this project done." I sighed and ran a hand through my hair as he opened the door.

"Yeah it must be hard for someone who's never been in a relationship to write about love." He said laughing as I hit his arm.

"Hey, I told you that in confidence. And even if I've never been in a relationship, doesn't mean I've never loved someone." I crossed my arms and faked a pout as he turned back round to look at me.

"Well who have you loved them?"

"I'm not telling you."

"But I'm your fake boyfriend, you have to tell me." He protested.

"I don't remember making that rule." I said before closing the door a little "Alright bye Harry!" I yelled as he went to talk and quickly closed the door, I smiled as I looked down at the ground with my back against the door. I walked back up to my room and sat on my bed, I had butterflies in my stomach about seeing Harry's parents tomorrow, what if they dont like me? What if they think I'm not good enough for Harry? Wait. Why do I care, I'm not actually his boyfriend. I sighed and stood up, walking into the bathroom. I looked at my reflection in the mirror as Harry's stupid face came into my head again. I took my phone out my pocket and clicked on Niall's number, it rung for a few seconds before he answered.

"Hey Tommo! What's up?" His Irish voice yelled through the phone.

"I kind of need to talk to you, are you free?" I asked as I leaned against the bathroom counter.

"Not really mate, I'm out with Liam and Zayn right now. But you can come here! Or you can just tell me now" He said and I sighed.

"I kinda wanted to do it in person, but dont worry about it now. It- it's nothing." I mumbled as I rubbed my free hand over my face.

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I was just being stupid. See you tomorrow Ni." I said before hanging up, I closed my eyes and just listened to the silence for a few seconds before leaning off the counter and deciding to take a shower to clear my head.

~

I had woken up an hour ago and I was about to head downstairs to get breakfast before driving to school, I slipped my ADIDAS hoodie over my hair before looking in the mirror and walking downstairs. I walked into the kitchen seeing Lottie sat at the table with the twins next to her and my mum over by the toaster, I walked over to her and picked up a piece of toast she had just finished buttering. "Excuse me Lou, I was going to eat that." She said looking at me as I took a bite.

"Love you mum." I mumbled as I walked over to the table and sat down next to Phoebe. "What you doing pheebs?" I asked as she looked up at me.

"Stupid English homework." She muttered before pushing the paper away from her.

"I can help you with it afterschool if you'd like?" I asked before realizing I wouldn't be here tonight. "Actually pheebs can we do it tomorrow?"

"Why cant you help me tonight?" She asked and I rubbed the back of my neck.

"Err, I'm going round a friends house." I said as Lottie looked up at me and smirked. My mum walked over and sat down at the table eyeing me suspiciously.

"No your not, your lying. Where are you really going?" She asked taking a bite out of her new piece of toast.

"HarryaskedmetoeatdinnerathishouseandIsaidyes" I rushed out as looked down.

"What? Speak English Louis" Lottie said as I looked back up at them and sighed.

"I'm going round Harry's for dinner." I whispered as Lottie's eyes widened and she smiled wide as my mum tried to hide her smile by coughing a little.

"So you and Harry huh?" She asked taking another bite of toast. "Are you, y'know together?"

"Yeah, you could say that." I mumbled as the doorbell rung.

"I'll get it!" Lottie jumped up from her seat and ran to the door, it was quiet until I heard Lottie squeal and come running in dragging Harry behind her.

"Harry!?" I stood up quickly and almost choked on my toast. "What- are you- doing here?" I asked between coughs.

"I'm taking you to school remember?" He said as I remembered that I said he had to take me to school.

"Right, give me one second." I quickly ran up the stairs and into my room and grabbed my bag before running back into the kitchen. I was too late and my mum already had the family picture book out. "Okay, we're going." I grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him away from where my mum was showing him my baby pictures.

"You were a cute baby, what happened?" He asked as we left the house.

"Shut up and drive." I said glaring at him as he got into the car.

"Yes boss." He smirked, starting the car and pulled out of the drive, I rolled my eyes and looked out the window.

We pulled up at school and I got out and was about to walk into school until Harry stopped me. "Louis!" He called as he ran after me. "When is our project due?"

"Monday" We walked into the school as people started looking at us.

"Oh okay, are we going to be able to finish it in time?" He asked and I nodded as we walked further into the school but people didn't stop staring.

"Harry, why is everyone staring at us?" I asked feeling uncomfortable under everyone's gaze, I felt Harry place his hand on the small of my back and rub it gently, making my heart beat slightly faster and my stomach feel like its doing flips.

"I don't know." He said sounding worried as he kept his hand on my back and looked around at everyone. "Just keep walking Lou." He said as he pulled me into his side more and kept walking. he probably only did it to show people that, were 'together', but it didn't stop the way I felt like my heart sunk a little at the fact that this was all for show. Do I even bother denying it anymore? I don't know what it is but Harry makes me feel a certain way and I dont like it. It scares me.

We almost got to the end of the corridor when I heard an annoying high pitched voice. "There he is" Ashley said as I turned around and saw her walking towards me and Harry with a group of girls behind her.

"Oh god." I breathed out as she came closer and Harry rubbed his hand over my back again.

"You." She pointed at me as she stopped in front of Harry and I.

"It's too late to pretend I didn't see her right?" I whispered to harry as he tightened his grip on my waist.

"Just a bit." He whispered back as Ashely looked disgustingly between us. "What do you want Ashley?" Harry asked with a bored tone as she glared into my soul.

"Yes, what can we do for you my highness?" I said faking a smile as Harry nudged me telling me to stop, I rolled my eyes but shut up anyway.

"So the rumors are true huh?" She asked as she placed a hand on her hip.

"If your talking about the rumors about your boob job, then yeah. Those are the fakest balloon boobs I've ever seen." I said smirking at her and I swear her eyes had fire in them.

