Sorry that it took me so long. I had unplaned things in the way of writing and had no time at all. But here is the new chapter now :)

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Light sunbeams fell through the slit of curtains on his face and made him nose up like a rabbit. Slowly he opened his eyes and caught his surroundings. He wasn't in his room and wasn't lying in his bed. That wouldn't be the first time he woke up like this in the morning, but this time he couldn't remember a hook up.

Carefully, he turned in bed and saw a sleeping Louis beside him. That reminded Harry again. The beating up, the training, the pizza, the movie. They must have fallen asleep during the movie. Harry decided not to wake Louis up yet. Next to the pillow, Harry found his cell phone and saw that he had a message. From his father. His friends' parents would probably have asked where he was, since he hadn't come home in the evening, but his father just wanted to make sure he brought the forgotten files over and brought them to dinner this evening. No questions, just commands. How could Harry endure that for so long and be called good and be carried away without realizing how wrong it was. His father treated him like an employee sometimes and not like his son. He just wanted a cheap copy of himself to secure a deal, but Harry didn't want that any more. He didn't want to be his father's Mini Me. He wanted to become an independent person with his own goals and ideas. With a better way to live life. Harry decided not to answer his father and just ignore the orders. That will not please his father, but he didn't care. He wanted to live his own life as he wanted.

Wow, those thoughts made him stunned. He would never have expected such a thing, but now it was impossible not to imagine. Since Liam, Niall, Zayn and Louis had played an important role in his life without Harry noticing. Now it wasn't possible without the boys. They had become incredibly important to him and he realized that now. He didn't want to spend a day without having them as friends. The others around him were right the whole time. These guys were really special. Every single one of them. They saw the world with better eyes and tried to approach and help people without prejudice or judgment, whether they liked the person or not. Selfless and helpful. Unbiased.

A warm, comfortable feeling spread through Harry's mind. When he lay there and thought about it, he realized what it was. He was happy. For the first time really happy. Don't get him wrong. Before, he was satisfied with his life and thought he wouldn't miss anything. But he was wrong. There was more than just satisfaction. Being happy was the goal and you couldn't buy or force that. Luck came to you when you didn't expect it at all. And you were happy if you allowed it to happen. If you look below the surface or behind the walls. Yes, Harry was happy, thanks to his new unstable friendship. He was aware of that. Friendship was something very fragile. He understood that now. But it was also the most precious thing in the world. He would protect it from that day on. God, Harry was sentimental today.

Shaking his thoughts aside, he turned to the side facing Louis, who was still asleep. Harry studied his features as he slept, so peaceful and carefree. Louis had a really sweet nose and protruding cheekbones, very intriguing. His skin looked so soft in the morning light. His feathery hair was ruffled by the night but still looked beautiful. Carefully, Harry brushed a few strands of hair from his face, lightly brushing against Louis' forehead, which gave him goose bumps. Harry's gaze went from his closed eyes down to Louis' lips. They were so thin and pink and looked so soft. For a moment Harry's head played off memories of the full moon. He had actually kissed those lips against his will and instead of thinking about how Louis felt because of it, he had only worried about his reputation and tried to threaten Louis so he wouldn't say anything.

Now that he was lying there looking at Louis or staring at him without consciously noticing it, he wondered how Louis dealt with it or was still dealing with the full moon night. He had already noticed that there was something that nobody wanted to tell him and it was related to Louis. With Louis and fears of contact or something like that. Harry couldn't imagine what it was.

Before he could think about it, Louis moved slightly and tentatively opened his beautiful blue eyes, into which Harry immediately unconsciously got lost. When Louis got used to the light, he looked at Harry confused.

"Harry?" he asked sleepily in a deep morning voice which send shivers down Harry's whole body.

"Good morning Loubear, did you sleep well?" Harry asked, the nickname just rolling off his tongue before he could stop it.

"Yeah, I did ... my neck just feels a bit stiff. I guess I slept weird" Louis yawned and didn't seem to have heard the nickname.

Shortly he closed his eyes again and Harry stared at him again. Dark bruises from the kicks of Aidan were now on his forehead. Seeing that made Harry so infuriating again. How could you want to hurt this angel? How could he be so mean to him? From now on, Harry will do anything to make amends.

"Did we fall asleep while watching the movie?" Louis asked confused.

