🌻Sunflower🌻

🌻56🌻

It was a Saturday in August, nearing the end of the summer holiday.

It was a beautifully hot day, and Anne had refilled the paddling pool in the garden, ready for her friends and the boys to come around.

Harry was in his new paw patrol swimming trucks, waiting to go in the water.

"Not yet love. You have to wait for everyone to arrive first."

Harry was impatient. He sat on the grass and hit it with his fists.

"Now now mister! None of that please. Be a good boy." Harry sighed.

"Yoo-hoo...can we come in?" Maura called from behind the back garden gate.

"Of course. Come in." Anne replied, opening the gate. Maura, Niall, Tricia and Zayn came into the garden.

The boys ran straight over to Harry while the Mums greeted each other.

"Hey Harry! We got our trunks too, see?" Niall said, lifting up his t shirt and showing off his new dinosaur trunks."

Harry smiled.

"Mine have got cars on." Zayn added. He didn't show the boys his though.

Harry didn't seem his usual happy self.

"What's up Harry?" Zayn asked as he sat beside him.

"Nuffin." He replied, simply.

"Hiiiii!" Karen called as she came into the garden with a grumpy looking Liam. Sorry we're a bit late. Got a sour puss here." She pointed towards her son, who stood with his arms folded across his chest, and a frown on his face.

"Oh dear. Go play with the boys Liam." Anne said. Liam went off in a huff.

"What's up with him?" Maura asked.

"He wanted to watch cartoons." Karen replied, rolling her eyes.

"Kids eh!"

"Hi girls. Oh are we late?" Jay said, looking at her watch as she appeared with an over excited Louis.

"No. It's ok. We only just got here." Tricia said. "Sit down. How you doing?"

"Good. Thanks. Great, actually."

"Oh yeah? What's happened?"

"Well..."

There was a big splash and a scream, then crying.

"LIAM PAYNE! GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!" Karen yelled. She rushed over to the pool, grabbing her son and pulling him away.

"Oh my God." Anne panicked as she had to pull Harry out of the water. He was coughing and spluttering, and had got himself in a right panic.

"What happened?" She asked the other boys as she tried to calm Harry.

"It...it was Liam. He pushed Harry in the pool." Louis cried. He got upset seeing his best friend being shoved.

"It's ok Lou. Harry's ok." Anne said, trying to reassure Louis, who was now in Jay's arms.

"Liam said Harry's trunks were dumb. They're not dumb." Louis cried.

"No they're not. You're right." Jay agreed, picking him up carefully.

Harry had calmed down.

"I'm so sorry. Say sorry Liam." Karen said, embarrassed.

Liam looked down at the ground.

"Liam!"

"Sorry." He said, only just loud enough for Harry to hear.