"Let me handle this" Harry whispered to me as he took his hand off my back, I wanted to say something but he raised his eyebrows at me so I stayed quiet. "Yeah the rumours are true." He said looking at her.

"Why?" She said still glaring at me.

"Why what?" Harry asked her as he stepped forward more.

"Why would you date him, when you could have me?" She flipped her hair and smiled at him as she popped her chest out more, I suddenly felt angry and couldn't stay quiet any more.

"What do you think your doing? Are you trying to make your fake boobs look bigger?! Because guess what Ashley, there fake! And so are you, you only have 'friends' because they're afraid of you. And Harry wants me because, I'm an actual human being and not some alien from planet ego and my dick actually gives him the-"

"Louis." Harry said sternly, making me stop talking immediately. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before looking up at him wearily, I was quickly met with him staring at me angrily with a frown on his face.

"Harry I-"

"Go find Niall, Louis. I'm staying here." He deadpanned and my jaw dropped as Ashley smirked.

"See, he never wanted you in the first place. No one would want you" She said to me and Harry just kept looking at me with no emotion.

"Harry, did you hear what she said? Are you not going to do anything?!" I said rather loudly that everyone started looking this way.

"Louis just go to Niall." Was all he said.

I scoffed and stepped away from him. "Fine, you stay here with barbie. Kiss her! I dont fucking care!" I looked at him and his façade hadn't changed.  "Fuck you Harry." I said before walking away. I quickly walked into the locker rooms and threw my bag down onto the floor, I felt tears prick my eyes and I quickly wiped them away. I will not cry because of him, I'm only his fake boyfriend anyway. He's not supposed to stand up for me. Barbie can keep him. I felt more angry that he stayed with her and swung my fist at the lockers next to me twice before pulling away and seeing it was bleeding. "Fuck" I mutter as I slumped against the floor and dropped my head low.

"Louis?" I heard an Irish voice echo as footsteps came closer, I heard him gasp before I felt a hand on my back. "Are you okay?" He asked as he took my hand and looked at it.

"M'fine Niall." I mumbled as I pulled my hand away from him.

"What happened?"

"Harry."

"What did he do?" Niall asked with an angry tone.

"Ashley came over and asked if we were dating and then I may have gone off at her and Harry told me to go find you while he stayed with her." I muttered lifting my head up more.

"Louis. Why do you care if he stayed with her? Cause your not actually dating are you?" He asked and I felt more tears come to my eyes.

"No. We're not together." I said sadly.

"Then why do you care so much?"

"Isn't it obvious Niall!" I shouted as raised my voice and more tears came to my eyes. "I think I like harry! That's what I wanted to talk to you about, but you were too busy with your other friends. I think I like him and I dont want to!" My voice broke as I wiped away the tears that fell. "I like him, and I'm nothing but his fake boyfriend." I whispered.

"Oh Lou." He whispered moving closer to me. "You still have a chance you know, he might like you too"

"You don't get it Niall. I lost all chance with him when I agreed to be his fucking fake boyfriend, he probably only wanted me to so he could actually just get Ashley jealous so she'd go out with him. And I guess it worked." I sighed and looked at my hand that was now bruising and still bleeding. "I don't want to like him Niall"

"Why not?" He asked quietly.

"Because liking someone only ever gets you hurt, and I don't want to get hurt."

"Lou, you've pushed people away when you started to like them because you were scared you'd end up loving them. But you can't keep pushing everyone away, you may think that your saving yourself from hurt but your just giving it an easier route to you. Your hurting yourself by pushing away the people you care about, I will not watch you do it again so I'm sorry Lou, but you'll just have to like him because I wont let you push him away. Not this time." He said looking at me with a soft smile.

"I don't know Niall."

"C'mon Lou, you like him. And that's okay. Dont punish yourself for having human feelings, you just have to embrace it." He said rubbing his hand over my back.

I sighed and looked up at him again. "Thanks Ni."

"Your welcome, now come on lets go get your hand checked." He said as he stood up and held his hand out, I smiled and took it as I stood up. We walked to the nurse's office and I didn't see Harry on the way which I was glad about, I walked into the room and the nurse turned to look at me.

"Oh hello Louis" She smiled as I sat down. "What's the problem?"

"Err, my hand." I said as I showed her my hand and she grimaced.

"How'd you do that?" she asked and I went to talk but Niall cut in.

"Footie. There's some pretty good tacklers in this school." He said and the nurse nodded.

"Okay well I dont think its broken but I definitely want to wrap it up." She said as she brought out the bandages. I nodded and let her do what she wanted as the bell went for class. "All done. It should be okay but the cuts might get infected, but I'm sure you know what to do if that happens."

I got out the chair and thanked her before walking out of the nurses office. "Hey Ni, do we have to go to first lesson?" I asked as we walked into the deserted corridor.

"It's English, you love English." He said as we continued walking.

"The subjects not the reason I dont want to go." I mumbled.

"What is it th- Oh. He's why." Niall said as he understood. "Lou, just go. There isn't a law that says you have to talk to him." I sighed but nodded as we walked towards the classroom.

We reached the room and Niall walked in first and I followed him and walked over to where Mrs Smith was sat. "Louis why are you late? Your never late to my class." She said sounding shocked.

"I had to go to the nurses office." I whispered as people started looking at me.

"Oh okay, take your seat." She said nodding to the empty chair next to Harry who was currently staring at my hand with a worried look on his face. I rolled my eyes and walked over to the table before sitting down in my chair.

"What happened to your hand?" He whispered to me as I sat down, I ignored him and pulled my book out. "Louis? What happened?" He asked again. "Stop ignoring me, I'm trying to be nice." He said sounding mad.

"How was kissing Ashley." I muttered, still avoiding his question.

"I didn't kiss her Lou." He said as he moved closer to me, I hated that my heart beat faster even when I was mad at him. "Look, can we talk about this after class?" He asked and nodded before leaning my head on the wall and leaving it there for the whole lesson.

