That Fine Line (Larry AU)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Louis’s POV

As much as I wanted to reach out and grab Eleanor’s hand and tell her it was all going to be ok, I wasn’t certain. I could tell she was already giving up. I thought we were stronger than this. I wasn’t going to give up that easily. I loved her too much to give up this relationship but reaching out to her wasn’t going to help. She needed space so I gave her space.

Maybe this wasn’t going to be as easy or harmless as I hoped it would be.

2 days later

Today was the dreaded interview day. I just knew that everything would go downhill from here. I was coming out with Harry but my true relationship was falling apart because of it.

“El. Please don’t give up on us. I love you,” I said, through the bathroom door. When Eleanor had realised that it was the day Harry and I were ‘coming out’, she had locked herself in the bathroom but not quickly enough for me not to see the tears that began spilling out of her eyes.

I could hear her sniffling before she quietly replied.

“I love you too. It just hurts too much to watch you with someone you don’t even like,” I heard her say.

“I know,” I muttered, cause that’s all I could say.

“Louis? We have to go now!” I heard. I sighed, recognising the voice as Harry’s which probably didn’t help the situation at the moment.

“Yeah, I’m coming,” I shouted to him before turning back to the closed bathroom door.

“I love you. Please don’t give up on us,” I repeated before I turned and left the room, preparing for the long interview ahead.

“Hey, are you ok?” Harry asked when I came down to meet him. I shook my head, indicating that I wasn’t ok but also that I didn’t want to talk about it and so he dropped it.

“Let’s go. Remember to be convincing,” he reminded me leading us both out to where the boys were waiting in the car. Thankfully they didn’t ask any questions and we sat in the car silently. When we arrived, we forced ourselves through the crowd, not allowed to sign anything or take any pictures.

Once we were inside the TV studio, Will came over to prep us.

“So you all the main purpose we’re here. Remember to make it convincing. This is just another interview, ok?” he instructed but it wasn’t just another interview. It was the interview where our lives would be changed. It was the interview where I’d be coming out with someone I hated. It was the interview where I’d come out as gay when I had a girlfriend at home, bawling her eyes out because of this fake relationship. It was the interview that would make everything that much harder.

“I’m just going to go to the bathroom,” I muttered quietly, needing to have some space before going on.

“Sure, Louis. Be back in 10 at least, ok?” Will said. I nodded in reply before turning towards the bathroom.

I walked into the bathroom and went straight to the sink. I turned on the tap, gently splashing water onto my face to freshen up a bit. While water dripped down my face, I stared at myself, before l lashed out at the mirror. My fist collided with the mirror and as the mirror shattered into pieces, my fist burst into pain causing me to crumple to the floor, cradling my fist while tears spilled out of my eyes. I didn’t want to do this.

“Louis? Oh my gosh,” I heard someone say. I wanted to lash out at that person because I knew who it was but I couldn’t.

He came up to me and gathered me into his chest, gently stroking my wet hair as he whispered into my ear.