"Looks like it. I'll leave right away, then you can ... ".

"No, Haz, you don't need to. Just let's have breakfast" Louis interrupted, and Harry's smile widened as he used that nickname. Nobody called him that. Only Louis.

Grumbling, Louis stood up followed by Harry and went down to the kitchen. As it was, nobody else was awake or already gone. Harry watched how Louis questioningly looked into the fridge and remembered that Louis couldn't cook without setting the kitchen on fire.

"What do you think about pancakes?" Harry suggested hungrily.

"Always good, but only if I don't make them" grinned Louis.

Shaking his head, Harry searched the cabinets until he had all the ingredients together. Then he started to prepare the pancakes while Louis watched him. He sat on the kitchen counter and let his feet dangle down. Harry didn't know why, but he liked the morning routine. He liked to see Louis' face first in the morning and have breakfast with him. How Louis looked at him and gave him credit for such a pettiness warmed Harry's heart, which until recently he thought was ice cold and unusable.

"How on earth do you do it without messing it up?" Louis wondered as Harry turned the pancakes in the pan.

"The Speed is the key. You have to turn them fast and not to slow, but actually I'm just fantastic, you can't learn that" Harry said, turning his back to Louis.

"Oh of course, you were born to cook. No one can do that as well as you" Louis rolled his eyes in amusement.

"You don't cook pancakes" Harry corrected.

"Shut up and make my food" Louis laughed.

"On command" Harry grinned.

"I smell food" Jay's voice sounded from the hallway.

"It's not me, the kitchen is still standing" Louis called to her.

"Then it can only be Harry. Good morning you two" she greeted the two smiling as she came into the kitchen.

"Morning Mom".

"Good morning Jay" Harry greeted her kindly. He felt at home with the Tomlisons even though until a while ago he didn't know what it felt like. But now he knew the feeling and didn't want to miss it any more.

"How is your head, darling?" Jay asked, stroking Louis' hair out of his face.

"I'm fine, no need to worry" he assured her.

"I'm your mother, of course I'm worried. That's my job".

"I know mom and I love you for that, but I'm fine" he smiled at her.

"You always say that, and we both know that's not always true, you just want me to not worry, sweetheart" Jay countered.

"I can't deny that, but this time I'm really fine. It was taken care of" Louis clarified.

"And thanks to Harry. Thank you again" Jay thanked Harry.

"I didn't do anything. I was just trying to help" Harry waved it off.

"And that's the big miracle. My Louis is stubborn and reluctant to help. Anything ...".

"Mom, does that have to be?" Louis interrupted her pleadingly.

"I'm already quiet" Jay laughed.

Harry repeated her words in his head again. Louis was stubborn, Harry already knew that. He was himself too. But Louis was reluctant to let someone help him but let Harry help him, was an information that made Harry think. Unintentionally, he had to remember that Louis once had a crush on him. He still didn't know what he should think of it and how he should handle it. That a guy could have feelings for him was something he had never considered, especially Louis. He was nothing but mean to him and yet it happened. He said it was a kind of confusion and not any more but Harry wondered if this crush would come back, now that he was nicer and there was no reason to hate him, and make it any more complicated. He didn't want Louis to have feelings for him. That was still a funny idea for Harry. Friends but not more. Louis was too important to him. He didn't want to lose him for such primitive things as feelings. He had to know that for sure, but how was he supposed to do it without being suspicious? However, Louis had said it was over, so maybe Harry should just believe him and that's it.

After breakfast, Louis and Harry got ready and left the house. Before the game they wanted to go swimming again. They put their things to the hidden rocks and then ran into the water. After 15 seconds their tails appeared, green and blue, and they started swimming. The two had never done that alone before, but Harry felt good about it. He enjoyed spending time with Louis. They challenged each other for a race that Louis won. Gasping and laughing, the two arrived in the Moon Pool and sat down to rest.

Harry's eyes wandered from the grotto back to Louis. Water drops ran down his chest and over his face. He had his eyes turned upwards, giving Harry a good look on his neck, over which Harry wanted to brush his finger. Louis leaned his arms against the edge and leaned out of the water. Harry's eyes were fixed on Louis' strong and tensed biceps. Louis also had a light six-pack, which Harry now stared at. Louis, with drops of water on his muscles, his well-trained body and wet hair, was beautiful. His blue eyes sparkled in the sunlight. Harry had never seen such a shade of blue before. Louis didn't even notice how Harry looked at him any more than did Harry himself. Harry wondered what Louis was thinking about.