Once the bell rang for break I got up and started to walk out of the room with Harry behind me. "Can we talk now?" Harry asked once we got into the corridor, I shrugged and stopped walking. He pulled me over to a slightly less crowded area and started talking. "I didn't kiss her, I dont why you care but I just didn't want to make things worse between you two, so I told you to go so I could deal with her and then she might actually listen." He said as I looked up at him.

"I'm sorry." I mumbled and he looked at me confused.

"For what?"

"For shouting at Ashley, for ignoring you when you were trying to be nice, for not listening. Basically for being a shit fake boyfriend." I said looking into his green eyes I liked so much.

"Your not a shit fake boyfriend, I mean your the only one I've had but Your not shit. And I'm sorry for not sticking up for you about what Ashley said, but just so you know, it wasn't true what she said." He smiled sadly at me.

"It's okay, I'm only your fake boyfriend so its not like you fucked anything up." I said while breaking my own heart.

"This might be the wrong time now but, are you still coming over tonight?" He asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, I mean the reason I'm 'dating' you is so your dad will hopefully get off your back." I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Thanks about that."

"No problem." We started walking out to the field and once we passed Ashley's group he put his hand on my bum but I swatted it away and took it into my hand instead. "Don't push it." I whispered as he chuckled.

"Worth a shot."

~

The end of school bell hand rung and I was waiting outside Harry's class as we were driving to his straight after school. Ashley walked out first and rolled her eyes as she walked into me. "Hey bitch! Are you blind!?" I yelled at her as I turned around.

"Sorry Louis, I guess I didn't see you. Maybe you should grow." She smirked at me as I felt someone stand beside me.

"YOUR FUCKING SMALLER THAN ME!" I yelled at her as she walked closer and I felt a hand on my waist.

"Ashley, drop it." Harry's deep voice said from beside me.

"What? Your siding with this thing now." She said as she looked over me making me feel uncomfortable as I moved slightly closer to Harry, I went to say something but Harry pinched my hip telling me to stop. He looked at her and made sure she was watching as he leaned down and kissed my forehead a couple times, me heart sped up and I felt like I was going to melt. Why did you have to do this to me harry?

Ashley huffed as she walked away stomping her feet. "The best thing with her is to just show her what she hates, you wont get anywhere by shouting her. Trust me." He said as he moved away a little, making me frown. We started to walk out the school and towards Harry's car before either of us spoke again. "My parents wont be home until 5, so we can work on our project as its Friday and it's due Monday." He said laughing a little as we reached his car and he unlocked it.

"Okay, well we're almost done. We juts have to put ours together and make sure it sounds alright." I said as we both got in the car.

"So we should be done by the time my parents come home then." He said looking over at me when I nodded. "You nervous?"

"No. I'm mean its not as if your dad wants you to have a girlfriend and your bringing home a guy, that technically isn't even your actual boyfriend. And if I say one wrong thing, I could mess up the whole plan." I said sarcastically as he continued to look into my blue eyes.

"You dont need to worry Lou." My heart sped up again, why does it only effect me now when he calls me that?! "My mum will love you and my dad will probably say something but I know how to handle him so dont worry about it." I nodded and smiled at him as he started the car and started driving to his house.

It was only a short drive and in about 10 minutes Harry was parking his car on the drive. "Okay here we are." I got out the car and looked up at the missive house in front of me, there's was three garages with a balcony above, and white walls, with windows covering the whole thing.

"Jesus Harry, you didn't tell me you were rich?" I said shocked as I looked up at the house.

"I thought you would have figured it out, y'know business family, Gucci?" He says as I look around some more.

"Harry, you have three garages!? Who needs three garages?" I asked bewildered as he looked over at me laughing.

"One for each car." He states as my jaw drops and I stared blankly at him. "C'mon Lou, lets go inside. I'm cold."

I looked at him confused as we walked towards the house. "It's like 28 degrees out." (For you Americans, its in Celsius and 28 is actually pretty hot for us British people 😂)

"Just come on" He groaned as I followed him up the stairs and waited for him to unlock the door before walking inside. The inside was even nicer, the floor was a white marble and the walls were crème with a few paintings on them. They had a statue to the left of the corridor just before an arch way that I'm assuming lead to the kitchen. "You okay there?" Harry asked me as I stood amazed in the hallway, I just nodded and looked up at the ceiling that was around 6 meters above my head. "C'mon my rooms up here" He jogged up the wooden stairs on our right and I followed him to his room.

As he opened the door I looked around at his room as he sat down on his bed. His room surprised me as it was quite different to the rest of his house. I walked over to his bed and sat down beside him, he took his books out of his bag and I did the same. "lets get this project done." He said smiling.

"Your first ever project." I said pinching his cheeks to annoy him.

"Get off." He laughed as he hit my hand away, I admired his dimples and the way his hair fell into his face when he looked down. I sighed and looked away before looking down at my own book.

We had been finishing up or project for the last hour and a half and Harry's parents still weren't home yet. We had just finished the last line of our essay when Harry's phone rang, he stood up and answered it. "Hello?... Oh hi. Yeah dad I get it.... Okay one sec." He took the phone away from his ear and looked at me "Lou, their meeting ran late so there picking up take out, what do you want?" He asked me and I shrugged.

"I dont mind" I mumbled as he sighed.

"Not helpful" He mouthed to me as I laughed a little. "Pizza okay?" He asked and I nodded. "Okay dad, can you get pizza..... yeah that's fine.... alright see you home soon" He stopped talking and hung up. "Okay they'll be home soon, but are we done with this?" He asked pointing to the sheets of paper on his bed.

"Yeah. Harry Styles, you have officially finished your first EVER essay." I said smiling as he rolled his eyes and laughed.

"Thanks, couldn't have done it without you."

"No you really couldn't" I smirked while I faked a gasp as he placed a hand over his heart.

