Infinity //1D AU ✓

Chapter 13

~And now I'm one step closer to being,

Two steps far from you~

"Thanks for picking us up, mum." Harry said to Anne, running to be the first to meet the car as they came off the ferry. "Will you take us back to your house?"

"Of course, love. Anything for you." He kissed her cheek as he climbed into the passenger seat. Liam laid the still asleep Niall down in the back, and the other three found seats in the middle row of Anne's SUV.

"Hello, Anne." Louis said brightly.

"Hi, Louis." She smiled. "Nice to see you again. Who are the others, Harry?"

"These are my friends. Zayn, Liam, and back there is Niall. He's going through a rough bit. I was wondering maybe, if he could stay at yours for a couple of days. I'll stay at home with him too."

Louis was alarmed. He thought Harry was going back to Doncaster with him. But, Harry was grown. Didn't need Louis' approval for everything. He would just liked to be clued in, maybe.

"Of course, dear." Anne said.

"Oh, man. I've got to call Luke." Zayn got his phone out and started calling.

"Yeah, mum. We need to drop Zayn off in London." Anne nodded to Harry, who put some soft music on.

Liam nudged Louis leg, making him look up. "What is it, Liam?"

Liam looked out the window, instead of at Louis. "I-i changed my mind. I don't want to say it anymore."

Louis was too tired to press into Liam's emotional problems, so he just laid on his shoulder and slept instead.

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"I'll make some coffee while you wait for your Uber." Harry said. "Or you can wait to call it."

"We'll wait a bit, won't we Liam?" Liam was dead on his feet as he carried Niall inside. Harry let Niall take the bed in his room for the night. Then, Anne went up and off to bed, and Harry started making coffee.

"I'm so tired." Liam said, fake crying.

"I wish we could all go to a skate park again." Louis joked. "That was a fun night."

"We got chased by the cops." Harry joked.

"Zayn and I kissed for the first time that night." Liam said wistfully, waiting for the coffee with his head on the table.

"Wait, wait, wait. First time implies that there were more than one time."

"Yeah." Liam replied to Louis. "We made out in the closet that one night you sent him to get UNO cards, and I was so angry with myself for making out with a dude that I pushed him into the shelves. He hit his head. I thought I told you this, Louis."

"You might have." He thought about it. "Yeah, I do remember you talking about this once over the phone. Sorry you had to spill that in front of Harry."

Harry was shocked. "The tea is boiling tonight."

The group waited for the coffee. Harry stood, and the two others sat. