Bravery (Larry AU/short story)

Chapter 6

So, here's the next chapter that a few of you have been waiting for! I hope you enjoy it! :) The picture is how Louis and Zayn look in the story.. well. I don't ship it. Only as a bromance. The song.. I don't even know if it fits the story, probably not. It's nice anyway. :D AND I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!! GAAH!! I GET FUCKING GOOSEBUMPS EVERYTIME I HEAR THEM!! ENJOY! XD

Louis stepped out of the school building. He didn't see a glimpse of Harry that day, even though he should have been in English class. Louis knew that the boy had perfect attendance so he was even more worried. Did Harry stay at home because he didn't want to see him? Was he avoiding him? Louis furrowed his eyebrows in concern. Should he call him? He didn't have his cellphone number. Should he visit him? Too creepy. He sighed in frustration. He thought it was all going well, and he was cute...

If Harry was avoiding him he shouldn't bother him. But what if something happened to him? He groaned in irritation, randomly punching his fist against the wall.

"Ugh, fuck!" Louis yelled in pain, pressing his hand towards his chest. He muttered a few more swearwords under his breath, heading for his car. He got inside, sighing. Louis sat there for a while, not starting the car yet. He was thinking. Thinking about Harry. Crushes are stupid.

After a while he decided to see if Harry was in school tomorrow and if he wasn't, he'd call or visit him. He nodded in approval of his own plan, wanting to start the car when he heard a knock on his window. It was Zayn. Louis rolled down the window so he could hear him.

"What's up mate?" he asked, faking a smile at his friend.

"Where were you yesterday? You were supposed to come over" he said, looking at Louis expressionless. That was the weird thing about Zayn, you never knew what he was feeling or thinking.

"I had... other plans" Louis simply replied, avoiding Zayn's sight.

"Uh-huh," Zayn said.

"Wanna come over today?" he said then, grinning at his friend in the car.

"Sure why not" Louis replied after thinking about it a little, starting the ignition. Zayn got inside the car on the other side, punching against Louis' arm for no reason, grinning at him. Louis smiled back, heading for the exit of the parking lot.

"What did you do yesterday?" Zayn asked after a couple minutes. Louis felt like he got caught in action, even though Zayn didn't even suspect him. he probably only wanted to have a conversation at all. Louis cleared his throat.

"Um... I had to do something for, um... maths" Louis said, nodding.

"Some people saw you driving away with that curly haired kid from our English class, is he tutoring you or something?"

"Well nice to know you expect me to be tutored by a sixteen year old!" he laughed it off, not sure why he didn't want Zayn to know about the situation. He didn't want him to know that he was sort of crushing on that 'loner'. He was afraid to lose his friend, even though he wondered what kind of friendship that was if such a thing would tear them apart. They kind of became friends by accident. He met him on his first day of highschool because they sat next to each other in their homeroom. They were never like inseparable but they hung out together a lot. They never talked about their feelings or thoughts, they usually just bantered about video games or parties or stuff like that. It wasn't a very deep friendship but the only constant one he had at the moment, all the other people were just... there.