when we were young l.s

chapter 3

1.13.22

"okay talk" louis said

harry took a deep breath "okay so a little after i turned thirteen i made these friends who at the beginning i thought were nice and didn't do anything bad. but then after a few months they took me to a spot they liked to hangout at called 'the joint' at first i thought the reason they hung out there was in the name, to smoke weed and shit, and so i went because i wanted to experiment. turns out i was dead wrong"

louis was scared of what harry was gonna say next. he was staring at louis hesitantly, like he was wondering if he should actually tell him.

"i mean i wasn't completely wrong, they were smoking weed but they were doing other things. they were doing other drugs like heroin and cocaine and meth and i got uncomfortable so i started to leave trying to say my mum needed me home. they told me i was apart of the 'business' now and that i couldn't leave. so i got into dealing drugs and doing them. at this point i was still texting you because i truly did and still love you lou" harry said genuinely

louis was shocked. drugs? his innocent harry dealing and doing drugs?

"eventually my mum caught me shooting up heroin-" harry started again

"wait, you weren't just smoking weed?! you were shooting up heroin? what the fuck?" louis asked completely shocked

"i know just let me finish, okay?" harry said

louis nodded and motioned for harry to continue.

"as i was saying. my mum caught me and immediately interrogated me asking what the hell a fourteen year old was doing shooting up heroin and me having drugs in my system blew up on her" harry said looking completely guilty

"she talked to my dad and they decided to send me to rehab. remember when i stopped talking to you for three months?" harry said

"yea, you said you got into some trouble and your mum was gonna take your phone away but not to worry because you were coming back" louis said

"yea well the trouble i got into was the drugs and i was in rehab for three months" harry sighed "after i got out i was clean for a little bit until i went to the store for my mum that was down the street and ran into my old friends. i explained to them what happened and one thing led to another and i got into it again. this time i was super careful. but as time went on the drugs like took over my brain or something? and i stopped talking to you. my mum found out again and sent me back to rehab but this time it was longer, two years, and then when i got out they told me we were moving back because they didn't trust me anymore" harry said

"it took time for my dad to convince his boss to let him transfer back and while that was happening my mum got me a new phone and number so i lost your number. i tried getting my mum to text auntie jay to give her my number so she could give it to you but she said and i quote 'louis won't want to be your friend again after he finds out what kind of shit you've been up to' and it really hurt so i just let it be. when we moved back i was so excited to see you louis, i even searched you up on instagram and everything. i didn't follow you because i wanted to surprise you" harry finished

"wow, so when i was crying in my room because you just completely stopped talking to me you were getting treatment?" louis said

harry nodded "louis i'm so sorry for ghosting you, i truly didn't mean to"

louis nodded with tears in his eyes "and the tattoos? those are from the drug friends?"

"yea, i lied to my mum when i asked. i said that a guy that i met had a tattoo gun"

"harry i'm so sorry you went through that" louis said looking in harrys eyes

harry shrugged "it's fine. i'm clean now and i'm very proud of myself"

louis smiled at that. he looked down to harrys chest and saw he was wearing the necklace louis gave him.

harry noticed and looked down "i stopped wearing it when i met those guys. didn't want them to steal it or break it"

"i stopped wearing mine because i was so mad and thought we weren't friends anymore" louis said sadly

"it's okay. now you know what happened" harry said

louis nodded. he was about to say something when his phone rang.

"i'm so sorry, it's jace he's supposed to bring me home" louis said when he looked at his phone

"it's okay you can answer it" harry smiled

louis nodded and answered the phone.

"louis finally! i was getting worried. where are you? are you okay?" jace said when louis picked up

"yea i'm fine. i'm in the bathroom i was talking to harry" louis said

"oh. how did that go?" jace asked

"good. really good" louis smiled

"that's good babe. i'm outside in my car waiting but no rush" jace said

"alright i'll be right out" louis said

"alright. love you" jace said

louis smiled "love you too" and hung up

"how long have you guys been dating?" harry asked

"um well we met when i was a freshman during football but didn't start dating until that summer so almost three years" louis said "kind of around the time we stopped talking"

harry nodded "i noticed you don't play anymore. what happened?"

"oh, um sophomore year i got kicked pretty hard in my knee and had to stop playing. but i go to every game to support jace" louis smiled slightly

"i'm sorry" harry frowned "i know how much you loved it when we would play footie in the park"

louis shrugged "it's okay. it doesn't really bother me. i can still play a little i just can't do too much. when jace wants to practice outside of the team i go with and play goalie"

"that's nice" harry smiled "well i shouldn't hold you up too long you probably have to go home"

louis nodded "yea" he hesitated "why don't you give me your new number and we can start texting again?"

harry beamed "i'd like that" and handed louis his phone so he could put his number in

"here" louis handed it back "alright i should get going. it was really nice talking to you harry"

"yes it was" harry smiled

louis smiled back and walked out of the bathroom.

i didn't know how to end it so that's the end LMAO but don't worry, tomorrow or the next day i will update again.

- did you expect that to be the reason why harry stopped talking to louis?

- did louis forgive harry too easily?

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