Outing Larry

Chapter 44

A/N HEY LOVES HERE I AM FINALLY WITH YOUR UPDATE. I AM SORRY IT HAS TAKEN ME A WHILE BUT ITS A LONG CHAPTER AND AS YOU SEE IT NEEDED QUITE SOME WORK. STILL I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE READS AND A BIG THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO MSG ME ASKING WHEN THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE. I WILL TRY UPDATE SOONER BUT SOMETIMES LIFE GETS IN THE WAY AND I CANT DO MUCH ABOUT THAT. ANYWAY HOPE YOU LIKE THIS ONE. 

By quarter to nine, Val, Harry and Shane made their way to a small conference room on the 7th floor of the hotel. The hotel used this particular room for clients who booked business weekends and conducted their conferences here.When they entered the elaborately decorated room, Louis, Liam and Niall where already there, seated at the long glass top table. As soon as the door opened, Louis' head went up, his eyes landing directly on Harry. Harry met his gaze and no sooner had he done so,he saw in his eyes a desperation, a deep loss. It had been two days ago that Louis had revealed to him the why and how of why he had left him and Harry was still trying to come to terms with the fact that he had been over looked by the love of his life. He couldn't seem to interact with Louis. He knew his pride was getting the best of him and he couldn't deny to himself that he was jealous of the fact that Louis had chosen to protect Zayn rather than him. He knew Louis and Zayn where close but he thought that he and Louis where even close rand that when push came to shove, Louis would chose him over everyone else. Because he knew that he would always choose Louis over everyone else. So it really didn't sit well with Harry that Zayn had taken top spot in Louis' priorities.

However, the desperate look in Louis' eyes, the helplessness he saw there, propelled him to take the empty chair beside him. It was his natural instinct and somethings are hard to change. He visibly saw Louis exhale in relief.

'Are you alright?' Harry asked him softly. Louis slightly nodded his head but he looked far from okay and Harry knew him too well to realize that he was not. He had a few days' stubble and his hair looked as if it hadn't been made, his tee shirt was crumpled and he had dark circles under his blue eyes. Louis looked at him.

'I'm so sorry,' he told Harry in a broken voice. He felt the need to say sorry to Harry every time he saw him. He just wanted him to know how sorry he was. He lowered his head. 'I messed up,' he told everyone in the room. 'I totally messed up. What was I thinking?' Harry wondered if Louis'what was I thinking meant that he regretted leaving him or what was I thinking as in I got Zayn fired? He hated these thoughts that kept assailing him but he couldn't help it. Fact was that according to Louis, Zayn's place in the band was far more important than his broken heart. Niall reached over and placed a hand on Louis'shoulder.

'It will be okay,' he told him trying to comfort him but Louis needed only Harry's comfort and Harry wasn't giving it to him. Louis knew that Harry was avoiding him ever since he came clean and he really couldn't blame him.

Harry's eyes left Louis' for a second and rested on Liam who sat looking sad and miserable in his chair. He had never seen Liam look like this.

'Have you heard from Zayn?' Harry asked him. He really didn't want to ask because yeah he was angry and jealous but it was the right thing to do and he always did the right thing. Besides, Liam was hurting and like him, he had no fault in this.

'No,' Liam said quietly. 'I've called him several times but it keeps telling me that the number I'm trying to reach does not exist. I tried Perrie too but I keep getting her voice mail. I called his mum but I keep getting their answering machine. It's like no one wants to take my call. I don't understand why won't someone talk to me.' The room went silent because no one could really give him an answer. It was as if Zayn had fallen off the face of the earth and disappeared. Val cleared her throat, breaking the awful silence.