The Song is called Til it happens to you by Lady Gaga.....

Tomorrow is the day of the days. The 28th of September. There will be a chapter of course on that day :) Are you excited ? Scared? I'm both...

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Satisfied and carefree, Zayn and Niall slid through the sea. They swam through the coral reef and watched the colourful fish in their natural habitat. Instead of disappearing like with divers, the sea creatures approached them and took them in their midst. Fish of any kind, rays, jellyfish and even dolphins swam with them. They accepted them as part of the sea. Swimming with dolphins was an incredible feeling.

All of a sudden everyone was scared off and fled in different directions. Niall and Zayn looked around and saw in panic how three big sharks approached. But instead of paying attention, they just swam past them straight away. Amazed, the two looked at each other and then looke dafter the sharks. Startled, they realized they were moving to Mako Island, with someone floating in the water off the coast. Quickly the two shot in the direction of the sharks and were right under the person and the surfboard. The sharks came closer and closer. Niall and Zayn had to come up with something soon, otherwise it was too late. Around Mako, the sharks were somehow always particularly aggressive. No idea why.

Without thinking, Zayn used his powers and created a layer of ice in front of them in the middle of the sea. Niall understood immediately and did the same. He swam closer to the sharks that had stopped in front of the ice, thickening the water so they could barely move. Zayn froze the fins and Niall released them from the jelly. As if stung by the tarantula, the sharks fled and let go of the surfer. Zayn and Niall gave each other a high five and watched as the windsurfer climbed back onto his board with difficulty. Apparently he had fallen down. Who was so stupid and was windsurfing around Mako Island?

As the surfer moved away, Zayn and Niall swam to the surface and looked after him. That could have ended badly. They gave the island a quick glance and then disappeared back into the sea. Their path led them both back to the secluded beach and after they were dry to Louis. They absolutely had to tell him what had happened. Niall and Zayn had just saved someone's life and ducked sharks. At the house Niall pressed the bell. After a few seconds, the door opened, but instead of Louis, Harry stood in the doorway.

"Harry?" Niall breathed in confusion.

"That's my name" he grinned, letting the two in.

"Where is Louis?".

"I'm here, who's asking for me?" shouted Louis at Niall from the kitchen.

"Is he alone in the kitchen?" Zayn raised an eyebrow.

"If you hadn't rung, he wouldn't be alone in the kitchen. Hey, keep your hands off the pan or you will not get any ice cream".

"That's still my house" Louis stamped his foot.

"But I have permission to use the kitchen, you don't" Harry countered.

"You somehow bewitched my mother" Louis asserted.

"Or she knows I'll leave her kitchen in a whole when she's gone" Harry contradicted.

"I just touched the pan. The kitchen doesn't fall apart because of that" Louis rolled his eyes.

"For sure?" Harry demanded.

"Just be quiet Harold" Louis hissed in amusement.

"Whatever you say, Lewis" Harry grinned, putting the pots and pans in the cupboards.

"Did I miss anything?" Niall asked perplex, who had been watching everything in the doorway and didn't understand the world any more.

"What exactly do you mean?" Louis didn't understand the question.

"Forget it. We need to tell you something. Alone" Niall changed the subject, emphasizing the word alone.

"Fizzy and Lottie are still on the road and ...".

"Daisy and Phoebe are on the beach with my mom, so we have the house to ourselves" finished Louis Harry's sentence, something that made Niall even more confused. The two looked as close as if it had always been a routine.

"Maybe we should still go up to your room so no one hears us when they come back" Niall suggested.

"Good idea" Louis agreed, and together they went upstairs. Niall dragged a completely perplexed Zayn behind him, who looked at Harry and Louis very strangely. Apparently Niall wasn't the only one who found that very strange.

"So, what's so top secret?" Louis dropped onto his bed next to Harry, who immediately leaned against Louis' shoulder as if automatically.

"Zayn and I were just swimming, with dolphins to be exact, that was amazing" Niall tried to focus on the reason they were there.

"Really? With dolphins?" Harry marvelled.

"Yes. It was as if they would accept us as part of their world, which has never happened to me before" Niall enthused.

"That sounds fairytale" Louis said.

"That's true. It does" Niall agreed.

"But we didn't want to tell that – in front of Mako was a windsurfer" Zayn came back to the real thing.

"Wait, a windsurfer in front of Mako? Who is that stupid? It's teeming with sharks" Harry wondered.

"Exactly. And that's what the problem was - the windsurfer fell off his board and the sharks swam straight towards him, chasing away all the fish" Zayn said.

"That sounds awful. How did you get away?" Louis asked horrified.

"We didn't" said Niall.

"What?" Harry and Louis asked synchronously. Some things never change.

"We were totally scared, but the sharks didn't pay attention to us, as if we were equal, but they wanted the surfer so we went and protected him and drove the sharks out, which was exciting" Zayn continued.

"You drove the sharks out?" Harry put his head to one side.

"Yes, with our powers" Niall explained.

"That's so cool, now you're like superheroes" joked Louis.

"Hey, that was very nerve-wracking, Tommo" Zayn pouted.

