After (Larry Version)

~*Chapter 25*~

"I try to study when I get back to my room but can't seem to focus. After staring at my notes for a couple of hours but not having really read anything, I decide a shower might help. When they're crowded, the coed bathrooms still make me uncomfortable, but no one ever messes with me, so I'm getting used to them.
The hot water feels amazing and loosens up my tense muscles. I should be relieved and happy that Harry and I have reached some sort of truce, but now anger and annoyance have been replaced by nervousness and confusion. I've agreed to spend time with Harry tomorrow, doing something "fun," and I am terrified. I just hope it goes well,I don't expect to become best friends with him, but I need us to get to a place where we don't scream at each other every time we talk.

"The shower feels so good I stay in there for a while, and when I get back to my room, Nick's already come and left. I find a note from him saying he's taking Vanessa off campus for dinner. I like Vanessa she seems really nice despite her overuse of eyeliner. If Nick and Vanessa continue to see each other then maybe when Elijah comes to visit we could all go do something together. Who am I kidding? Elijah wouldn't want to hang out with people like them, but I'm aware enough to admit that up until three weeks ago I never would have, either.
I end up calling Elijah before bed,we haven't talked all day. He's so polite, he asks about my day as soon as he picks up. I tell him it was good, I should tell him that Harry and I are going to hang out tomorrow, but I don't. He tells me that his soccer team beat Seattle High by a landslide, even though Seattle's really good. And I'm happy for him, because he seems really happy to have played so well
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"THE NEXT DAY GOES BY way too fast. Liam and I walk into Literature class, and Harry is already in his seat. "Are you ready for our date tonight?" he asks and my mouth falls open. Liam's does, too. I don't know what I feel more conflicted about Harry saying it like that, or how it will affect how Liam sees me. Day one of our quest to become friends is not going well so far.
"It's not a date," I say to him, then turn to Liam and roll my eyes and nonchalantly say, "We're hanging out as friends," while ignoring Harry.
"Same thing," Harry replies.
I avoid him for the rest of the class... which is easy since he doesn't really try to talk to me after that.
After class, as Liam starts putting his stuff into his backpack, he looks at Harry , then quietly says to me, "Be careful tonight."

"Oh, we're just trying to get along since my roommate is his good friend," I reply, hoping Harry doesn't hear me.
"I know, you're really a great friend. I'm just not sure Harry deserves your kindness," he says, purposefully loud, and I look up at him.
"Don't you have something else to do besides bad-mouth me? Get lost, man," Harry snaps from behind me.
Liam frowns and looks at me again. "Just remember what I said." He walks away, and I worry about how much I've maybe upset him.
"Hey, you don't have to be cruel to him—you guys are practically brothers," I say.
Harry's eyes go wide. "What did you just say?" he growls.
"You know, your dad and his mum?" Was Liam lying? Or was I not supposed to mention this. Liam said not to bring up Harry's relationship with his dad, but I didn't think he meant the whole thing.
"That is none of your business." Harry looks angrily at the door where Liam disappeared. "I don't know why the arsehole even told you that. I'm going to have to shut him up, it seems."
"You leave him alone, Harry . He didn't even want to tell me, but I got it out of him." The idea of Harry hurting Liam makes me sick. I need to change the subject. "So where are we going today?" I ask, and he glares at me.
"We aren't going anywhere,this was a bad idea," he snaps, turns on his heels, and walks away. I stand there for a minute, waiting to see if Harry changes his mind and will come back.
What the hell? He really is bipolar, I'm sure of it.
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"BACK IN MY DORM ROOM, I find Zayn , Vanessa , and Nick sitting on his bed. Nick's eyes are focused on Vanessa and Zayn is flicking his thumb across the trigger of a metal lighter. I would usually be annoyed with this many unexpected guests, but I really like Zayn and Vanessa , and I need the distraction.
"Hey, Louis ! How were classes?" Nick asks and gives me a big smile. I can't help but notice the way Nick's face lights up when he looks at Vanessa ."