And again I'm apologising for updating so late. It became quiet the habit, hasn't it? It's just work takes a lot of time and not every day is time left for writing. I try my best because I want to finish this and I have at least five other ideas already I really want to start. Also I got fired last week and friday was my last day. So I started searching for something new. To calm down I read fanfictions myself again, I haven't done that in a while. Now I have time again  write this story. I'm very happy about that.

I love that picture. The mothers in law are so cute together. And I totally love that song. Little Mix are my Queens <3

Did you saw all that Bullshit in the news? That fake tattoo? Liam and Naomi? And the typical stunt ski trip of E******...... but Louis teased his single finally. So I'm excited *_*

This chapter is dedicated to  queen5newbrokenscene  <<3

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"Now that we have only ten minutes left I'll present you your taks for you project and your partners" announced their english teacher at then end of the lesson. 

The boys have been a little bit scared because of that project for the last few days. Not because of the task but because of the parnters. Niall was anxious to get someone he hated, someone who would ruin his chance to be good at this project. 

"For the project I chose Ireland as the main topic. What specific topic you choose with your parnter is up to you. It doesn't matter if it's the History, The War, Culutre or whatever. Be creative" announced their teachter the topic for the project. 

Niall coulnd't be happier. This feared project was about Ireland. His home. No matter what would happen now it couldn't ruin this for him. He was already thinking what he could choose as his topic with whoever. This was perfect.  

"Danielle Peazer and Ben Winston" heard Niall the teacher say. This was bad. He could see in her face that she wanted to run away. Everybody knew that they should stay away from Ben. 

"Zayn Malik and Sophia Smith" announced the teacher further on. 

Niall could see and hear the relief in Zayn's face and sigh. This could have turned out in a bad way but now he was lucky enough to work with one of his best friends. It was obvious that Zayn's biggest fear wasn't to work with Aidan or Xander. He didn't wanted to work with Liam. 

"Eleanor Calder and Nick Grimshaw. Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson". While Liam and Louis grinned at each other satisfied and gave each other a High Five, Eleanor gulped heavily. Nobody really knew what Nick was up to in the last weeks. He was silent. It was suspicious.

"Harry Styles and Taylor Swift". 

Those words hung in the air like poison. Like a death sentence. Automaically Niall turned around to look at Louis and Harry. Harry's face was blank and emotionless. He seemed to not believe what he just heard. But Louis' face showed a lot of emotions. Panic, fear, dispair but most of all jealousy. Oh well, the teacher definitely couldn't have paired two more wrong people for eac -....

"Niall Horan and Shawn Mendes" stated their teacher and Niall's whole world was shaking. 

Out of all people it had to be Shawn. Shawn who bullied him until a while ago, who made fun of him for being poor without knowing that it was true. That was Niall's very own death sentence. He felt the eyes of his friends on him but he just stared on the table and tried to calm down. Two weeks. Two weeks and it was over. But in this very moment two weeks felt like forever. 

"What the hell is he trying to get with that? What's the point?" exclaimed Niall as he sat down at their table at lunch time. 

"I have no idea. Most of the pairs are horrible" shuddered Zayn. 

"More than horrible. I couldn't concentrate at all during Golf" moaned Niall grumpily. 

"Me neither in Drama. I don't know how I should work with Nick. I mean we're talking about Nick here" sighed Eleanor helplessly.

"It won't be that bad. He wasn't mean in a long time. Maybe he'll keep it to himself, babe" tried Sophia to reassure Eleanor. 

"I hope you're right" smiled Eleanor weakly at her girlfriend. 

"I feel bad for Harry. After everything that happened he has to work with...her. I have a bad feeling about this" commented Zayn. 

"Me too. This is really unfair. They don't deserve another problem. I'm going to kill her if she even tries to get inbetween Larry" made Niall clear surely. 

"And I will help you" stated Eleanor firmly. 

"Woah guys. Is that Liam with Cheryl?" gasped Sophia shocked and pointed to another table not far from them. There was Liam snogging the hell out of Cheryl. 

"This bastard" hissed Niall angrily.

"Let him be. He has every right to do whatever he wants" said Zayn tried calmly. 

"You don't deserve this Zayn" turned Niall back around to his friends. 

"Maybe I do" mumbled Zayn quietly but all of them heard it.

Before Niall could say something Shawn came to their table. Niall rolled his eyes and then turned to him. Let the nightmare begin. 

"What do you want, Mendes?" asked Niall visibly mad. 

"What the hell did I do to make you this mad without even saying a word?" wondered Shawn suprised.

"That's beside the point" grumbled Niall. 

"Whatever. One of you should head out to the hall. Louis may get himself into trouble" came Shawn to the point. 

"What are you talking about?" Zayn wanted to know. 

"This senior Emily is telling everyone that she hooked up with Harry at Ash's party. That's what I told Louis before it could get worse. He just cursed and then went to look for her" explained Shawn what happened. 

"I swear if this is one of your games....". 

"It's not. I'm over this crap. I don't know what he will do but he looked angry" interrupted Shawn Niall. 

"Why do you even care?" Niall didn't let up.

"Niall, come on. Ask him that when you work on your project. We should look for Louis" dragged Zayn Niall with him as he stood up. 

Niall just glared at Shawn but then went along with Zayn. The girls stood up too and looked for Louis in the other direction. Zayn and Niall ran out of the cafeteria and into the hallway. They went to their music room where their next lesson would be but there was no sign of him. They searched near the toilets and down some hallways but still no sign of Louis. When they turned around a corner they finally spotted him. He was walking fastly torwards this chick Emily who was standing with some friends at the door.

"Louis, wait" called Zayn after him but it was too late. 

Louis was almost in front of her in the same moment as Harry came running around the corner breathlessly. Zayn and Niall also came up to them. They heard her talking about the hook up. 

"I told you he isn't as prudish as he pretends to be. He was so good" boasted Emily. 

"Oh yeah? And when do you say this happened?" intervened Louis now as he stopped in front of her. 

"Oh guys, look. The little boyfriend. Sorry to tell you this but he cheated on you. But who can blame him. I mean you ran away from the party and Harry was left horny. It's normal to get it somewhere else then. He will never change especially not for you" spat Emily condescendingly. 

"I asked you when and didn't asked for details" brought Louis out through gritted teeth and clenched his fists. 

"It started after you left. Who is stupid enough to leave someone like him behind? The real fun was going down after midnight" claimed Emily. 

Harry stopped in his tracks wich caused Zayn and Niall to almost crash against his back. Niall couldn't read Harry's expression but it worried him. Was she actually telling the truth? Did he cheat drunkenly on Louis? If she was lying does Louis believe her? Niall didn't dare to breath. 

To Niall's suprise Louis started laughing. Frowning Niall tried to understand what was so funny. "Why the hell is he laughing?" asked Niall Harry in a whisper. He just shrugged cluelessly. 

"That's pathetic. You're pathetic" laughed Louis amused. 

"Just because your boyfriend cheated on you I'm not pathetic. You are" snorted Emily. 

"What's in it for you? Why are you lying about this? There are enough greasy guys that would actually hook up with you" shook Louis his head. 

"You mean like your boyfriend?" she challenged him. 

"I mean the imaginary guy you hooked up with after midnight because MY boyfriend was with me at that time. Get your facts straight before you open your mouth to lie about this" countered Louis smugly. 

"Can you prove this? What did you do?" tried Emily to save her ass. 

Louis took a step closer to her and leaned against her ear. "Each other" whispered Louis cheekily in her ear. 

Then pulled back to look into her shocked face. He knew he would get her with that. Nobody had to know that they just watched a movie and fell asleep. 

"As if" crossed Emily her arms over her chest. 

"Just accept that you lost. He would never come after you even if he wouldn't be with me but he is, so try better next time" patted Louis her shoulder and then turned around to go back to his friends. 

"What did you tell her to look so shocked?" asked Niall curiously. 

"Just what we did" shrugged Louis and made his way to their next lesson. 

"Or I made up a lie to get to her" threw Louis them a wink over his shoulder. 

"Tommo the tease at his best" laughed Zayn amused. 

"Why is everybody always telling lies about me? I don't get it" sighed Harry sadly. 

"I don't either but Louis saved the day" smiled Niall at him as they reached their next class. 

"Lou, how did you know she was lying from the start?" wondered Harry honestly. 

"Is that a serious question? I trust you and know you wouldn't do that" Louis let him know. 

"I'm really lucky to have you" smiled Harry widely and pulled Louis into a tight hug. 

"Hell yes you are" sassed Louis laughingly. 

"Besides the time didn't quiet fit. We knew at wich time you stood in front of my door" added Zayn knowingly. 

"So no need  worry. There was never the chance I could have believed her for a second" assured Louis Harry and pecked his lips. 

"Now the only problem left is my work with Shawn" sighed Niall and entered the classroom to get ready for the music lesson. 

Zayn and Sophia were lying on Zayn's bed and working on their project. As a topic they chose the irish culture, more specifically the arts. Luckily they agreed very fast on on topic and were already deep in work. At the moment Zayn was reading something about the prehistory arts. For him this was like paradise. 

"Soph, look at this. It's a painting called Christ Enthroned from the Books of Kells out of the 9th century" showed Zayn Sophia excitedly a very specific painting. 

"Wow, that looks absolutely fantastic. Those older ones are always so pretty and seem like they worked really hard on it" marvelled Sophia thrilled. 

"Sometimes I wonder what it was like to live in that time and be an artist" mused Zayn thoughtfully. 

"Maybe we can focus on that too. The life of the painters. Could be very interesting" suggested Sophia. 

"That's a great idea" smiled Zayn happily. He was so lucky to work with her. They were a dream team. 

"Look, here they talk about someone named  Biran O'Doherty ,an art historian, sculptor, and conceptual artist,  who is based in New York City right now. He is one of the living aritst at the moment for Contemporary Arts" pointed Sophia at an articel on her laptop. 

"We should include that. Modern artist are important too" said Zayn determined. 

After that they searched for historical artist as well as for modern artist. He stumbled over an artist he already knew. Jack Yeats. He was the best known artist of the 20th century. Zayn knew some of his works like A Horseman enters a Town at night. 

The next time Zayn looked at the time it was alread very late. They had worked for hours but it felt like minutes. When he once started to sink into arts Zayn would never come back. Just the ringing of a smartphone awoke him from his trance.

"Oh that's Elly" beamed Sophia happily. 

"Answer it" smiled Zayn at her. He was very happy for his two friends. 

"Hey El, what's up?" answered Sophia the call eagerly. 

"Yeah, we too. We decided to include the life of the painters as well and we got a lot of work done already" told Sophia Eleanor. 

"Why am I not suprised? It's typical for him to suggest sports as a topic. He's lucky to have you. Most people would hate him for that" shook Sophia her head in disbelief. 

"Are you serious?" frowned Sophia suddenly. 

"What is it?" asked Zayn in whisper. 

"You're really telling me that Nick, the Nick Grimshaw, is nice and you have fun with him???" repeated Sophia Eleanor's words. Zayn looked weirdly at her and she just pulled a funny face. Nick and nice? That sounded more than just weird. 

"Sure I believe you. When you say he is nice than nice he is" sighed Sophia defeated. 

"Yeah okay. See you later, bye" ended Sophia the call and let out a loud sigh. 

"Did I get that right? Nick is nice?" Zayn couldn't believe it. That Nick was nice felt just wrong. Who was next? Shawn? Pfft, as if....

