Forbidden Love

"Not right now."

HARRY'S POV

The car ride with Louis was tense. Neither of us knew what to expect and the other guys agreed to wait for us. I was happy for that.

When we arrived, we all took a deep breath and walked into the room with Management together. One of the managers, Nick, looked at us and he didn't look happy at all.

"Why don't you all take a seat." he told us. We all went and sat on the couch timidly, and I don't know about them, but I was insanely nervous.

"Hi, Nick." Liam said. Nick glared at him and he sunk in his seat.

"I just wanna let you guys know that you have an interview coming up. Some interesting things have come up that need to be discussed and we have found just the right people to help us clear the air."

I shifted in my seat and glanced at Louis out of the corner of my eye. He was looking down at his hands in his lap. I looked up at Nick again, who was giving me a look. I tried not to look guilty or anything, but I don't know how well that was going.

"Tomorrow?" Niall asked.

"Well, yeah, tomorrow is your interview." he laughed, making this seem like a normal thing. This was really short notice.

"Is that all you needed?" Zayn asked. Nick nodded after pondering the question for a few seconds.

"That's all, you're free to go." he told us.

Everyone got up, but I decided to leave after everyone else. I guess Louis had the same idea, because I looked over to see him sitting on the couch once the other boys had gone. He looked over and smirked at me before getting up and leaving the room. He paused in the doorway before really leaving. I left after him and when I got to the doorway, I saw why he paused.

Taylor was here. And talking to one of our managers.

I felt a weird feeling in my stomach. And it didn't help when she looked at me, seeming a little too happy.

"See, there he is, just the man I was talking about." she said. I cringed. She walked over to me and then put an arm around me. This was weird.

I looked down the hall to see all the other boys waiting for me and they were giving me that 'should we leave you?' look and I shook my head. They didn't leave me. Thank God they caught on to that.

She was leading me back to Nick's office and then she pushed me back onto the couch. I sat back and she sat on Nick's desk. I looked at Nick who seemed a little weirded out by this. He cleared his throat and Taylor acted surprised. I rolled my eyes.

"Why, hello, Nicholas. I did not see you there. Harold and I were just about to have a grand conversation as to our status." she told him.

"Why is there question on your status?" he asked, looking at me.

"There's not." I lied. We were basically forcing smiles around each other and trying so hard to act like a couple so Management wasn't all in my face and all in hers demanding answers to everything.

"Yeah." she laughed. "There is."

"No."

"Can someone please explain what's happening?" Nick said.

"There's nothing happening." I argued.

"C'mon Harry, no need to---"

"Remind me why you're here again?" I asked. She gave me a look and then it lead to us staring at each other like we were going to slit each other's throats or something. Nick cleared his throat and Taylor looked at him. I got up and started to walk out.

"Where you going?" she asked me.

"Anywhere that doesn't involve this, uh...bullshit." I said. I didn't even look back at her or Nick when I said that.

I went out to the rest of the boys and Louis was giving me that look like he knew something was wrong. He was staring at me, but I didn't look at him. Liam put a hand on my shoulder and then sighed.

"Sorry, man." he said. I shrugged and brushed his hand away.

"Nothing to be sorry about unless you brought her here, Li. Let's just go, yeah?"

"But what happened?" Niall asked. "Did you guys like scream at each other in jealous rage and did she slap you and tell you how dumb you are or---"

"Niall...stop. Please." I sighed. I finally looked at Louis who was still staring at me. He looked away though. I wonder what he was thinking. He would let me know in his own time though.

"Alright, Harold. I guess we'll be on our way." Niall laughed. Niall, Liam and Zayn all left leaving it to be just me and Louis. He looked at me and licked his lips.

"You okay?" he asked. I nodded and handed him my keys, since we took my car.

"Yeah, but can you drive? I'm just kinda tired, not in the mood for driving..." I told him. He smiled and nodded.

"I don't mind." he told me, taking the keys from my hand. "Now let's go."

I followed behind him as we walked out to the car. When we actually left the parking lot, I just rested my head against the window and neither of us said anything. It was kind of weird. Normally, we'd be laughing and talking when we were driving somewhere. But this was just different. The window was cold and it made my head kinda hit against it when we drove over a pebble or some bad part of the road. I tried to turn on the radio, but Louis grabbed my hand before I could touch it.

"Not right now..." he whispered. "Not right now."