Who's That? /L.S

{5}

I was the first to sit down at the table and immediantly laid my head down, feeling a small headache forming from, I assume, my lack of sleep.

"Hey, Lou," Niall smiled as he took the seat next to me.

"Hey" I said quietly.

"You hungry, Louis?" Liam asks me curiously wondering why I'm not eating.

"Oh um- no," I say with a small smile, but in reality it was because I used my lunch money for groceries.

"So I was thinking. What if we all hung out at my house this afternoon we could play FIFA and eat chips, what do you say?" Niall says.

"I'm in" Zayn is the first to say.

"Same goes for me." Harry says.

"You know I would" Liam says putting his arm around Niall. "Louis?" Niall asks.

 I really wanted to say 'Sorry I can't. I have to take care of my sisters, cook dinner, then work all night every night just so I can pay rent and groceries' but it came out as "Sorry, I can't" with a frown

"Atleast we can add you into our group chat and have a fun chat tonight?" Niall asks me sounding hopeful.

"I- I don't have a phone" I whisper. I really felt the need to cry.

"It's okay Lou, don't stress over it." Harry says rubbing my back. The table stays silence before Niall manages to break it with a random thought of his.

The rest of lunch I was silent unlike the others who continued to talk.

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edited
sorry for this chapter being short i didn't realize how it was structured and stuff until now so im going through and trying to fix it and hopefully make it better. in my eyes i write way better than i did seven months ago i just am trying to not change this a ton - aster 7.14.21