Who are you?

chapter 9.

It's been two days, and Louis still wasn't back with the real Harry. Despite his recent realization that Harry was his key back to the real world, any sliver of hope was rapidly deteriorating as time passed by.

His mum had started to notice something was wrong, but she'd only asked him about it once, and when she did Louis panicked so she hasn't asked again. Stan had asked what the fuck was up with his questions from the other day, and Louis was considering being upfront and honest with him. Stan would maybe freak out at first, but he would think it's kind of cool in the end. 

Harry also made sure to text or call him any time he was free, which made Louis think he felt the same connection to him that Louis felt in the real world. Whether it was asking about his day, talking about the new album, or complaining about his bandmates, Harry always found an excuse to talk to him. Louis missed talking to him before, he did, but he also needed a break every now and then, especially considering his situation. 

He ended up showing Harry the lyrics to Right Now, to which Harry immediately send to his songwriting team so they could work on an instrumental. He also asked Louis if it was okay for Liam to finish it, which Louis happily agreed to. In his world, their best songs on the new album were written together. His personal favorites were Little Black Dress and Through the Dark, but he didn't want to give them up right away. 

Harry also offered for him to join them on tour for a week, his reasonings ranging from "Management loved the song so much, they want to see what else you have," to, "the boys want to get to know the boy I'm always talking to a bit better". Louis just knew he wanted an excuse to see Louis, and Louis couldn't blame him. He would've done the same thing if the circumstances were flipped. 

He told Harry he needed a couple days to think about it, but he knew his answer already. The only problem was telling his family that he would be joining One Direction on their tour for a week. His mum was already concerned for him as it was, and Lottie and Fizzy would probably kill him if they found out he was joining their favorite band on tour. The problem was he literally couldn't not go, otherwise his only chance of going back to his world would be completely ruined. 

He wanted to get it out of the way at dinner that night, which gave him about three hours to prepare. He couldn't just say, "Lovely food mum! Oh, by the way, I'm joining Lottie and Fizzy's favorite band on tour and you can't stop me." That just wouldn't work. 

'Harry help, how do I tell my mum I'm joining you guys?' Louis texted Harry after some time of consideration. Harry texted back almost immediately, "Tell her you got a great offer from One Direction to be on the songwriting team. It's technically not a lie".

Louis thought about it, and he was right. Technically his first reason was about being a songwriter for them, and Louis had the advantage of having already written most of the next album in the real world. That could work.

He was also going insane with being stuck at home. It was nice at first, but when he didn't have a job to return to after a certain amount of time, it got old really quick. He missed his sisters, he did, but he forgot how often Daisy and Phoebe would fight, or how Lottie would always yell at Fizzy for taking her clothes and makeup. It was never silent in their house, and while being with the band wasn't much better, they were more mature... and more his age-ish. 

'Thank you, I'll tell them tonight and pack tmrw:)' Louis texted, before turning his phone off and going back to his journal. He started to write down every possible thing from movies he could think of from movies that had landed the main character in a different world, but the list wasn't very helpful. So far he had:

Scrooge, a christmas carol - too negative

George Bailey, it's a wonderful life - in debt, didn't know his impact