"Tommo!" Louis turned round and searched the floor for his boyfriend. As he saw Liam running towards him he smiled. "Hey Liam. Where are your friends?", he asked and went on. Liam followed him. "Cafeteria. Hey, where are you going? Don't be mad at me!" Louis rolled his eyes, but he smiled. "Why should I be mad at you?", he asked sarcastic and watched round the corner. Then he turned right and went into a small cleaning room. Liam followed him and locked the door. He turned the light on. "Lou... Don't be mad at me, please! I... I don't know what I did but it has to be serious, so..." Louis sighted. "It's not you. It's your friends, Liam." Liam looked down on the floor. He knew it. Louis and Liam didn't argue a lot, but if they did, it usually was about Liam's friends. "I know, it's always my friends. Just forget them, you know how they are." "Stupid? Violent?" Liam looked back to Louis and bit his lip. "Pull up your shirt." Louis swallowed and shook his head nervously. "Louis, did they hurt you? Pull up your shirt!", Liam said worrying about his boyfriend. But Louis shook his head even more violent. Liam grabbed the shirt. "Liam... t-they...", Louis began, but he was to weak to say anything. The punches made him weak. And the names they called him. The things, they said. The kicks. He tried to smile, but failed. Liam pulled up the shirt and watched Louis' blue and red rips and stomach. Softly he stroke over the colored skin. "Louis...", he whispered and looked down on the Doncaster, realizing that he began to cry. Fast Liam pulled him close and kissed his forehead. "Louis... I... I'm so sorry... Why, I mean, who, I mean... You want to talk about it?" Louis sighted again and tried to swallow his tears. "I... I was alone in the break, cause Niall was with his friends to prepare for his Prom proposal. So I went to the tree in the other side of the yard. But there where Zayn and your other mates, Harry wasn't with them. They saw me and began to make jokes and laugh." He pulled Liam closer, but the taller one couldn't move. This broke his heart. Zayn was one of his best friends, but also one of the biggest reasons why Liam was afraid to out himself as gay. "I... I wanted to go, but Zayn sat down next to me and grabbed my arm. The others came closer too and..." Louis interrupted himself. "I... As the break ended they let me go. I think I was too late for Math's lesson, but I didn't really recognize the time or what my teacher said." Liam shook his head. "I can't believe Zayn is doing this to you. I mean, I wouldn't believe, if I hadn't seen him doing it a few times." Louis smiled softly and went back one step. "Yeah. And you saved me whenever you had the chance to. That's the important thing! Well, another question... You are going to ask Cherly out for Prom, aren't you?" He tried to keep his smile. Liam nodded sadly. "Yeah, I think so. Who are you gonna ask out?" Louis shrugged. "If I'm not dancing with you, I am not dancing with anybody! Sorry Liam, but I don't think I will go to Prom. My last exam in Maths is tomorrow, and after that... It's done." With this words Louis kissed Liam on the cheek and left his boyfriend alone in the cleaning room.

The other day Liam walked to school very nervous. Roses were in his bag, but he tried to hide them. "Hey man!", Zayn greeted him. He waited for Liam in front of the school yard and smoked. Liam coughed. "Why are you always smoking?" Zayn rolled his eyes. "Well, Prom is in six weeks, Payne...", Zayn began, but Liam stopped him. "Oh, C'mon! As if you already asked a girl!" "Hey! I did! Yesterday I asked Veronica. She's following me for years, I think. Anyway, she said 'yes' and I got a date for Prom." Liam rolled his eyes again. Suddenly he saw Niall walking on the yard. "Wait for a second.", he told Zayn and ran over to Niall. "Hey, Niall! Wait!", he shouted and the Irish boy stopped a bit confused. "What do you want?", he asked and went one step back. "I really need your help! It's about Louis..." Niall laughed fake. "Oh, sure! I mean, you are not the one who is hurting Louis all the time. Wait, you are!", he then sad angrily. "I- I know, but..." "No! My answer is no! I can't even understand why Louis doesn't want to quit your "thing"! He always gets hurt, but he never says anything!" With this words Niall left Liam. Zayn walked over. "What's the matter with this blonde guy?", he asked and looked disgusted. "Did he colored his hair himself? Liam, why are you talking to such a nerd?" Liam wanted to answer something, he really did, but he couldn't. It just didn't work! "C'mon now, lesson starts in two minutes and I want to sit in the back row.", Zayn said and left Liam. Liam sighted and followed his best friend into the building. To get the back row would not be a problem, because nobody ever dared to take Zayn's or Liam's place. Or Harry's or the seats of all the others of Zayns Gang.

In the break Liam grabbed the roses and went out the classroom as fast as he could. But Zayn caught him on the floor. "Roses?", he asked and winked grinning. Liam searched the floor for Cherly. "Who are you going to ask out?", Zayn asked and looked at the girls in the floor. They giggled excited. But Liam went on. Suddenly he saw Cherly. And suddenly Louis appeared on the floor. He stared at Liam, swallowed and turned round. "No, Louis!", Liam shouted and followed him running. "Liam! Wait!", Zayn shouted and ran next to him. "I'll catch the fag!", he said and ran faster. Liam grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "No, he's mine." He ran out the schoolhouse and saw Louis standing on the yard with Niall. Niall hugged the smaller one and watched Liam angrily. But then his face went pale. Zayn stood next to Liam. "C'mon man, what are you waiting for?" He asked and Liam held his breath.