"Apparently he acts nice and they have a lot of fun. They chose sports and today focused on Gaelic Games. Sounds weird but maybe we should give him a tiny chance with caution" mused Sophia. 

"Yeah maybe" said Zayn but didn't really mean it.

"We should stop for today. Your girlfriend misses you. We meet up tomorrow again" clapped Zayn his hands. 

"Really? Thank you. Sure you're okay?" she put her head to one side. 

"All good" smiled Zayn at her reassuringly. He knew she didn't mean the project but he was really okay. Not good but okay.

"If you say so. But you know you can call me anytime if you need me" Sophia made sure he knew that. 

"Of course, thanks, Soph" Zayn pulled her in a friendly hug. He had great friends. 

When they pulled away she gathered all her things together and went downstairs with Zayn. She put on her coat and her shoes and aftet another tight hug she left the house. Zayn's Mother was already in her room so Zayn just went upstairs again, put his school things away, put out his notebook and scribbled down some words and symbols. Suddenly he had an idea and started writng until he fell asleep over his notebook. 

Don't try to make me stay
Or ask if I'm okay
I don't have the answer
Don't make me stay the night
Or ask if I'm alright
I don't have the answer.

Heartache doesn't last forever
I'll say I'm fine
Midnight ain't no time for laughing
When you say goodbye.

I've tried to ask myself
Should I see someone else?
I wish I knew the answer.But I know, if I go now, if I leave
Then I'm on my own tonight
I'll never know the answer.

Midnight doesn't last forever
Dark turns to light
Heartache flips my world around
I'm falling down, down, down,
That's why.

A big mansion was building up in front of him. The Gates opened and Niall stepped in. He didn't feel like this day at all. Shawn's house was so fucking huge and now Niall felt really small and unimportant. Intimidated he followed Shawn inside. Guess what, inside it was even bigger than it looked on the outside. There were literal halls inside, staircases and chandeliers. It didn't look like a home to Niall, more like  palace. 

"Stop staring and follow me" snapped Shawn his fingers in front of Niall's face. 

Grumbling but without another word he followed Shawn up the stairs, down a hallway and finally into a big room, that Niall supposed was Shawn's bedroom. Kind of. There was a large bed, a walk in closet, a pretty big desk full of stuff, shelfs filled with books and DVD's and a glass door leading to a balcony. In one word: Impressive. 

"Do you want to eat something? I could call for a mai...". 

"Cut the crap! I cancelled my band rehearsal for this. Just let us get straight to the point. I'm not planning on staying longer than needed" cut Niall Shawn off rudely. His tries to cover his bad character up with niceness wasn't working on Niall. He hated him. 

"Suit yourself then" grumbled Shawn pissed. 

Niall plopped down on the desk chair and put out his books. He left his old and crappy Laptop at home. Books were better for projects anyway. 

"Do you not have your laptop with you? You can have my second one if you want" offered Shawn as he saw the books. 

"You can get your information out of books too" shot Niall back in a very annoyed tone. 

"We're finished faster when we use laptops. Then you can leave earlier" Shawn didn't let up. Niall knew he did that on purpose. 

"Fine. Where is it?" groaned Niall defeated. 

Shawn turned around and opened a drawer. He took the laptop and handed it to Niall. Not really suprised he let out a silent disgusted laugh. This was his second and old laptop and it was still way better than Niall's normal and only one. Typical. 

"Shall we then?" hooked Shawn carfully. 

"We don't need to talk much for it. We already parted the topics. Just focus on the new Emigrants and I do the same with the old ones. Or if this is too difficult look up the Immigrants" fake smiled Niall at him. 

"Ai, can you give me a break? I'm trying to be nice here and all you do is pissing me off. Can you just stop?!" exploded Shawn desperately. 

"Why should I? Did you give us a break when the insults were too much? No you didn't! I don't want to be here but I have to. Can we just get this over with as fast as possible?" countered Niall. 

"I'm sorry for everything I put you through. Really. But I changed. Can you just give me a chance?" pleaded Shawn quietly. 

"Can we just work? I don't want to talk to you" turned Niall away from him.  He didn't believe him and didn't trust him. He didn't want to. 

Shawn just sighed sadly and sat down on the bed. He opened his laptop and started working without another word. Niall did the same after he rolled his eyes at Shawn's background picutre of his old laptop. A pitcutre of himself shirtless kissing a girl at a Pool Party. 

For two hours straight they worked on the project seperately in total silence. It was as if the other weren't there. As if they were working alone. Niall got kinda lost in the story of the early emigrants and how they moved to America to have a better life. 

"You know, there is a Movie calle Brooklyn that deals with this topic. We could watch it" spoke Shawn up out of a sudden. 

"Why should I watch a Movie with you? I'm done with my part for today. It's enough when we meet up one more time this week and then next week for the rest" declined Niall the offer and shut the laptop down.

Shawn looked at the ground kinda sad but Niall didn't care at all. He just wanted to leave and do something without Shawn. He packed his stuff into his backpack and stood up. Without another word he left the room and tried to remember the way to the door. 

"It's this way" startled Shawn Niall who sudddenly stood next to him. 

Silently he followed Shawn back to the front door, put his shoes and coat on and wanted to go leave. 

"Wait, when do we meet up again? Tomorrow?" hold Shawn him back. 

"Sorry, but some of us have work. I'm only free on the weekend" rolled Niall his eyes. 

"Um...okay. Then Saturday? Or do you have a Gig there?" coughed Shawn awkardly. 

"No, but I'm impressed you remembered that. Saturday then. Just text me....Oh wait I don't have your number. Well, I never wanted it. I just talk to you Friday after school" and with that Niall left the house and went straight home. Maybe he wasn't really fair to Shawn but he didn't care. Shawn could friendly fuck off. 