"Naww, don't be offended Zaynie. You were my hero before, too" cooed Louis and leaned over to Zayn to tap his nose, which Zayn then wrinkled. Harry grimaced slightly and ruffled Louis through the back of his hair as if to call his attention back to him. Louis sat down right back and Harry leaned against Louis satisfied and smiling. Niall looked at Zayn, who was already looking at him confused, and shrugged.

"Who wants to watch a movie?" Niall asked his friends.

"Always" Louis and Harry shouted at the same time, which made them giggle. Yeah, Harry fucking Styles, the I'm cool and straight and callous, just giggled. Really weird.

"Which movie?" Zayn asked.

"No Disney or I jump out of this window" sighed Niall dramatically.

"But Disney is great" Louis pouted like a little kid.

"That's true" Harry agreed.

"And I thought Liam was the freak" Niall joked.

"Louis, why did you have Vampire Academy here?" Zayn wiggled his eyebrows.

"I told you before, you look stupid when you do that" Louis laughed, dropping into Harry's lap, who immediately put a hand around him.

"That wasn't an answer" Zayn protested as he regarded the two with a smirk.

"That was actually for my sister, but it turned out that she already has it" Louis explained.

"That's a sign!" Exclaimed Niall.

"For what?" cackled Harry.

"That we should watch it".

"I'm not a big vampire fan" Louis told them.

"But you do like Edward, don't you?" Harry looked at him wide-eyed.

"No, young Harold, not really" Louis had to disappoint him. "He glitters too much".

"But no one glitters here - there's Zoey Deutch for Niall and a really good-looking coach for you" Zayn let him know.

"Can it be that you know the movie?" Louis concluded.

"My sister watched it with me" Zayn claimed.

"Of course" Louis rolled his eyes.

"Let's just watch it. I'll put it in" Niall decided and jumped up to the DVD player.

"As you like, you green Irish goblin" Zayn laughed and lay on his stomach with his face to the TV.

"Louis, let's get drinks" Niall glanced over at Louis, which he luckily understood. Together they went down to the kitchen. Louis really did get glasses and drinks first, but Niall just looked at him.

"Do I have something on my face?" Louis asked.

"What's that with you and Harry?" Niall came straight to the point.

"I don't know what you mean".

"You two are suddenly so close with each other and all that."

"We get along pretty well, that's exactly what you wanted, Nialler" Louis didn't understand the point.

"Yes, but I ... urgh, Louis, we both know it was different a few days ago. How can you be like this that fast?" stammered Niall.

"As far as I remember you two were laughing right after five minutes as if you were old friends. So...." Louis trailed off.

"I'm not you. I don't want you to get hurt. Is it really good for you? To be so close to him?" Niall revealed his real concern.

"So that's the point" said Louis.

"Of course. Louis, you had feelings for him that you didn't wanted when he was still an asshole. Don't you think they'll come back and stronger this time, now that he's changing and you get along so well?" Niall objected.

"I don't think so. These were just confused and desperate hormones, that's all. Harry is just really nice. I don't want to destroy it just because I'm overcautious. I don't have a crush on him. And even if, I would not change anything. He is and always will be straight. Both my heart and mind know that, so don't worry" Louis clarified.

Niall studied him briefly and realized that Louis was telling the truth. "If you are sure".

"I am" he assured him.

"Good, then I'm really glad that you two get along so well. Was about Time" grinned Niall and went back upstairs with Louis and the drinks.

At the same time Zayn took Harry and wanted to talk to him. Instead of sitting in silence until the other two came back, Zayn turned slightly to Harry, who played nervously with his pants. Zayn knew that Harry knew how suspicious Zayn was towards Harry.

"Okay, to make one thing clear, I don't hate you Harry. I never have and I never will, but I don't trust you yet. Sure, all that crap is in the past, but it just happened. The trust is gone, but that doesn't mean it can't change. I guess Niall already trusts you even if he doesn't even know it. Liam is a mystery right now, as you know. Even though I shouldn't tell you that but trust is a difficult topic for Louis so don't expect too much. I see how well you get along, but don't confuse it with trust. It will take time, a lot of time. I'll protect Louis like a bird. Don't hurt him or I'll personally throw you off the highest Bridge" Zayn told him without a single breathe. Harry looked at him speechless. Zayn didn't talk that much normally.

"I assure you, I'm not going to hurt anyone ever again, especially not on purpose, especially not Louis. I don't understand how I could be so mean to him, even though he's such a great person. I deeply regret what I did Zayn. I'm not going to hurt him" Harry reassured him.

"That's good to hear, then we can now make peace and start afresh. But just so that's clear. I'm always, whatever happens automatically on Louis' side" Zayn held out his hand.

"I got it, for a fresh start" Harry shook his hand.

"Perfect, where are they? Did they fell up the stairs or what?" Zayn wondered amused. It was good to talk to Harry or rather to clarify things to finally let the past rest.

"Zayn can I ask you something?" Harry asked uncertainly.

"You just did, but ask away" Zayn grinned and returned to his previous position.

