I'm so sorry it took me soooo long. I was so freaking busy and when I had a free second I had no motivation at all but I wanted to write this chapter so badly. I hope you don't hate me now....

But here it is now. The day after the Party....

And by the way, A happy new year to all of you <3 

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Niall, Harry and Liam were standing at the sidelines of the girl's football game. If they kept playing like they're doing right now they would win with ease. They had already scored three goals and the game was almost over. Louis and Steve were cheering for the girls and did everything they could to motivate them and it seemed to work out perfectly. 

"Harry, watch out. You're drooling" snickered Niall amused and pinched Harry with his elbow, who was intensively watching Louis or more staring creepily at him. 

"I do not!" pouted Harry offended and tore his gaze away from Louis for a second. 

"Oh you did. It was quiete amusing but please eat him at home and not in front of all of us" joked Niall and had tears of laughter in his eyes. 

"Niall, is that necessary? I want to watch the game" groanded Liam annoyed. 

"Sorry, Mister Boring" rolled Nial his eyes. 

"So I'm boring because I saw that you made Harry very uncomfortable with saying that? Did you not see that? Then sorry for being boring" countered Liam skillfully. 

"Oh you noticed Harry's discomfort but not how shitty Zayn felt yesterday? Very interesting" shot Niall back. 

"Guys, please. Calm down" tried Harry to silence his friends but in vain. 

"What does Zayn has to do with that?" asked Liam confused. 

"Your little snogging action or more like make out session yesterday really damn hurt him, but you didn't realise that, am I right?" Niall told him. 

"He broke up with me. So I'm allowed to do whatever I want" crossed Liam his arms over his chest stubbornly. 

"Are you serious? How old are you? Three? He broke up with you because you're an idiot and not because he doesn't like you. And let's be honest. You would have done that even if he didn't broke up with you beforehand" Niall lost his patience. 

"It was a Dare. You kissend Hailee because of a Dare and didn't declined" Liam tried to justify himself. 

"But my Ex wasn't sitting right in front of me and I didn't snogged the life out of her even though I didn't had to. Nobody said you should do that. Did you even for a second thought about Zayn? Probably not. For that you have to be aware of what you did" Niall defended Zayn because he really couldn't understand Liam. 

"Don't pretend you know everything. You don't have a relationship. Focus on your own life instead of criticizing mine. At least people want me. Can you say the same?" spat Liam arrogantly and Niall backed away a few steps. That hurt. 

"Liam, that's enough! Are you listening to what you're saying?" Harry intervened now. 

"Look who found his voice? Do you want to scream at me too now?" asked Liam bored. 

"What is wrong with you? Why are you acting like that? I really don't get you" Harry asked in disbelief. 

"Oh and what do you not get exactly?" challenged Liam him. 

"Your complete Behaviour at the party. What was that about?" Harry completely ignored Liam's challenging tone. 

"I'm a free man and I stand by what I did. Yes, I openly flirted with Sophia. Yes, I willingly danced with Emily. And yes I totally made out with Cheryl in the closet. So Harry, are you as honest as I am?" came Liam a step closer to Harry now. 

"What do you mean?" asked Harry overwhelmed. 

"Don't play innocent now. I saw you with Emily and I heard about your little Dare. You really sucked the hell out of Louis' neck. So much that he ran away from you with Zayn" Liam let him know. 

"He didn't run away from me. He helped Zayn to get away from you" countered Harry weakly. 

"You sure about that?" Liam raised an eyebrow. 

"Just because your relationship went to shit, you don't have to destroy mine. We're happy. Thank you, next" clarified Harry surely. 

"We will see" shurgged Liam and turned around to make his way away from them. 

"Just shut up, Liam, and snog Cheryl" Niall called after him annoyed. 

"I'll do that. Keep an eye on Harold over there. He isn't as innocent and loyal as he pretends to be. You're pretty horny, Harry. Don't try to deny that. You just want to get some but you know that you won't get some from him. Have fun lying to yourself" Liam called back at them and then left the football field completely. Harry and Niall looked around and suprisingly nobody paid attention to them at all. 

"That's not true. I'm not....I don't want to....He's lying. I would never...." croaked Harry out and hold back some tears. 

"I know that, Harry. And Louis does too. Just ignore him. He's talking some serious crap" assured Niall him and stroked reassuringly his hand over Harry's back. 

"Thank you, Niall. Are you okay?" smiled Harry at him. 

"I'm good" Niall tried to sound convincing but he failed. But thankfully Harry didn't question it. 

"I really don't get him. What has gotten into him? Why is he..." asked Harry more to himself but then fell silent. His face hardened directly. 

Niall followed Harry's gaze confused. He spotted Louis on the other side of the field. The game was over and they won. Niall and Harry didn't even realised that due to their fight with Liam. But that wasn't what made Harry so angry. Louis was talking with a very pretty blonde girl. Niall recognised her. It was Sabrina, the sister of one of Louis' little girls from the team, Sarah. Like every time she talked to him she tried to flirt openly with him but he didn't get it or he ignored it and tried to stay friendly. Probably the latter because Louis wasn't that oblivious. 

"Harry, they're just talking" Niall tried to reassure Harry. 

"Talking? She's shamelessly flirting with my man! Who the fuck does she think she is?" Harry got furious. 

Without a chance to calm him down Harry angrily stomped over to them. Niall quickly followed him and caught up with him before he could reach Louis and Sabrina. 

"Tommo. Great game. The girls were great" exclaimed Niall extremely loud before Harry could do something stupid. 

"Thanks, Nialler. We did our best" turned Louis to him and was visibly reliefed. So Niall was right and Louis knew about the flirting and just ignored it. 

"You were great, babe" praised Harry Louis and pulled him closer by the waist so they were chest to chest. Before Louis could reply Harry suprisingly pressed a kiss to Louis' lips. 

"I didn't do anything" mumbled Louis against Harry's lips. 