Louis was searching through the internet for the exact dates of the War between North and South Ireland. Of course Liam wanted to do something like this because it would impress the teacher. He didn't complain though. It could be way worse. 

For a while they were working very focused on their stuff but Liam seemed so tense to Louis. He wondered why but didn't aksed. It was the first time in forever that the two of them did something alone. Louis didn't want to ruin that by annoying Liam in some way. 

"So, The Troubles started in the late 1960's" thought Louis out loud. 

"Exactly.   The conflict began during a  campaign to end discrimination against the Catholic or nationalist minority by the Protestant or unionist government and police force" explained Liam furhter. 

"This sounds very stupid if you ask me. Why can people not just accept each other" mused Louis absently. 

"The world would be a happier place after all. That's for sure" agreed Liam with him. 

While finishin everything they wanted to achieve today Louis' thoughts wandered off to Harry. He was at home with that snake Taylor to work on their project. Louis wanted to kill their teacher for pairing them up. He had a bad feeling about this. Not because of Harry. Louis trusted Harry blindly with his life. But he didn't trust Taylor one bit. She was a snake and would probably do somethint that will piss Louis off. He just knew that. 

A knock on Liam's door tore Louis out of his thougths. He looked up and was met with a man in a business suit and a woman in a costume. This had to be Liam's parents, wich Louis never met until now. 

"Here you are, son. We're back from the meeting but we have to leave right away for a business dinner" let Liam's father know him monoton. 

"Okay. I just eat when I'm finished. Have fun" forced Liam a smile on his face. 

"Good. Oh who is your friend?" noticed Liam's father Louis. 

"This is Louis. We're working on a project for our english class" introduced Liam his friend and explained why he was here. 

"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Payne" said Louis politely. 

"It's a pleasure for me too, Louis. What are you working on?" asked Mr. Payne interested. 

"A detailed describiton of The Troubles in Ireland back in the 1960's" answered Louis. 

"Very good. That was a hard time. Great topic. Hopefully you will do your best" turned Mr. Payne now to his son. 

"Like always, sir" nodded Liam at him. 

"I like to hear that. We have to leave now. See you in the morning, son. Was nice to meet you, Louis" said Mr. Payne goodbye and then left the room. 

"Be careful with the dinner, Liam. And have fun with Louis tonight. I have to go. Your father is waiting" smiled Liam's mother apologetic at Liam and followed Liam's father. 

A silence fell over the two of them. Liam seemed to be more tense than before now and avoided Louis' gaze. Louis on the other hand was speechless. He never met Liam's parents and now he knew why. Liam's mother was nice even if she needed to say more but Liam's father was a stonecold businessman who was never home and never there for his son except when he was overly good and did something right. In a way it reminded him of Harry's father but more harmless. Now Louis understood why Liam was so hardcore focused on school and his image of the perfect guy. He felt sorry for Liam but tried to not let it show. Louis hated it when someone pitied him. 

In the exact same moment the door was heard downstairs Liam's phone beeped. Quick he graped it and read the message. His face changed slightly but Louis couldn't tell what he was feeling. 

"Is everything alright?" asked Louis carefully. 

"Yeah. It's just Cheryl. She wants to see me tonight" answered Liam almost ashamed. 

"Oh" was all Louis could say. 

"I know you probaly hate me and I understand that. You're Zayn's best friend. But um I have really fun with her and she isn't that bad" scratched Liam his neck awkardly. 

"You don't have to explain yourself. You're free to do whatever you want. And if you want to be with her then that's it" tried Louis to sound indiffernt. Of course he was angry at him for hurting Zayn so badly, but Zayn was doing okay so Louis tried to not let it effect their friendship. 

"Oh we're not together. We just have some fun" Liam clarified. 

"Fun then. Okay" Louis tried to laugh and sound happy but failed miserably. He knew this would break Zayn. 

"And with you and Harry is everything alright?"changed Liam the subject. 

"Pretty perfect" answered Louis shortly. 

"Great" sighed Liam and turned back to his notes. 

"Liam, you know you can talk to me if something is bothering you anytime? I know I'm very close to Zayn and Niall and Harry are also very close but we are also there for you.  Do you know that, Li?" Louis wanted to make sure unsurely. 

Liam looked up at him with a wide open smile. "I know, Louis. Thanks". 

In that very moment Louis' phone started ringing. Immediately he recognised the ringtone. It was Harry. Happily he smiled at the screen. 

"You can answer it. We're done here anyway" assured Liam him while packing his things. 

"Hi Love, what's up? How is it going?" answered Louis the call.

As he heard how shaky Harry's voice was and how worried he sounded Louis sat up straight and his heart started beating faster. With every broken word he got angrier. 

"Calm down, baby. I'm not mad at you. It's not your fault. I'm coming over right now" tried Louis to calm his boyfriend down even if he wanted to scream himself. 

While ending the call he jumped up, graped all his things and stuffed them in his backpack. He almost tripped over his feet a few times because he couldn't think clearly. 

"Louis, what's wrong? What happened?" asked Liam worriedly. 

"This little bitch crossed the line. I'm going to kill her. I have to go home now" hissed Louis angry. 

"Oh no Taylor. You better run, Louis. I'm okay here" helped Liam Louis with his things. 

"Thanks Liam. You're the best. See you tomorrow" called Louis back into the room while jumping down the stairs. 

He graped his jacket, put on his shoes and stormed out of the house. Barely letting himself breath he almost sprinted home. When he reached his house he tore the door open and nearly crashed into Taylor who was held back by Jay. 

  "Where's Harry?" asked Louis breathlessly. 

"He locked himself in the bathroom. Probably to fix his little problem" smirked Taylor nastily. 

"Name me one reason why I shouldn't kill you!" Louis threatend Taylor and she took a step back. 

"I'm not scared of you, dwarf. He will always want me . I had him before you many times" she shot back, looking very scared. 