"Let's go or I'll be late" Louis said and jumped back into the water.

"You mean us" corrected Harry.

"Why us?" Louis didn't understand.

"I'm coming to the game, you fool. Let's go" said Harry.

"Are you my shadow now?" Louis raised an eyebrow.

"Don't you want me with you?" Harry asked.

"I didn't say that. I just thought you'd have anything better to do on a saturday than go to a kids football game. Maybe you'll reject some girl for that and I don't want that" Louis explained his doubts.

"Don't worry about that. One thing doesn't get in the way of the other" Harry assured him.

"If you say so" Louis shrugged and then disappeared.

Harry followed him and together they swam back to the beach. Harry quickly dried them and then they made their way to the game. Meanwhile, they talked about everything and Harry realized once again how much he liked to listen to Louis talking. But he also noticed that Louis liked to listen to him no matter what crap he told him. Shawn had told him years ago not to talk so much because it made him seem crazy, but Louis didn't seem to care. He gave him his full attention.

On the football field, Louis rushed briefly into the locker room while the first children arrived. When Louis was done, he came back to Harry and then prepared everything with Steve. Something about the familiarity and closeness between Steve and Louis disliked Harry, but he didn't know what it was. He couldn't put his finger on it.

By and by, all children came to Louis and the opposing team was there too. Louis' kids were really good and took the lead after a short time. Louis fired the kids vigorously and motivated them whenever he could.He was a great Coach. During the half-time, he brought everyone to him and knelt down to them. It looked like he was telling them how great they were and gave them one or two tips. Harry watched all this in awe. How Louis beamed when his kids had made it or when one of them was happy. That was indescribably nice to watch. He kinda admired Louis with kids.

"He's good with kids" Steve's voice tore Harry from his thoughts.

"Yes, he is" he replied curtly. Steve wasn't a bad guy, but he got on too well with Louis for Harry's liking.

"How come you're here today? I thought that wasn't your thing" Steve asked curiously.

"I'm here for Louis" Harry said firmly.

"So you are friends now?" Steve chimed in as if he knew something that Harry didn't know.

"Yeah, I think we are" Harry said, looking back at Louis, who smiled at him from a distance. Harry returned the smile.

"I see. I'm so glad for you. I see a strong connection between you and it's great that you don't ignore that any longer" Steve smiled.

"Connection?" Harry turned his head to him.

"Yeah, the way you look at each other, how you interact, how you talk about each other. That's special".

With that, Steve left, and Harry wondered what he meant by that. He turned back to Louis, who was fully focused on the game. But Harry couldn't stop looking at Louis for a second. How he laughed, how he beamed. Yes, Louis was an angel. Too good for this world. A selfless good-natured helpful angel without wings.

"Sorry I'm too late. Harry and I got nonsense" Louis apologized, gasping for breath as he arrived at the ice cream parlour.

"No problem, otherwise I'm always late" grinned Eleanor.

"Why on earth were you with Harry?" Zayn asked in surprise.

Louis dropped himself exhausted in the chair and took the ice cream card. "Well, after the incident yesterday, he brought me home and then stayed to make sure that I'm fine or something. Then he came to the training so I don't overwork and then we made pizza or more like a flour war. In the evening we watched a movie where we fell asleep and this morning after breakfast he came to the game. No idea why, but it was nice" Louis told his friends.

"Uhh, you and Harry? I never expected that, but Harry has changed quite a bit in a short while" cooed Eleanor.

"Shut up. It's not like that" Louis blushed.

"You spent time with Harry? Voluntarily? That doesn't sound like you at all, but I've seen you two make peace. But I wouldn't have expected such a big change so soon" Zayn wondered.

"Believe me Zayn, me neither. Until yesterday I didn't think I could forgive him in the near future but something happened yesterday. This sudden care, the worry and all that, no idea, it was all too real. I just realized he was really trying and we really had a lot of fun. He's different than I expected. It just kinda happened" Louis told him.

"It's good when Harry finally comes to his senses, if you've forgiven him I can do it now, but are you sure it's good for you to spend so much time alone with him? Don't you fear the feelings might come back?" Zayn gave concern.

