Pride {l.s.}

57- Midnight Memories

The Story So Far:

Niall has a crush on Cheyenne. Zayn and Liam are dating and growing strong. Louis has come out of the closet. Harry's body is attacking his thyroid. The crew is at Louis and Harry's for Christmas and Louis's birthday.

Spanish Version Available: Pride | l.s. [Traducción al español] by InLarryLove

"So everyone," Harry addresses the group as we all sit around the living room, "it is obviously Louis's birthday tonight."

"Happy birthday!" Niall shouts. His face turns red from his interruption, but that doesn't stop him from laughing along with Cheyenne.

"As I was saying," Harry continues with a glance over to Niall with a smile on his lips, "it's Louis's birthday, and it sucks to have a birthday on Christmas. He will get fewer presents than us for the rest of his life like I'm talking half as much as us. Louis and I have come to an agreement on what to do with this information. Louis, would you like to introduce our plans for tonight?"

I shyly stand up from my place on the floor and stand in front of Harry. He wraps his arms around my waist and rests his chin on my shoulder. My face blushes as I begin to explain to the boys and Cheyenne on what we'll be doing.

"Um well, it's Christmas before it's my birthday obviously, and there are a lot of people out there who aren't having a Christmas as great as ours. So, instead of giving me my rightful half of birthday presents I miss out on, I'd rather take that half and give it to people who don't have what we have," I nervously explain, but Harry's arms around me help me carry on. It sounded like a good idea to me when Harry and I discussed it, and I just hope that everyone here agrees that this is a good thing.

"Louis, that's so sweet. I love it," Cheyenne replies with a wide smile. I give her a look of thankfulness for her reaction.

"We're all in," Liam says while glancing at the others. "What's the plan?"

"I was thinking that we first head to Walmart or some cheaper store," I start to explain. "You use the money that you might have wasted on me and buy food, toys, or necessities that people might need. Instead of handing out money to the homeless or less fortunate, it's sometimes safer to pass out items since it ensures that it won't go towards something like drugs, alcohol, or other unnecessary things. We can pass it out at the shelter and wish them all a Merry Christmas."

There's a moment of silence before someone says anything as they all ponder this plan.

"Perfect. When do we head out?" Zayn breaks the silence with a smile directed towards me.

"Whenever we're ready."

***

The shelter we visit turns out to be within in a church. The congregation opens up their doors almost every night so that these people can be inside and out of the elements. A lot of the congregation's donations help to supply these homeless people with what they need. They can't always provide for everyone, but they do their best.

I stand outside the church with Zayn. Harry was carrying a couple of sleeping bags. He gave me a look before he went in, but he saw Zayn standing next to me. He knew that I was in good hands, so he headed on in along with everyone else.

"You do know that this church is different from the one you went to back when you were younger?" Zayn says as we both stare up at the large cross above the door. "Harry goes here sometimes. Liam goes here, and I think Niall does too. I'm Muslim, and I even like these people. They're good people."