"But if I remember correctly he dropped you because you were nothing to him" countered Louis and Taylor just swallowed hard. 

"I um... I..."

"If I ever see you near my man again and if you dare to touch him again I will personally kill you in the most brutal way I can think of, is that clear?" interupted Louis her stuttering. 

"Crystal" mumbled Taylor and then pushed past him. She took her shoes and left the house. 

Louis left out a sigh of relief and could finally took of his shoes and jacket. He almost run his mother over who was still standing there and watched the whole thing. 

"Why are people like that?" wondered Jay stunned. 

"I have no idea" sighed Louis. 

"You did the right thing. She asked for it. Now go. Harry is probably dying upstairs" encouraged Jay her son. 

Without another word Louis run up the stairs and stopped in front ot the bathroom. He tried the handle but it was locked.

"Haz? Darling, it's me. Open the door" knocked Louis at the door. 

Almost immediately he heard someone unlocking the door and the next moment the door was open and Harry fell into his arms, still crying. Louis wrapped his arms tightly around his baby and whispered sweet nothings in his ear to calm him down. With Harry still in his arms Louis went backwards into his room and closed the door behind them. They sat down on the bed and Louis took Harry's hand. 

When he looked around it was dark in the room and books were lying on the floor together with Harry's notebook and a pen. It looked kinda weird but after this inciedent it wasn't suprising. 

"Hazzabear, do you want to tell me what exactly happened?" asked Louis after a while carefully. 

Harry nodded silently and let out a shaky sigh. Shortly he looked into Louis' eyes but then looked down again. Tear strains were prominent on his face. This sight broke Louis' heart. 

"At first we were working normally. She wanted to do the project about fahsion but I said this wasn't the point of the task and we should work as a team" started Harry his story. 

"Fits her. Fashion. What else" commented Louis to lighten the mood. 

"Yeah typical. Um after I talked about working as a team she changed the subject to other things you can work on as a team...um...I mean....Er....I tried to stop her and make her focus on the project but it didn't work out" continued Harry and Louis could already feel the anger coming back.  

"She came closer and closer to me until I was at the edge of the bed. She um touched my thigh and moved up with her hand. She tried to grap my.... me down there but I jumped up and tried to bring space between us. That didn't stop her from following me, cornering me and puhsing me against the wall. She tried again and I had no other choice than to push her away. She fell to the ground and I graped my phone, left the room and locked myself in the bathroom. The first thing I did was calling you. After that I couldn't stop crying. I'm so sorry. Please don't be mad at me. Don't break up with me, Lou" finished Harry his explaination and started crying again. 

"Harry, look at me. Why should I break up with you? You did nothing wrong. It was her" lifted Louis Harry's chin up. 

"But she touched me and I....". 

"You pushed her away and called me. It's not your fault, babe. She came at you and not the other way round. Why do you think I would leave you now?" cut Louis him off.

"Because people do that? They break up after things like that" answered Harry but it sounded more like a question. 

"Those people are stupid. You explained everything to me.  It was her, not you. I know you don't want her" made Louis clear. 

"No never. She is gross. I have you and I don't want anyone else" assured Harry him. 

"And I only want you. I trust you with my life and know you wouldn't go behind my back like that, gorgeous. Those  bitches will never understand the trust I have for you. There is nothing they could do" confessed Louis to Harry. 

"And I would also never mistrust you. Nothing can come between you and I" smiled Harry in love at Louis. 

Because there was nothing left to say Louis leanded forwards and kissed his boyfriend lovingly. Immediately Harry kissed back. It was a short but love filled kiss that said everything they needed to know and was a promise between them. It meant forever. 

Friday late in the evening after they ate dinner Louis was walking upstairs deep in thoughts. He had a strange feeling like something was about to happen soon but he couldn't put a finger on it. Shaking this thoughts away he entered his room and saw Harry sitting on the bed with his laptop on his knees. It looked like he was reading something but apparently nothing good because he was frowning. Louis closed the door behind him and walked over to Harry. 

"Haz, what are you reading?" asked Louis as he plopped down next to Harry. 

"Nothing. I'm just watching a video of our last Gig and scrolled through the comments" waved Harry the matter off. 

"You mean bad comments that make you insecure?" raised Louis an eyebrow at Harry  knowingly. 

"NO! Of coures not. I mean....um..." exclaimed Harry but then fell silent. Louis just looked at him. 

"Urgh. It's hard to lie when you know me that good" groaned Harry defeated and closed his laptop. 

"Then don't lie to me" replied Louis cheekily.

"I was trying not to worry you but fine" tried Harry to sound mad but failed. 

"Tell me what you read that could worry me" demanded Louis playfully. 

"It's not important" crossed Harry his arms over his chest after placing the laptop next to him. 

"Important enough to lie to me. Tell me or you will regret it" came Louis closer to him. 

"No" said Harry stubbornly and turned his face away from him. 

"Fine. Your choice" replied Louis and in the next moment he started tickling Harry. He let out a suprised squeal and started to squirm under Louis' touch. 

"Louis, stop" pleaded Harry through his heavy laughters. 

"Never. It's your punishment" giggled Louis determined and kept tickling Harry. 

Harry laughed so much that he fell backwards on the bad and wiggled widly around with every new tickle attack. He couldn't form proper sentences any more as much as he was laughing. Only breathless gasps came out of his mouths with barely audible pleads to stop. 

Louis climbed on top of him to get better access to Harry's sides. He tickled him with all his strength and willpower and tried to ignore Harry's pleads to stop. When he himself was a little out of breath he sat down on Harry's stomach slightly and leaned closer down to Harry's face. His tickles became lighter and suddenly he stopped completely wich caused Harry to abruptly stop all his movements and stare at Louis confused.