"Is there more than friendship between you and Louis? And just to make that clear, I don't have a problem with it. I totally support that. I don't know why it was different" Harry wanted to know.

Zayn turned his head to Harry perplexed. On the one hand, he was surprised to hear that Harry had seemingly dropped his homophobia and on the other hand shocked him with the actual question. Not just because it was so stupid, but because he sounded almost pleading and desperate, as if he wanted Zayn to say no.

"Well, first of all, I'm surprised to hear that, but of course it makes it all easier. And the question, no, we're just best friends. Of course, we often joke about it, but that's our way of handling things and it's funny. Especially when somebody believes this. Clearly, I can't deny that Louis is very good-looking and is a great person, sometimes I almost wish we had feelings for each other, that would make things a lot easier, but unfortunately that's not the case. Why?" Zayn told him, wandering to Liam in thoughts. How gladly he would just like Louis and really marry him, but his heart wanted something else.

"I don't know. Sometimes it seems like you are very close to each other and well if you think it would be practical why not then" stammered Harry.

"Because you can't control emotions. I can't choose who's going to conquer my heart. Just because we're both gay doesn't mean we have to be together, but that's the part of the feelings that might be still hard and new for you. You don't have to understand it. You might be better off without it anyway" Zayn mused unintentionally. Zayn noticed how Harry at the word gay no longer flinched in disgust and twisted his face. That was an advance. Well, there was a reaction, but he was working on it. That was the most important thing.

"Why do you think that?" Harry hooked.

"Well then nobody can break your heart" said Zayn.

Just then, Niall and Louis came back. "Who breaks the heart of whom?" laughed Niall.

"You break mine if you haven't finally come" joked Zayn and pushed Niall on the bed. It felt good to not have tension between them and just have fun. Zayn really liked that even if he never thought Harry and he could ever be friends again. How wrong he was

Harry, just like Louis, leaned against the headboard close to him while Niall lay down next to Zayn. He hit play and the movie started. During the movie Zayn and Niall had a playful discussion on who is hotter, Rose or Christian, while Louis just admired Dimitri in his fight scenes. Harry probably had a thing for the blonde girl but always tried to distract Louis when his favourite was on the screen. At one point near the end Zayn looked back at Louis and Harry and saw how Harry was pressed into Louis' side with his eyes glued to the TV. Louis didn't seem to mind. He stroke his hand lightly over Harry's back up and down while still watching the movie. Zayn nudged Niall and pointed to them causing Niall to smile happily. It seemed like they both did it without realising it which made it really cute even for Zayn's liking. He just hoped this wouldn't end badly with a broken heart....Again. 

The next morning Niall and Louis had to throw Zayn out of bed so that he woke up a bit. Harry stood sleepily beside it and watched the happening, since he didn't know yet how he should act normally with the boys in the everyday life. After getting dressed, they went to the kitchen and had breakfast with Louis' mother and sisters. Jay and the girls were used to having the boys with them in the mornings, as they were very common. When they weren't at Louis', they were at Liam's, and rarely at Zayn's, whose mother likes to rest in the evening. They talked about this and that until it was time for Lottie and Fizzy to go.

"How I hate Mondays" Zayn grumbled sleepily.

"You hate every morning no matter what day" Louis laughed cheekily.

"Not if the morning would start later" Zayn snorted.

"That makes no sense whatsoever" Niall chuckled.

Zayn crossed his arms and looked out of the window, offended, but his mischievous anger vanished instantly as he spotted the grey clouds in the sky. "Guys, look outside".

Somewhat confused, they came to him and looked outside. At that moment it started to rain or rather to pour like from buckets. How should they get to school like this?

"What do we do now?" Niall asked in panic.

"No idea, but we can't get out there" Zayn replied.

"And just today my mother is here longer in the morning" Louis sighed.

"We think of something Lou".

"And what?" he asked helplessly.

"Don't you have to go?" Jay's voice came from behind them.

"Oh yeah, of course, we um .." Niall stuttered helplessly.

"We just wanted to leave but Niall and Louis aren't feeling so well. They are way too warm, that can't be healthy" Harry lied, hiding his hand behind his arm.

Before Louis could ask what he was up to, he felt a tormenting heat rise in him and felt his head glow. He looked at Niall, who was slightly red in the face and also looked overhasty. Then Louis realized what Harry was trying to do. That wasn't so stupid.

"Let me see" Jay demanded, putting her hand against Louis' forehead. Worried, she grimaced and then put her hand on Niall's forehead. When his mother turned away briefly, Louis fixed his hand on Zayn and pulled some water from his body so that he started to cough, but not too much for it to be really harmful. Zayn, on the other hand, reached out his hand, eyes narrowing, and the next moment Harry started to shake violently. So they created their own virus to escape the rain.

"Guys, you don't look healthy, neither of you. Harry, you're terribly cold. And Zayn, your cough doesn't sound right. Is anyone home with you?" Jay wanted to know what all three shook their head no, which wasn't a lie.

"Then you stay here, go to bed upstairs. I'll call in sick today and check on you" she told them.

"But mom that's really not necessary. We'll probably just sleep anyway".

