Deep Dive (L.s AU)✔

Chapter 8 All New

Harry's Pov

Its been about a week since Louis came back home, introduced us to his friends and since I've talked with Niall.

Since then, its been practically everyday me and Lottie have been hanging out with Louis, Liam and Zayn and we've all grown to be quite good friends. Everyday, they'd come into the bakery and Martha would give them snacks. She was very fond with them already.

I'd never ask about Eleanor and why she wasn't always with them. She'd popped in time to time, only ever talking to the trio and ignoring me and Lottie.

Every time she came in, I always got a bad vibe. It seemed to rub off onto Lottie because she came up to me and told me the same. Louis must've noticed because whenever she made her appearance, he'd make conversation with us, leaving her alone to be with Liam and Zayn.

Every time he did that, it made my heart flutter, knowing he didn't want Eleanor's attention on him so I gave him all of mine. It was amazing to admire him and listen to him. Every time he spoke about something he liked, he spoke passionately and it was amazing.

Lottie always, always, teased me right after when she'd walk me home. Teasing me about how I was practically drooling over him. I mean whats not to like about him? Literally.

When I'm left alone in my bedroom after my father was done pestering me and scolding me for absolutely nothing, me and Louis would text each other every night till one of us got too tired to reply back. It would be about anything and everything that we could come up. There hasn't been anything that we ran out of to talk about.

I deemed it impossible to run out of things to talk about with Louis. He always kept things energetic and adventurous...it was never boring with him. Now my crush was just something more...I wanted something more.

And one step towards that would be a date. But it was risky.

He asked me out before, the first time, the first night, when he got my number from Lottie. I forgot to thank her for it when I saw the message from him.

When he asked me out to lunch, I nearly screamed like a little girl in excitement...but I had to decline it. I knew he was sad by the fact so I promised him that we could go out another time.

Right now, I was seriously considering doing it right now. I just wanted to be with him.

But today, I was heading out with Lottie to the beach by the rocks. Thankfully, my father was at work again. He had been getting on my ass all the time now, getting even more irritated with me coming home late and has been questioning me about what I was doing and who I was with.

I think he's starting to know that I wasn't alone with just Lottie and it made a slight fear crawl up my back. I knew how he'd get when he was mad.

The sun was bright but dimmed by hanging clouds that drifted in the early morning. Today was another one of my day's off so I had the whole day to myself again.

As always, I was with Lottie but this time, it was just us two. Louis, Zayn and Liam were all currently getting settled together in their flat, despite having it over a week now, they still had yet to set the place up and empty out their boxes. So as they were busy, me and Lottie took the time to head to the beach.

After I had talked to Niall and headed home, it wasn't long before I told Lottie everything about what me and Niall talked about. She was excited for Niall and how he actually was thinking of coming up to the surface.

So here we are now, carrying a pair of clothes, that we both think will fit him, a towel and shoes and ready to fully on teach him about the surface world.