"That hurt Louis. Can you hear that?" He said and the room when quiet. "That's the sound of my heart breaking." he whispered while I laughed.

"Oh shut up you idiot." I rolled my eyes and moved further back on his bed so I was sat against the wall.

"I can grab my laptop and we can watch Netflix until my parents come, if you'd like?" He asked and I nodded. "Okay, I'll be back in a minute" He said before walking out the room quickly, I sighed and started thinking over why I really chose to be Harry's fake boyfriend. I wanted to help him with his dad but now I'm thinking about it maybe I knew that I liked him and this was as close as I was going to get to being with him. Or maybe I knew that I just needed a little push to realize how I really felt, but now I know, and I cant figure out if me knowing is better than me thinking I hated him, because I know I can never be with him. And that hurts more than denying how I really felt.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when Harry walked back into the room rambling. "So I don't know what you want to watch but I'm sure there's a film on here your stubborn ass would want to watch" He said as he sat down next to me.

"I'm not that stubborn." I crossed my arms over my chest and huffed as he started scrolling through Netflix.

"Sure your not."

"Well your stubborn too."

"Were both stubborn, I know." He mumbled as he clicked on a film. "What about the notebook?"

"Do you want me to cry before Insee your parents?" I asked.

"Okay maybe not, what about" He paused as he scrolled down a bit more. "All the bright places?"

"Do you like crying or something?" I asked him as he shrugged.

"Okay what about... The hangover?" He asked and I shook my head. "Well what do you want?" I smirked and took the laptop from his lap.

"The hunger games?" Harry said looking at the screen confusedly when I clicked on the film.

"What? Finnick Odair is hot." I shrugged and Harry laughed a little.

"Okay, but only because of Peeta." He smiled and I hit play.

The film had been playing for almost and hour when Harry started to fidget. "What is wrong with you?" I asked looking at him.

"My bums numb" He mumbled as he moved again, I chuckled and put the laptop next to us as I stood up "What are you doing?" He asked as I smirked at him, I quickly grabbed his hands and pulled him off the bed, he stumbled forward a little and gripped my shoulders for balance. I poked his dimple when he smiled before jumping onto his bed and standing up placing my hands on my hips, when he went to walk closer I used my foot to push him away.

"No, this is mine now. You can't have it, your bum got numb and you got up, its mine now." I smiled down at him.

"You pulled me off the bed, that wasn't fair"

"Who said it had to be fair" I said shrugging as he smirked. "What are you thinking?"

"Well, if it doesn't have to be fair, then I can do this" He said walking closer, I went to push him away again but he dodged my foot and pushed me down onto the bed so I was laying on my back and he was stood on the floor still.

"Harry s-stop!" I giggled loudly as he started tickling me.

"Not until you say I can get back on my bed." He said smiling as he tickled me more.

"Never!" I yelled as I laughed more, without thinking he climbed onto the bed so he could tickle me better and just then his door opened and his mum looked at us both. I quickly pushed him away and sat up as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Hi mum, err this is Louis" He said awkwardly as he pointed to me, I smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Err Hello Louis, I'm Anne. Harry Darling, we've got dinner downstairs." Anne said looking between the two of us before quickly leaving the room. I groaned and kicked Harry from where I was sat.

"That was so awkward!" I said as he turned around. "It literally looked like you were about to straddle me!" I stood up and paused the film.

"I'm sure it didn't look like that." He paused. "No, it definitely did." He said as he straightened out his white shirt.

"Great way for your mother to first see me, she's probably thinking you were about to climb on top of me or something." I groaned as I hid my face in my hands. "Is it too late to climb out the window?" I asked him as he laughed a little.

"Yeah." He paused again before talking "Don't worry Louis, It will be fine. My mum isn't like my dad, she probably doesn't even care. Lets just go eat dinner." Harry smiled at me and I nodded as I followed him down the stairs. We walked into the kitchen to see Anne and Harry's father sat at the table with all the pizza's already on plates, Harry took my hand as we walked into the kitchen and lead me over to an empty chair before sitting down next to me. "Dad, this is Louis. My boyfriend." Harry said as his dad looked at me without saying anything.

"Desmond, say something" Anne whispered as he rolled his eyes and smiled at me.

"Hello Louis. I'm happy to have one of Harry's friends round finally." He said making emphasis on the word 'friend'. I saw the way Harry frowned at the table and Anne whispered something to Desmond before looking back at me.

"Louis dear, you can have any of the food on the table. It should all be hot still." Anne smiled at me and I smiled back.

"Thank you Anne." I said when she picked up one of the plates with Pizza and gave it to me, I took one of the slices and then gave it to Harry who smiled and took it. I could feel the tension when everyone started eating, and I think Anne did too as she tried making conversation.

"So Louis, when did you and Harry meet?" She asked after she finished her mouthful.

"Oh, umm I think back in year 8 when I moved here." I said taking a sip of water from the glass in front of me.

"Oh where did you move from?" She asked smiling.

"Doncaster." I said and she nodded.

"I use to know someone who lived in Doncaster. Lovely Lady." She smiled and took another bite, the air felt less tense now but Desmond was still glaring at me but he didn't say anything until I brought my bandaged hand up from under the table and his eyes widened.

"Harry, did you bring a street boy into our home?!" He said getting louder.

"What?" Harry asked confused.

"His hand! He probably got into a fight, I dont want a boy like him around you. It could jeopardize if you get the family's company when your older!" He yelled as I looked at Harry and saw an anger light up in his green eyes.

"Are you being serious! You don't know one thing about Louis!" He yelled standing up. I just sat their shocked as Anne tried to stop them.

"That's enough you two, sit down. We have a guest." She said trying to keep calm.

"Well look at him Harry! He doesn't belong with you, you need to get yourself a good girl who will help you run this business one day." Desmond yelled.

"Harry laughed coldly that made me shiver "It's always fucking business with you!"

