eighteen // larry ✔️

6

A week later Harry and Louis embark on a two hour journey to their families home. They decided that they would visit Gemma first, then visit Louis family. Harry is a little nervous, he hasn't visited Gemma in a couple months. He hasn't even called her or anything.

Harry did text her to ask if it was okay to visit her today for lunch. She had agreed, of course, she would drop anything to see harry.

Harry leads Louis to Gemma's apartment, he anxiously walks up the stairs to the third floor. Louis grabs Harry's hand and says, "no need to be worried. I'm sure she won't care that you are gay or that you don't love with your father anymore. She moved away for a reason, right?"

Harry nods even though Louis didn't make him feel better at all. Harry grips his hand and knocks on Gemma's door. Right when harry hears the door start to unlock he lets go of Louis hand.

Gemma throws he arms around Yes Harry as soon as she sees him. "I missed you so much, baby bro. Why would you wait so long? What happened?"

Harry continues to hug Gemma even after she stops hugging him. His eyes tear up a little and Louis pulls on harry a little and says to Gemma, "uh, why don't we go inside and talk?"

Gemma looks at Louis up and down, not with judgement but in confusion, "who are you?"

Louis sticks out his hand to Gemma, "I'm Louis."

Gemma shakes his hand and after she lets go of his hand she leads them inside. They all sit at the small kitchen table.

"So what's up, Harry?"

"I, uh," Harry cast his eyes down, and Louis holds his hand under the table, "I got kicked out of the house? Dad kicked me out."

Gemma doesn't look surprised, but gives Harry and 'go on' look.

"He kicked me out because I'm gay." Harry says, holding his breath waiting for her reaction.

Gemma just shrugs, "Okay. Do you need somewhere to stay? You can stay here if you want."

"No no." Harry says, "I'm staying with Louis. I have been for over a month."

"So dad kicked you out over a month ago and you are just now telling me?"

Harry can't tell if Gemma is angry or not. Her eyes brows are squinted together but her voice is calm.

"I was scared that you would hate me like dad does." Harry explains in a small voice.

"Haz, I would never hate you." She says with a small smile, "I don't care that you are gay. I just wish you told me."

Harry nods and her words make him fee a little better about himself.

Gemma continues to speak, but this time to Louis, "So where do you live? What do you do?"

"Uh, I live in town? About ten minutes from the university in a small apartment. Kinda like this apartment to be honest." Louis says. "Oh and I work at a tattoo shop, but I also go to university."

She nods, "how did you meet Harry?"

"He came into our shop after his dad kicked him out and asked for a tattoo. I drew him the tattoo."

Louis wasn't sure if he was supposed to tell Gemma about his new infatuation with tattoos. Louis looks at Harry's face and he seems unfazed by this.

"Tattoos?" Gemma questions to harry, "you have tattoos?"

Harry nods with a grin, "Yeah I got two birds up here and some screws over here. Louis drew the screws and Liam, one of his friends, drew the birds."