Outing Larry

Chapter 42

A/N HEY MY LOVELIES. SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN MY UPDATES BUT I'M REALLY BUSY ATM AND I APOLOGIZE FOR A SHORT CHAPTER BUT I NEEDED TO GIVE YOU THIS BEFORE MUCH REVEALING IS DONE. I AM HOPING TO BE ABLE TO WRITE MORE THIS WEEK (I HAVE A LONGER CHAPTER COMING) SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR THE CONSTANT READS, COMMENTS AND VOTES. CAN'T BELIEVE OUTING LARRY HAS MADE IT TO 13K READS! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH. LOVE YOU.

Shane stirred and stretched in bed. She opened her eyes and saw daylight filtering through the drawn curtains. She looked at her watch and it read 6:30am. She looked at the other side of the bed and it was empty. She got out of bed and padded barefoot to the adjoining room and found Val sitting at the small table near the balcony in front of her laptop with Adam in her lap and a dozen empty coffee cups next to the laptop.

'You didn't sleep did you?' Shane asked her yawning while walking towards her. Val looked at her, her eyes bloodshot but full of excitement.

'Its trending! Its fucking trending! Louis made news. The video is everywhere. Fans are all nutsy cookoo about it.' Shane smiled at her and placed a kiss on the top of her head. She reached out and took Adam from her, cuddling him to her.

'How are they taking it?' she asked her.

'They are supporting him,' Val told her unable to hide the excitement in her voice. 'Louis has a lot of support out there and Larries are backing him 100% plus. They are asking for Harry to come out. My God they so want them together its endearing. There are however the cons to all this pro. There are fans threatening to leave the fandom while insisting that what Louis said was not what Larries are saying. That what he said in the video is not what Larries are making it out to be. I mean, he said it and they are twisting it around! The real Larries and Directioners are giving them grief and basically telling them to sod off as they were never real fans in the first place if They can't accept that Larry is real. Most of them are really supportive and are really proud of Louis. There are so many hash tags to support him. They really shouldn't be afraid.....'

'Modest will never let them come out Val,' Shane interrupted her. Val looked at her with a stunned and almost hurt expression.

'But the response is a positive one,' Val told her. Shane smiled tenderly at her. She knew how much Val wanted to help Harry and Louis, that this was kinda personal to her but she felt it was her job to keep her wife realistic.

'Honey they won't let them come out. It just won't happen. You know as well as I do how this business works. Modest probably had personnel  up all night like you, tweeting negative tweets pretending to be fans to divert them from this. You know it only takes a little doubt to make something like this doubtful and make people wonder. And that's all they really need. To plant doubt. They know how strong Larries are and they dissuade them by placing doubt. Some times a little doubt is stronger than any truth and its enough to kill it.' Val huffed.

'But if they see all this positivitey.....' Val paused and looked hopefully at Shane. Shane stroked her cheek lovingly.

'Don't get your hopes up sweetie. Or Louis' or Harry's. If you do all three of you will be in for a huge disappointment.'

'I know,' Val told her quietly, a hint of defeat in her voice. 'I don't know how their stupid ass management can ignore all this. What difference will it make if they are romantically involved? What difference will it make if they come out? Everyone knows! Or highly suspects. It's like they are in a closet made of glass. Everyone can see but they can't come out. And its not like they will lose all their fans! If only they will gain more. Yes okay so there will be the homophobes or those who have high hopes of marrying one of them which is even more impossible then Louis and Harry just being gay for each other! By coming out they can reach out to people who are afraid of taking this step. They could be role models Shane. Harry openly supports the LGBTQ community. He has gained their respect. That is an impressive thing and he should be respected for it. He's not afraid to support what he believes in but he has to stay hidden which is not fair for him. Or Louis. It's so fucking frustrating.' Shane ran her hand over Val's messy hair.