"Harry Edward. Language!" Anne said.

"Dad, when are you ever going to care about what I want!? I don't want a girlfriend, and I dont want to run your stupid company! And what the fuck do you mean look at him!? Yeah, okay, he's not a girl but have you ever listened when I say that I like guys too. Oh no that's right you completely ignore that and talking about your shitting business!" Harry yelled.

"A real man doesn't date another man." Desmond said flatly, as I looked down at the ground. I felt Harry's eyes on me before he looked back up at his father.

"Fuck you." He said as His dad's eyes widened.

"Excuse me?" He said shocked, even Anne had stopped talking now.

"Are you even hearing yourself!" Harry yelled and his voice broke slightly. "Who the fuck are you to say that! People can love whoever they want, it's their choice!" He yelled and ran a hand through his hair.  "So am I not a real man because I like guys?!" his voice broke more and I looked up at him to see tears in his eyes, but he wiped them away when they fell. "Y'know what? I always knew that you didn't like it very much, but you dont have sit here and say that. You could at least support what I want, cause that's what people do when they care about someone. But you- I dont fucking know about you dad. Your impossible, I do everything to be the perfect son. But your not the perfect father, hell your not even a good father! When have you ever helped me with anything? When have you ever been proud of me?! I cause I don't fucking think you ever have. So, if I'm not a real man to you. Then I don't know why you want me running your business, cause surely that's a real mans job dad." He said walking over to me. "C'mon Lou, lets go." He whispered in my ear as Desmond stood there shocked.

I stood up and Harry placed his hand on my back as we started to walk out the room, but he stopped as we reached the doorway. "You really need to grow up dad, people are allowed to love who they want, be they a girl or a guy. They're not different to other people, they just get treated differently because people dont understand that love, is love. I really hope you understand that I like guys, and then it's up to you to accept me or not. But either way, I will never change to be someone you want me to be. I am me, and you cant do anything about that." He said before turning around fully and walking back up the stairs to his room with me next to him.

He took his hand off my back as he grabbed my bag and other things from his bed before walking over to where I was stood by his desk. "I'm sorry about what he said." He whispered to me as he handed me my bag.

"It wasn't your fault Harry, I'm sorry the whole fake boyfriend thing didn't work" I mumbled.

"It was a long shot." He said as we both turned when we heard footsteps.

"I'm sorry about that, both of you." Anne said as she walking into Harry's room, Harry smiled at her and hugged her. "I want you to know that I love you and I dont care who you chose to date, you will always be my little boy." She whispered to Harry as I watched the beautiful scene in front of me.

"Thanks mum." Harry pulled away and walked back over to me. "I'm going to take Louis back home."

"Oh err, your dad took your car keys after you left the kitchen darling." She said frowning as Harry muttered something under his breath.

"Harry, my house isn't far from here. I can just walk." I smiled up at him.

He thought a little before speaking. "Okay fine, but I will come with you." He said and I nodded, we walked towards the door and Anne apologized to us both again before we walked downstairs. We walked out into the cold air and the sky was already dark as the stars shone as the only light in the sky.

"It was really nice to meet you Louis, I hope I can see you again but in a different setting might be the best idea." Anne smiled as she stood by the door.

"I'd like that" I smiled back at her before Harry and I both said goodbye and she closed the door.

"C'mon then Lou bear, lets get walking." He said, way to cheerfully for what just happened.

"I thought you had given up on the nickname" I groaned as we started walking.

"Nope" He smiled at me and I laughed lightly.

It was quiet for a few more minutes of walking before I spoke up. "I'm really sorry that you got into a fight with your dad about me." I said as he looked at me.

"It wasn't your fault Lou, my dad and I fight all the time. You just happened to be there this time." He smiled sadly before looking up at the sky.

"What do you want to do about the whole fake boyfriend thing?" I asked him as we started getting closer to my house.

"I don't know I guess I didn't really think about it. We could just end it now, or we could keep it going for a bit longer then 'break up' so it doesn't seem suspicious." Harry shrugged as he shoved his hands into his jean pockets and scrunched his nose up.

"Yeah, okay. We can keep it going for a bit longer and see if we can try with your dad again and also I love pissing Ashley off, its one of my favorite things to do." I said laughing.

"Sounds good, fake boyfriend for a few more days." He smiled and kept walking.

"Yup, few more days." I whispered under my breath as I looked down feeling the way my heart was begging me to do something so he would stay. After a few more seconds, there was a low rumble of thunder and the noise of lightning making Harry and I both stop in our tracks. "Uh oh" I said looking around just as it started to rain heavily.

"Now what?" Harry asked as he looked around, we were in the middle of the road with nothing but fields around us, in the middle of a storm.

"I dont know? I guess my house isn't that far" I said over the noise of the heavy rain hitting the road, I looked over at Harry as he continues to look around before smiling wide. I was about to talk but he interrupted me by grabbing my hand and pulling me closer as he started to dance with me in the middle of the road. "What are you doing?" I asked as he continued dancing as the rain soaked our clothes.

"M'dancing." He mumbled.

"But we're getting soaked."

"I know that." He said laughing as he continued to dance, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't enjoying it. The raindrops slowly ran down his face before dripping onto the floor as he danced with me in the pouring rain under the stars. He took my hand and spun me around slowly until I was back facing him and carried on dancing slowly as I rested my head against his chest. I may have been freezing cold and soaking wet but while I was doing dancing with him all I could think about was Harry. Harry Harry Harry. We continued dancing for a few more minutes until I jumped away from him. "Where are you going!" He yelled as he tried to grab me again.

"You've got to catch me first!" I yelled back to him as took of running into one of the muddy fields, I looked back and saw Harry running after me with a smile on his face. "Your never gonna get me!" I shouted just before my foot slipped on the mud and I fell landing on my back in the mud. I heard Harry laughed as he ran closer, he was too busy laughing he ended up slipping in the same place I did, almost falling on top of me. We both burst out laughing as we laid on the ground as the rain kept falling onto us. "You nearly squished me you big oaf!" I giggled as he sat up in the mud.