"I knew it. You have a crush on Harry!" exclaimed Eleanor.

"Thank you Zayn" snorted Louis.

"Sorry, but I had to ask that".

"First of all. No, El, I don't have a crush. I had an inexplicable crush, but that's over. Just because he's not an ass any more it's not coming back right now. Over is over" Louis clarified. Zayn studied Louis closely and saw the uncertainty in his eyes. He was as scared as Zayn, he just didn't want to admit to Eleanor.

"Fine, if you say so" Zayn finished the topic, but threw a look at Louis saying that they were going to talk about it again alone.

The three ordered their ice cream and talked about God and the world. Eleanor told them what she had planed for the band page and got the guys approval. Her ideas were great. They told her everything about the incident at school with Nick, Aidan and Shawn. She just couldn't believe that the boys had really become palpable. When they finished eating Eleanor went to the bathroom while the boys paid.

"Are you sure about Harry?" Zayn wanted to know again to be sure.

"I just don't want to be vindictive and hold it up to him again and again. Yesterday and today I've seen how he can be and that's enough for me to start afresh" Louis assured him.

"If you're really sure then I will do that too" Zayn smiled at him.

"And if I said no?" Louis wanted to know.

"Then I would continue to be dismissive of him until you are ready" Zayn said.

"But why?".

"I totally got your back, support you. I'm here for you. Unless you trust him I will not do it. It's that simple" Zayn told him. Zayn's loyalty to his best friend was incomparable and he would do anything for him.

"Zayn, you're incredible. I couldn't have a better friend" said Louis.

"Thanks, but the same applies to you". Louis smiled at him but then looked down and played with his hands.

"What's it?" Zayn wanted to know worried.

"You've just talked about trust. Just because I forgave him I don't trust him yet. Unfortunately I can't do that even though I want it. You know I'm having trouble with it and I wonder if I can ever trust him fully" Louis confessed

"I know Louis, take the time you need. Trust is a tricky thing, he has to understand that. After all, there are reasons not to trust him completely. I do not" Zayn calmly laid his hand on Louis'.

"You're right, thanks. And hey we were swimming today, who would have thought that?" Louis changed the subject causing Zayn to chuckle.

"Who was swimming?" Eleanor came back.

"Nobody. Let's go, my butt hurts from sitting" distracted Louis, but Zayn saw Eleanor's face and knew perfectly well that she was suspicious. Again

"Do you remember how you almost fell off the bridge?" Eleanor laughed as they crossed a small park.

"Yes, but just because you were so dorky and didn't hold your bag properly" Louis joined in the laughter.

"That was the same day that Zayn nearly killed me" El reminded herself.

"I will never forget that face".

"Hey, it's your own fault when you try to take my hairspray. You really have a longing to die" Zayn said with a grin.

"Oh, sorry princess" she bowed.

"Do you remember how the librarian looked when Niall fell off the chair that one day?" Louis asked as he hopped on the path.

"That was unique" laughed Zayn.

"Best of all, he just lay there and made no move to get up. So much I've never laughed in my life" Eleanor said.

"I think we have traumatized the poor woman" said Louis to concerns.

"We can do that well" Zayn stated.

"Oh hey guys" Sophia greeted them.

"My Soph!!! We just talked about how Niall was lying on the floor of the library and was talking to the air" Eleanor hugged her.

"Oh, I remember that. I almost fell off my chair laughing too" Sophia reminded herself.

"Then I would have had to drag two laughing idiots with me" Louis said cheekily.

"Hey, that was your fault alone. You made him laugh".

"I just breathed Soph. I can't help it if he thinks it's funny" Louis shrugged.

Just when Zayn wanted to say something his phone beeped. He rummaged it out and saw a message from Liam.

From Big Payno @Fishy Freaks:

"Hey what's up. I'm going to the beach with the guys and they want you to come along. swing your asses out here".

Confused, Zayn looked at Louis, who apparently had the same message. "Is he serious?" Zayn wondered.

"Seems like it" Louis said in wonderment.

"What's happening?" Eleanor wanted to know.

"Oh nothing, just Liam. He's probably hanging out with these guys again" Louis answered unimpressed.

From Zaddy @Fishy Freaks:

"Which guys and are you serious? The beach?".