"Forget it Louis. I can't leave you alone, somebody has to control if it gets worse. I don't know what virus you've caught there".

With these words, the boys went up to Louis' room and fell onto the bed. The rain was getting more and more outside and their fear continued to increase. They weren't allowed to overdo it, otherwise Jay would take them to the hospital, after all, she was a nurse, but they weren't allowed to be fully recovered. What were they getting into?

After about ten minutes, Jay came into their room and brought them a cup of tea. Then she measured fever with Niall and Louis and handed Harry another blanket. She had brought Zayn throat painkillers and cough syrup. "I'm in my room if you need me, try to sleep, maybe it'll go away as fast as it came" Jay said as she walked out of the room, and Louis saw how odd she was in the situation. After all, they were still doing great at breakfast and now they looked like they were going to die soon.

"What do we do now?" Harry asked thoughtfully.

"Just what she said, sleeping" Zayn said tiredly.

"You know we're not really sick?" Niall looked at him crookedly.

"Feels like that" Zayn muttered.

"He's right" Harry agreed.

"That's because of the use of our powers. We just need to get our normal body temperature back" Niall reminded the two.

"But not now. If we recover too quickly, my mother will notice that. She's a nurse, already forgotten? Playing her something isn't that easy, believe me I've already tried" said Louis.

"Then maybe we should just sleep easy" Niall wondered.

"That's already taken over by Zayn anyway" Louis grinned, shaking his head. Niall and Harry laughed softly and then lay down too, and after a short while they fell asleep.

Louis was torn from his dream by a cell phone ringing, which was a salvation, because in his dream he had met his ex again. A horrible idea. He heard a moan and rumble beside him and then saw Zayn fumbling for his cell phone.

"Yes?" he mumbled sleepily.

"Ai God Liam, can you be quieter? My head is about to explode" Zayn complained.

Niall and Harry were awake now, trying to find out what Liam was saying. Harry, who was sitting behind Louis, had his head on Louis' shoulder while his eyes kept dropping. Louis tried to suppress the shudder that tried to escape him. Harry shouldn't notice such a reaction and Louis didn't want to have such a reaction. What was happening to him?

"No, you don't need to. We're fine. We only had a tiny problem this morning with the rain and had to improvise and now we're lying in bed with tea" Zayn explained to Liam and winced as Liam's voice seemed to grow louder.

Louis decided to look for his cell phone. He laid Harry back on the bed and leaned over him to get to his cell phone. This position wasn't unpleasant at all. Nope, not in the slightest.

"Nice view" he heard Harry say under him.

"What?" Louis frowned, but then realized that his t-shirt had slid up and his stomach was bared as he hovered directly over Harry. Embarrassed, Louis sat down next to Harry with his phone and pulled his shirt down. He shouldn't be embarrassed as they were friends now but Louis couldn't help his natural reaction. Harry had that effect on him. To distract himself, he looked at his cell phone and a message popped up.

From El:

"Louis, where are you? Are you all right? Why aren't you all four, here? What happened? Talk to me".

Even if it was just a message, Louis could hear Eleanor's sceptical under-tone in his head. It wasn't the first time she had noticed something. How he would like to tell her the truth, but that wasn't just his secret so he will not do that.

"Is Eleanor worried?" Harry asked next to him.

"Yeah, I just write her we're sick, even if that doesn't sound believable that we're all sick at the same time" Louis replied and typed in his answer.

From Tommo:

"Sorry, we're at mine and we're in bed, we probably caught something. My mom is taking care of us, very corrosive, probably be back tomorrow ...:* :
*".

"Even with kisses" Harry chuckled mischievously.

"She's my Best friend, so why not" shrugged Louis.

"Guys, Liam comes over after school. He said he wants to help us out of this situation" Zayn told them as he hung up.

"And how?" Harry asked.

"I don't know that either".

"Great, but at least he cares now" sighed Niall. Nobody commented on that but everybody thought the same. Niall was right.

After another hour, more health checks from Jay and more tea, there was a bell ringing down the door, which had to be Liam. The boys sat up in bed and barely a second later the door was opened.

"Look who's there" Jay announced a visitor.

"Hi, how are you?" Liam asked in greeting.

"A little better, but I still feel miserable" Zayn described his situation.

"First he sleeps too little. Then too much" Niall joked.

"I just wanted to see how you're doing.".

"I wonder where that came from" Jay mused.

"That just seems to be going around. At school they call it fish fever. Three students were sent home today" Liam told her believably.

"Really? That doesn't sound good. I've never heard of it" Jay wondered.

"We only call it that. Came from the fish".

"Oh we had fish yesterday" Louis came to the rescue for Liam.

"That explains it then" he said gratefully.

"That was all very sudden. And now you're feeling better?".

"Yes, a bit Jay. But I think that will take a while until it is completely gone" Zayn said.

"El also suddenly broke down in the middle of class and ... ".

"Wait Eleanor is sick too? Were you not together yesterday?" Jay interrupted him.

"Um, yes, we were" stammered Louis overwhelmed.

"She was sent straight home" winked Liam to Louis.