"You're the coach. Without your lead they would have been hopelessly lost. You're good at leading, darling" said Harry with his hands on Louis' neck. 

"Oh am I now?" smirked Louis and pulled Harry even closer, hands resting on Harry's waist. 

"I'm still here, you know" fake coughed Niall entertained. 

"We know you like to watch us" winked Louis playfully at him. 

"Guilty" held Niall his hands up. 

"Oh sorry. I think we don't know each other. I'm Harry, Louis' boyfriend" turned Harry to Sabrina and introduced himself as if he didn't know who she was and hold Louis close in his arms possessively.

"I'm Sabrina" answered the girl awkwardly.

"Your sister is on the team?" hooked Harry fake interested. 

"Yeah, Sarah" cleared Sabrina her throat visibly uncomfortable with the situation. 

"Oh that's great. Isn't it her over there?" pointed Harry to Sarah who was waiting for her sister.

"That's her. I gotta go. Bye" Sabrina said quickly goodbye and then left the three boys alone. 

"Oh what a shame. She is gone" sighed Harry dramatically. 

"Okay, what was that?"Louis freed himself from Harry's grip and looked at him expectantly. 

"I don't know what you mean" grinned Harr innocently. 

"Jealousy looks good on you, love. Scary for them but hot for me" pulled Louis Harry's face closer to him. 

"I'm still here" repeated Niall his words loudly before they could get any closer. 

"Way to ruin the mood" pouted Harry. 

"Sorry, but we're still on the football field and here are parents around. Be a role model and control yourself" chuckled Niall amused. 

"He's right, you know?! Spare the poor kids" approached Steve the three of them.

"Steve, my man" greeted Niall him joyfully. 

"Nialler, nice to see you" hugged Steve him happily. 

"Okay, when did that happen? You're mine" asked Louis playfully. 

"Jealouis" sing-songed Niall. 

"After you abandoned me for Harry" played Steve along. 

"That's just fair then" grinned Louis cheekily. 

"I would say congrats, but for me you're dating for at least two months, so..." suppressed Steve a grin. 

"I get it. We were stupid" rolled Harry his eyes. 

"Very" added Niall and Steve at the same time. 

"Sorry to destroy your lovely bubble but Steve, we have to clean up and go change, if you don't mind" said Louis sassily. 

"Don't rush me just because you want lover boy all to yourself" snickered Steve. Louis slapped him against the shoulder and the two of them then started to clean up. 

"You're drooling again" chuckled Niall and pushed Harry slightly who was watchigng Louis creepily again. 

"Did you hear from Hailee today?" Harry changed the topic. 

"Nope. She's probably still asleep after that party. I still have no idea how I managed to get up that early after staying that long" joked Niall to not get too deep into the topic. 

"I'm impressed too" laughed Harry. 

"Ey. I was at Ash's till three in the morning. You were gone before midnight and spent time with your boyfriend. I don't want to know what you did" slapped Niall him against the shoulder playfully. 

"We..." started Harry but then their gaze fell on someone how came towards them. They haven't seen him in ages. 

"Hey guys. Haven't seen you in a while" greeted James them. 

"Hey James, are you here for your sister?" asked Niall interested while Harry stayed silent and stared at James with an unreadable expression that Niall didn't understand. 

"Yeah. I haven't seen her play in a while. She really improved a lot. I guess that's Louis' merit" answered James nicely. 

"Likely but Ruth is a good player. She scored two out of four goals. That's impressiv" praised Niall James' sister. 

"Thanks. She really tries her best every time" James thanked him smilingly.

"Harry, are you okay?" Niall now turned to a still silent Harry. 

"Yeah, all good. I just..." started Harry and then turned to James. "I just haven't seen you in forever. The last time was here months ago with your sister". 

"Right. I still remember that day. You changed a lot" noticed James. 

"I kind of discovered my true inner self and let it out" explained Harry and played with his ring on his finger. 

"I'm happy for you. I knew it was in you" smiled James at him proudly. 

"Okay, what is going on here?" asked Niall confused but got no answer. The scenario reminded him of God talking to a little boy who finally understood his hints. 

"I still remember what you told me that day. I thought about it more than it was healty. Back then I thought you were crazy and didn't understood what you meant. But looking back at it now I can see how right you were" Harry let him know and Niall just got even more confused. 

"I said a lot. What exactly do you mean?" hooked James curiously. 

"You told me my friends were special and at that point I didn't deserve their forgivness and you were right but I was dump and couldn't see it" explained Harry more precisely. 

"I was just worried you would hurt them again" James opened up to him. 

"And I did but I made it up to them again" confessed Harry quietly. 

"This is all over for a long time. There is no need to talk about it again" Niall intervened now. 

"Your friend is right. It's in the past. Did you forgive yourself?" James wanted to know. 

"For a long time I didn't but thanks to Louis I did finally" smiled Harry happily. 

"I heard about you two. This makes me very happy. Congrats. You belong together" congratulated James him honestly. 

"Thank you, James. He makes me really happy and I would do everything to make him happy forever" calrified Harry. James and Niall both just smiled at him. This conversation was weird. 

"But there is one other thing I still remember that I thought was weird that you told me but now it's totally different" added Harry thoughtfully. 

Niall looked up at him curiously. James also looked at him but less confused than Niall. This whole conversation was strange and Niall really didn't understand a word. He saw how Harry looked over at Louis, who was talking happily with Steve on their way from the dressing room to them, and a wide smile crossed Harry's face with dimples poking out. 

"You once said Louis is very special. An angel. You told me the one who's leaving him must be pretty stupid and you were right again. I didn't saw it back then but now I can say it with all my heart. He is the most special angle in this world and I will never leave him. He is definitely a keeper for life" beamed Harry totally in love. 

