Step Brothers

Chapter 2

-Louis' POV-

For the next few days, Harry would come over and study with Liam. It stayed that way and I hated it. My liking of him turned into a full on crush. I hated that I had to like him, but I couldn't stop myself for falling head over heels.

"So let's start with reading the chapter and then we'll get started on the essay"

"What are ya guys working on?"

I wanted to talk to Harry, get to know him better. That was impossible with Liam in the way.

"Oh just Romeo and Juliet, the best love story in history."

Liam is so sappy.

"I think it's all stupid."

I responded in a flat tone.

"Well, I agree with Liam"

Harry agrees? Fuck. He agrees with Liam and not me.

"Uh, well I guess it isn't that bad."

I'm not a very good liar.

I let them work on their boring essay for a while before Harry had to go.

"Bye Harry."

Liam said. I didn't want him to leave. What was I supposed to do? Harry walked out the door. I couldn't let him leave again. My chances of talking to him were getting thinner and thinner. Before I knew it, my legs were carrying me out the door.

"Harry. Hi! Uh."

"Hey lad! Whatcha want?"

Shit. I had no idea what to say.

"Uh. Wanna hang out sometime?"

What was I talking about? Of course he's not going to say yes.

"Uh sure"

"Okay. Bye Harry"

"Bye Lou"

Lou? Did he just call me Lou? What the fuck does that mean? And why would he want to hang out with someone like me. We have never even had a decent conversation.

••••••(the next studying session)

"Hey Li!"

"Hi Haz"

Li? Haz? They can't seriously have nicknames already. That was going to be our thing, after we become friends of course. Maybe even more than friends.

"Oh and Louis, I need your number if you ever want to hang out."

"Oh. Uh sure. It's ***-***-****"

"Cool. I'll text you later."

"K"

••••••• (later that night)

"So what was that about?"

I was not about to tell Liam that I had a huge crush on his friend.

"Oh. We were just talking lately."

"Talking?"

"Yeah. Talking."

And with that I left the room.

Minutes turned into hours and my eyes were watering from staring at my phone screen for so long. Why hasn't he texted me yet? Did I say something wrong?

"Don't stare too long, you'll hurt your eyes."

"Oh shut up"

Beep!

"Who is it? Your girlfriend?"

"If only you knew"

I opened my phone expecting it to be Harry.

Ugh. It's just Zayn. He's my best mate. Everyone says that he's mean and obnoxious and I'm not going to deny that, but once you get to know him, he's actually a nice guy. Besides the fact that he's a complete homophobe. If he ever found out that I was gay, my life would become a living hell.

Why didn't Harry text me? Oh who am I kidding. He's probably not even gay. But, maybe I could turn him. Ahh I need to get these thoughts out of my head. He's straight and that's his decision. We will be friends and nothing more. For now.

"Tell me about Harry."

"What?"

I don't know why I asked that, maybe I'm just curious.

"Tell me about him."

"Well, you obviously already know that he has wonderful curly hair and eyes as green as grass and he's quite fit as well. He's smart and gets good grades. That's pretty much all I know. We just met a couple weeks ago."

To me it kinda sounds like he has a crush on Harry. Too bad Liam, that spot is already taken. Leave it to him to find smart rule-followers as friends.

Beep!

It's my phone again. Probably Zayn.

I look down and it says Harry. Harry?!? Holy shit! Opening my phone, I brace myself for what's to come.

"Hey! It's Harry. Wanna hang tomorrow at Marco's Pizza?"

"Of course. Sounds like a plan."