Grinning cheekily at Harry Louis closed the gap between them and pressed his lips on Harry's. After the short shock Harry kissed back eagerly. Their lips moved together in sync and it felt as amazingly as ever to Louis. He loved the feeling of Harry's lips on his own. Louis moved his hands from Harry's sides up into his hair while Harry placed his hands around Louis' neck. This was a first. 

As Louis deepened the kiss Harry wiped his tongue timildy over Louis' bottom lip and asked for entrence. Louis obeyed willingly and opened his mouth to let Harry in. Their tongues roamed around in each others mouths like it was the first time. Every time it felt like fireworks to Louis. From the unfavorable position Louis' back hurt a bit. To change that he slid down a little bit with his bum wich caused unwanted friction between them that caused both of them to gasp into each others mouths. He directly felt it down in his pants and Harry tightened his grip on Louis' neck. This made Louis froze in his tracks and tense up but he tried to not let it show and kept kissing Harry but he slowed it down a little bit. 

Louis tried to control it but he couldn't. He failed. In his mind it was wrong to feel like this and to kinda want it. Every time someone felt that need or wanted this reaction from him it was in a bad situation and he felt dirty feeling the same way right now. Everything came back into his head and he felt himself close up again. He never knew when this would happen. He couldn't control it but he hoped someday he could do smething against it. But right now it just felt wrong. 

The kiss softened again and after a few more seonds they broke apart due to the lack of air. To cover up what happened Louis lay his forehead against Harry's with closed eyes and just cuddled with him. Harry wrapped his arms around Louis' back and pulled him even closer. 

"Lou, open your beautiful eyes" whispered Harry to him softly. 

Slowly Louis opened his eyes and was met with sparkling green ones staring directly back at him. This caused a smile to creep onto his face. With one hand Louis caressed lightly Harry's cheek. He let one finger wander over Harry's nose, his lips, his cheekbones and stopped at his very prominent jawline. Absently he stroked his finger along the jawline over and over again. 

"What are you thinking about, love?" asked Harry in a whisper while lightly stroking Louis' cheek. 

"Nothing important. Today I just had the strange feeling something is about to happen and it just came back. I don't know" opened Louis up to Harry. 

"Something? Mh, I wonder what this could be" mused Harry honestly. 

"Who knows. We will see" shrugged Louis barely noticable. 

"Was that all or is there something else?" cocked Harry his head aside causing Louis to drop his hand on Harry's chest. 

"Actually...." started Louis but was interupted by the door bell ringing downstairs. 

Harry looked confused back and forth between Louis and the door. "How did you do that?" wondered Harry. 

"Do I look like I know everything?" replied Louis sassily. 

"Everything that is important to me" grinned Harry satisfied with his comeback. 

"You're such a sab" rolled Louis his eyes and slapped Harry playfully against his chest. 

"Ouch, that hurt my heart, Tomlinson" pouted Harry cutely. 

"Aww, what are you going to do, Styles?" smirked Louis down at him. 

"Louis, Harry! Here is someone at the door for you" called Jay for the boys from downstairs before Harry could answer. 

"We're not finished here" winked Harry at Louis as he jumped up from him. 

"I'm quiet done" sassed Louis back and opened his bedroom door. 

Running up to him Harry followed Louis down the stairs. When they were at the door Harry froze in his tracks and Louis' jaw dropped to the floor. He wasn't expecting that. 

"Mom? What are you doing here?" asked Harry bewildered. 

"I wanted to suprise you" smiled Anne at him and opened her arms for a hug. 

"It worked" shook Harry his head and hugged his Mother. 

"Make room for me, you sabs. Where is my favourite?" pushed Gemma past them. 

"Gems, you're here too?" marvelled Harry stunned. 

"Shush it. I'm not here for you. Louis, there you are" pulled Gemma Louis into a tight hug. 

"Hi Gemma. Nice to see you again" smiled Lous into the hug. 

"I'm so happy tot see you. Just texting wasn't enough. So tell me, how are you? How is everyting going? How is the band?" Gemma bombarded him with questions. 

"What about me? I'm your brother" whined Harry. 

"Stop whinning, Harry. Louis, tell me everyting. I'm way more civilized than my daugther" silenced Anne her son with a laugh. 

"Wow, I feel the love" grumbled Harry. 

"We're just here for Louis. He is my favourite son after all" winked Anne at him. 

"How about we all sit down and talk for a while?" suggested Jay. 

"Great idea, Mom" gave Louis her a thumbs up over all the other heads. 

"Good. Louis, show them where they can sit while I look after the girls. Harry, can you take out something to drink from the kitchen?" said Jay while walking upstairs. 

"Sure" answered Louis and Harry at the same time wich caused both of them to giggle.

Louis wanted to take Harry's hand put he pulled it away with an apologetic smile. He pointed with his head to his mother. Right, she still didn't know about them. Louis sighed sadly and led Gemma into the living room while Anne followed Harry into the kitchen to help him with the drinks. 

  "So Mom, why are you really here?" turned Harry to his mother after he put out some glasses. 

"I wanted to suprise you and if I'm already here I can check on the house" answered Anne simply.

"Can I come along?" asked Harry. 

"Sure Darling. Oh by the way we will probably move here around the 14th of September" let Anne him know. 

"That's great" said Harry excited but then his face fell. 

"What's wrong, sweetheart?" asked Anne worried. 

"When you move here I have to move out. I have to leave Louis" realised Harry sadly. 

"I know that's hard but you have your own room then instead of a guest room" tried Anne to cheer him up.

"I'm not living in a guest room" noted Harry. 

"Oh no? But where do you live then?" wondered Anne.

"In Louis' room" answered Harry awkardly.

"Is there something you haven't told me and coud it be that it is concerning our talk a while ago?" raised Anne an eyebrow at her son knowingly. 

"Um it could be that we're actually together now" scratched Harry his neck. 

"Uhhh I just knew you liked him. So I was right" grinned Anne excitedly. 