Zayn and Harry were sitting in a fries and pizza shop somewhere in the city and were waiting for their food. An hour ago Zayn woke up totally tired and hungover with a monstrous headache. Harry had texted him and asked if he was up to meeting up and go eat something. First Zayn wanted to decline the offer and sink into selfpity but then something snapped inside of him. He stood up, texted Harry where they could meet up and then went into the bathroom. He quickly made himself presentable, rushed down into the kitchen, took few heachache pills and then left the house. Yes, he was devastated and smashed but he didn't wanted to let Liam destroy everything. Spending some time with a friend could help him deal with all of it. Hopefully Harry wouldn't press him into talking about it. 

"I haven't seen Perrie in a while. I'm wondering what she is doing" mused Zayn thoughtfully. 

"I don't know if it's a good or a bad sign" thought Harry out loud. 

"I hope this doesn't mean something bad will happen. Maybe we should look for her" suggested Zayn worriedly. 

"Well, do you know where she lives?" asked Harry. 

"No. I don't even know her last name. When I think about it, we don't know much about her" noticed Zayn. 

"Here are your pizzas. Ham and cheese for you" came the waiter to them and placed a pizza in front of Zayn. The smell was delicious. 

"And vegetables for you. Enjoy your meal" he put a plate down on the table in front of Harry, smiled at them and then went back to work. 

"How can you eat that?" grimaced Zayn jokingly. 

"What's wrong with that?" asked Harry confused. 

"You're such a weird puppy sometimes" chuckled Zayn amused, shaking his head. 

"I'm not a puppy" pouted Harry with big puppy eyes. 

"Yes, you are. A big clumsy puppy with a weird taste in food" joked Zayn and started eating his pizza. 

"What's wrong with vegetables? Louis never complaines" snorted Harry cutely. 

"Because he is fucking whipped, but I'm not Louis. I tell you how it is, mister healty food. Stay away with your vegetables from me" laughed Zayn and almost choked on his food. 

"You're a meanie" grumbled Harry but a slight smile made its way onto his face. 

"Are you as nervous as I am because of the English project next week?" changed Zayn the topic. 

"Hell Yes. I hate those. Especially when you can't choose your partner. I really don't want to work with Shawn" admitted Harry. 

"Or with Aidan or Xander. Hopefully I can work with Niall" hoped Zayn deeply. He really didn't want to work with one of those idiots but mostly he didn't want to work with Liam. 

"I would love to work with Louis but we're not in Drama so this will probably not happen" realised Harry sadly. 

"Oh damn. Then you have to not work and see each other for three seconds" mocked Zayn him. 

"Stop being so mean. We're not that bad" Harry kicked his leg against Zayn's under the table. 

"No you're worse. Can you get through the day without saying his name until we're leaving for the soundcheck?" raised Zayn an eyebrow at him. 

"It's not that hard. I can do that" Harry claimed not very convincingly. 

"We'll see" grinned Zayn evilly.

From that moment on they ate in silence, grinning at each other every few seconds and trying not to start laughing. Zayn was happy Harry was here distracting him and not talking about it. He didn't press it and was just being a good friend. Zayn was very thankful. 

After they paid they strolled through the city and looked through shop windows. They weren't seriously looking for something but they tried out some funny things like heads or sunglasses and took funny pics and send them into the group chat to annoy the others. They got pics back from Niall and Louis who were apparently chilling at Niall's. Harry actually succeeded and didn't mentioned Louis' name again the whole time but Zayn knew it was difficult for him.

Later Zayn and Harry went for a swim to relax before the gig and end their time perfectly. The Coral Reef was beautiful with all the colourful fish around them and the sun shinning through the surface onto the ground of the ocean. They didn't visit Mako Island this time but swam for a long time and explored parts they didn't knew before. It was perfect and a perfect distraction of the following gig that worried Zayn a lot. Hopefully everything would go well. 

"No really. That happened. Ask Zayn. He knows" exclaimed Niall furiously, almost falling off the bed. 

"Okay. I don't say a word any more" sealed Louis his lips laughingly. 

"Very nice of you" said Niall and threw himself back on the bad. 

In that moment Niall's phone vibrated again. Quickly he grapped it and looked at the message. Instead of answering he locked it again and put it back on the table next to his bed.

"Was it another weird picture of Zayn and Harry with tupid sunglasses?" asked Louis visibly amsued.

"I wish but no" sighed Niall heavily. 

"Who was it? You look conflicted" Louis wanted to know worriedly. 

"Hailee" mumbled Niall barely audible. 

"Is everything okay between you two?" checked Louis carefully. 

"I don't know. We haven't talked since yesterday. I didn't answer the whole day and she is asking why" admitted Niall meekily. 

"Why do you not answer her?" Louis didn't understand. 

Niall sat up and crossed his legs. Nervously he played with his fingers and didn't look at Louis. He knew that behaviour. Something was bothering Niall and Louis really wanted to know what it was so he could help him. 

"I don't know what to say to her. We haven't talked about the ....the kiss yet and..I don't know what to do" stumbled Niall over his words. 

"You don't have to talk about it. It was just a Dare. Or is there something you want to tell me?" asked Louis as he saw Niall's face when he mentioned the word Dare. 

Niall shifted nervously on his spot and looked at his feet. "It was always a weird thought to even think about kissing her. She became one of my best friends. But when we kissed even though it was very short I felt something I never felt before and now I'm so confused. I don't know what I should tell her when she aks me what I think about it. I can't say I hated it. I don't want to hear that she hated it. This would destroy everything. I have to clear my head before I can talk to her again". 

"What did you feel?" hooked Louis. 

"I can't explain it. I had this weird feeling in my stomach and my heart beat faster. It was...I....It was..." Niall searched for the right word. 

"Magical" muttered Louis quietly. 

Niall finally looked up at him and nodded hesitantly. "Is it possible that I like her more than a friend?" he asked as if he was afraid of the answer. 

"Do you like spending time with her? Does she make you laugh? Can you be yourself when you're with her? Do you feel the need to protect her? Does she make you happy?" asked Louis him the ultimate questions. 

