Where it all began [Larry Stylinston]

Chapter 4

Trigger warning for the rest of the story, self-harm

[Louis]

I pack up my papers and shove them into my bag. The final bell of the day rings, and I walk to the door. On the other side of the door, I see Harry standing by the door frame waiting.

"Hey Harry" I smile at him while still walking

"Hi" He smiles back  and walks with me

"So are you really going to be waiting outside my classroom for lunch and after school? How do you even get out of class" 

"Well, I said I would didn't I, and I my ways of getting out of class" 

"Yes, you did but I didn't expect for you to actually do it"

"Well here I am not breaking my promise to be here" He stops in the middle of the hallway and meets my eyes. 

"You never promised, and even if you did I thought you would break it" I say in a bit of a playful way. I did mean it though. Harry just seems like the type of person to breaks promises. 

"And why is that" He looks a bit sad 

"I don't know, I just thought you wouldn't keep it. Now let's go, Liam, Niall, and Zayn will be waiting for us outside"

"Okay" 

We started walking down the stairs and towards the front doors. I can see Liam and Niall there but I can't seem to see Zayn. We made it out of the school doors and greeted Liam and Niall.

"Hey guys, where is Zayn?" I didn't know Zayn as much as the other lads but I could tell he was a good person. 

"Hi guys, Zayn is going to meet up with us a little later since he has to do something at home but after that, he will come down to the mall"

Harry turns to me and smiles "Okay, well until then let's get going. Sadly, my car is in the shop, so we're gonna all have to go in one car" 

"That's fine, we can take mine" Liam says

"Shotgun!" Niall yells

"That's no fair, I've known Liam for longer. I should get the front seat" 

"That's not how shotgun works" 

"Fiiiiiine" 

We walk over to Liam's car and we all get in. I sit in the middle but when Harry gets in the back seat with me, I move to the seat behind the front seat and he stays seated behind the passengers' seat.
I look over at Harry who is looking down at the ground looking a bit sad, I look back out of my window wondering why he isn't smiling, he usually smiles and I like his smile, he should smile more.

Hold up, did I just say that I liked his smile, there was no reason for me to say that, what's wrong with me, I don't even know him that well, and he is popular which means that he will act like a dick sooner or later it's bound to happen.

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We were sitting at a table in the food court of the mall since Niall insisted that we had to get food because he was going to starve if he didn't eat. 

After a little while, Niall got a text from Zayn saying he will be there in five. I decided that I would wait for him outside, mostly because I had to get out of the mall for a little bit there were starting to get too many people in the food court for my liking.

When I walked outside I could see the sun setting, the clouds golden with a bit of pink and purple around the top of the mountains it was very pretty. Once Zayn arrived I led him inside and back to the food court that sat his friends.