From Tommo:

"Liam what's up with you?".

From Nialler:

"Sorry, I'm with Harry and we don't want to destroy your party mood due to the freaks showing up and how daft avoid the water. Don't you think that would be a bit conspicuous?".

From Harry:

"I see it like Niall".

From Tommo:

"Dito".

From Big Payno:

"You're so boring, you fools. Then wait, see you later .... maybe ".

"Unimaginable, what's wrong with him?" Zayn groaned.

"Does he want you to come to the others?" Sophia checked.

"Yes, and because we said no, he says we're boring" Louis told her.

"He just asked me, too, and Danielle, but I'm not keen on getting my hands on those fake people. I thought he'd be smart enough to realize how fake they are" Sophia told them.

"Unfortunately not" sighed Louis.

"We're about to lose him. We have to do something" moaned Eleanor.

"We can't do anything" Zayn said disappointed.

"Maybe you can talk to him" Sophia suggested.

"Believe me, it's no good. Right now he's not listening to anyone, especially not me" Zayn lowered his head.

"Then it must be really bad. I always thought you two were inseparable and would marry someday" Sophia let him know.

"Same here" Eleanor agreed.

"What? We? Never. Liam sees me only as a best friend" Zayn argued. Sophia really believed they would marry? He was afraid she might like Liam, but he was probably too paranoid.

"Does that mean you see it differently?" Eleanor raised an eyebrow.

"I did not say that. Let's go or people will think we're trees, too" distracted Zayn. Eleanor and Sophia just smirked and Louis grinned knowingly at him.

"Let's go to the beach. We've never been together" Sophia suggested.

"No" Zayn and Louis exclaimed simultaneously.

"Why not?" Eleanor asked suspiciously. Zayn couldn't think clearly so he said nothing.

"Um, cause, um ... because Liam is there with his new friends. We didn't want to go there" Louis stammered nervously.

"Oh okay, let's go to town then. I want to buy a book anyway" Sophia said, and together they started walking into the city.

Zayn and Louis glanced at each other and both were relieved. But Eleanor looked at the two suspicious and very skeptical. Zayn was sure she knew they were hiding something from her. Either they had to be more careful, avoid her, dish up a lie, or tell her the truth before she found out on her own.

The ocean lay still at dusk and scattered stars sparkled in the sky. The water washed small stones to the beach. Suddenly the water began to bubble and steam. Then it deformed and changed its consistency. The resulting shape looked like a glassy jellyfish in the form of a star. This wobbly star evaporated instantly and dissolved into drowned water.

"Hey, you destroyed my star" Niall complained childishly.

"That was never on purpose" Harry grinned mischievously.

"That's unfair. You can't destroy your powers" Niall grumbled.

"Maybe but it's harder for me to control and you can easily lose control" Harry confessed.

"Really?" Niall tilted his head to one side.

"Yes indeed. My powers are activated when I clench my fists. How often do you do that without noticing, or when you try to stay calm even though you might freak out?" Harry asked.

"Too often. I have not thought of that before. It must be really corrosive" Niall mused.

"It's not nice, but it's okay" Harry shrugged.

Without further ado, Niall turned back to the sea. He never thought that Harry would have problems with his powers, or rather would admit it. Niall focused again on a spot where the water touched the sand, stretched out his hand, turned it once and then the water deformed and became glass. He studied it for a while and smiled satisfied. Suddenly Niall saw the shape iced up. Surprised, he turned around and spotted Louis and Zayn on the rocks.

"Well, Niall, are you playing with magic?" Zayn shook his head in amusement.

"Says the one who just iced my masterpiece" countered Niall.

"Touché" was Zayn beaten.

Niall now noticed that Zayn had his arm around Louis' waist and Louis had his head on Zayn's shoulder. That looked very comfortable. The two sat next to Niall. Still in the same position.

On the other side next to him, Niall felt Harry getting restless and squinted over at him. Harry's face was petrified and he stared at Zayn and Louis. If Niall didn't know better, he would say smoothly Harry was jealous of Zayn and would happily turn his back on him for daring to be so close to Louis. But Harry was straight, he mentioned that again and again and Niall didn't want to think about how many women he had seen naked. Why did he react that way then?