"Hopefully she is getting better soon. Rest yourselves further. Liam, are you making sure they drink the tea?" Jay turned back to Liam.

"Yes, of course" he assured her.

"That was unbelievable. Even I almost believed you" Niall said as Jay disappeared.

"People believe me. What have you done this time?" Liam sighed.

"We just did what was necessary" Zayn crossed his arms over his chest.

"But you really don't look good" Liam commented.

"Wow, thanks, Liam" Louis snorted sarcastically.

"You know what I mean" Liam rolled his eyes.

"Gradually, we should probably let the disease disappear and slowly get well" suggested Niall.

"Good idea, Harry, heal yourself. Zayn cool us down" Louis agreed.

"Why do I have to do this myself?" Harry complained.

"Because Zayn has chilled you. Now you have to get hot again" Louis said without thinking about his choice of words.

"I'm always hot" Harry winked at him.

"Oh of course Harold, whatever lets you sleep at night" Louis mocked him.

"Does that mean you don't find me hot? Shall I be offended now?" Harry snorted indignantly.

"Um, no, and yes absolutely" Louis laughed amusedly at how cute Harry looked when he pouted.

"Hello, concentration here please" Liam waved his hands in the air.

"Please Zayn, don't freeze me" Niall implored.

"I can't promise anything" Zayn grinned and then used his powers.

Next he did the same to Louis. He felt his body cool down and he could breathe normally again. "Thanks Zaynie" Louis grinned.

"No problem Tommo" Zayn winked at him.

"So everything is back to normal?" Liam asked for review.

"Yeah, all right" said Niall.

"With me too, Louis?"

"All right, Harold?".

"Couldn't be better" Harry smiled, resting his head in Louis' lap. No matter how new this was, Louis had already gotten used to it and there was nothing better than the feeling of Harry so close to him.

"Then you just have to get plausibly healthy. The rain has stopped and according to the weather forecast it shouldn't rain any more. God bless Australia for so little rain" Liam told them.

"Yeah, imagine we're in England or Germany or Asia. That would be problematic" laughed Niall.

"Old jokster again" Zayn shook his head in amusement.

As the others conversed, Louis felt slightly dizzy. He touched his head briefly and then everything was fine again. But he didn't feel well again. Something was wrong, but he tried to ignore it and put it to the aftermath.

The next few days were very stressful and hectic but also exciting. The boys had slowly become accustomed to the interest of their classmates and tried to deal with it as well as possible. While Niall, Louis and Zayn just wished to go back through the school unnoticed, Liam seemed to enjoy every second. To their surprise, even Harry seemed annoyed, and he was used to so much attention. Maybe it was the wrong people or maybe it annoyed him to be watched everywhere. To top it all, Shawn didn't like the whole thing. He didn't like being the sole number one any more. Louis feared Shawn would become more violent from now on, but every time he looked over at them and he spotted Harry, Louis could see fear in Shawn's face.

Tuesday, Louis had only the second lesson, nutrition, with Harry. He had maths with Zayn and Niall, while Harry had maths with Liam and Shawn. Whether Liam was nice to Harry meanwhile Louis couldn't assess. Lately, you never knew what Liam would do next. During lunch, Liam seemed very absent-minded, constantly looking over at Lauren and her friends.

"If you want to go there so badly then just go" Zayn grumbled sourly as he couldn't stand Liam any more.

"Come with me. You always have fun with them" Liam demanded.

"Oh, and not with us?" Zayn challenged him.

"Zayn, what's your problem?" Liam asked annoyed.

"You're my problem. If you prefer them over us, you should go" Zayn saidflatly.

"Do you also see it like that?" Liam turned to the other three who sat silently at the table.

"Liam, we just want you to ...".

"I see, no reason to seek an excuse Niall. You don't begrudge me that and I thought we were friends" interrupted Liam Niall.

"You don't begrudge? What? That they only take advantage of you and aren't interested in you but only for the fame of our band? Then yes, we really don't begrudge you that" Zayn was totally horrified.

"You don't even know them. They're really nice and always want to have you with them. Don't be so boring and narrow-minded" Liam got angry.

"Zayn is right. They didn't care about you before the band. Do you really think that changes all of a sudden?" Harry wanted to make him think.

"Nobody asked you. You also claim you have changed, so why can't they be nice to me? At least they never offended me, unlike you" countered Liam.

"Now let Harry out of it. That's something completely different" Louis intervened now. 

"You out of all people are defending him? I really expected more from you Louis. Were you honest with him, does he know everything?" Liam snapped. Louis avoided his eyes and stared at his hands. He couldn't believe that Liam had really said that.

"I thought so, it seems more hypocritical than you admitted".

"Liam, that's enough. Do you even listen to yourself? Why are you like this?" Niall became very angry now.

"If you can't handle the truth, that's your problem. I'll be gone, see you at the rehearsal" Liam said callously, getting up.

"Zayn?" Niall listened carefully.

"I'm fine. He can do whatever he wants" Zayn said softly.

