Harry, Louis and the other three boys they live with at university, Niall, Liam and Zayn are all heading off for their Christmas holidays with their families. That's when Louis gets the call that he can't come home, his mum and four step-sisters are...
I slept in the next morning, waking up around ten o'clock. I was determined to tell Louis what was going on and admit that I liked him. I got myself up and pulled on some sweatpants and a baggy sweater and went downstairs in search of Louis.
He was in the kitchen, leaning on the counter and scrolling through Instagram.
"Morning Harry, Gemma's in the shower I think and your mum and Robin went to do some Christmas shopping." Louis told me, moving out of my way so I could get the spoons from a drawer.
I fixed myself a bowl of cereal and Louis put his phone away.
"I need to talk to you." he said.
"Oh, I need to talk to you too." I replied.
"Alright well I'll go first, I'm really sorry about yesterday. I'm not entirely sure what I was thinking but it was a mistake, it will never happen again and I'm truly sorry." Louis said.
Oh shit. How could I tell him how much I liked him after that? He would definitely turn me down and things would be awkward for the rest of the holidays. Oh god.
"It's alright. I agree, it was an accident." I replied, faking a grin.
"Cool, let's just forget about it yeah?"
"Yeah." I agreed.
"Alright, cheers. I'm just going to go and double check everything's cool with Zayn and Liam." Louis said.
"Zayn and Liam?" I asked, stopping him before he left the kitchen.
"Yeah, we're having lunch with them remember?" Louis reminded me.
"Oh yeah. Cool." I said.
Louis smiled and went upstairs. I finished the rest of my cereal and went back to my room, flopping down on my bed and filling Niall in on everything that had happened that morning.
He replied with 'bugger mate, I'm so sorry'.
I turned my phone off, grabbed a pile of clean clothes and went into the bathroom, which Gemma had just left. I turned on the water and waited for it to heat up, taking off my sweatpants and boxers and hanging my sweater on the door.
I took my time in the shower, listening to the water falling around me and trying to not think about Louis' laughter with Zayn that I could hear through the wall. Once my skin started to get too hot I turned off the water, wrapped a towel around myself and stepped out of the shower.
I shaved and dried myself off, pulling on some jeans and a shirt and a sweater, then pulled a blue beanie over my steadily growing hair.
It was eleven o'clock by the time I was lying on my bed with my guitar, gently strumming away and picking at the strings.
"Oi Harry, what's going on with Louis now? You guys were really weird last night." Gemma said, coming into my room without knocking, closing the door behind her and sitting down on my bed.
I sighed and sat up, leaning my guitar against the wall.
"Well, the other day when you were all out Louis kissed me. We'd just won a Fifa game, it was a celebration thing." I said. I decided to leave out the hand-jobs.
"Then you guys came back and we kind of freaked out. Then I decided last night that I'd tell Louis that I like him. This morning though he says 'I'm sorry Harry, it was stupid and can we just forget about it?' and now I'm depressed." I explained.
"You got all that from one kiss?" Gemma asked.
"Oh my god, fine, we wanked each other off okay?" I said.
Gemma just laughed.
"I knew it!" she said.
"Gems?" I asked, trying to get her back on track.
"Right, right. Well I'm sorry Haz. I hope you know that I'm not giving up though. I had ten more days to get you two together before my deadline is up." Gemma said.
I rolled my eyes and was about to argue back when there was a knock on the door and Louis opened it, sticking his head in.
"Oh hey Gemma. Are you ready Harry?" Louis asked.
He had a red sweater on and also a beanie. He had a pair of Vans on, the pair he wore nearly every time he left the house and was leaning casually against my doorframe while I jumped up and grabbed my phone, slipping my Chelsea boots on.
"See you Gemma. We're just having lunch at the pub with some friends." I said.
"Ok, bye." Gemma said.
I followed Louis downstairs and we grabbed our coats from beside the door, pulling them on and leaving the house, starting the ten minute walk to the pub.
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The snow hadn't fallen very much last night, there were a few bits of snow around but mainly the path was clear.
We didn't really talk during the walk, just about Liam and Zayn and their new relationship.
We arrived at the pub at five to twelve and gladly took our coats off, enjoying the warmth of the fire and the heaters keeping the room warm. We found a table and ordered a pint each, barely having the first sip when the door swung open again and they walked in, spotted us and hurried over, hanging their coats on the backs of the other two chairs.
"Hey." I said.
"Hey Harry, how's it going?" Liam asked.
"Good good. I'll go grab you guys a pint each." I said, getting up.
"Oo, I'll help you." Liam said and he followed me to the bar.
"I know you have a crush on Louis, what's it like sharing a house with him for Christmas?" Liam asked eagerly, leaning on the bar while the lady filled two glasses.
"At the moment it's not great but we can go into that later." I said, taking the first pint. Liam nodded and took the next one, heading back to the table where Louis and Zayn were talking. They stopped when they noticed us and I set the drink down in front of Zayn and sat down in my seat beside Louis and across from Liam.
