The War Within Us

Chapter 1

It was the first day of Harry's last year of school, summer had been fun, his parent had taken him and his big sister, Gemma, on holiday to Italy for the whole month of August, Niall had joined with his family on the last week, their families had become close since Niall and Harry met at school and it was now a yearly occurrence that they would meet during the holidays, it wasn't only summer, it was at Christmas and Easter, summer was every year, Christmas and Easter were less strict, and some years it would only be Harry that joined the Horans or Niall joined the Styles, it was fun.

That summer had been the wildest so far, drugs and alcohol were supplied at any given moment while Niall was there, they partied nights on end, and the fucked every moving human they fancied, at one point Niall had walked on Harry getting fucked by the most gorgeous Italian man he had ever seen, while a beautiful brunette dream sucked him off, the image must have been obscene, but the drugs made the both of them laugh like maniacs.

Harry arrived at the school grounds on his brand new Range Rover, " summer end gift " as his mum had put it, somehow, this summer had also been his puberty-hit-me-in-the-face year, his legs had stretched and his back widened, his arm was now muscly from the weights and exercise he had done during the break, and his face had really taken the greatest hit, all of his teenage baby fat gone, and his jawline had sharpened along with his cheekbones, there wasn't any beard yet in sight so his face remained soft and smooth. He had also decided to get a couple of tattoos, two sparrows, one on each side of his chest, a big butterfly between his ribs, right in the middle, he had gotten a small G on one shoulder and a small A on the other, and his mum and dad's birth date on each collarbone, and a few more down his arm. Thanks to Italy his dress style had changed quite a bit, he now loved halfway open button-downs with the most ridiculous patterns and tight skinny jeans, usually black, he also had grown to love suits and would wear them for any occasion. He had developed an unhealthy obsession with jewellery and accessories, rings were his favourite, and he wore one on nearly every single finger of both of his hands. So it wasn't wrong to say that things had changed quite a bit for Harry.

He walked to the common room where most of the students gathered on the first day to meet and catch up and shared their summer adventures, he spotted Niall's now brown hair, and Zayn's pitch black hair straight away, they were sitting on the sofa closest to the window, which it had a view of one of the indoor training rings, next to Zayn was Liam, oddly close together, and next to Liam was Ed just looking at his phone. They all looked so grown up now, and maybe it had been a lucky year for all of them.

"Missed me much?" He asked as he stood in front of the sofa, only a long coffee table between him and his friends.

"Hazza!" Zayn was the first one up wrapping him in a tight hug, and it wasn't a surprise, they always missed each other greatly during summer. "Are those tattoos?" He pointed out holding Harry by his shoulder and pulling back to get a good look. "And what are you wearing?" He looked thirsty. "You look stunning, babe."

"Likewise, my dear." Oh, he really had missed Zayn. He kissed his cheek. The rest of the boys weren't so fussed. "Looking good, Styles." Liam said. "Good summer, Harry?" Ed asked.

"It has been a wild summer, boys if I only told you what we've been up to... I think we would be put in prison." Niall raved.

"Now, now, Nialler, what happens in Italy, stays in Italy." Harry had taken place next to Niall, his arm landing over his best friend's shoulders, in front of him the whole room was buzzing with enthusiasm and chatter from the other students.

"I hardly remember half of it being honest with you." Harry joked, it really had been an amazing summer.

They all settled on trivial conversation, the boys took turns talking about their summer and what they had been up to, Zayn and Liam had gone on a tour through Asia with their families, their families had been friends forever so it was quite common that they all holidayed together. Ed had been through Europe with some of his cousins, mostly spending time with his father's family in the south of Spain. It was in the middle of Ed explaining how he got trapped in a haunted house that he was interrupted.