I was already in second period when Joshua laughed heartily, he was right by me. After yesterday's accident an unlikely friendship bloomed. Though sadly it did not come without its downfall. After what had happened yesterday news spread like wildfire. Speculation and theories flooded the halls, it didn't help that I ran down in a towel in front of the whole school. Some kids even claimed to see me running down the streets of London in the towel while they were riding the bus. The theories included what had happened with James and Joshua. Some people didn't believe my story while others did. When the teachers heard the rumors they ignored it, they turned a blind eye. I suspected it was because the coach said or did something.
Surprisingly though my popularity had not seem to falter even after yesterday's suspicious incident. If anything it seemed I had increased in popularity. When I had walked through the halls this morning everyone waved at me and stared as if I was a celebrity. Though I still saw some people scoff and turn away in disgust, but the majority of people still blushed and praised me as I walked by. You would think by how I was treated that I saved orphans from a fire or something.
Joshua's status also seemed to rise too, even James rose in relevancy. James kept bragging to everyone how he touched my bare ass and how sexy It looked, and that he got to see it all. I cringed when I heard people gossiping about how I had the power to turn James gay. It felt wrong, like who would wanna brag that they did something like that? If anything it felt as if I should be terribly embarrassed. Which surprisingly I wasn't, I lost all my humility and dignity.
Class finally concluded as Joshua just started actually doing his work, I was distracting him by showing him cool rubber band tricks. Throughout the whole period though I felt Louis intense glare. I couldn't help but feel as if he was mad at me. I tried shrugging it off but I couldn't shake the feeling that I should be feeling guilty, even though I had done nothing wrong.
I waved Joshua off once I stepped out of class. We both had a different third period. I started to jog down the hall knowing my next class was pretty far away, but then I felt a hand snake around my forearm. My first reaction was to pull away so that's what I did, I quickly turned ready to fight whoever it was off, I was still traumatized after James.
I turned to see Louis, he quickly grabbed my arm once more as his eyes hastily glanced around the hallway. People stopped and started to stare at us, he then quickly yanked me towards a vacant janitors closet. As we neared I could hear students whispering as he started to open it. I didn't pull away from Louis grasp because I felt somewhat at ease, I didn't feel threatened.
Once he finally opened the door he pulled me in with hesitation, he pushed my body to the far side of the wall as he quickly shut the door. He seemed on edge, his senses all seemed to be heightened. I was about to ask what the fuck did he need from me but before I could he spoke.
"Harry we need to talk, I wanted to apologize for yesterday I didn't know... and I am so sorry. I thought Joshua did something to you but after the locker rooms security footage was leaked I saw what really.." He trailed off though as he spoke his sentence he slowly became quieter.
I could feel my face fall from confusion to pure shock. There was cameras in the fucking locker room, what the actual fuck. What does he mean it was leaked, and when was it leaked? How much did he see, has everyone seen it? Too many questions spurred in my head. Louis then continued as if he read the thoughts in my mind.
"The video was sent to everyone during the beginning of second period... I heard what James and Joshua said about me and I.." Louis then started to break down as tears fell from his face.
His body started to shake as he tried to continue. "I wanted to th-thank you for sticking up for m..me.." he choked out. I could feel myself break at the sight, I quickly rushed over and engulfed him into a hug. I felt guilt wash over me as I realized he saw everything. He saw me go from bullying them to crying pathetically into Joshua. Everyone had seen it. I wanted to cry with Louis but I had to stay strong. I quietly rocked us back and forth while mumbling sweet nothings into his ear. I heard the bell ring but I stayed put.
