Before Christmas

Four

Harry POV

The next day I was eating cereal in the kitchen for breakfast when Louis walked in, still half asleep by the look of him.

"You alright mate?" I asked.

"Just tired, couldn't sleep last night." he replied, grabbing himself a bowl and the box of cereal.

"Anything on your mind?" I asked.

"Uh, no, nothing. Do we have any plans for today?" he asked, changing the subject.

"Actually Mum suggested going Christmas shopping." I said.

"Yeah, sounds good. I'll just finish breakfast, have a quick shower to wake myself up and then I'm ready." Louis agreed.

"Sweet, I'll tell Mum." I said and I put my empty bowl  in the dishwasher and went upstairs to find my mum.

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An hour later me, Louis, Gemma and my mum got into the car and drove to the closest shopping mall. 

"Right, how about girls go together and boys go together and then we'll meet for lunch and swap?" Mum suggested once she'd parked the car and we'd entered the mall.

"Sounds good to me." Louis agreed so Mum smiled and she and Gemma went off to a shop.

"Where do you want to go?" I asked.

"Um, well I'll give my presents to my family later but I suppose I have to buy them, so shall we go into that shop to look for our sisters?" Louis suggested, pointing into a clothes shop.

Louis was very fun to shop with, he complimented everything and helped me pick out a dress that he knew Gemma would love and I bought a shirt for Robin. He bought a pair of nice sunglasses for his sister Fizzy, a jacket for Lottie and then we went into the next shop where he bought a DVD each for his twin sisters Phoebe and Daisy. 

"Oi H, do you think your mum would like this little necklace?" Louis asked, grabbing my arm to stop me as he looked into the window of a jewelry shop.

"Yeah, do you think so?" I replied.

"Yup. Let's go in." Louis said and he lead the way into the shop.

After looking around for a while I found a bracelet that I thought my mum would like and questioned Louis on if I should get her the necklace or the bracelet.

"Well I'll get the necklace and you get the bracelet." Louis replied as if it was obvious.

"You're going to get my mum something?" I asked.

"Of course, she's my host." Louis said with a grin.

"Wow, look at these letter rings, they're pretty cool." I said, noticing a display of golden rings that were in the shape of letters.

"Yeah, they are. So I'm going to get my mum this necklace, I'll get your mum this necklace and you're going to get her that bracelet." Louis said, dragging me away from the ring display towards the counter.

After we left the jewelry shop we met Gemma and Mum in a cafe for lunch and after that we swapped partners and I set off with Gemma to buy something for Louis and a few other people.

"So how's it going with the hot friend that you're in love with?" Gemma asked as we walked around, looking for a shop to go into.

"Well he's still pretty much just the hot friend that I'm in love with." I replied.

"I am determined to get you two together before Christmas day. It's the twelfth of December. That gives me thirteen days. And step one is... ta-da." Gemma announced, pulling out a plastic bag with some green plant in it.

"What the fuck is that? It looks illegal." I said, peering at it.

"It's mistletoe Harry. Once I've tied some red ribbon around it and hung it up somewhere it won't look like a drug anymore." Gemma said, putting the bag back in her pocket.

"Alright whatever." I replied, doubting Gemma and her mistletoe. Gemma rolled her eyes and grabbed me by the elbow, pulling me into a shop.

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After a tiring day of shopping we got home and I hid all the presents in my middle drawer under several shirts and a thick hoodie. Then I grabbed my guitar and went downstairs, settling down on the couch and starting to play, singing quietly to myself.

Louis POV

I went into the kitchen and heard music coming from the next room. I peered my head through the door into the living room and saw it was Harry, strumming away at his guitar and singing to himself.

I smiled to myself and listened to him, then went back upstairs before I got caught. I lay down on my bed and pulled my phone out of my pocket, noticing a text from Eleanor.

I hadn't decided completely what I was going to do about Eleanor, I did like her, maybe I didn't love her like I did back in high school but we'd been together for almost three years, it would break her heart if I ended things. Then again I did really like Harry and I felt bad about it because I was dating Eleanor. 

I sighed and switched my phone off, burying back into my pillows and trying to get a nap in.