The Neighbors

Chapter 54

**Sheas POV**

"I heard it was really bad," one girl chimes.

"Fuck," I mutter.

"Didn't his brother find him?" another girl asks.

"Yeah and that one gay kid left class to check on him too," Some other girl says.

"That's his boyfriend," the first girl says.

"Wait, he's gay?" The second asks.

"Duh, everybody knows that," the third girl flips her hair.

I hate listening in on this conversation to find out information on my best friend.

"All of the cute guys are gay or taken," the second girl sighs.

"There's a third Styles brother and I'm pretty sure he's single," one of them says.

"I think he hooked up with Alexis at her party," I try to keep my expression flat but I am really surprised.

"He did not, all that happened was Alexis got really drunk and started to talk about her crush on him," one girl giggles.

I'll have to tell Logan about this.

"I wish I went to that party."

"Me too, it sounds like -" she stops mid sentence when the school speaker system beeps.

"Attention students, the last day of school has gone nicely. We are proud of each and every one of you. We will miss our seniors greatly. I am proud of all the pink I've seen today and Im glad you all got in spirit. We only have five minute until the bell rings and is like to wish you all a good summer break and hope that you all stay safe an stay out of trouble, it has been a great year and were looking forward to seeing you next year," the speaker clicks off.

We all wait for a few minutes for the bell to ring and when it does we throw our papers into the air.

"It's summer break!" one girl shouts.

I can't really focus on summer break. All I can focus on is getting to Harry. I hope he's alright. One of my best friends is hurt. I hate this.

I make it to the car and sure enough the only boy there is Logan.

"Logan, where's Harry, do you know what happened?" I ask frantically.

"I don't know, I was hoping you would, I heard he has a black eye,"he says with a hurt expression.

"I can't believe anybody would hurt him, Harry is one of the most gentle people I know," I throw my backpack into the backseat of the car and slam the door in frustration.

"Do you know why?" he asks and his voice cracks.

"I think it's because he's gay, I can find no other reason," I say an look at Logan who has a trembling lip.

"Come here," I open my arms and he instantly sinks into my hug.

He holds on tight and I think that if I weren't holding him up he'd fall to the ground.

"It's ok Logan, he's alright," I whisper. I know he's not dead.

"He was hurt for being gay and there was no other reason and that's ridiculous, how are the people here so closed minded that they would do such a thing?" he asks.

"I don't know," I whisper and continue to rub his back.

I've never seen Logan so broken.

"Are you alright?" a voice says and I nearly melt in the instant relief.