Masks Off Identities Out

Chapter Nineteen

Day 8

-Funeral-

Louis and his family piled out of their car and walked towards the small crowd which contained of Harry's dad, Liam, Zayn, Liam, Niall, Ed, Eleanor, Nick and maybe some of Harry's other family. "Hello Des." Louis shook Des' hand and introduced him to his mum and sisters.

"Let us commend Harry Styles to the mercy of God......" The priest spoke. Once Harry's coffin was being lowered into the ground Louis wanted to run over there and stop them. Stop them from taking the one person Louis could love. Zayn squeezed Louis shoulders and Louis looked at Zayn. Zayn was also crying, reality struck all of them, Harry was gone. "We therefore commit Harry Styles body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life."

"Any further speeches?" Zayn went up to the podium and pulled out a piece of paper. "Oh lord, where do I begin? Harry was more than a great friend, he was a great son, a good boyfriend, and one of the best pranksters. Harry was known for those pranks, but he was more than that. He was too good of a person to be torn away from life, to be torn away from his loved ones. Harry once told me 'no matter how evil you believe to be, no one deserves a life to be taken away from them. But if there was no death, there would be no feelings and empty pits of darkness.' Everything Harry said had meaning. Never has he waisted a breath in saying something absolutely absurd. Harry was a meaningful person. One of the most admirable person I knew. I loved Harry as a bro, and as a friend." Zayn stepped off the podium, no one clapped, just looked at Zayn and admired his speech.

Louis was next, but Louis couldn't find the courage to get up there. When he finally found a little he stepped onto the podium and began his speech. "I know I haven't known Harry as long as everyone here. But I can surely say, he played a big part in my life, he taught me many things in life. I loved him as much as anyone else did here, and I still do. Harry will always hold a place in our hearts, he always wanted to make a mark on the world even though he didn't he made

a big mark in our lives and that's all we need." Louis stepped off and joined everyone else in the prayers.

Once everyone left Zayn and Louis stayed behind. "Hey bud, how's everything?" Zayn and Louis sat down on the ground right beside Harry's grave. "How do you think?" Louis started picking at the grass around him. "Mate, we need to make the best of everything. It's what Harry wants. He would want us to move on, let's not be depressed at his grave. I'm sure his spirit doesn't want that." Zayn and Louis both laughed and took a deep breath. "Want a smoke?" Zayn asked. "Sure." Zayn pulled out two cigarette's and they both did the one thing Harry loved and hated more than life; smoking.

"Thanks for taking me home Zayn, are you sure you're okay to drive back?" Zayn pulled up in Louis driveway and nodded his head. "Yeah, s'no biggy." Louis thanked Zayn once more and entered his house where he saw his mum and the girls. "Hey baby." Jay pulled Louis into a hug, then the other girls joined. "We love you Louis." Fizzy said. "I love you too."

Day 18

They were all sitting in English. Harry's death was removed from everyone's minds except for the four boys who were still upset. "Louis, may I see you after class?" Mr. Shaw asked. Once the bell rang Louis went straight to Mr. Shaw's desk. "Yes sir?" Mr Shaw took out a stapled essay and handed it to Louis. "It's Harry's last essay, thought you'd want it. It's an amazing essay, you should give it a read. He really has a way with his words." Louis took the essay and thanked Mr. Shaw.

Louis made his way to the grassy patch and sat down. He took the essay out from his bag and started reading it. "What do you have there?" Eleanor sat down next to Louis. "Harry's last essay." Louis stuffed it back in his bag and looked at Eleanor. "I think the principal is going to ask you and the boys to clean out Harry'r room soon. He's giving you guys time to get yourselves together but I'm just going to be blunt because you guys can't keep mourning over it. It's time to get over it." Louis stood up. "It's not just a break up where you can just get over it El! He's dead, he's never coming back. I think I at least deserve some self pity! All of us do. He was a big part in us. He was more than just another guy El! He was loved by many people, I know you didn't exactly get along with him, but please don't tell me to just get over it." Louis grabbed his bag and walked off.

Day 25

"Boys, I'm going to ask you four to clean out his room, it's been almost a month and we have other students coming in." The boys nodded their heads and went to Harry's room. It was dark, and it still had Harry's scent. "Shall we?" Liam asked. "We shall." Niall started off with the bed and Liam got the bathroom. Zayn and Louis started cleaning out his desk. "Guys look what I found." Niall pulled the familiar brown book from under Harry's mattress. "His prank book. We were never allowed to touch it." They all surrounded Niall and questioned whether to open it or not. "I don't think we should." Liam looked away but then looked back. "I don't know, it might just be more pranks." They opened the book and read page one which was crossed out, page two through fifteen were the same. Page sixteen happened to be different.

'It was my fault.' Was written on it. Page seventeen had Zayn's name on it. Page eighteen had Nialls. Page nineteen had Liam. Page twenty through twenty-seven were more pranks. "What does this mean?" Niall asked. "I don't know."

They read more of it. The last page was the last prank Harry wanted to pull, but it was only then that they realized they were the prey of his ultimate prank.