"Yes all of that. I love talking to her. Hearing her voice makes my heart flutter. She is the last person I text at night and the first one I think about" confessed Niall dreamily. 

"Then it's official. You got it bad, my friend" Louis patted him on the shoulder. 

"I'm going to tell her but not right now. First we have to get through this freaking project. After that I talk to her about my feelings. Maybe I know better then myself" Niall decided determinded. 

"And the Kiss?" Louis wanted to know. 

"I'm just gonna hear what she has to say and don't stress myself for nothing" said Niall firmly. 

"That's great. I wish I would've been like that with Harry" replied Louis meekily. 

"Due to you two and Ziam I will never waste so much time and just say it like it is" laughed Niall openly. 

"Great that we could help you with that" snorted Louis playfully.

"Niall, can I talk to you about something?" asked Louis shyly as Niall stopped laughing so hard. 

"Sure, what about?" Niall smiled at him. 

"Harry" mumbled Louis very quiet. 

"Could have guessed that" grinned Niall cheekily. Louis pushed him against the chest and Niall fell backwards playfully.

"Okay, I shut up. What about Harry? I thought everything was good. Is it because of the Dare?" Niall wanted to know curiously. 

"No that's not it. We discussed that. Everything is perfect" Louis clarified. 

"What is it then? Don't tell me it's something sexual. That's Zayn's part" joked Niall. 

"Why am I even talking to you?" threw Louis his arms in the air. 

"Just tell me, Tommo. I stop joking around, I promise" promised Niall honestly. 

"I want to ask him out on a Date" admitted Louis embarressed. 

"Awwww, a Larry Date" cooed Niall excitedly. 

"Did you have to coe in my ear?" laughed Louis. 

"Sorry, you're just so cute. But okay. You wanna ask him on a Date. How can I help you with that? As far as I know you're already together" asked Niall confused. 

"Yeah but we never had a real Date. It just kinda happened" replied Louis. 

"Well that's true. Where's the problem? Just ask him" suggested Niall. 

"I want it to be perfect but also not too over the top. Niall, I..." trailed Louis off. 

"You what?" raised Niall an eyebrow questioningly . 

"You're the only that knows I never had a Date before so I thought I could talk to you. I don't know what to do" admitted Louis shyly. 

"Harry and you know each other so well that you could be one person. You don't have to worry. As long as you are there he will love it" Niall assured him and threw an arm around Louis' shoulder. 

"You sure?" checked Louis unsure. He really wanted it to be perfect. 

"Very sure. He will love it no matter what you do. And when I remember correctly you're together for one week tomorrow. Are you planning it for tomorrow?" Niall suddenly remembered. 

"That was the plan" grinned Louis cheekily. 

"Just do it. Don't worry so much and enjoy your time. That's enough" Niall smiled at him. 

"Thank you, Niall. You're the best" hugged Louis Niall thankfully. 

"I know" sing-songed Niall happily. 

"Enough emotions. We should head out. Soundcheck time" clapped Louis his hands. Both boys stood up and then went to JuiceNet. 

Louis paced up and down behind the stage and nibbled nervoulsy on his fingernails. He had an irrational fear that something might go wrong today. His stomach felt weird. Maybe it was just because the soundeck was kinda awkward. Zayn almost clinged on Niall's hip and didn't take one single step without him while Liam stood absently in the back and seemed bored. Louis himself kind of tried to just focus on Harry but it didn't work. His friends around him worried him a lot and he had no idea how to make the gig work. 

From the corner of his eyes he spotted Eleanor in the crowd. She just sat down at their usual table and looked at the stage. He had such a bad conscience because of his fucking Truth for her. He was scared that she didn't want to talk to him any more now. Timidly he tried to catch her gaze. When their eyes met he swallowed hard and searched for any sign of anger or hate. But suprisingly she smiled understandingly at him and nodded at him. Louis understood what she meant without needing words. They were good. But he was still worried about her feelings so he threw her a questioningly look. Directly she seemed to understand because she shook her head and tried to give him a brave smile. So they hadn't talked about what happened. 

Before Louis could do something about it Will entered the stage and announced them. Immediately the other four boys stood next to him, all visibly nervous. With a lot of cheering and clapping they entered the stage and took their places. Liam took a step forward and introduced them. He sounded happier than before. He was a better actor than expected. 

They started the gig with a song that Niall had written. They had added it at their second rehearsal out of nowhere. It was called Another World. They needed this song to get the mood up because most of their songs today were slow and laid down and kinda sad. 

Liam opened the song and suddenly all the problems and fights seemed to fly away. He sounded great and enjoyed every moment and every scream of the girls. Probaby because the song wasn't too gay for him thought Louis with a frown on his face. 

"Words will be just words, till you bring them to life" sang Niall enthusiasticly. He almost choked on his words when he spotted Hailee in the crowd next to Eleanor. Great, now he was even more nervous. 

Harry and Zayn took over the first chorus. While Harry seemed to have the time of his life Zayn just wanted to run away. Seeing Liam winking at the girls in the crowd while he was standing right next to him hurt like hell. He asked himself how he should be able to survive the other songs with Liam being so close but yet so far. 

When Zayn sang his verse it was the first time he ever sang girl instead of boy. He didn't felt like changing it today. Niall next to him gulped heavily before singing his part. Zayn lay a hand on his back and tried to calm him down but his voice was slightly shaking and he fixed his gaze to the ground. Harry had noticed it too and looked confused at Zayn but he just shrugged. He didn't know what the reason was. Louis quietly cleared his throat causing Zayn and Harry to look at him. He pointed with his head to the crowd what confused Zayn even more. He followed Louis' gaze and spotted Hailee watching Niall intensively. Harry and Zayn understood at the same time. 

When Louis sang his part he focused on Eleanor and her worried face. The tension between the boys was easily spotted if you knew them. In this moment he was really happy that his Mom wasn't her today. It was a mess and they just started. 

