Brother // l.h.

• Ten •

After I said hello to them I went inside the house and decided to go to my room. When I walked upstairs and passed the bathroom, the door opened and Luke came out, holding his stomach. "You alright?" I asked him and he shook his head, running back inside and throwing up in the toilet. Not even hesitating I sat down next to him and rubbed circles on his back. "Oh my god." He commented and rubbed his temples. "I told you not to drink so much." I said as I continued to rub his back. "I know. And I already regret even starting to drink." he went on and I laughed. "Well it's your birthday so it's fine, but you should keep this in mind for the next time." He smiled at me.

"But why are you here? Shouldn't you be outside having fun?" He asked me. I denied his questions. "To be honest, I rather be for myself tonight, too much happened today I guess." I answered honestly and Luke looked at me somehow shocked. "No way my sisters gonna be missing out the party of the year." he said confidently and I sighed. "Luke, seriously I..." I started but he cut me off, standing up from the bathroom floor. "We are going to have fun now Emily, like we always did when we had birthdays." He smiled and held his hand out for me. Hesitating at first I grabbed it and he pulled me up and downstairs with him.

He grabbed a beer and handed it to me. "I don't think this is a good idea." I commented but he ignored me, pulling me outside. He scanned the crowd until he seemed to see what he was looking for. He grabbed Niall and Michael and dragged us over to the tree with the tree house. "Come up with me." He demanded and we all climbed up.

"LISTEN UP EVERYONE WE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY!" Luke yelled as soon as we were all standing on the plattform. I looked at Niall and Michael and they were obviously as surprised as I was. "What's his plan?" Niall whispered in my ear and I smiled at the crowd while I answered Niall's question through gritted teeth. "I have no idea."

"As all of you know, today is my birthday. And the birthday kid always has a wish free." Luke started and my eyes met Harry's in the crowd. "What the hell is he doing?" Harry mouthed and I shrugged. "I don't know. Help!" I mouthed back and he nodded, starting walk through the crowd. A few seconds later he was standing behind me, his hand on my shoulder. "And my wish is, that my lovely sister here.." he started and looked at us confused when he saw Harry standing behind me. "Oh hi Harry." He said and turned back to the crowd. "That my sister has to sing a duet with everyone that is standing here on this platform." He yelled and the crowd cheered. I turned around to look at the boys, who looked at me awaiting. "What the fuck? Any ideas?" I asked them and they denied. "Great." I said and turned around again. I walked up to Luke.

"Any wishes which songs?" I asked him and he nodded his head. "You and Michael - If it means a lot to you!" He said looking at Michael. "Niall...uhm..Love Yourself." He then looked at Harry an smiled in a way that I couldn't read. "Harry." He started and looked at me smirking "Little Things." Luke said and grinned somehow evil. Luke knew that Little Things was my weak point and also that Harry was my favourite and I couldn't concentrate when he was near me.

"Okay." I stated silently. "I hope you are fine with all the songs." Luke said wiggling his eyebrows. "Sure thing." I said nervously scratching my back.

Ashton and Calum came with two guitars. They handed one to Michael and one to me. "You ready?" Michael asked me and I nodded. We sang a really good duet, same with Niall and everyone liked it. But now it was Harry's turn. Harry couldn't play Little Things on guitar, so it was me and Niall on the guitars and me and Harry singing.
Nervously I dared to look at Harry during the intro. He was looking down in the crowd, while he fiddled with his hands.

I started the first verse and everything went well to my surprise, also the chorus. Then it was Harry's turn. He looked deep into my eyes while he sang and I completely forgot about everything around me. He smiled and soon we started the chorus in perfect sync again. Niall made the last strum and the whole chrowd was cheering, while my heart was pounding a thousand times heavier than it was on concerts. But why?