"Well little Lou, if you grew a little you wouldn't be so easy to squish." He said smiling at me as I faked a pout, he stood and held his hand out for me to take, I took it and steadied myself in case I fell again.

"Now I'm all muddy" I mumbled looking down at my clothes. "And I'm getting cold"

"Well I better warm you up then" He said as he wrapped his arms around my waist and picked me up.

"Harold put me down!" I giggled as he started walking back to the road whilst holding me.

"Harold?" he laughed and tried to avoid slipping on the mud as he walked back through the field.

"Yes, Harold. Now put me down." I huffed out as he laughed.

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"Yes."

"Okay" He said before letting go a little making me scream as I fell a little.

"Not funny." I mumbled as he reached the road and gently put me down.

"It was, you screamed like a little girl." He laughed even harder when I almost slipped again.

"Fine, goodbye then Harold. I will walk myself home." I turned around and started to walk but harry grabbed my arm and pulled me back to face him. I ended up slipping a little as the road was wet and fell into his arms, he quickly caught me and lifted my head away from his chest. He had both his hands on the side of my face and he wiped some of the raindrops away that were sat on my cheeks. Our faces were inches apart and I looked into his green eyes as he looked into my blue, we were both breathing heavily and I could feel his breaths on my lips. My heart was beating a million miles an hour and the butterflies I had come to know so well were back.

Neither of us were saying anything, I didn't know what to say. And it confused me more when Harry leaned in and pressed his lips to mine, it took my a minute to process why he was kissing me. Did he see someone we knew? I didn't take long for me to kiss back before we both pulled away completely, he looked down at the ground as I fiddled with my hands. That was my first kiss. And I dont even know if It meant anything to him. "I err, I should get you home, It's getting late and we're soaking wet." He laughed a little trying to clear the awkward tension.

"Yeah, I need to help my sister with her homework anyway." I said as he started walking and I followed.

It was only a 5 minute walk before we were back at my house, it was still raining and I could definitely feel how cold I was now. "Thanks for walking me home." I smiled at him as he nodded and put his hands back in his pockets.

"No problem, I'll err see you Monday." He said as he turned around.

"Wait Harry!" I said and he turned back to me. "Maybe we could hang out over the weekend? Y'know so you dont have to be in the house with you dad." I said and he looked at the ground for a minute.

"Okay sure, I'll text you tomorrow" He smiled before walking away, I smiled as I watched him leave before opening my door and walking inside. As soon as I shut the door my mum came rushing over to me.

"How was it?" She said as she went to turn on the light to the hallway.

"It was alright." I said just as the lights came on.

"Louis William Tomlinson!" She shouted as she looked at my clothes. "Why the hell are you so muddy!"

"I fell in the mud." I shrugged and started walking to the stairs, I knew my mum was about to say something but I stopped her before she could. "I'm going to go shower, dont worry." I mumbled as I walked upstairs and into my bathroom that connects to my room.

I took a long warm shower before I got out and walked into my room wearing only my towel, I quickly changed into some sweatpants and a shirt before letting my body fall onto my bed. I was trying to think of everything that happened tonight, Harry kissed me, he danced with me in the rain, he almost climbed on top of me. I think I'm loosing my mind, but why would he kiss me if there was no one around, and it was on the lips as well, he said he wouldn't kiss me on the lips. I pulled out my phone and looked for Niall's contact, it rung twice before he answered.

"Hey Lou, you okay?"

"I dont know Niall, I'm really confused." I sighed sitting up.

"Confused about what?" He asked.

"I don't like Harry." I whispered through the phone.

"What Louis we've been over this alr-"

"I think I'm in love with him" I cut Niall off.

"Your what?" Niall asked sounding shocked.

"I think I'm in love with Harry Styles." I sighed and laid back down on my bed.

"Oh wow. Why do you think your in love with him?" Niall asked as I took a deep breath. So I spent the next half hour talking about what happened tonight and about how I feel whenever I see him. "Okay, your the only one who can say if you love him or not but its a pretty high chance that you do Lou."

"What do I do Ni?"

"Tell him"

"What are you crazy?!" I sat up quickly holding my phone closer to my ear. "I cant just tell him"

"Why not Louis, I think he may like you back. I mean he kissed you when no one was around, that was not part of your stupid fake boyfriend thing you two have going on." He said.

"Let me just think about it Niall, this is a big decision." I muttered before saying goodbye and hanging up, I sighed and turned over so I was laying on my side. I slowly fell asleep as I drowned out all the lingering questions in my head.

~

It was Sunday evening and Harry and I had spent the whole weekend just hanging out, either at my house or out somewhere. Neither of us mentioned the kiss that happened on Friday night, that just left the question in my head to if it meant anything to him. Because it meant a lot to me.

I had called Niall Saturday night and he thinks I should tell Harry, he thinks that this whole fake boyfriend thing is tearing me up. Pff come on Niall, my heart only breaks whenever he says the words fake or boyfriend, that's not that bad. Actually maybe it is, maybe I should tell him and then at least its out of my head. I picked up my phone and messgaed Harry.

Louis: Hey, can we meet somewhere?

Oh no why did I do that, that was an impulse, I can just delete it. Shit he's typing.

Harry: Yeah sure, where?

Louis: Park sound good?

Harry: Sure, I'll be there soon :)

I sighed and turned my phone off 'Why did I do that?' I thought as I paced my room. Well now I have to go, I can't just ditch him. I took a deep breath and picked up my phone before quickly going downstairs and rushing out the front door, I reached the park quickly and saw Harry was already sat on a bench. "Hey" I whispered as I sat down next to him.

"Hey, you okay?" He asked as he turned to look at me.