The next song was Half A Heart. When Liam started singing Zayn tried really hard not to look at him and not let the text get to him. In this moment he wished he hadn't declined Louis' offer to change the songs to some older ones without so much pain in it. While he was singing his voice kept shaking and he had to try really hard not cry. This woud be embarrassing. 

While Louis was singing he had to think about how the song was created and he had to smile sligthly. It was a hard time and his heart was broken, Harry's too, but they were over this. He felt every word and couldn't stop looking at Harry, who was already looking at him with a cute smile on his pretty face. 

With Over Again the sad mood kept growing. Liam really sang his part in his straight version wich caused Zayn to literally flinch a little. He had changed so much that it hurt pretty damn hard. To sing those words was awful. Even if Louis wrote it it felt like it described Zayn's situation perfectly. He felt as Liam were never serious and he pretended from the start and he would still love to do it all over again. 

The next one was Niall's song Summer Love. During the whole song he couldn't help but stare at Hailee. She looked so freaking beautiful with her soft brown hair and her sparkling eyes. Before seeing her today Niall thought he still needed time to figure out what kind of feelings he had for her but now in this moment he knew it without a doubt. Hopefully she was feeling the same way. 

The second last song was the best and the hardest part. Little Things. Zayn didn't want to sing with Liam while he was serenading girls in the crowd. At the same time Louis was freaking nervous to sing all those words from his heart out in the open but he also wanted everybody to know how much Harry meant to him. 

As Zayn started he focused on a single spot on the wall at the end of the café. The lyrics were hurtingly beautiful and he felt the need to cry. When Liam's voice sounded he felt his heart break even more. Here he was again hoping Liam would mean those words honestly but knowing he never will. How ironic that he was back at the start but without a heart. 

Louis gaze was fixed on Harry. Both were staring deepily into each others eyes like the world were just the two of them. When Louis started singing Harry's smile grew even wider and his eyes sparkled like a thousand stars. Louis probably looked exactly the same while Harry was singing. He loved his voice so much and the words touched his heart deeply. When they sang together the chorus everything and everyone around them disappeared. There was just blue and green and a lot of love. 

Way too late Niall realised that he was singing his part to Hailee, who looked confused at him but also seemed overwhelmed. He couldn't place a finger on it but he didn't want to think about it right now. 

"Cause it's you. Oh it's Lou. It's you they add up to. And I'm in love with Lou and all his little things" sang Harry with purposely changed lyrics to confess his feelings for Louis to everyone and directly looked at him. Louis' jaw dropped and he stared stunned at Harry. He really just wanted to kiss him right there. 

To close the evening they sang Loved You First. It felt good to ease up the sad mood even though the lyrics weren't more positive than the others. Pure irony. Harry and Louis were attached by the hip during that song. They couldn't stop glancing at each other or touching each other gently. At the same time Niall and Zayn jumped across the stage and tried to shake the tension away while Liam was focused on Cheryl, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere at the door. It was an interesting evening with a lot of emotions. Gladly it was finally over. They were never so happy that a gig was over. 

After they left the stage the boys sighed heavily and joined their friends in the crowd. Now it was Ed's turn. Louis was really curious. After all Ed's song was inspired by Harry and him. While Ed entered the stage Louis noticed that Sophia was sitting next to Eleanor. When did she came in? Wow, Louis was really distracted on stage. He nudged Eleanor's shoulder and just looked at her with a big question mark on his face. She just shrugged and looked back at the stage. 

"Hi, I'm Ed and this is my song called Friends. ." introduced Ed himself and aww's were heared in the room. 

When Louis listened to the lyrics he could definitely tell that it reminded him of Harry and him. They have never been just friends but they didn't realised that. But now they were sitting here hand in hand with Harry's head on Louis' shoulder and Louis' heart beating fast. It still felt like a dream to him but he never wanted to wake up. 

Louis knew this was the perfect moment to ask Harry. He took a deep breath and then shifted nervously around a bit causing Harry to look at him. Before he could open his mouth to say something Harry pointed to something next to him. Frowning Louis turned his head and to his suprise he saw Eleanor and Sophia holding hands and smiling like idiots. This sight made him overly happy. 

"Harry, can I ask you someting?" turned Louis now totally nervous to Harry. 

"You just did, but yeah of course" Harry tried to joke but he looked worried. 

"Well, okay. Um...you know tomorrow....". 

"Tomorrow is our one week thingy. Feels longer" Harry cut him off cutely, wich made Louis smile. 

"Yeah exactly. Um Haz....do you....um... you know..." stuttered Louis because he couldn't find the right words. 

"What is it, Lou? You worry me" asked Harry carefully. 

"Do you wanna go out. On a Date. With me?" Louis asked the question that was driving him crazy. 

Harry stared wordlessly at him. "A Date?".

"Yeah like only if you want to. You don't have to....I mean..." rambled Louis. 

"Yes" cut Harry him off. 

"What?" blinked Louis suprised. 

"Yes, I want to go on a Date with you, Lou" beamed Harry happily at him. 

A wide grin grew on Louis' face and he feared his cheeks might fall off as much as he was smiling. His heart beat faster than ever before and he wanted to scream out of joy and happiness. Fastly he leanded forward and crashed his lips on Harry's and kissed him happily. Immediately Harry kissed back as happy as Louis himself. Tomorrow he would go an a Date with his amazing boyfriend Harry. This will be the best day of his life so far. 

"Louis, darling. Don't worry so much. You look great" Jay entered her room and shook her head at her son amused. 

"Great isn't enough" moaned Louis unhappy and pulled at his clothes. 

"Honey, stop it. Harry will love it. Come on" stopped Jay Louis' useless tries to change again and dragged him out of her room and down the stairs. 