"Yeah you were. Thanks for always being there for me and not judging me for it" hugged Harry his mother thankfully. 

"I would never judge you. You are my son and I love you no matter what" clarified Anne honestly wich made Harry smile happily.

"So, when did it happenn?" asked Anne after they broke apart. 

"On the 5th of August" smiled Harry sheepishly. 

"And you're telling me this now?" gasped Anne horriefied. 

"I wanted to tell you in person and not on the phone" justified Harry his actions. 

"It's okay. I understand that. It's better to hear it face to face. Now tell me, are you happy?" changed Anne the subject. 

"More than happy. He is amazing. I would do everthing to keep him smiling" Harry enthused dreamily. 

"I can see that in your eyes" replied Anne with pure happiness for her son in her voice. 

"But I have the feeling there is something bothering you. Is something wrong?" frowned Anne. 

Harry threw a look to Gemma and Louis on the couch. They were talking and laughing. Then he looked back at his mother. Maybe it was a good idea to tell her. 

"I'm just wondering if it would be better....for the band of course...if we um would keep our relationship a secret. We're practically in a boyband and there are a lot of people out there who aren't as supportive as you are or our friends. I umm... I don't know" sighed Harry helpless. While reading some comments earlier he was thinking about this and it drove him crazy. 

"Harry, why would you want to do that if you don't have to? There is nothing wrong with being who you are" put Anne both of her hands on his shoulders. 

"I know but maybe it would be better. I'm not ashamed of who I am but it could hurt the band. The majority of fans of boybands are girls. They want to imagine dating us no matter how unrealistic this might be. Do you think they really want a band full of gay people? Many people think it's disgusting and we would all take turns backstage. They call us mean names and I don't want Louis to get hurt. Is it enough for the fans to focus on Niall and Liam if Niall has practically almost a girlfriend and Liam... no idea what Cheryl is? I don't think so" poured Harry his heart out to his mother. 

"Harry, look at me" sighed his mother. Harry lifted his head. He had the bad habbit to always hang is head low when he was clueless or hurt. 

"Did you ever thought about hiding our denying Louis in public?" asked Anne with a big frown on her face. 

"Oh God No. Never! From the very first second I showed everyone that he belongs to me. I could never deny him. It would break his heart. Who cares about the people around us. I wouldn't.....OH" became Harry defensive and then realised he already knew the answer. 

"You just said it yourself. Who cares about the people around? Nobody. It's your life and whatever makes you happy is the right thing to do. There will always be the kind to criticize but I know you'll be alright as long as you are together" assured Anne her son. 

"You're right. I just hope we're strong enough for the hate" Harry voiced concern. 

"When Gemma had her first boyfriend she told everyone they would stay together forever. But then they broke up and she was devasted because she thought he lied to her all the time. I tried to explain to her that when you're in a relationship especially at a young age, the first months are like a honeymoon phase and you don't see the flaws of the other one. You think you will be together forever but mostly this doesn't happen. I...". 

"Do you want to tell me no matter what we do, someday Louis will break up with me because it's normal?" interupted Harry his mother. 

"I wasn't finished, darling. Like I said normally the chance for this kind of break up is very high. But you two are different. You're not blinded by love like this. Sure you adore each other but you also know each others flaws already. You've been through a lot even before you were together. The love you two share is something really special. I can see it in your eyes. The way you look at each other like there isn't anything more important than the one sitting right next to you. I'm not even sure if I have this kind of love but yo two have it. It's unprecedented. You can master everything" explained Anne what she really meant. Her words warmed Harry's heart. 

"You really think that?" croaked Harry out. 

"I'm sure. You would give up everything for each other. It's love already. Everyone can see it" confirmed Anne surely. 

"You're right. I lo....like him a lot and would never change that. I think we can handle the hate" smiled Harry at her.

"I know you can and your fans will be there for you. I read a lot of comments. They trended the Hashtag Rainbow Direction. They support you no matter what" let Anne him know. 

"Really? I didn't knew that" Harry couldn't believe it. 

"Really. Now tell me everything. How did it happen? How was your first date? What did you do? Wait, maybe I don't want to know that part" grimaced Anne playfully. 

"Mom" groaned Harry embarrassed. "We didn't do anything and probably not going to for a long time". 

"Really? Why? I mean not that I want to encourage you to do it but I thought you already did it before him?" asked Anne confused. 

"Yeah but with girls and um... I'm not sure if it's the right time. I mean I want to but not right now. I um.... Also Louis isn't ready. Maybe never will" stumbled Harry over his words and fell silent at the end. 

"Is something wrong with him? Did something happened?" became Anne worried. 

"No! I mean he just went through a lot. That's all" wanted Harry to finish that topic. 

"Okay but you still have to tell me everything else" poked Anne his chest. 

Harry sighed with a laugh and started telling her everything. At the same time Louis and Gemma were talking about her Uni life and that she wanted to meet Zayn finally. Over and over again Louis glanced at Harry who was still talking with his mother in the kitchen. 

"So because you don't listen to me anyway just tell me" tore Gemma Louis out of hos stare. 

"What" blinked Louis confused. 

"Urgh you idiot. How did it go with Mister I'm so straight and not in love with my best friend?" made Gemma fun of him. 

"Turned out he wasn't that straight and kinda into me" decided Louis against teasing her. He would just regret it. 

"Ha I knew it" exclaimed Gemma overly excited wich caused Harry and Anne to look at the two of them. 

"Shut up" laughed Louis and put his hands over her mouth. 

"Spill the beans. When did it happen and how?" squealed Gemma like a fangirl. 

"On the 5th of August. I guess you know about Harry's slip up during More than this and that he left after that?" started Louis to tell her the story. She just nodded. 