After that it was quiet at the table. Everyone was just poking distractedly in their food and didn't know what to say. Louis tried to hide from Harry's eyes. Thanks to Liam now Harry knew for sure that he was keeping something from him and as Louis knew Harry he wouldn't let up until he knew what it was. But he couldn't tell him. That was still a difficult topic for Louis. Presumably that would always stay that way. You don't just forget something like that. It was hard enough to tell Zayn, Liam and Niall and he trusted them blindly. How should that ever work for Harry?

"What on earth happened to Aidan?" Niall asked in surprise and Louis looked confused in the direction of Shawn's table. There sat Aidan with a fading black eye. That looked very painful.

"Since it has already faded that would have happened a few days ago" Zayn puzzled on closer inspection.

Harry beside him suddenly became restless and looked everywhere except to them. "Harry, what's going on?" Louis asked worriedly.

"Nothing. All good" he said way too fast.

"Do you know what happened?" Niall raised an eyebrow.

"Well, it could be that my fist slipped when I pulled him away from Louis on Friday" Harry admitted stammering and visibly nervous.

"What?" exclaimed Niall and Zayn.

"You did that?" Louis couldn't believe it.

"I know that's not the way to handle it, but I just snapped. I'm sorry, violence is not a solution. Please don't be angry" Harry pleaded sheepishly.

"There's no need to apologize. Thanks Harry. I'm speechless" Louis said calmly, laying his hand on Harry's shoulder smiling at him.

"You aren't mad?" Harry wondered.

"Why should I? You fought for me even though we weren't really friends. Harry, you opposed your former friend .... for me. How could I be mad?" Louis smiled at him.

"So you are not angry?" Harry asked again, perplexed.

"No, I'm stunned, overwhelmed. Nobody has done that for me" Louis assured him.

"I would if I were stronger" Zayn clarified.

"I know Zayn" said Louis amused.

After that, they had to go to class. Niall, Zayn and Louis to  Bio and Harry to Mandarin. Louis had learned that Harry only took the course because his dad wanted it. It would be good for his business future or something. Louis didn't really want to meet him.

Later, the boys had their first rehearsal in Will's new rehearsal room. There were instruments and enough room to jump around. Saturday night they should perform with four songs. They decided on Best Song Ever, Why don't we go there, Moments and Don't forget where you belong. No one had written any new songs yet, but it was only four days ago. Despite Liam's strange behaviour, the rehearsal went well and they made good progress, with one or two jokes in between.

The next day, they managed to avoid the water quite well in chemistry, because they had become real professionals. The only sad thing was that Liam didn't want to work with Zayn, so Harry worked with Zayn, who actually had Sophia as his new partner, who then worked with Dinah for that day, one of Lauren's friends. Eleanor and Danielle just looked at the boys questioningly, but they just shrugged helplessly. What a mess.

During English they almost fell asleep, even Liam, who looked unusually tired. He didn't sit with them while eating again, but this time their mood was still good. Liam would come to his senses. But Louis could see clearly how much Zayn suffered. Unfortunately, Louis knew the feeling only too well. Music was no longer the same without Mrs. Flack, but the new teacher was fine. Luckily, you couldn't influence him and he really only went for skill. At the rehearsal they decided how the performance should be and rehearsed until late in the evening. Liam had asked them to let the girls watch, but they rejected that unanimously. Very much to Liam's misfortune. When Louis lay in bed in the evening, he realized that he was dizzy lying down, but he pushed it to the strain of the last days.

On Thursday morning, Louis didn't feel good at all but pushed the feeling aside. As usual, he went to school, getting bored in chemistry, trying not to fall asleep in Bio, ignoring Shawn's insults at lunch and enjoying every second of drama. Harry, Eleanor and Louis were a good team and the teacher was very happy with the development.

When Louis arrived home he was greeted by his mother, who was free today. "Hello darling, how was the school?".

"Quite dull, but that's the way it should be" replied Louis, exhausted.

"Are you hungry?".

"No, not really. I just wanted to rest for a while before training starts" Louis said.

"Do you have a rehearsal today?" Jay asked with interest.

"No, not until tomorrow evening" Louis shook his head.

"We will be there by the way and support you on Saturday" she informed him proudly.

"For real?" Louis couldn't believe it. His family would come to support him. He was really lucky with his family.

"Yeah, we're really excited."

Just when he wanted to go to his mother, everything began to turn around him and he was black in front of his eyes. "Louis?" he heard his mother ask dare before he lost his balance and overturned. Everything went black and he lost consciousness for a few seconds.

When he opened his eyes again he looked into the worried face of his mother. "Louis, can you hear me?" She asked and Louis just nodded.

"We need to get you up to your bed,. You need to rest" she instructed him.

With difficulty he picked himself up with her help and stumbled up the stairs to his room. He went to bed and his mother sat down next to him. "Has that happened before?".

"Not directly, but I'm constantly dizzy in the last few days" confessed Louis.

"I thought so. That's probably aftermath of your head injury, but that will soon stop if you rest. You're not going to training today. I'm going to report you sick and no argument" she let him know, and Louis didn't even try to contradict her.

"And tomorrow you're not going to school or training. Steve can do it alone once. Now rest" she kissed his forehead and left the room.