You see, the two of them decided to not see each other before the Date, what wasn't so easy when you practically live together. But they wanted it to be as cliché as possible. So they slept in very late and when Louis woke up Harry was gone. Louis felt cold waking up without Harry in his arms but for today it was necessary. Besides he had to get used to it again because in a few weeks Harry's Mom would be back and that meant Harry would move out. 

Cold and grumpy Louis got up and after getting ready he spent a few hours with his Mom and his sisters after Jay told him Harry was actually out for walk and said something about Niall. That worried Louis a lot. He knew something was wrong with Niall and Harry was the only one who knew a part of it. Hopefully he was doing good right now. Playing a few stupid games with his family and talking about everything and nothing was a good distraction and he really needed that again. 

When it got closer to the Date Louis' nervousness came back. When Harry came back he directly disappeared in Louis' room and then in the bathroom. Louis, who already picked his outfit, let Harry use the bathroom for as long as he needed it. He knew Harry would take forever to choose an outfit so in that time he himself could use the bathroom. They also got ready in different rooms to increase the tension. 

Standing downstairs waiting for Harry, Louis had too much time to think about nonsense. He wasn't satisfied with his clothes. He questioned his choices where they were going. Maybe Harry wouldn't come down or....

"Louis, I can hear your thougths. Stop it. It will be perfect" Jay tore him out of his thoughts.

He smiled weakly at her. He loved how supportive she always was and how much she was there for him and Harry and how she always knew what to say. So Louis decided to believe her and tried to calm down. 

Nonethless he was still not happy with his outfit choice and his hair. He was wearing tight skinny jeans in a brownish red colour. A  white shirt with a black colar wich sleeves he had rolled up with fitting suspenders and his hair was in a messy fringe. He liked it but he didn't felt like it was enough. His self-consciousness got the worst of him. 

Footsteps on the stairs tore Louis out of his thougths again. He looked up and the sight took his breath away. There was Harry wearing tight black skinny jeans and a perfectly fitting beige blouse with black strings that were forming a little bow. He wore his hair open wich made his curls look absolutely fantastic. For a short moment Louis forgot to breath and there was just one thougth in his head. Holy Shit. 

"Wow, Haz. You look amazing" marvelled Louis breathless causing Harry to blush. 

"Thanks. You look amazing as well, Lou" gave Harry the compliment back shyly. 

"You should head out or you will be late" cleared Jay her throat as both them just stared at each other without saying a word. 

Awoken from their trance they took their jackets, put on their shoes, said goodbye to a grinning Jay and left the house. Timidly Louis took Harry's hand as they were walking down the street. Harry asked a million times where they were going but Louis didn't say a word. A suprise was a suprise. He just hoped Harry didn't expect too much of a suprise. It was just a casual thing in Louis' mind. 

Before he could change his mind they reached their destination. They stood in front of a very fancy restaurant. Louis opened the door for Harry and followed him inside. The waiter led them to their reserved table in the back by a window and gave them the cards. They sat down and Louis grew even more nervous because Harry hadn't said a word yet. 

"Do you like it? We can go somewhere else if you want to" asked Louis unsure.

"Lou, it's amazing. I'm speechless. I wasn't expecting that" admitted Harry overwhelmed. 

"Well, what did you expect?" Louis wanted to know curiously. 

"I don't know. Maybe something more casual?" answered Harry but it sounded more like a question. 

"Taking you out for dinner is casual" replied Louis. 

"Maybe. But the place isn't casual. Look around. There a chandeliers. It all looks so fancy and expensive" explained Harry what he meant and okay maybe Louis had searched for a very fancy place to impress Harry. But only maybe. 

"You only deserve the best" Louis winked at him. 

"You're the worst. Look at the prices" noticed Harry as he started looking thorugh the card. 

"Don't worry about that. Just choose whatever you want" assured Louis him. 

Harry wanted to protest but Louis stopped him. Pouting a bit but overly happy Harry gave in and they both ordered their food and drinks. When the waiter was gone they started talking about everything as easily as ever. There was no awkwardness between them and their conversation floated smoothly. Louis had reached over the table to intertwined their fingers while talking. 

When their food arrived it was as typical as you could imagine. Of course Harry's food was healthy and well Louis' was....not really healthy. But how could it be different. They had to laugh abou this fact and then started eating. They barely managed to stop talking while eating but they had to or they would never be able to properly eat. 

"This project really worries me" sighed Harry when he finished eating. 

"Me too. I have a weird feeling about it. Why does teacher always want to pair people up who can't stand each other?" wondered Louis. 

"No idea. I just hope I don't get Aidan" frowned Harry. 

"With my luck I get one of those people who love to pick on me" snorted Louis sarcastically.

"It's just a few weeks. We will survive it...most likely" joked Harry to lighten the mood. 

"As long as I have you everything will be alright" smiled Louis at Harry. 

"That was so cheesy and sounded like a good lyric for a song" chuckled Harry amused. 

"Hey, I'm allowed to be cheesy sometimes, not only you. But yeah make fun of me" protested Louis jokingly. 

"You're actually kinda hot when you're upset" breathed Harry quietly and okay, Louis did not get goosebumps everywhere.

"Was everything good?" came the waiter to them. 

"Yes it was delicious, thank you" answered Louis politely. 

"Can I get you something else?" asked the waiter.

"No thanks, but the bill would be great" replied Louis. 

Louis saw Harry's face when he saw the final price on the bill but Louis just smiled at him and paid for them. One, because he knew Harry didn't have the money for it at the moment. And two, because he asked him out so it was his part to pay for them. 

After that they left the restaurant and walked through the streets hand in hand. It slightly got darker. Inconspicuous Louis led Harry in a certain direction. The evening wasn't over yet. They passed a few other couples and saw the familiar park in the distance. When they took a corner to the left Harry stopped in his tracks. 

"Louis, what are we doing here?" he asked confused. 

"Did you really think this was it? We're not over yet" answered Louis cheekily. 

