Given A Chance (1D Version)

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Another one for Louis Day today. Are you watching All of those voices today? I will with a co-worker and I'm very excited

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Harry's POV

After sending Josh off to see his family, he was standing in his big living room area and had no idea what to do with the rest of his day. Niall and Sean had plans with their girlfriends, together, and he did not have any other friends in this town. Or anywhere really. The party yesterday had made him realise that all over again. Those have all been ex-colleagues or work friends from Josh and their associates but no one Harry would call a friend of his own.

For a quick second, his mind drifted to the three new guys in his life. He wasn't sure if he could call them friends yet but they had come and that had meant a lot to him. But then again, Louis had left pretty quickly without saying goodbye to anyone. Or well, only without saying goodbye to him. Abby had been pretty sad that she wasn't able to meet him because, apparently, he had talked him up quite a lot to make her curious, which was an exaggeration on her side but anyway. She did meet Josh and that went alright.

Not wanting to stand around like an idiot anymore, he decided to be a moron instead and visit Louis. On a Sunday, uninvited and unannounced. This was definitely one of his better plans, which said a lot about his usual plans. Taking the elevator down one floor, he stepped into the hallway and stopped in front of Louis' door. It was way too quiet on the other side of the door, which was odd.

Before he could knock or ring the the bell, he heard Louis' voice in the distance and it sounded as if he was stomping up the stairs in anger or frustration. "Fuck, damn it. Shit, shit, shit. Bollocks".

"Um ..." Harry didn't know how to make his presence known without startling Louis and ended up just staring at him with big eyes at that unexpected outburst. "Hi".

"Shit. Um ... I mean, hey, Harry. Err ... what ... what are you doing here?" Louis froze in his tracks right at the top of the last step and looked almost embarrassed but he couldn't say why.

"I ..." Harry's mind was empty and he desperately tried to come up with words. "You left so early yesterday and I wanted to check ... I wanted to see if you're alright".

"Oh". Some of the obvious tension left Louis' body but he still looked very hesitant and almost skittish. "Yesterday was ... your party was nice but um ... it wasn't really a place for the girls and ... you know ... I told Niall and Sean why we left".

"They only told me that you were gone when I asked about you ... because my sister wanted to meet you real bad. So ..." Harry trailed off, wondering why it was so awkward between them.

"I'm sorry. I didn't wanna let her down but ... We really couldn't stay" Louis averted his gaze to the hallway floor. "Anyway, if that was all, I really need to get going. I have bigger problems at hand".

Ignoring the weird pain in his heart, Harry was overcome with worry for his kinda friend. He looked as if he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, ready to freak out. "What's wrong, Lou?".

Like a deer caught in headlights, Louis stared at him. "What ... I ... Why are you ... Fuck, I ...One of our waiters had to call in sick for today. They had to send him home earlier yesterday and now they're one man short and called me, which would be fine but ... out of all days it had to be today. Everyone is busy and I have no one who can look after the girls. I guess, I have to take them ...".

"I can look after them" Harry heard himself offer him before he could even think this through, making Louis fall silent.

"What?".