Snowed in (1D fanfic)

chapter 8

Louis pov

I watched as Harry's hunched figure came out the door and made his way over to me and sat down on the opposite side of the bench. I could tell he was just as uncomfortable as me but I was managing to hide my discomfort better. We sat in awkward silence until I had enough. "I'm not mad at you Harry." i whispered

"Well you seemed pretty mad when you stormed away. It's me to blame really, I also manage to mess whatever 'we' are up.'' I could tell he was really hurt.

"I wasn't angry at you Harry. I was just confused and i didn't know how to deal with it. You out of anyone know how hard it is for me to show my feelings and cope with them. I didn't mean to snap at you. I'd never purposely hurt you Harry. I need you to know that." 

 He didn't say anything for a while and I was getting anxious.

"Harry. I think i'm willing to try and work 'us' out again. But only if you're ready or up to it. To make his work we are going to have to take it slow. Pretend we didn't have a past because that will just make everything more complicated. So what do you say, are you willing to try this again?" I was really worried about being rejected because it was taking him a long time to answer but thankfully he let out the few words that i was hoping for.

"Yeah ok lets give this a try." I released tension throughout my body that I hadn't even realised I'd been holding. Thank God I thought to myself. Harry gave me a short timid smile and we both got up out of our seats. I have a friendly hug because I was just so happy.

"Thank you Haz" i whispered into his shoulder

"It's ok Lou, I have you to thank really." he whispered back.

We made our way to where we had left the boys. Entering the bathroom I could see all three of the boys chuckling among themselves. It was a very different atmosphere than before. I don't know what had happened, but I was sure that Niall would have had something to do with it. They looked up at us clearly surprised that we weren't fighting and that we were even in the same room together. Niall stood up, followed by the other guys. "I'm guessing you two have resolved your issues then?" We both nodded and made our way back over to the door, the other boys following us. Once we had sat down back at our previous table. There was a short comfortable silence before Niall said "Can anyone think of any more fun drinking games? Let's not play truth or dare though it will just end in more tears and fights that I do not have the energy to resolve." We were all in agreement with what Niall had just said and did not want to make any more drama. We sat there in silence all trying to think of games. Surprisingly Liam was the first to come up with an idea. "How about we play Never Have I Ever? I don't think that will cause any drama."

"Yeah that games funny. I'm surprised you thought of something like that Daddy Direction." Niall said whilst laughing at his own joke. Liam didn't reply to Niall's joke instead he rolled his eyes and said, "You guys know how to play, yeah? Just drink if you've done it." we nodded "Ok I'll start. Never have I ever said 'I love you' without meaning it." We all drank apart from Niall and Zayn. Harry looked at me "Who have you said it to Louis?"

"Well, I've had to say it to Eleanor a few times. Only when we do stunts of course." His face grimaced at her name which made me chuckle. Harry hated Eleanor with a passion, but to be honest I couldn't blame him.

"Ok i've got a good one," Niall said, "Never have I ever stalked my ex's new boyfriend or girlfriend on social media." Harry and myself were the only ones to drink. "Bit jealous, were you Haz?" I asked jokingly. He chuckled. "Well I could say the same about you couldn't I, Lou? After all you did just take a drink." I could feel my face going slightly red but I just shrugged it off. "Fair enough." I said before resuming my focus on the game.

Niall was the next one to come up with a question. "Never have I ever watched Keeping up with the Kardashians." Zayn and Harry awkwardly took a sip of their drinks. "What!" Niall burst out laughing, "This is hilarious. Were you two on drugs or something? Why did you watch it?" Harry and Zayn both turned red. "I didn't want to watch it, but Gi insisted because it's her best friend. I only watched a few episodes and I regretted it straight away, you don't understand how annoying they all were. Constant shouting and arguing." Zayn explained. We all turned to Harry waiting for his explanation.

"Kendall made me watch it with her when we were 'dating'." He said emphasizing the quotation marks with his fingers.

"Isn't that a bit vain, watching her own television show?" Niall asked. Harry looked a bit frustrated and embarrassed. "Yeah tell me about it. But being vain is in her blood. She is a Kardashian-Jenner after all." We all laughed at Harry's last sentence agreeing with every word. Just the thought of Harry and Kendall 'dating' made my stomach turn. I hated Kendall like Harry hated Eleanor. When they were together I wasn't on speaking terms with Harry, so I didn't know if he was really with Kendall, or just for publicity. I remembered asking Eleanor about it once, after seeing pictures of them online. She said that she was sure it was real, in fact she had spoken to Kendall. Now I know that wasn't true, she just said it to get a reaction out of me - which obviously I had given her. It still hurt to even think that he could be with someone else. I had thought it would always be us two.

"Ok, my turn. Never have I ever kissed a sibling of someone in the band." I laughed, I was pretty sure no one had. At least not that I knew of. I saw Zayn nudge Niall. Niall slowly bowed his head before picking up his drink and taking a sip. Harry laughed. "What?!" I exclaimed, "How have I never heard about this? Who was it?" I couldn't believe this! I thought Niall had always told me everything. But it was gonna be funny to see Harry's reaction to Niall telling him that he'd kissed Gemma. "Well actually," Niall said, looking guilty, "It was Lottie. But it was a long time ago! Years ago, Louis! And I was drunk, and she was too! I never told you because I thought you would go crazy. In fact I didn't tell anyone, only Zayn!" he blurted out. I could see Harry and Liam looking at me, on edge. They obviously were unsure on how I would react. I decided not to care. I took a deep breath and said "Don't worry about it mate, it was years ago. I really don't care. Besides, Lots can do what she wants."

"Thank god for that. I thought you were gonna kill me, Louis." he said with a laugh. I smiled back. I checked my phone, seeing that it was 7:52am. It would be getting light outside soon. I excused myself to go and see what the snow was looking like. Looking out of the window I could see there was just a couple of inches of snow outside. I pushed on the door, and it opened! I couldn't believe it. "Guys! We can leave, the door's open." I shut it momentarily, not wanting to let the cold in. They all walked over, wanting to check if we really could leave. Zayn pushed on the door. "Wow, this is great. I can't wait to get home and get some decent sleep, haha."

"Same here, I don't know how I've managed to stay awake all night!" Niall said. We headed over to where we'd been sitting, to get our coats. I called a taxi. I didn't want to walk back, not this early. We were all ready to leave. We had also all promised to stay in touch. Niall even made a new Whatsapp group together. We said our goodbyes and went our separate ways. It had been great to see everyone again, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit upset to be leaving them.

Harry waited with me outside. After being in the dark pub for hours we had only realised how dishevelled we looked when we walked outside into the morning light. I laughed when I saw Harry's hair, he looked totally mad. We waited together in a comfortable silence. It was nice just to be near Harry, it was comforting. I saw my taxi, that I had called earlier, turn around the corner. "You have my number now," Harry said to me, "So make sure you call me. We'll have to do something tomorrow. You can come to mine, or I'll come to yours."

"Of course Harry. But we can't let anything get out yet. We know the boys won't say anything, but you have to be careful, Harry. If my management finds out that something is going on between us again, we'll be screwed." I said. He pressed his lips together and smiled. The taxi driver honked their horn. I gave Harry a smile and stroked his arm before turning around and heading to the passenger side of the car. I gave the driver my address and watched Harry's figure become smaller as I watched him from out the steamy window.