The Styles Triplets

Chapter 13

"Louis, you don't have to sit with us. You know he'll hate you now right?" Harry told him.

"I know." he replied, "John is a jerk, I'm sick of him treating everyone like dirt. I don't understand it."

I grabbed Harry's hand and squeezed it, "That was really brave of you."

"I was just sick of him. You were right about standing up to him." Harry smiled lightly.

"Aren't I always right?" I laughed.

"Oh, Louis. This is Alex, Zayn, Edward, and Marcel." Harry introduced us.

"Nice to meet you." Louis smiled, "Aren't you friends with Liam?" he asked me.

"Yeah, he's a good friend of mine." I answered.

"Oh I saw him the other day, I didn't know he was back in town." Louis said.

"Liam's back?!" I exclaimed shocked.
Why hadn't he called me then? When did he get back in town?

Louis nodded, "Yeah, he was at the bakery actually."

"Huh."
I haven't seen Liam in months! Ever since he moved we haven't contacted each other. He'll shoot me a quick text sometimes, but that's it.
"Well, I'll have to call him later."

"Why did he move anyway?" Harry asked.

"He...uh got into some trouble and he had to get away from it." I answered sadly.

Liam wasn't really the boy next door type. He was a troublemaker. Hell, troublemaker was his middle name! He lived for trouble. Liam wasn't always like that though, he only changed because of his parents. Not that it's an excuse for his behavior, but it's true. We've been pretty close since, well birth! Closer than Marcel and I...in certain ways.
I guess you could say we were friends with benefits? We were both going through a though time at the time. My dad had just passed away and his had left him and his mom. So when we were both feeling depressed, we would get our mind off of things. No biggy.
I miss Liam...a lot.

"Alex, are you okay?" Marcel asked.

"Yeah, I just miss him." I explained, "It's been a while."

Then an awkward silence fell over our table.

"T-thanks for standing up for me, Zayn." Marcel said softly breaking the silence.

"No problem, bro. I got you." Zayn replied and lightly fist-bumped him.

"I'm really sorry for what John's caused, Marcel." Louis apologized.

"It's fine, you didn't do anything wrong. It wasn't you." Marcel looked down at his plate and took a deep breath, "And it-it wasn't yours either Harry. Believe me, it wasn't."

Harry smiled lightly, "It feels good to hear you say that. I've been miserable thinking it was all my fault."

"It wasn't, seriously." Marcel insisted, "Thanks again for...that." he looked at John who was already glaring at us.

"Not a problem."

You could Almost see the weight lifted off Harry's shoulders. "See nothing to be worried about." I whispered in his ear and kissed his cheek lightly while the others weren't looking, "I think this could be a good thing for you two."

"It's a new beginning." Harry nodded.

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Pick up, pick up, pick up.

"Alex?"

I felt myself relax, "Liam." I almost cried, "God it's great to hear your voice."

"Hey, it...it's been a while hasn't it?" he asked. I could almost see him scratching his head and smiling through the phone.