One two three [Larry Stylinson]

Chapter 20 - We all saw this coming

Louis hates mornings these days. And he didn't even have a good night sleep. He lies legs spread on the bed, eyes wide and unblinking. Harry is his first thought. Last night, Harry overstepped his boundaries but Louis' comeback was a low blow.

The conversation went wrong so fast, he's lost in the script. Most importantly, he doesn't get why Harry refuses to understand the idea of him dating. And Louis has whacked his brain pondering on that question all night.

He knows Harry like the back of his hand, yet, all possibilities seem wrong.

Yes, Harry is onto something, yes, the decision was haste made but it's better than anything Harry related.

He respects Harry's need of distance after his comment. Even if he was right, that maybe the decision has nothing to do with Harry's life (if they don't even stand a chance), he still wants to apologize. So he just sends a text message: "I'm sorry, Harry. I hurt you. Shouldn't have said those words. Call me." Then he stands up to do his morning routine to face the day and his office.

Once arrived at the office, he is swamped by phone calls, signatures and meetings. The day drags and ends but without any response from Harry.

Later in the evening, he decides if Harry isn't responding tonight, he'd pass by his apartment tomorrow. He falls asleep waiting for that call that doesn't come.

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Morning arrives with so many notifications on Louis' phone, endless texts from their group chat, he blinks and he makes out the word 'congratulations' many times. There are also individual messages from Zayn, Niall and Chloe. None yet from Harry.

His curiosity got the best of him so he opens the group chat first and scrolls up. He reads: "-finally! -congrats! -attaboy! -bout time!" and lots of stickers from the boys. Then "-you two are made for each other! -proud of you H."

Louis frowns, so it's about Harry. He scrolls for some more but Harry's last text in the group was 2 days ago. What did Louis miss?

Then he goes back to Zayn's text and he's even more confused. It reads: "Took threesomes with you to wake Harry up, huh?"

What? What has he done now?

Then finally, he opens that text from Chloe that made his heart drop: "He asked, and I said yes!!!!!"

Ohh...

Harry popped the big question...

And...

Louis was the last to know.

It doesn't require rocket science to know Harry asked Chloe to marry him.

Louis' knees feel weak and he is slowly, very slowly, lowering down his body to kneel on the carpeted floor. He's frozen. Phone in hand and his eyes fixed on it. He looks at the messages again and goes back through the group chat.

His first thought would be to congratulate to avoid making things awkward as he is the only one who hasn't said anything yet. So he types: "Just woke up. Congratulations, lad!" He hits send and sits back on his ass, still on the floor. His back reaches the bed for balance.

He goes back to Zayn's text, to make sense of what it meant. Zayn meant it as a joke, he knows, yet, joke's really on Louis.

Of course, this was always the only ending possible for Harry and Chloe. What was Louis thinking? Delusional much?

Yet he couldn't help but feel used. But if the sex meant nothing to him, he shouldn't feel this way, right? He is the player, he doesn't get attached!

Then why is he hyperventilating right now!