Locker 17

Chapter 30

"What?" I ask Niall. He seems concerned all of a sudden.

"Harry hasn't told you?"

"Tell me what?" The desperateness clear in my voice. What does he mean?

"I'd rather not. Just wait until he tells you, I wouldn't want to end up back in the same place he and I ended on Friday.

"I won't say anything I promise." I enter the class behind him. I follow him to the desk and sit next to him.

"I don't know Louis. There must be a reason why he hasn't told you." He says while taking out his pencil out of his backpack.

"Please." I beg, cupping my hands together. If he doesn't tell me then I doubt Harry will, who knows what else he hasn't told me.

"I don't want any more problems with Harry, specially after what happened."

"And you won't. Come on Niall I'm practically begging here. I'm about to go on my knees if you say no again." I exaggerate just enough for him to tell me. He sighs and continues to talk.

"Harry and Zayn are stepbrothers. The whole school found out when he first moved here, he used to tell everyone he had an older stepbrother and how he would beat anyone who would try to hurt him."

"Wait, but Zayn is in our grade?" I tilt my head, confused. Niall shakes his head.

"Yeah he's in our grade...for the third time." My eyes are wide and my mouth is open in shock by the end of his statement.

"Have I said too much or-"

"No" I interrupt him.

"Anyway, Zayn doesn't give a shit about his education and keeps failing his high school exit exam. To me it seems he would be here for a longer time if they could hold him back more, but this year he's finally going to graduate, so I'm told. Graduating at age 20 really is something, although he doesn't look twenty."

"Where does Harry come into this?"

"Oh right! So Harry and him were pretty close but Zayn wouldn't hang out with him. He'd leave Harry by himself eating in the cafeteria. Harry would always try to fit in with Zayn's crew which was made up of Jack, Tristan, and Sam. Zayn really didn't care for Harry at school, if he did he'd at least care enough to let him sit with him at lunch but no. They'd make fun of Harry for that, then Sam came along and he started ot feel bad for him so he stopped hanging out with Zayn. That's when Zayn and Harry stopped getting along. Both of their parents never knew they had any contact with each other, so Harry's mum doesn't know that her ex-husband lives here, you get the point." The teacher starts the class but he doesn't take notice in my conversation with Niall, since we're seated at the back.

"How do you know all this?" I whisper to him, trying not to disrupt the class. He smirks and look over at me.

"I used to be apart of Zayn's little 'crew'" What? Oh my god.

"B-But you're nothing like him, Zayn has tattoo's and he's well he's him." I wave my arms infront of me in disbelief.

"Zayn wasn't like that before, just like Harry. Before it looked like they wouldn't even hurt a fly, now it looks like they'd hurt more than one." He laughs, his laugh is quite catchy now that I think of it.

"Let me guess this was all before Sam died. After he did Zayn changed?" I roll my eyes.

"Yep. Did I ever mention you look a lot-"

"Like Sam I know." I roll my eyes again.

"Louis!" Our teacher calls out and the whole class turns back to look at me. "Twenty minute detention today after school, my class." I sigh and throw my head back, fucking shit. I look over at Niall and he's laughing like always.

*Harry's POV*

Once I get out of the school I can change out of this stupid long sleeve now that I don't have to hide the evidence of the events from earlier. Thankfully Louis didn't see anything or else he'd fucking flip and see how I keep fucking up all over again.

I've been out for a couple hours just driving around town thinking of what I should do for Louis' birthday or at least what to get him. I drive next to the little pharmacy on the main street of the town and pull in to it's parking lots. I make my way inside hoping to find some shitty birthday card, I'm sure he's into that kind of shit I think.

My eyes skim through the cards on the stands, they all have some kind of cartoon or animal on it that pops out, nothing really sentimental that he'd actually find as a nice gift. A blue decorative card catches my attention and I grab it, when I do I hear a voice behind me.

"Harry?" He calls.

"What the hell do you want Ryan?" I place the card back on the stand and turn to face the man.

"Can't I greet my son anymore?" This fucker.

"Not since you left my mum no. Now you can you fuck off and leave me alone." I spit. He walks closer to me and pulls me into his embrace. I wiggle around trying to free myself, when I do I give him a disgusted look. I seriously can't stand this man I'm supposed to call my father. He's dressed up in a suit, fucking douche.

"Come on Harry soften up!" He waves his arms towards me.

"What are you even doing here in the first place? Isn't this place to low and cheap for your liking?" It's true, he never settles for less. Well actually he does, example Zayn's mum. She's such a fucking whore and he doens't realize it, I almost feel sorry him leaving my mum.

"I was just dropping by to buy Claire her monthly supplies." He moves him hand away from his back revealing the box of tampons. Disgusting.

"Claire? Oh yeah the whore never mind." I smirk, teasing him about his whore of a wife. He rolls his eyes and walks out of the aisle.

I don't end up getting Louis anything, instead I grab some first supply shit for my injured hands. I look at my phone and it's already half an hour after Louis is supposed to get out of school. I ring him twice but he doesn't answer either call, he'd normally answer after the first or call me back but he doesn't. I walk over to the line for the cash register, I stand behind Ryan waiting.

"Sorry I have to take this." He tells the cashier and answers his phone.

"Hello?...Yeah this is he...Yes yes I'll be right there." He hangs up with a worried face. He turns to me.

"Your stepbrother got into a fight at school with some kid, leaving him unconscious. Now I have to go to the school and take care of it. He'll never learn will he." He tells me and shakes his head in disappointment. He probably needed to get his anger out on someone after I beat his little ass yesterday.

Note: Ryan is Harry's dad and Zayn's stepdad. I picture him as Josh Holloway (short hair) haha and Claire (Zayn's mum) as Jennifer Connelly (present time).

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