The CDs Boy [Larry AU]

Part Two

He couldn't even concentrate on the classes with Marianne on Monday, also on Tuesday too.

"Is something wrong, sweetie? You're not paying attention like you used to" she said softly.

He looked at her and watched her, she was right, he was barely listening to her words. But he shook his head.

"Are you sure? You know you can trust me anything" he bit his lip and was unsure on what to do, he decided to trust her and tell her.

"Can we..." He started slowly, he couldn't even finish the sentence, scared of getting a no as the answer. It was harder than he thought.

"Can we?.." Marianne encouraged him to continue

"Can we... Go to the mall?" He finished and looked down at the floor, he started biting his nails because of nervousness.

Marianne was surprised because after all the years knowing him, he'd never asked her to go somewhere outside the house. His parents were currently at work, she was in charge of anything that could happen to him. She knew what to do with him as long as they were in the house, never outside. She could call his parents off a public phone if something happened. Harry knew if she agreed they'd need to walk, but that wouldn't stop him from going. Marianne took so long thinking, Harry was already getting disappointed.

"Fine"

Harry looked up at her surprised. She smiled at him.

"Go get your stuff, we'll go in a minute".

Harry nodded and rushed upstairs to his room, she watched him she wasn't sure what made him want to go out. He came back after a minute with a grey backpack on his back and they left. Harry was breathing heavily, whatever that was in his mind kept him nervous. Without mentioning the last time he walked in the streets of London he was really young, he was watching everything around him like a man who got out of jail after a long time. The weather was cold but it still was sunny.

Marianne watched him making sure he didn't see her, when she was alone she'd tell Anne about what happened. The walk was quiet since Harry never talked, and she preferred it that way because she didn't want to make a stupid remark that'd make things awkward.

They finally arrived. Marianne followed him behind as he walked more confident into the mall, trying to avoid any contact with the people there. He walked to the CDs store which was where he wanted to go in the first place. He stood outside and looked inside through the window, he couldn't see him, he stared hoping he'd be wrapping something but he didn't appear.

"Harry?" His teacher's voice distracted him from his thoughts and looked back at her. "Is this where you wanted to go?" He nodded looking down at his shoes, "why don't you go inside?"

He now looked at the store, watching other three workers he hadn't seen last week.

"You're looking for someone, aren't you?" she asked when she saw him look around repeatedly times, he pursed his lips together. "Why don't you ask for them?" Silence. "Want me to ask?" He looked at her and bit his lip, maybe this was the sign she needed to know what'd happen next.

Harry took a while to answer, he hadn't pronounced his name out loud, just in his mind.

"Louis" he mumbled

She didn't even frown, if she wasn't paying attention she wouldn't have heard it and it'd been awkward to ask again. He was looking for a boy. The question was why. She didn't bother to ask, she decided to give him privacy.

"Okay, come here. I'll ask"

They both walked in, as simple look they seemed mother and son, even though they didn't look related. A lady with dyed blond hair around her fifties walked to them.