Fire Meets Gasoline || Larry Stylinson

Chapter Forty One

Harry gets his work and Louis's work the next day. It takes much less time to get through.

“Your meetings start today.” Harry mentions as he finishes his last thing of homework.

“Mhm,” Louis mumbles paying no attention to Harry. He was not the least bit enthusiastic about starting back up his meetings.

He didn’t want to walk in there and tell strangers and Liam how he relapsed and failed.

The judgement that he might face made Louis’s guts churn.

“You’ll need to talk to your coach tomorrow about your scholarship.” Lately Harry has been talking to Louis as if he was his higher up rather than his boyfriend.

“Okay mum.” Louis says sarcastically making Harry frown.

“I’m just trying to be helpful.” Harry mumbles and Louis lets out a sigh. He turns around to face Harry.

“I know. I’m just stressed is all.” Louis pulls Harry into a hug as if to say “I’m sorry.”

Louis wakes up early that morning. He had gotten used to sleeping in but now he had his meetings to go to.

It bewildered Louis how Harry would show up so awake and refreshed so early.

“Would you like to stop by the school first or-” Louis shakes his head.

“If I get bad news then I'm not gonna wanna talk in the meeting.” Louis explains. Harry doesn't fight him on his choice. Louis decides he wants to drive them to the meeting.

“I know Liam is excited to see you.” Harry says while his teeth chatter. The car is cold as it warms up.

“Hmm.” Louis mumbles. He wasn't much of a morning person. He was extra quiet and grouchy.

Harry gets the hint and remains quiet the rest of the car ride.

Louis's body is tense when they arrive and Harry has to practically drag him to the room.

“See, you know some of these people.” Harry whispers to Louis like a small child going to their first day of school.

Louis feels like a small child. He's hiding behind Harry like he's his own mother.

“Louis! How nice of you to join us this morning.” Liam is overly chipper and Louis wonders if he's on anything.

“Go say hi.” Harry nudges Louis and shoves him in Liam's direction.

“Thanks.” Louis mumbles out. Liam gives Louis a large smile and brings him in for a tight hug.

“I'm sure you'll have a lot to share today.” Liam says softly to Louis. Liam just knows some way to calm Louis and get him to cooperate.

Liam calls everyone off his list and when he sees that everyone is there for the day, the meeting begins.

Liam has Louis go first.

“Hi I'm Louis.” Louis tries to project his voice but he still sounds like a snuffly sap.

“I have drug and alcohol problems and not too long ago I was hospitalized for an overdose.” Louis feels shame with each word as it comes out. He feels hot from the stares he is receiving.

“I've had that happen to me a couple of times.” An older white woman speaks up. He voice is raspy and her skin like old leather.

“Yeah me too.” Louis looks around as people say they have the same problems. It makes him feel less alone.

“I'm glad you made it through, Louis. I hope this time you can get better.” Liam says comfortingly.

Louis doesn't say anything else but nods.

He gets to talk with the other people there and it really opens his eyes on what his life could be like.

“It's good you're gettin help now mate because let me tell you things just get worse the longer you wait to get help.” A rugged looking man with a thick northern accent talks to Louis once the meeting is over.

Louis can tell he isn't that old but years of drugs and alcohol can really age you. Louis can tell his appearance already looks a bit older than he is and his voice is raspier than other teens his age.

“You ready to go?” Harry asks, grabbing his coat.

“Yeah.” Louis nods off to the man and follows after Harry.

It was time to find out if he still has his scholarship or not.

“Remember you can still get into a university even if you're scholarship had been revoked.” Harry tries to make things sound better but Louis doesn't listen. He's too stuck in his own mind.

The drive is short and so is the walk to the coach's office. Louis's stomach drops with each step.

Harry knocks on the door.

“Hello Styles and-” Coach Winston's eyes go wide as he sees Louis.

He doesn't even say Louis's name before he's bringing Louis in for a hug.

“I thought I was gonna have to bury one of my students boy.” Winston pulls away and grips onto Louis's shoulders.

“Don't do stupid shit like that ever again.” He shakes Louis's and Louis can hear the emotion in his coach's voice.

“I'm sorry.” Louis says sincerely.

Coach takes a breath and lets Louis go.

“So why are you here?” He asks and Louis looks at the ground.

“Does Louis still have his scholarship or not?” Harry decides to ask for him.

Coach sighs and signals for the boys to come in.

“So Louis was put in to the hospital under an attempted suicide. While a school would now watch under you with a heavy eye it's not something you would get in trouble over.” Louis's not sure where this could be going.

“When it was leaked on how you tried to uh...when it was leaked about the overdose we began to look into it.” He takes a long deep breath and follows it by silence. A frown is on his face.

This is it, Louis thinks.

“We found out from anonymous sources with evidence about your past drug relations which we had to share with the university.”

“Oh Louis, I'm so sorry.” Harry begins to cry and hug Louis.

Louis's body is like a statue and his face is the same.

“You lost the scholarship.” Coach's voice is low as he finally lets out the news.

Everyone looks at Louis to see his reaction or response.

“Okay.” Louis replies quickly. With Harry latched onto him he turns around and leaves. Coach Winston calls after him and Harry tries to talk to him but Louis keeps moving and remains silent.

He remains silent on the way to the car, in the car and getting out of the car.

“Louis's lets talk about-”

“Goodnight Harry.” Louis says before closing the front door of his house in Harry's face.

“Goodnight.” Harry sighs and walks solemnly home.

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