Saving Larry [A Larry Stylinson + One Direction Story]

Ch. 5 - Talking with Harry....Part I Louis POV

A/N : Five hours prior to picking up Lexi through to the end of Part 1. This is along chapter, as I was trying to backfill and expand on both Harry's and Lou's emotional turmoil. Please let me know what you think!

Louis POV

Liam, Niall, Zayn and I had just gotten back from what we term as singing management’s praises at our recording label’s meet and greet. It seemed that I kept getting asked the same question from each person, “Why isn’t Harry not here?” I would always politely respond, “Harry is collaborating with another songwriter for our upcoming album and are working on a harmony for their lyrics.” I think I counted a total of 22 times that I spoke that response in a matter of only one and a half hours. I know that I was so thankful when Simon announced that we had to leave to those in attendance, as we were heading out the next day to New York and then back to the UK.

I headed towards the door out of the venue, grabbed my long black raincoat and loosely belted it closed. Zayne, Liam and Niall were right behind me, with our security team ready to go. Once our security team received the word that our transportation had arrived, we proceeded directly to the limo and climbed in taking our seats. Once the door closed, Patrick, our lead security for this adventure turned to us and said, with a smirk, “So boys, since it appeared that none of you were too impressed with the pretty finger food tonight. I take it that we need to make a run through a drive through quickly?” We all started laughing, you see Patrick has been with us through our first two tours and knows us quite well. We are always starving after these meet and greet events, as they don’t realize that we do need real food and that Niall gets a pissy attitude when his stomach is not full. After careful consideration, we determined to stop at the closest burger place and I informed Patrick to, “Get the usual less Harry’s.”

As Patrick went inside to place the order, I began to check my text messages, Niall was on twitter as normal, Zayn was calling Perrie and Liam was replying to his mom’s latest text.

To: BooBear
From: HazzaLover
Remember if Niall doesn’t get fed and he gets wet too, the little green leprechaun will turn into a nasty snacking gremlin. Texting while Cameron takes a smoke break. See you soon! <3 H

To: HazzaLover
From: BooBear
Patrick is picking up the burger order right now, so the little green leprechaun will have a full tummy and just a little damp. The meet and greet was SSDD (Same Shit Different Day)…booring! Looking forward to welcoming you back to our room and kissing you senseless. <3 L

Just as Patrick returns, my phone vibrates and Harry has responded. While he hands out the food, I noticed that I had one new text.

To: BooBear
From: HazzaLover
Looking forward to the welcome and don’t expect to sleep too much tonight, as we can sleep on the flights tomorrow! XOXOXO <3 H

My left eyebrow raises and my smile gets even bigger, as I think to myself that my Harry wants to play tonight. It always amazes me, how much we miss each other when we have to be apart. When I first mentioned this neediness and sense of loss to my mom, she would always smile at me and advise me, “Lou, absence makes the heart grow fonder, no matter how much or how little time you and Harry are apart.”

Between bytes of his cheeseburger, Zayn lets out a wolf whistle, proclaiming to Liam and Niall, “It seems that at least two of us are going to get lucky tonight!” Niall tries to say something, but after shoving the first of his three double cheeseburgers into his mouth, it is pretty much unintelligible. However, I assume from his hand motions that he agrees with Zayne. While Liam just sips on his large sweet tea and rolls his eyes in agreement.