"Hi Harry, are you alright?" Zayn greeted Harry smiling. Where did this kindness suddenly come from? Niall thought Zayn hated Harry. Was that related to what Harry had told him about yesterday and today, and that Louis had forgiven him? Was he just so repellent to Harry for loyalty and protection? Would suit Zayn.

"Everything's fine, what about you?" Harry asked.

"Well for me, I feel great. The day was awesome. We had a lot of fun with El and Soph, right Tommo?" Zayn turned to Louis, who still had his head on his shoulder.

"Yes, it was great. I love the two. If I wasn't gay I'd marry one of them, but in this life I'll probably marry you" Louis yawned absently, probably not noticing what he said. Even Niall wasn't used to hearing Louis say he was gay. It was obvious that he was very tired.

"I'm honored. That doesn't sound like I'm your last choice at all" Zayn snorted dramatically.

"You're my second choice Zayn. You know that. Live with it" Louis grinned sleepily.

"You're my second choice too" Zayn agreed.

"Naww, that would be almost sweet if it wasn't pathetic. Who is your first choice for whom you would leave each other?" cooed Niall.

"That's my secret" Louis put a finger to his lips. When he was so tired he acted as if he was drunk.

"Well, doesn't tell me then. Does one of you know where Liam is?" Niall changed the subject.

At the mention of Liam's name, Zayn jerked slightly but tried to keep his composure. "No, I thought he was here".

"And I thought he might come with you" Niall said.

"We probably all thought wrong" Harry concluded.

"You're really smart Haz" giggled Louis.

"And you are very tired Lou".

Haz? Lou? What had Niall missed? The two sounded as if they had been married for ten years and Louis would have come home drunk just for Harry to feed him and love and cuddle him. A funny idea that made Niall smile.

"Niall, why did you want to talk to us?" Zayn wanted to know now.

"Actually, I wanted to wait for Liam" Niall remarked.

"He's not here, so it doesn't seem to matter to him, so ..." trailed Zayn off.

"Well, I wanted you to come beacuse I twant to tell you something" Niall began to tell, and all three focused their attention only on him.

"Will, my boss for the case yo forogt, made me an offer today. He offers us to perform at the JuiceNet once a week, he also gives us a rehearsal room. It may not be perfect, but it's his way of supporting us. I told him I'm asking you today" Niall continued.

"Niall that's awesome. That's great news" Zayn said happily.

"Zayn is right, that's great. A great opportunity for us" Harry agreed.

"Really? I honestly expected you would say it's not enough" Niall confessed.

"Maybe it would have been that way a while ago, but not any more. I think that's great, it's a great start for us. Not everyone gets the chance. This way we can get into this band rhythm" Harry said.

"That's right. So we gain experience and can find out where this band is going" Louis agreed with Harry. That there were no discussions and the three agreed, Niall had to register first.

"Glad you like the idea" Niall smiled with satisfaction.

"Why shouldn't we? Everyone starts off small. Your boss is really great. We can't refuse this offer" Louis said wearily.

"At least we can stay true to ourselves and don't get pushed into an wrong image" Harry muttered barely audible.

"What do you mean by that?" Niall checked.

"Oh, nothing important" Harry tried to distract, but Niall just looked at him piercingly.

"Fine. My dad saw the videos as well and said something like it could be useful for him and made terrible suggestions for changes to the band. He works in the business, but his support would be rather negative. Probably fame overnight, but at what price. Rather small but free than big and enslaved" Harry sighed, telling them everything.

"That doesn't sound very nice. What kind of people is he working with?" Niall asked.

"Well he works for Sony Music here in Australia. I can't remember a name just a lot of women in far too short clothes and a lot of discussions about oppression and stuff like that. The business can be tough" Harry went into more detail.

"Since when do half-naked women disturb you?" Zayn raised his eyebrows.

"Just because I like to sleep with them doesn't mean I'm okay with selling them below value" Harry defended himself.

"That's surprising. Wow, I didn't expect that. I'm really impressed" Zayn admitted.

"Um, thank you" Harry scratched the back of his neck.

"You said something about changes, which ones?" Louis wanted to know.

"Nothing helpful, just stupid stuff, not worth mentioning, Lou" Harry didn't want to answer the question.

"It feels more like you just don't want to tell us" Niall said.