"Cinema?" raised Harry an eyebrow. 

"I know that you wanted to watch Love, Simon very badly and dinner without a movie afterwards isn't it" tried Louis to say casually but he was really excited on the inside. 

"You're insane" marvelled Harry impressed. 

"No, just in love" smiled Louis at him. 

Hearing that Harry kissed him happily wich caused butterflies to erupt in his stomach. After that they entered the cinema, Louis bought the tickets and they looked for their seats. During the ads and the trailers they didn't really pay attention. They were to focused on each other. No, they were NOT making out in the cinema but stealing short kisses occasionally. 

When the movie started they actually watched it. They really wanted to see it. Nonethless Louis held Harry's hand and Harry had his head on Louis' shoulder ever so often. When it came to the unintentional coming out part or the coming out to the parents Louis felt a sting in his heart. He knew that feeling oh too well. His school wasn't so good with it and he wasn't as confident as Simon. He felt Harry squeezing his hand tighter and saw him looking up at him. Louis smiled thankfully at Harry and pressed a soft kiss to his forehead. 

At the final scene the two of them ended up kissing each other gently and shortly. It was just absolutely perfect. Louis would never forget this day. 

"Even if you wanted to kill Martin at some point, he wasn't that bad" commented Harry on the movie on their way back home. 

"Maybe not but what he did was very bad" said Louis. 

"True though but everything was good at the end" concluded Harry. 

"It's always like that" chucked Louis softly. 

"Are we at the end then or is the drama just coming slowly?" Harry suddenly asked seriously. 

Louis stopped in his tracks, took Harry's hands and looked him in the eye. "Neither. We write our own story and have our fate in our own hands. Everything will be good, I promise".

"And I promise you me" stated Harry surely. 

At the same time both of them leaned in and their lips met in a lovefilled kiss. Their lips moved together perfectly and around them and inside of them fireworks exploded. When they broke apart they leanded their foreheads together and looked into each others eyes. 

"Wow. Who would have thought my first date would be that perfect" marvelled Louis thoughtlessly. 

Harry took a step back so he could look better at his boyfriend. "This was your first Date?". 

"Maybe? Only if it's a good thing" mumbled Louis shyly. 

"The best. I'm honoured to be your first Date and the best of course" winked Harry at him. 

"We'll see that" laughed Louis happily. 

"When I think about it, I myself also never had a real Date" noticed Harry suprised. 

"Really? How can that be? I mean look at you" wondered Louis honestly. 

"You're one to talk. Have you seen yourself?" countered Harry. Louis just pushed him against the shoulder. 

"No, I really never had a classic Date. Those....meetings can't be counted as Dates. Nobody ever did for me what you did today or since we met" came Harry back to the question. 

"Well, then I'm honoured to to be your first real Date" grinned Louis cheekily. 

As they wanted to kiss again the door behind them abruptly opened. They hadn't even noticed they already reached Louis' home. Startled they turned around and Jay stood in the doorframe. But she didn't looked amused, angry or happy. No, she looked rather worried. 

"Oh you're here" she let out a heavy breath. 

"Mom, what's wrong? You look worried?" asked Louis scared. 

"It's nothing. I don't know myself" Jay answered in riddles. 

"What do you mean?" frowned Louis confused. 

"Your friends are upstairs. It's Niall" she let him know finally. 

"What?" exclaimed Harry and Louis at the same time. 

"They came here not long ago and said they needed to talk to you but didn't wanted to ruin your date so I let them wait for you. No matter what it is, please be there for each other now" Jay explained to them and then went into the kitchen. 

Louis and Harry looked confused and worried at each other. They closed the front door behind them, took of their shoes and jackets and went upstairs. They had no idea what they had to expect but they knew they would be there for Niall no matter what it was. 

Harry and Louis literally ran up the stairs and almost fell into the room. On Louis' bed were sitting the other three, Zayn, Niall and Liam. Zayn had his arm around Niall's shoulders and they were leaning against the headboard while Liam was sittingin front of them at the end of the bed. When Louis and Harry entered the room all three looked suprised at them. Louis took a second to look around his room and he realised that he hadn't been in there more then once this morning. Everywhere were clothes lying around on the floor. 

"Hazza babe, what did you do to my room? I thought you were the neat one" gasped Louis shocked. 

"I was looking for the perfect things to wear and lost track of time because I was so nervous" admitted Harry sheepishly. 

"How was your Date?" asked Niall from the bed. 

"It was amazing. I will never forget that" Harry gushed dreamily. 

"Oh really? What did you do?". 

"Stop that crappy smalltalk. Why did my mother worriedly told me you are up here and what are you doing here?" came Louis straight to the point. 

"Um Niall and I were swimming and hanging out for a while. Ever so often he complained about headache again and I was getting worried. When we were at the shore again he lost his balance out of nowhere. I was there but I panicked because I was so worried and...." Zayn started to tell them about what happened. 

"And this was the moment I knew this is it. But I didn't wanted to ruin your Date so I decided to firstly call Liam and then just wait for you so you could enjoy your time together"" finished Niall Zayn's explaination. 

"Now you're scaring me, Nialler. What is this about? The moment for what?" was Louis really scared and worried now. Harry and him sat down on the bed too. Harry next to Niall and Louis next to Harry. 

"The moment for you to get to know the truth" said Niall with a heavy heart. 

After saying that he took something out of his jacket pocket. He put it in the middle of them. Harry lay his arm around Niall's shoulder and held him close. Louis frowned and looked at the thing in the middle. It was a box of pills with the inscription: antidepressants. 

"Niall, what....why....?" was Zayn lost for words. 

"I don't take them any more but all those things you noticed are sideeffects of that. It gets better but it will still take a little while" explained Niall factual. 

"Why did you never tell us?" Liam wanted to know sadly. 

"I was ashamed" mumbled Niall barely audible. 

"Sometimes you need to cope with those things on your own first" defended Harry Niall. 