He sighed heavily but then snuggled into his blanket. Louis closed his eyes and fell asleep after a few seconds. When he woke up in the evening he saw a new message on his phone. Sleepily he took his phone and opened it.

From Hazza :) :

"Louis, is everything alright?"

But he was too tired and absent-minded to write an answer. So he just dropped his phone and went back to sleep with a dizzy mind and horrible nightmares that didn't seem to ever stop haunting him.

The next morning, Louis awoke dizzy with tears strains on his face. He seemed to have cried while sleeping. No wonder with his dreams. Slowly he went into the bathroom and made himself fresh, then put on a pair of sweatpants and a loose t-shirt and went back to bed. After a short time his stomach grumbled just as it rang at the door. Louis decided to wait a moment and then go down to get something to eat. He waited about five minutes but when he wanted to get up he heard someone coming to his room. The door opened and Harry appeared with a tray in his hand with tea and pancakes.

"Good morning sunshine" he winked at him.

"Harry, what are you doing here?" Louis blinked in confusion.

"I'll bring you your breakfast, you see" Harry grinned, closing the door behind him and sitting down on the bed.

"I didn't mean that" sighed Louis.

"I know. We were worried. Steve wrote to Zayn yesterday that you didn't come to training and that never happened before. He wanted to know how you're doing, but we didn't know anything. So I wrote you, but it I didn't get an answer so I just decided to come over and see how you're doing" Harry explained with concern in his eyes behind the blinding laughter.

"Wait, Steve asked Zayn how I am? Since when does he have his number?" Louis wondered.

"No idea, but that doesn't matter. You're important now. What happened?" Harry asked again.

"Um, it's possible that I fainted yesterday" Louis stammered, blushing with so much concern from Harry.

"Oh God, are you feeling better? Can I do something?" Harry asked way too fast.

"All right, I'm fine. My mother just won't let me out of the house today, maybe it's better that way" Louis soothed him.

"Jay's just off to work and left me in charge" Harry proudly told him.

"She did what?" Louis couldn't believe it.

"That was really weird. Your sister let me in and I went straight into the kitchen where your mother was standing with her back to me. She knew immediately that it was me like she saw it coming and told me directly where you are, handing me your breakfast. She wasn't even outraged that I'm not in school, but thanked me for looking after you and then left" Harry told him still in amazement.

"Yeah, that sounds like her even if that's really weird. She seems to trust you" mused Louis. When he spoke of trust he could see something flash in Harry's eyes for a brief moment and Louis knew immediately what that was. 

But instead of responding, Harry turned to the breakfast. "You are certainly hungry."

"I am starving" Louis groaned and finally began to eat.

"Don't you have to go?" Louis wondered after a while when Harry was still sitting there.

"Where?" Harry asked.

"To school" Louis clarified.

"I'll stay with you today and keep you company until you feel better" Harry announced.

"I um ... I ... thank you" Louis stuttered embarrassed and then continued eating.

After breakfast, Harry brought the dishes down, then came back upstairs and they just listened to music for a while and lay on the bed. It wasn't unpleasantly that they hardly talked, it was good to know that Harry and he could spend so much time together even in silence.

"Can you give me my phone? It should be on the floor" asked Louis Harry.

Harry leaned over, his shirt sliding up and Louis did NOT stare at his bare skin, picking up the phone and handing it to Louis. As expected, he had several messages of his worried friends.

From Zaynie:

"Louis, where are you? Steve said you're sick."

From Zaddy @Fishy Freaks:

"You're not at school, are you alright?".

From Nialler @Fishy Freaks:

"Harry is not here either, what happened, is he with you?"

From Zaddy:

"Louis, say something that I know you're alive."

From Nialler:

"Zayn, don't be so dramatic, he is alive. Harry is with him".

From Zaddy:

"And that should calm me?".

From Nialler:

"You can talk to me too, I'm standing next to you, you idiot."

From El:

"Louis, is everything okay with you, you're not at school, are you sick? Harry isn't there either and Zayn and Niall don't know anything. I'm worried."

From Sophia:

"Please write El, she almost goes crazy because she doesn't know what's going on. Oh and Zayn too please, he's already crazy, you don't want to see that."

"Wow, I'm not there one day and the world is sinking. Can you not live without me?" Louis asked in surprise about so much concern for him after such a short time.

"Not really Lou, you are the heart and soul of our group. We are nothing without you" Harry confessed.

Completely stunned and surprised, Louis stared at him. That couldn't be serious. "You're exaggerating. I'm not that special. Everyone's interchangeable, especially me" Louis murmured.

"No one can replace you, Lou" Harry whispered, but Louis heard it and blushed.

From Tommo @Fishy Freaks:

"I'm good. Slept the whole day yesterday. No need to freak out. I'm alive. Just lying in bed with Harry and drinking tea. Feeling dizzy but it's okay.".

From Louis to El:

"Don't worry El. I'm good. Just a little dizzy. Didn't saw your text cause I was sleeping".

From Zaddy @Fishy Freaks:

"Thank God you're alive. Do you need something?".