"Yeah, I just needed to talk to you about something." I asked fiddling with my fingers.

"Shoot"

"So err, I don't wanna do the fake boyfriend thing anymore Harry." I said quietly as I looked up at him.

"What? Why?" He rushed out.

"I just-" I paused and breathed in deeply. "I can't do it anymore, I need to tell you something because I need to get it out my head. Harry I-if you would have asked me what i thought about you 2 weeks ago, I would have said I hated you. But if you asked me now my answer would be completely different." I looked up at him and saw he was watching me closely. "I thought I hated you. Maybe I did at one point, but I was using the 'hate' I had for you to hide how much I actually liked you." I cautiously looked into his eyes and saw that his façade hadn't changed so I carried on. "Then you asked me to be your fake boyfriend, at the time I didn't know why I agreed but I do now. And as I was pretending to be your boyfriend in front of everyone, it showed me how much I did like you and after you kissed me on Friday I-I realized that I- I like you a lot more than I want to say right now. I guess that's all." I whispered as I looked down as my eyes pricked with tears.

"Louis I-" I looked up at him as he fiddled with his hands. "I have to go" He said quickly before standing up and walking to his car, I stood up but he was already gone.

"Fuck" I breathed out as I slumped back against the bench, I put my head in my hands as a tears slipped out my eye and rolled down my cheek. "What have I done?" I mumbled into my hands.

I stayed on the bench for a couple more minutes until I decided I needed to go home, I sighed and dragged my tired and numb body home.

Oh and of course I had to do a presentation of the love essay with the guy I'm in love with who just left me on a park bench. Life is fantastic. Fucking fantastic.

~

I pulled into school on Monday, I had bags under my eyes and no energy. I barely slept, I couldn't stop thinking about what happened last night, I should have just kept my stupid mouth shut. I got out my car and saw Niall leaning on a wall with Liam and Zayn, I walked past him and headed towards my locker as I heard footsteps behind me. I opened my locker just as Niall ran up to me. "Lou, you look like shit." He said after looking at me for a few seconds.

"Thanks Ni" I shot him a fake smile and continued getting my books out.

"What happened? Are you okay?" He asked as I shut my locker and rubbed my tired eyes.

"No Niall, I listened to your stupid fucking advice." I mumbled as I leant against the row of lockers.

"What advice?"

"Your oh so great one about telling Harry how I felt." I saw the way Niall's smile dropped.

"Oh, I take it didn't go well?"

"Unless leaving me on bench in the park is good, the answer is No, it didn't go well." I sighed and looked over at him.

"I'm really sorry Lou, I thought he liked you and I thought then you could have had a piece of mind." He apologized and stood in front of me.

"It's fine Niall, you didn't know what would happen." I said as I looked up and saw Harry walking out of Mrs smiths classroom. "Oh shit" I mumbled as I turned and faced the lockers for a few seconds before turning back round and relaxing when I could no longer see him. "I need to do something Ni, I will see you later." I started walking away and walked into Mrs smiths classroom.

"Hello Louis, I was actually about to come find you." She smiled at me from her desk.

"You were?" I said walking closer.

"Yes, Louis I'm afraid your going to have to do you essay presentation on your own." she said smiling sadly at me.

"What wh- Oh he came to tell you he's not doing it" I said when I realized why Harry was in here.

"Yeah." She sighed.

"Your going to have to fail him aren't you?" I asked and she nodded.

"I'm afraid so Louis. Can you still do your project on your own." She asked as she sat up more.

"Actually I was wondering if I could re write it?" I asked her as she stared at me wide eyed.

"Louis, your a great writer but you have 3 hours before my class. That surely is not enough time."

"It is, I can make it work miss." I said with a hint of hope in my voice, she sighed but nodded.

"Okay, but just tell me if it's not done in time." She said and with that I was out the door and running towards the library where I would spend the next 3 hours writing a whole new essay, about love.

And that was exactly what I did, I was able to finish my essay with 10 minutes to spare, I jumped up from my chair and ate something before walking to English class. "Ah Louis, all done?" Mrs Smith asked as I walked back into the room, I nodded and went to sit down. "Louis, would you mind presenting yours first?" She asked and I hesitated but agreed anyway.

A few minutes later people started to walk into the classroom and take their seats as I stood awkwardly at the font holding a piece of paper in my shaky hands. Soon enough all the seats were filled but a couple and Mrs smith stood up and walked to the front of the room. "So class, last week I set an essay task for you and a partner to do about love. So I chose Louis to kick this all off, if you do not have your essay please let me know now so I can write your name down." She looked around as no one said anything or moved so she nodded and smiled at me. I looked around the room for one person that I wanted to hear this the most. But he wasn't here.

I looked down at the paper in my shaky hands and was about to start reading when Mrs smith interrupted me. "Harry, your late" She said glaring at him as he walked over to our desk and sat down, he looked up at me and my eyes met his for a split second before I looked away. "Okay Louis you can start"

I took a deep breath and started reading what I wrote. "Love. Love is something that everyone thinks they need to have otherwise they aren't complete or they aren't going to be happy. But I dont believe that's true. We see films and the person is always depressed and sad before they meet the love of their life but then they meet them and suddenly everything makes sense and they're happy." I looked up from my paper. "Films are fantasies, and these fantasies that we see make us think that love is the cure for everything. But in real life, love, can hurt more than what it's fixing." I started to talk more confidently as I carried on. "Look at Cinderella for instance, she had a bad life before she met the prince, she knew nothing about him. But then when she met him, she was in 'love' with him. But I don't think she actually loved him, not yet. I believe you can be infatuated with someone and then fall in love with them later on. That was what Cinderella had. Films like that give an image that their prince is going to come and save them, in reality, the prince will be the one that hurts them the most. Love, is strange, we all want it, we all want to feel it, but why? Love can make us happy but love can also make us sad, why do we wish so hard for something that could break us?" I paused and took another deep breath.