"Did you knew?" Liam's eyes widened. 

"It was an accident. I kind of crushed his bathroom shelf and found the box" explained Harry embarrassed. 

"Oh yeah I remember that" chuckled Niall quietly. 

"Sounds like you, love" nudged Louis Harry's arm. 

"But you're okay now?" adressed Zayn Niall worriedly. 

"I am, also thanks to you guys" Niall smiled openly at them. 

"But how...I mean what....Ignore me. You don't have to answer that" stumbled Liam over his words.  

"No it's okay. Coming hear today I planned on telling you the whole story" confessed Niall suprisingly. 

"You sure?" checked Harry carefully. Niall just nodded at him. 

"I have to go way back for that. Back to when my parents met. My Mother met my Father in her freshman year at college, I mean first year....urgh whatever. He was charming and good looking and showed interest very early. In short, she was gone very fast. But he was also big-headed, manipulative and extremly possessive but of course she didn't knew that. They got together quickly but even at the start he tried to control her life. At the end of the first year she got pregnant with my brother, Greg. She stopped college to be there for the baby but my father was still there. While she was caring for Greg my father was out partying and drinking and doing God knows what. Instead of opening her eyes my mother stayed because she had nothing, or that's what she thought because of him. They had a baby. That's why she searched for excuses for his behaviour and believed them. This only made it worse" Niall told them and hold back his tears already. 

"You have a brother? You never told us about him" wondered Liam. 

"If I did I had to tell you where he is and I wasn't ready for that" explained Niall with a shaky voice. 

"You don't have to go on" lay Louis a hand on Niall's knee reassuringly. 

"I know but I want to but thanks, Tommo" Niall smiled thankfully at him before going on. 

"After four years with Greg and my father my mother wanted to go back to college. My father was already very successful with whatever and said she didn't need to do that. He would bring the money home. At this point she already had lost all her friends and contact to her family due to my father because he was controlling her so much. Before she could sign up for college again she got pregnant with me, so she stayed home. Through the years my father manipulated her so much that she never thought about college again and was depending on him for everything. As I got older my brother and I realised how bad it really was. She wasn't allowed to leave the house without him. She had to do all the chores because he persuaded her to do everything like a slave. He was violent too. He drank very much and often hit my mother. When my brother protected her my father started to hit him too and lock him in. He never hit me because my mother and Greg protected me all the time. 

My father started to forbid my brother everything like he did to my mother for example his friends. But he didn't listen what caused only for problems. Mostly he left it out on my mother. This made my brother feel pretty guilty. To numb the guilt he started drinking too and kind of fell into a wrong group of friends. He always sneaked out to see them and do stuid things. One day, shortly before we moved here because of my father's job, my brother was out drinking again and he um...he had an accident. He got into a car crash and died in the hospital shortly after" continued Niall and let his tears fall down now. 

"Oh God, Niall. I'm so sorry" gasped Zayn with tears in his eyes and pulled Niall closer into his arms. 

"Thanks, Zayn" sniffled Niall. The other three all had tears on their faces. 

"My mother locked herself up after that and my father never talked about it. I was pretty much left alone. Then we moved here for his job and knew nobody. My mother had no one here and I was more alone than ever. After only three months my father left us out nowhere. He never told us why but I really don't care. So my mother was left alone without a profession, without money, without friends, without her family. Lost. This is why she is working at this crappy kiosk. She tries everything to give me a normal life and this makes me feel so bad. 

From the point where my brother died I kind of developed an eating disorder and my depression I had before that already got worse. I felt so guilty and had the feeling my mother would be better off without me. Then Greg died and my only good thing in this hell was gone. I had no real friends in school. No one. After my father left it got even worse. I saw ow much my mother worked just because of me and I wanted it to stop. I felt useless and fat and out of place. I really wanted to just die. I had everything planned out for it. I was ready to go forever. 

On the day I wanted to end my life I had an emotional moment with my mother where I realised I couldn't leave her too. I was the only one she had left. She felt worse than I and needed to be there for her. Even if I was feeling miserable I would be there for her for as long as I needed to. In the heat of the moment I told her everything. Of course she was shocked and deadly worried and immediately she put me into therapy but not without my permission. I was there from Januar 2017 til January 2018. I stopped it myself because it just got to expensive and I felt a little bit better. Not good but better. After I dropped out of therapy I started taking those pills for half a year. It helped a lot but there was something that helped me even more. And this was meeting you guys. I finally had people who really cared and suddenly I felt happy again most of the time. In July I stopped taking them and now we're here" finished Niall his story with tear strains on his face but a smile too. Zayn, Harry, Louis and Liam were all crying too but smiled at the end. 

"And we will never leave you" assured Harry him very quietly. 

"Thank you for your trust" smiled Louis at him tearfully. 

"Thank you for being there for me always" replied Niall thankfully.  

"We will always be" made Zayn clear. 

"Group hug" suggested Liam and all four crashed onto Niall in a big fat hug. 

"So any other unknown secrets left?" asked Liam jokingly to lighten the mood.

"Nope" popped Zayn the p. 

"I'm an open book" chuckled Harry and Niall nodded agreeingly. 

"No" said Louis curtly. Not today. 

After that they talked about some nonsense to cheer Niall up a bit. At some point Jay came in to check on them. They told her everything was good and she offered to let them stay over night because it was very late. Satisfied and tired they made everything ready with pillows, blankets and air mattresses. Shortly after they all fell asleep rather quickly because they were all tired and emotionally drained. All five in one room like they hadn't done it in a while. 

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Boom....! What do you think?

This one and the last two were originally meant to be one chapter.....Now I don't know how I could ever think this could have worked out....

Wasn't Larry's Date cute?

How will Zayn deal with all of this?

What about Niall? Are Hailee and he more than friends? Did you expect this backstory? 

Please vote and comment what you think, means a lot to me :)

Love you all <3 <3 <3