The final Project {Larry Stylinson book 3}

Chapter 26

This chapter just flowed out of my fingers

The boys are driving to Perrie's apartment, just coming from the police station. Louis hasn't said a single word to Harry.

"Baby, talk to me." Harry begs.

"I'm driving. Let me focus on the road." Louis snaps.

"But Louis..."

"We'll talk when we are at the flat, Harry." Louis interrupts, beyond pissed.

"Why are you acting like this? So cold, so distant?"

Louis takes a turn and puts the car on the side of the road, turning to Harry when the car stands still.

"Is that a real question, Harry? You really don't know? When was it, huh? When did you record that conversation? When did you go to see Nick?"

Harry bites his lip and looks at the floor, not saying a word.

"Answer me for god's sake, Harry!" Louis' fingers are tangled in his hair. "When did you go? It must have been after I told you. We must have been together already. When did you go to see him? I was always with you, only when..." and Louis knows exactly when the conversation took place.

"You lied to me." He concludes.

"I didn't lie to you, Lou." Harry's head goes up to look at his boyfriend.

"You said you forgot something, Harry. You said that you would pick something up and meet up with Josh. Where in this story do you hear confronting Nick Grimshaw?" Louis spits.

"I wanted to protect you, Lou! He... He couldn't just do that without being punished!" Harry reasons.

"Being punished? Harry, what did you do?" Louis is beyond pissed right now.

The curly lad doesn't say a word.

"Stop it!" Louis groans in frustration. "Stop keeping quiet about this. I have the right to know this, Harry. This is about me."

Harry starts to get frustrated as well and raises his voice.

"God damn, Louis I recorded this while being on the phone with the dean of Harvard okay? Making sure Nick got kicked off, his biggest dream ruined. I sent it to his family, to take everything away from him. That's what he deserves after what he has done to you!"

"It's not up to you to decide that! I can't believe you did this, Harry. Not only you went behind my back, you also shared my story with random strangers by sending them that recording. I can't believe you did that!" Louis is crying hard now. "This is something that not even a handful of people know and you just share it only for some petty revenge."

"It's not about revenge, Louis. I wanted to protect you!"

"Protect me? He came onto me because 'my little boyfriend took everything from him'. I can't believe you fucking did, Harry. This is not protecting me. Just confronting my attacker without me knowing is not protecting me!" Louis screams.

"It worked pretty damn well when I made Tristan and his family leave town!" Harry fights back.

"You did what?" If eyes could spit fire, Harry would be burning now.

"I made them leave town, Louis to make sure you are safe. I just wanted to do the same with Nick. I only wanted you to be safe! Everything in my life always revolves around you!" Harry feels helpless. Louis and him had fought before, but they had never screamed at each other and even the fight about the nude wasn't as intense as this one. It scares Harry.

"I can fight my own battles, Harry. I don't need you to do that. You can't go behind my back with these things. I trusted you." Louis doesn't know how to feel. The one person that he trusts with his whole life, went behind his back. And maybe he had the right intentions, he still shared things that Louis didn't want to be shared.

"You can trust me for fuck's sake, Lou! I love you! I'd do anything you ask me!"

"But that's the thing, Harry! I never asked for you to go to London and confront Nick, did I? I was over it! He left me alone. There was nothing wrong! I was fully opening up to you, doing normal things, being sexual active. I was moving on from it and now it's all back. And don't act like you did it all for me, Harry. This was your own revenge as well, isn't it? I heard the tape. You talked about the letter. This wasn't only to venge me, this was your own revenge as well and you used me to do it."

"What do you want me to say, Louis? You want me to say sorry huh? Sorry for trying to protect you? Sorry for caring about you? Are you really angry about this?" Harry can't help but scream as well, even though he knows deep down that Louis is right.

"Sorry is not going to fix it." Louis puts his foot on the pedal and the car starts again.

"We are not done talking yet, Louis!" Harry says, voice full of frustration.

"We are for tonight, or I will say things that I might regret."

"We talk at the flat." Harry argues.

"Whatever."

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When they arrive at Perrie's flat both boys enter without saying a word. Louis just runs towards the bathroom and locking the door so Harry can't go in. He strips off his clothes and turns on the shower, a loud scream leaving his lungs.

He doesn't know what to think. He is so angry with Harry but he knows that the boy would never do something to intentionally hurt him.

That doesn't make him hurt less in the end though.

Louis stays in the shower for over two hours and then he leaves the bathroom, only to see Harry sleeping against the wall next to the bathroom door, his face covered in dried tears.

A sigh leaves his lips and he tries to carry Harry to the bedroom, putting a blanket over him. He presses a small kiss on his forehead, cursing to himself that even if Harry has hurt him so much, he still feels the need to take care of Harry.

Louis himself moves over to the couch, grabbing a blanket from under the tv table. He rolls into it, like a sushi roll and cries himself to sleep.

He hates fighting with Harry, it's the worst, and he knows that if they talk tomorrow it will all be alright.

But for now Louis just wants to cry, because he is hurt.