i want you here with me [l.s]

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"Fuck you too, you asshole!"Is the first thing Louis hears when a car pulls into the driveway. The person beeps twice before speeding out of the driveway tires squeaking loudly. Louis winces when the front door opens and slams shut. He hoped it haven't woke harry up, he had went to sleep half and hour ago after them talking and thirty minutes later Edward was back.

Speaking of him Edward flops into a dinning chair letting his hand fall into his palms, "You okay?"Louis asks carefully not wanting him to snap he seemed fairly mad and the smell of alcohol lingered in the air. Edward groans into his hands before looking up at Louis

"No. People are assholes."He says now resting his hand on his hand while the other tap against the wooden dinning table, "they offer a ride and expect you to bring them to bed."He scoffs

Louis sips his tea. Silence lingers in the air before Edwards speaks again "Where's Harry?"Louis swallows the rest of his tea and sets the cup on the counter leaning against it.

"Went to bed about an hour ago."The older man tells him with a shrug of his shoulders. "He was um...a bit upset. Maybe you might want to talk to him, I don't know."He didn't feel as if it was his place to meddle in Harry's business so he was going to let Edward handle it.

Edwards eyebrows furrow, "About what?"Obviously already assuming Louis had something to do with it.

Louis sighs and sits down across from Edward. "Something about you guys thinking he's stupid because he can't watch himself and he's a big baby. He just seemed really upset about it."Edward doesn't say anything for a while. He pinches the bottom of his lips with uncertainty

"Harry..doesn't go out much."Edward blurts not being able to stop himself, "I- he's right. Niall and I do treat him like a baby. Buts it's not because we think he's stupid..it's just most people harry has met haven't alway had the best intentions you know? My mom..she kind of kept the world away from harry you could say."Louis nods completely listening.

"I went to public school while he was home schooled because his first week of school were hell. The boys bullied him for wearing the clothes and he had this one teacher that eyed him weirdly and tried his best to get him alone. Harry came home in tears with a ripped skirt only two days after being in high school,"Edward sighs.

"It's hard to trust people with him. He's not like most kids, mom had him more reserved which is the reason he's so...harry. He doesn't understand people have bad intentions with him, they don't want to be his friend. They want to use him because they know he won't understand and would practically do anything just for them to talk to him."Edward eyes flicker between the table than back at Louis biting down on his bottom lip. "Harry doesn't have any friends. He doesn't go outside...I- no one knows he exists in this town."

Louis blinks.

"Only two friends of Niall know him because Niall trusts them with his life so they watch harry on occasion."Must be the zayn and Liam Harry was talking about earlier, Louis thinks to himself. "I don't know if I trust the new friends I made here enough to let harry around them....it's not that I'm embarrassed by Harry. I dont trust them enough to know if they met him their intentions would be bad or good."Louis doesn't understand why Edward was opening up to him but he wasn't complaining.

"So I guess that's why he might be upset, it's been this way for a while. Our mom doesn't exactly let harry go anywhere at home she wants to keep him safe most of the time. She's all the way in Bora Bora for vacation and I don't know what to do, we're staying with Niall because he's the only person she trusts and I can tell harry just wants to go out but he can't."

"Why do you trust me with him?"Louis blurts.

Edward laughs dryly. "Trust me I seen the way you eyed harry when you first saw him. But I know you're a good person...you didn't seem disgusted like most people would of and you didn't try anything with him. You're a good person Louis. Thank you for not leaving him alone by the way."

Louis swallows a lump in his throat and nods, "no problem."

Edward stands, "sorry for the whole- ranting thing. Probably didn't make much sense since I'm barely sober."He clutches his forehead. "Think I'm going to go to bed now. Good night."

Louis smiles, "Its only three in the afternoon Edward."

"Right."He slurs. "Good noon!"He chirps happily wobbling up the stairs.

Louis laughs loudly quite embarrassing before standing up and pushing his own chair in. Happy that he and Edward had talked and settled things. Happy that they actually trusted him because truthfully he only wanted the best for the boys with the curls.

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Later that night, everyone is sat down at the table with food Niall had cooked. Edward and Harry next to each other while Niall and Louis sat at the head of the table. They eat in silence for a while until Niall is sipping his water than clearing his throat with glasses he claimed made him look smart perched on his nose, "How was the apartment finding today Louis?"He asks not bothering to call him lou because harry always whines he made it up and no one should say it.

Louis plays with the chicken on his plate before looking up, his eyes darting between Harry and Edward. Harry didn't care much for what they were saying he only shoved pineapple into his mouth humming and Edward watched him. "I didn't go today."He looks at Edward again who smiles at him.

Louis knew Edward wasn't in the right mind to watch Harry so he stayed home and planned to go another time. "Oh? Whys that?"Niall questions shoving a green bean into his mouth.

Louis coughs. "Uh.."He blushes embarrassingly. "I um...played dollies with Harry instead."Harry giggles. Edward chuckles shaking his head fondly and Niall full on cackles clutching his stomach.

"My dollies went to the mall Ni Ni!"Harry chirps kicking his feet smiling widely with red cheeks. Louis groans, Harry forced him to play dolls or he wouldn't draw him pictures anymore.

"You really let him pull you into that?"Niall sits up straight now wiping away his tears from his red face clearly still trying not to laugh. "Phewww."He breathes out trying to eat the rest of his food but giving up when the fork kept shaking because he was still laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha."Louis mocks playfully rolling his eyes. Harry touches his hands peering up at him with his big innocence green eyes,

"It's okay lou I won't tell them how you put a dress on Millie and made her walk the runway."The night ends with Niall mocking Louis with Harry's dolls. All of them watching and laughing together.

Niall even talks harry into bringing one of his skirts down so he could make Louis wear it for twenty dollars, he didn't sadly.

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This kinda long. Yay