From Nialler:

"In Bed with Harry? When did that happen? ;)".

From Tommo:

"Shut up Nialler, that's not what I meant at all. Zayn I'm okay. Harry is here. He takes care of me....".

From Zaddy:

"And you let him?".

From Tommo:

"No choice here".

From Nialler:

"You're so married :D".

From Tommo:

"Zayn, slap Niall for me. I'm going back to bed".

From Nialler:

"NOOOOOO".

From Zaddy:

"With pleasure ;)".

From El to Louis:

"Good to here. Is Harry with you or is he also sick?".

From Louis:

"He's with me".

From El:

"Should I ask?".

From Louis:

"No please no. Niall said enough".

From El:

"Okay, see you tomorrow?".

From Louis:

"Yeah, Love u :* ".

From El:

"Love u too:* ".

Louis put his cell phone aside and sighed. So much stress for nothing. Harry sat next to him and also looked at his cell phone and frowned. "Everything okay?" Louis asked.

"Yeah, all right, it's just Niall. Sometimes he's really weird" Harry said distractedly.

"You can say that aloud" Louis grinned, but Harry didn't respond.

"Are you really all right?" Louis inquired.

"Sure, Niall just said that Zayn hit him and um that we're married .... How does he get that? Crazy guy" Harry shook his head.

"That's Niall for you" Louis waved the matter off. Niall really shouldn't write that to Harry. He couldn't handle that, even if it was just fun.

"Really stupid that I can't go to training" Louis sighed.

"That wouldn't be a good idea or do you want that to happen again?" Harry put his phone aside.

"No, but it's weird not to see my kids, not yesterday and not today. They're missing me and I'm missing them" Louis said eagerly.

"You really like them, right?" Harry smiled.

"Yeah, really. I don't know. I just have a certain connection to kids" Louis whispered.

"I noticed that. Ruth really loves you" Harry agreed.

"I like her too, but I like all my children. Her the most" admitted Louis.

"And what about Thomas, your little admirer?" Harry smirked.

"Hey, we handled that. He moved on thanks to Niall, I think. Brave little guy" exclaimed Louis.

"Why brave?" Harry put his head to one side.

"Well, he's only twelve, but he just accepts it. That's not normal" stammered Louis.

"What exactly?" Harry didn't understand.

"Your first crush being a boy and not a girl. It's just admirable to admit that, especially for this age" Louis explained a little more closely.

"Oh okay. But what's so special about it? Sorry, I just don' know anything about this" said Harry sheepishly.

"You don't have to. It's like that: You're growing up normally and learning to be straight is the norm, even if your parents support lgbt. So when you realize that you're different that's more of a shock and you hope that you aren't. Not everyone realizes that so early, some live their entire lives with the faith of being fully straight, sometimes you just don't meet the one person that makes you notice. That's pretty complicated, this process of discovery, all the way to your own acceptance. That would be easier if it was just normal for everyone and you didn't have to justify yourself" Louis tried to explain to Harry.

"That sounds pretty frustrating, but then it's really admirable how Thomas does that. Was that different with you?" Harry wanted to know understandingly.

"Uh, well I've noticed that somehow all of the boys in school have been checking out girls, except me, but I didn't really understand that until I met my first crush at 15. I um ... yeah, that just happens sometimes" stammered Louis and wanted to replace this memory.

"So if you think you like women your whole life, that doesn't mean you're straight?" Harry tried to understand that.

"You could say it. You can hide behind it or just don't notice it or the right person wasn't there. There is also bi and stuff that like with Liam. You can't generalize that" Louis wrestled for words.

"Ah okay. I think I understand what you mean" Harry frowned thoughtfully. Louis was surprised by this sudden interest and it was weird to talk to Harry about it.

Then they let the topic rest and watched another movie. Later, his mother came back and made sure that Louis was feeling better. Steve wrote him that everything went smoothly and Louis just enjoyed the time with Harry. In the evening they lay on the bed, Harry with his head on Louis' chest and Louis had his arm around Harry. His heart beat faster and he didn't try to misinterpret this couple's position. He couldn't afford that his feelings for Harry came back. They were just starting a friendship. Louis didn't want to destroy that directly because he always fell in love with the wrong ones. If he allowed it, it would only end in a total disaster.

Saturday morning, Louis hopped a bit sleepily down the stairs to look for Harry. When he woke up, Harry wasn't lying next to him although he had fallen asleep there. Maybe he was in the kitchen.

At the bottom, the doorbell rang. "I'll open" Louis exclaimed to no one in particular and walked to the door with a smile on his face because he felt a lot better than yesterday. 

This smile faded as he opened the door and was replaced by sheer horror and pure fear. He felt transported to one of his nightmares. In front him stood a person whom he believed and hoped to never see again. He swallowed hard and was frozen. Totally shocked and frozen.

"Hello Louis".

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What do you think guys? 

Are they losing Liam?

Harry and Louis bonding?

Who is at the door?

Please guys vote and comment and tell me what you think so I can make it better :) :*

Wich ship do you want for Niall in te future? Shawn or Hailee? 

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