Smokescreen (mpreg)

CH 19

"I love your school, everyone is so accepting" Eleanor said at lunch as we walked to the spot where my crew hung out and ate at. I merely nodded at her, still thinking about the encounter with Harry this morning; he skipped the rest of class.

"So what do you want to do after school? I was thinking we could head over to your place" Eleanor said softly. "My place? What for? There is nothing really at my house" I asked, Eleanor smiled "But you have Netflix right? We can just watch a movie, make some popcorn...chill". I wasn't listening, I was looking at Danny talking to Harry; they were standing very close together and I immediately became jealous, that was my Harry not his.

We finally arrived at the spot where we usually ate lunch but I kept glancing at Danny and Harry. I nearly flew into a jealous rage as Danny touched Harry on the arm. "Zayn, I'm going to take Eleanor out for coffee out of school, but I don't have any money" I said turning to my friend who I knew was broke. Zayn shrugged "Sorry mate, I don't have any cash" I turned back to Danny "Do you think Danny has some?"

Zayn stood up, taking the hint and jerking in head in the direction of Danny to several of my crew members who followed Zayn over. "I love powerful men" Eleanor said, putting her hand on my knee; but I wasn't paying any attention to her.

Zayn and Danny talked for a short second, and when Danny shook his head Zayn shoved him to the ground. Harry tried to intervene but he was pushed away; Harry turned to look at me and in response I raised my chin slightly at him. Harry turned to a group of students nearby who watching it happen but not doing anything about it; they ignored him when he asked for help.

Several of my crew held Danny down as Zayn went through his pockets; Zayn tossed Danny's cellphone, keys and some other things off to the side in the search for his wallet. Zayn finally finding the wallet, took out all of the bills and put them into his pocket; he said something and smiled at Danny before getting up.

"Here you go Louis, twenty four pounds; such a generous donation from Danny" Zayn said handing me the wad of bills. "Thanks" I said as I watched Harry help Danny to his feet; Danny was completely unharmed since I had a strict rule against the use of physical violence in my crew. His phone however was cracked from where Zayn dropped it, Danny turned to glare at us and I smirked at him.

Danny mumbled something to Harry and walked away; Harry though marched right up to us, but was intercepted by one of my crew who said "You wanna take a few steps back mate?" Harry ignored him and directed his attention to me "You have no right Louis!" "What are you gonna do about it pal?" I said. Harry's jaw opened and closed several times and he tried to respond but he stormed away without saying anything.

If I couldn't have Harry, no one could.

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At the end of school I was walking back to my bike from my science class since I forgot my favorite Adidas jumper in my English class; in the corridor I saw Danny, by himself at his locker. "Danny, I want to talk to you for a minute about what happened this afternoon" I said, walking up to him. Danny looked at me warily and I went on "I want you to stay away from that kid you were talking to at lunch today, Harry Styles". "What? Why?" he asked "You don't need to know why, you just need to know that from this point onward you will stay from him".

Danny looked at me and I could tell that he was trying to make sense of the situation, he finally said "You can't control him Louis, everyone knows that you and Harry were friends before he came out; keeping me away won't make him any more straight than standing in your garage makes you a car".

I crossed my arms "Maybe I can't control him, but I can control you; I know where you live: it would be a shame if someone stole your parent's cars or took your dog...also doesn't your father work for Simon's father's company? Simon as you know is part of 1D, it would be a shame if your father was suddenly fired from his job".

I leaned in closer to Danny; even though he was taller than I was, he shrank away from me "You have the power to avoid all of this from happening, do I make myself clear?" Danny quickly nodded and I patted his shoulder "I'm glad we had this talk".

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The next morning as I arrived to school with Eleanor clinging on me like a backpack again; I notice Harry waiting around the entrance of the school holding what looked to be a muffin. I watched him, pretending to be listening to Eleanor's complaints of how we didn't hang out after school yesterday.

Danny was dropped off near the front of the school and from Harry's reaction he must have been waiting for him; as Danny approached him, Harry held out the muffin and gave Danny that dimpled smile. Danny however only murmured something and walked past him, barley glancing at Harry. Harry stood there, watching Danny go up the steps to the school, still holding the muffin, obviously confused about what happened.