"How do you know when you really love someone? Truly, how can you tell its love? If you've never loved before how do you know that's what your feeling. Is it the way your heart beats faster when you see them, the way your voice gets caught in your throat when your around them, or is it how when they hurt you, it hurts more than anything because you loved them, right? The truth is we all feel something different when we know we're in love, some people will get that giddy feeling, others will feel like that one person is everything and some will just know." I folded up the paper in my hand before slipping it into my back pocket. "We all want to be loved, its human nature to want to feel loved by someone, and you just have to hope that the love you crave is something that wont break you but something that helps you stand taller than before. We accept the love we think we deserve. But sometimes we need to be told we deserve more. So I guess to sum up this essay I will say this. At the end of the day, Love, is going to hurt sometimes, but you wont feel like that forever because you will realize you deserve more and you will allow yourself to do what's best for you. And even if love betrays you, you will still love that person. That's just how strange it is. You will still love the person that broke you into a million pieces and it's only you who can decide if you can pick yourself up and try again. Love can be a blessing as well as a heartbreak, it just depends who you allow yourself to love." I stopped talking and looked down just as the room erupted into a chorus of loud cheers and claps.

"Louis that was- that was amazing. Wow. And you wrote that in 3 hours." Mrs Smith said as she stood next to me, I smiled at her and looked up.

"Err, Miss can I go outside for a second?" I asked when I felt Harry's eyes on me.

"Sure, just come back in when your ready." She smiled and I picked up my bag and walk into the corridor. I walked over to the wall and leant against it as I closed my eyes.

"I guess I didn't complete my first ever essay." I heard a deep voice say, I knew who it was because I got those familiar goosebumps and quick heart beats.

"I guess not" I mumbled as I kept my eyes closed.

"Can I talk to you Lou?" Harry asked and I opened my eyes to look at him.

"Give me one reason to why I should stay instead of leaving you in this hallway." I said sternly as I leaned off the wall.

"Because I'm a dick and you deserve to know why I left yesterday." He said walking closer.

"I'm listening."

"Louis, I'm really sorry I left you there last night. I was just scared, I think I knew I liked you but hearing you say that just completely knocked me out of it. I couldn't think straight and I left. If I could go back to last night, I would, and I would stay there on that park bench and tell you how much I liked you too." He whispered the last bit walking closer. "I loved teasing you because I loved seeing you blush and get annoyed because your too cute and small to look scary."

"M'not small" I mumbled and he laughed a little. "I'm fun sized."

He smiled and I saw his dimples again. "You were brave enough to tell me how you felt last night and so now I'm going to be the brave one. Louis, I never thought you liked me at all, I mean you always said you hated me. But then we got paired together for this project and I saw a side to you I hadn't seen before, it intrigued me and made me like you more. You just happened to be with me when my dick dad called and then you found out about what he's like and you said that stuff to me that got me thinking. I asked you to be my fake boyfriend because I wanted to spend time with you where you at least had to pretend you liked me. But I now I know you like me and I think its my turn" He walked closer and placed his hand lightly onto my cheek. "Louis, I really like you. A lot more than I can say." He whispered as he looked into my blue eyes.

"Do you actually like me?" I asked so quietly I didn't think he heard me, but he did. He smiled and leaned down before kissing my lips, this time I kissed back almost immediately before we pulled away and rested are foreheads together.

"Did that answer your question?" He smirked and I shook my head.

"No, I think you better do it again." I giggled as he leaned down and kissed me again, but for longer this time. We pulled away and he peppered kisses all over my face as he wrapped his arms around me waist and lifted me of the floor. "Harry! It tickles!" I giggled as he continued to kiss all over my face, until I pushed him away.

He stayed quiet for a little longer as he looked at me and his eyes traveled over my face. "I love you Lou." He breathed out as I smiled and kissed his lips again.

"I love you too." I whispered back.

~

I didn't see Niall after Harry told me he loved me, Harry and I may have skipped class for the rest of the day, but who can prove it?

But it was now Tuesday and Harry and I were walking into school hands entwined, for real this time, I smiled at him when I saw Niall from across the parking lot. We walked over to him and his eyes immediately went to our hands. "Why are you still holding hands? I thought you told him you loved him and you weren't doing the fake boyfriend thing anymore?" Niall asked confused.

I laughed at his cluelessness "We aren't doing the fake boyfriend thing anymore." I smiled at him as his eyes widened and a massive grin came onto his face. He looked between me, Harry and out joined hands excitedly. "Niall, your gonna get whiplash" I laughed more as he looked at me.

"So are you-" I nodded as he paused and looked over to Harry.

"And you sai-" Harry nodded and Niall smiled impossibly wider before falling backwards and fainting into Liam who luckily caught him. My jaw dropped as I looked at Niall's passed out figure in a scared Liam's arms.

"Err Lou?" Harry said from behind me as we all stared at Niall.

"He'll be fine." I said as I turned around.

"Wait, Louis where are you going!" Harry yelled as I walked away laughing.

"Away, he's embarrassing!" I yelled back.

"But-"

"Harry!" I cut him off.

"Coming!" He shouted as he ran after me and flicked my bum before taking hold of my hand.

I thought I hated Harry, but boy was I wrong. I don't think I ever hated him.

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I AM SO SO SO SO SORRY THAT I AHVENT POSTED IN AGESSSSSSSS, I've been kinda busy and this oneshot I had to separate into two chapter because it is 20k words in one chapter otherwise. And now I don't even know if I like it :/

It is currently 3:15am and I only just finished writing but I'm too tired to edit, so I'm doing it tomorrow.

Anyway I hope all of you are doing well and you've all eaten and drunk something today, I love you all, dont forget that <333

You're not afraid of love, you just afraid of not being loved - Unknown

Everybody's afraid of love, because love is what hurts the most - Unknown