He was right. What was he waiting for? He looked down on the roses and back to Louis. Then he let his breath out and walked over. "Lou...", he whispered, but Louis shook his head crying. "Louis, please... I have to ask you something!" But Louis shook the head again. "Hey, Liam!", Zayn shouted. "Get the fag down!" Louis wised and Niall pulled him closer. "Zayn, shut the fuck up!", Liam shouted as he turned round. "I'm the fag, not him. Because I'm the one who hurts him for one and a half years, because I let you say things like this. But this is over. Touch him again and I swear I will let you think you live in hell!" Liam turned back to Louis. The Donchaster looked at his boyfriend unbelieving. Liam took a deep breath. "Would you go to Prom with me?" Louis acted like he was struggling. "You could dance with me...", Liam grinned. Louis smiled. "If I can dance with you..." Liam laughed and pulled him close. "Is this a 'yes'?" Louis nodded. "Yeah. It's a 'yes'." Liam kissed him and the school yard went quiet. But they didn't care. Suddenly Zayn pulled Liam back and punched him in the face. "No!", Louis shouted, but Niall held him back. Liam was laying on the ground, groaning of pain. Zayn kicked his face. "How dare you to kiss the fag?", Zayn shouted and kicked his stomach. "Answer!" Liam coughed. "I won't fight you.", he answered. "I dare to kiss the "fag", because he's my boyfriend." Zayn kicked him again and Liam groaned a second time. "You stupid little piece of... How long? Answer, Liam!", Zayn shouted. "One and a half year!", Liam shouted back and got kicked again. "No! Don't hurt him! Zayn, stop!", Louis screamed and broke out of Niall's arms. He fell on his knees next to Liam and stroke over his forehead. "Liam...", he whispered. Zayn got angry, well, angrier. He wanted to hurt Louis and Liam for being gay and happy, while he was straight, as he was told to be, and unhappy because he had a crush on a boy. But he couldn't hurt them, because Harry was holding him back. "Zayn! Calm down!", Harry shouted and pulled him a few meters back. Zayns heart was beating way to fast, but he ignored his rage. "I... I...", he tried to explain. Harry shook his head and walked over to help Liam on his feet. Liam was bleeding on his cheek, lip and forehead and his whole stomach was red and purple. But Louis didn't care and hugged him as tight as he could. And suddenly the whole school yard was clapping because of the two. Liam looked at Harry, but Harry just smiled and nodded.

Day of prom

Nervously Louis stroke over his suit. "Calm down. You look perfect!" Louis scared. He hadn't heard Liam coming. Then he blushed. "Ehm... Thanks. My sister bought me the suit last week. It was a gift." Liam walked over and pulled his boyfriend close. "I'm so in love with you, Tommo... so in love.." Louis kissed him softly. "Boys!", Johanna said as she came in. "You have to go! Oh, look at you, cuties! You look so... adult!" Liam grinned. "Yeah. He looks amazing! Oh wait! I nearly forgot.... the flower!" He took a little flower out if his jackets bag. Then he turned round to Louis again. "Here. One for me, one for you." Louis smiled. "Thanks again." "Okay, are you ready now? The others won't wait for you two!", Johanna said and we laughed. "Yeah, we're fine. Thank you, Jay.", Liam sad and walked out the room. Louis followed him, kissed his mom on the cheek and whispered: "Thank you!"

At the gym, where the Prom would take place, Liam parked his car and looked at Louis. "Nervous?" "Yes." "Afraid?" Louis smiled. "No. As long as you are next to me, there's nothing to be afraid of." They kissed and left the car. Slowly they walked over to the big entry. Harry waited there, with a big smile on his mouth. "Hey Harry!", Liam said and hugged him quickly. "Hey! Have you seen Zayn? He's late." Louis took Liam's hand. "N-no.", he whispered. "Why?", Liam asked. Harry blushed. "Well... because... ehm, maybe we... so, ehm... I-it's nothing!" Liam began to grin. "You kissed, am I right?" But Harry shook his head sadly. "No, we didn't. We talked about you and about homosexuality, and... We nearly kissed, and I wanted it so much, but he suddenly left the room. We didn't talk after this anymore, but I want to clear it." "I got you, man." Liam said and punched him softly. Harry laughed. "Good luck! We'll wait inside." Louis nodded. "Good luck!" Harry let his breath out. There was Zayn's car.

In the gym everything went quiet as Liam and Louis appeared. But Liam just smiled and said "Hey everyone!" and guided Louis towards a free table. "They're all watching us!", Louis whispered panicking and put off his jacket. Liam just smiled. "Yeah, but it's okay. They're just so fascinated of us, 'cause we're gay. But hey, I love you, you love me, what could go wrong?" Louis laughed and shook his head. "You are unbelievable. Well, you said, we can dance?" Liam grinned, took his hand and pulled him on the dance floor. Immediately a new song started and they began to dance. A few seconds later the whole floor was full of students dancing, but Liam and Louis didn't recognize it anymore. They got lost in a kiss.