Always and Forever

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(This chapter is written by darlingharry3 !! Not bittersweetlou!!! PLEASE TAG DARLINGHARRY3 in your comments!!)

One year later.

Harry and Louis' friendship had blossomed into something amazing. It turned out they lived pretty close to each other as well so it worked out perfectly. They were like peas in a pod, the two of them, and their mums had also gotten along really well and made friends.

The two boys were now in the first grade and had passed both of their sixth birthdays.

Currently, Louis was at Harry's, they were standing together in front of Anne. Harry had a paper in his hand and was jumping up and down, along with Louis who was doing the same. "Pleeeeeaaaasseeeee mummy! Everyone in my class is going! I want to also!" Harry begged her. You see, their class was going on a field trip Friday to the local zoo and he was begging her to sign the paper so he could go.

Anne was hesitant because of Harry's condition. He'd never been to the zoo before.... or really anywhere that caused a lot of walking either. So she was worried that with his condition, he wouldn't be able to walk all day without getting extremely tired.

"Honey, we've talked about things like this before. You're sick, what if you get tired or your legs start to hurt? What if you get a cold?" Anne asked, worrying so much for her son who really wasn't like the other kids.

Harry had an illness that he'd been born with. She tried not to treat him differently than other kids but it was hard when he was her baby and she wanted the absolute best for him.

"But Anne! If you don't let him go I might die!" Louis said dramatically, before Harry could come up with an argument.

Anne chuckled a little at that response, looking between the two of them. They both looked so excited and hopeful that she would sign the papers.

"Please mummy! I promise none of that stuff will happen. Lou can protect me!" Harry said cutely, making Anne's heart melt at just how much Harry wanted this.

She finally gave in, "Okay fine," she sighed as she took the paper from Harry and signed it before handing it back.

Harry and Louis both squealed at the top of their lungs in excitement. They were so excited for this zoo trip.

Anne kept thinking though....

She kept thinking about the 'What ifs' or about how this would go and it worried her.

Please, let Harry be okay, she begged inside her head nervously.

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Fast forward to Friday and the boys were super excited. "What're you most excited for Lou?" Harry asked as they were sitting at their little desks together, drawing pictures of the animals that they were most excited about seeing.

"I'm excited about the lions. Cuz they say 'RAWR!'" Louis yelled the last part, feeling super excited and it made Harry burst into little giggles. The teacher wasn't so pleased though.

"Louis darling try and keep it down please, use your inside voice," the teacher said sternly but calmly.

"Sorry miss!" Louis said loudly, not knowing how to control the volume on his voice yet. The teacher chuckled quietly, shaking her head fondly as she continued to let them work.

"Well I'm excited to see the koala bears." Harry continued their conversation once his giggles died down. He was scribbling a little picture of a koala onto his page.