"Well, after that he avoided me in school until Liam forced us all to go skating. We made up and everything was like always. On the named day we had a moment but nothing happened again. I exploded. Harry was confused and then Niall popped up out nowhere and just spilled the tea. I told him everything after that and when I was about to leave he told me he liked me too and we kissed. End of story" sumed Louis that day up with a smile on his face. 

"Niall is a legend. I want to meet him too" concluded Gemma impressed. 

"I was expecting that" grinned Louis amused. 

"And did you guys had sex?" asked Gemma bluntly out of nowhere. 

Louis choked on air and started coughing. "Shit Gemma" cursed Louis. 

"What?" played Gemma out the Innocence card. 

"I don't think you want to know details about your brothers sexlife" said Louis while calming his breath. 

"But I asked" Gemma didn't let up. 

"No, we take it slow. It's not even a month" cut Louis the topic short. This was very awkward for him. 

"If you say so. Now more importantly I want to meet Zayn and Niall. We have to find a time tomorrow" changed Gemma the subject and Louis was really thankful for that. 

"Sure. Zayn really wants to meet you too" Louis let her know. 

"Then she should probably come with us to the Gig tomorrow. Maybe eat something beforehand" suggested Harry as he came towards the couch with Anne. 

"Great idea, love" smiled Louis at him and Harry plopped down on his lap. 

"Slow?!" whispered Gemma evilly at Louis while Harry was shifting a little bit to get more comfortable and Louis snaked his arms around Harry's waist. 

"Shut up" mouthed Louis to Gemma but she only started laughing like a manic. 

"What's so funny, Gem?" wondered Harry totally oblivious. 

"Slow" cackled Gemma. 

"Just ignore her. She is insane" tried Louis to distract Harry from her and it worked. 

"Okay, if you say so" shrugged Harry and turned a little bit in Louis' arms so that he was now facing his mother and had his back to Gemma. 

"If Louis told you to jump off a bridge...". 

"Yes" cut Harry her off and curled into Louis' chest cutely. 

"Whipped" mumbled Gemma under her breath. 

In the background footsteps on the stairs were heard and in the next second Jay came into the room with Lottie and Fizzy by her side. 

"Gemma, these are my sisters Lottie and Fizzy. Girls, this is Gemma" introduced Louis the girls. 

"Hi, it's great to finally meet you. They talked a lot about you" greeted Fizzy Gemma. 

"All lies" laughed Gemma amused. 

"We were thinking about watching a movie or embarrass the shit out of the two of them" grinned Lottie evilly as she sat down on the couch. 

"Or both in one" smirked Gemma nasty. 

"Watching a movie sounds great. Girls, behave" warned Jay her daugthers. 

They decided on a comedy movie so everybody would be happy. Jay and Anne sat next to each other and prepared everything. Lottie and Fizzy took a seat next to Gemma so Louis and Harry had to move aside a bit. 

"Now tell me, who is the clingiest of them?" asked Gemma nosily Louis' sisters. 

"Well...." sighed Lottie dramatically and pointed to Louis and Harry next to them. 

Harry was sitting in between Louis' legs with his head on Louis' chest while Louis had his legs pulled as close as possible to Harry. He had one arm around Harry's waist while he was stroking through Harry's hair with the other one. His chin was rested on Harry's shoulder so he could nuzzle his face into Harry's neck. Both smiled like idiots. 

"Harry, who else" answered Louis Gemma's question deadly serious without looking up.

"Yep, that's me" agreed Harry absently while linking their fingers together and stroking over Louis' leg. 

"I see. And what about being possessive or jealous?" challenged Gemma them. 

"Also Harry. What do you think?!" rolled Louis his eyes. 

"Oh yeah? So you didn't get possessive over Harry when Emily told those lies?" raised Lottie an eyebrow amsued. 

"Or over Taylor when she was here?" added Fizzy provocatively. 

"Or that gi....". 

"We get it okay? Maybe I can get a little bit jealous" interupted Louis Lottie embarrassed and hid his face in Harry's neck. 

"It's okay, Boobear. Me too and you know that" kissed Harry Louis' knuckles softly. 

"It just shows how important we are for each other" pressed Louis a kiss into Harry' hair. 

"Exactly. We don't want to share with other people. Just you and me" turned Harry is face a little up to Louis and smiled at him. 

"Forever" smiled Louis back at him and pecked his lips shortly. 

"Urgh. They are so over the top disgustingly cute that I want to puke rainbows and unicorns" choked Gemma. 

"We have to see that every day" groaned Lottie and pointed at Louis and Harry who were just staring at each other. 

"It's a blessing and a punishmet" concluded Fizzy amused. 

"The movie starts. Pay attention to it and stop annyoing your brother and his husband. Hold this back until the wedding" intervened Jay now and couldn't stop cracking a joke. 

"I hate you all so much" groaned Louis into Harry'neck. Harry just turned completely red in the face. 

While watching the movie the girls cracked some jokes here and there and Jay and Anne seemed to enjoy theirselfs. They had a great time and Louis was happy that their families liked each other so much. But he couldn't concentrate on the movie at all. He caught himself admiring Harry's face every now and then or enjoying his warmth. Thanks to his mother's stupid joke he unintentionally imagined how it would be to actually marry Harry. To build a future with him. A family. Happily till the end of time. Harry by his side through good and bad times as his husband. He tried not to think about it and to not feel this stupid warm feeling in his heart by thinking about it but he had to admit to himself that he liked that idea. Until the movie was over Louis pictured his future with Harry as beautiful as it could be. Till the end of time. 

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Holy Shit, It felt good to write again. There was supposed to be more but I stop here and write the rest in the next chapter :) This isn't edited yet because I wanted to finally update. 

So what do you think?

That project is stupid but will it change something? Cause more problems?

Emily and Taylor can both go and die somewhere, don't you think?

Isn't Larry cute?

Is the mermaid adventure over?

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