It's Complicated

Chapter 13

It's Chapter 13! Oh it's Chapter 13! 13! 13!. I'm weird. 

That night Harry finds himself outside the guest house. He was standing outside the door debating if he should even be there.

He doesn't even know why he's there. After the talk with Lottie and Gemma, he just felt like he needed to clarify things with Louis.

With a deep breath, Harry knocks on the door and waits.

It only takes a few minutes before Louis answers.

"Oh hey Harry, you need something?"

Harry fidgets with his hands. "Uh not really. I just wanted to see if you needed help unpacking?" he lies, not wanting to admit why he really was there.

"I do actually." Louis smiles. "Come in, I just made some hot chocolate, you want some?"

Harry politely declines his offer and walks in.

There were boxes everywhere and it looked like Louis hadn't unpacked anything yet.

"Looks like you really need help with unpacking," Harry comments as his eyes roam the empty shelves and walls.

"Oh yeah I've been really distracted." Louis picks up his laptop that was on the counter. "I've been trying to write my retirement speech. I just can't seem to find the right words."

Harry looks at the screen and sees that he has only a few sentences down. "Are you writing this for the team or for the public?"

"The team already knows," Louis admits. "I told them a few days ago."

"Oh yeah? How'd they react?"

"They were shocked I guess." Louis shrugs his shoulders. "But they slowly understood where I was coming from when I explained it to them."

"They're a good group of guys," Harry comments off-handedly. "So this speech is going to be for the public then?"

"Yeah that's why I'm taking my time with this. This is the speech that's going to end my legacy after all."

Harry nods his head in understanding. "Well if you need some help, I'm right here."

"No I'm okay. This should be from my words only but if you want to help, can you start unpacking those boxes in the living room?"

Harry looks over and sees the multiple of unpacked boxes on the floor. "I can do that. Focus on writing that speech of yours."

This wasn't the reason why Harry came over but he's glad that he could help. Harry knows how much Louis has been stressing about retirement, even though he doesn't show it.

Football was a big part of Louis so it made sense that he would be upset that it was ending.

As Harry watches Louis type away on his laptop, he can't help but wonder what kind of speech is he going for. Is he going for a funny, sarcastic speech or is it going to be full of emotion and make the whole room cry? Maybe a mix of both?

Whatever it was Harry knew that it was going to be amazing.

"Oh Harry what did Gemma and Lottie want? I saw them walking out of your office earlier." Louis breaks him out of his thoughts.

"Um they came by because they heard that you were moving back in. Gave me a whole lecture about how this could be a potentially bad idea." Harry chuckles.

"Why'd they say that?"

"Because they said it might get awkward once we start bringing other blokes back." Harry laughs like it was the most ridiculous thing in the world.