"Believe me, you don't want to know that. I'm still mad because of that and I don't want you to take this to heart. My dad just likes 0815. That's Sony" Harry almost begged them to drop the subject.

"So bad?" Louis looked at him with wide big sleepy eyes.

"He said Niall should sing less and stand still instead of hopping around and we need a lead singer, which is total nonsense" Harry gave in, half.

It hurt quite a bit to hear that, but Niall knew that not everyone could handle his overjoyed and loud way. A music professional found him too overactive .... that made him think, but that's exactly what Harry didn't want. That's why Niall tried to forget that, because Harry didn't seem to share his father's opinion.

"Was that all?" Louis inquired as if noticing that Harry was holding something back.

"No, but I don't want to repeat that, it made me the maddest and it's not true" Harry replied, meaning that Niall knew he must have said something bad about Louis.

"You can tell me. I can handle it" Louis tried to sound convincing but failed.

"Louis, why do you want to know that? I ... urgh, he doesn't like your voice, okay? He says it sounds terrible and you should sing the least, but Louis, that's nonsense. Do you hear me?" Harry gave in and Louis' face fell at those words just like expected.

"But you said that too, so there must be something in it" Louis voiced concern.

"I wasn't objective then. I wanted to make you bad, but you're not. Your voice is special, unique. It's very rare and beautiful. No one should ever silence you, you understand?" Harry assured him.

"Understood" Louis nodded hesitantly, looking Harry deep in the eyes and Harry returning that look.

"Well, since that's clear, I guess all agree with the offer?" Niall asked again.

"Definitely".

"One hundred percent".

"Of course".

"Good, then only Liam is missing" Niall concluded and was happy about these answers. Just bad that Liam wasn't there. Where was he?

As if on cue, Liam appeared on the rocks in the dark. He climbed down to them and dropped beside them. "There I am. I had something to do" gasped Liam exhausted.

"And you couldn't have said something so we wouldn't worry?" Zayn asked tense. Louis had now taken his head off Zayn's shoulder and Zayn had his arm back with him.

"I didn't have time for that and I didn't think about it" Liam replied, not realizing how angry the others were.

"What was so important?" Zayn wanted to know impatiently.

"At first I was on the beach with Lauren and co, and we had so much fun that I forgot the time. After that I immediately rushed to the harbour to catch her" Liam said.

"Lauren and co?" Zayn grimaced.

"Who did you have to catch?" Niall wanted to know.

"Dr. Teasdale. I sent my application for an internship with her months ago and learned this morning that I should introduce myself to her today" Liam explained excitedly.

"So you were with some doctor and you couldn't even write shortly before that you come later?" Zayn just didn't want to understand Liam.

"I was already late because we were on the beach for a long time, so that wasn't so important to me. I'm here now, what's up Niall? What do you wanted to say?" Liam shrugged.

"Not so important?" Zayn was surprised but Louis tried to calm him down by putting his arm around his shoulder and whispering something in his ear. It seemed to work, though Harry tensed directly. Liam didn't seem to care.

"Um... Will offers us to perform at JuiceNet weekly. Every Saturday" Niall repeated the offer.

"Really? This is really great. This will please Lauren and Normani. Then they can hear us sing again" Liam said happily, causing Zayn to stare at him stunned and Louis tried to distract him, and he succeeded.

"Well, then everybody agreed. The first gig would be next week and we can rehearse before that" Niall told them.

"Great. Was that all?"

"Do you have to go already?" Niall asked disappointed.

"I want to prepare for the internship, best today" Liam bristled with motivation.

"By Dr. How was that?" Niall had forgotten the name already.

"Dr. Teasdale, she's great, just awesome. It's an honour to work for her" Liam enthused.

"I've heard of her before. Does she not do anything with sea animals?" Harry tried to remember.

"Sea animals? Like with water?".

"Of course Niall. That's why they are sea animals" Liam shook his head.

"Wait, what exactly is this woman by profession, Liam?" Zayn asked a little anxiously now.

"Marine biologist".

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What do you think so far?

The chapters will maybe be a little bit shorter from now on sometimes because there will be big events but between and around them isn't really happening much. It would just be things that already happend like training or talking about the same old problems and that gets annoying with the time.

So, will Dr. T be a problem? Will Liam still have time for them?

Will Eleanor find out on her own?

I'm lookink forward to your opinion :)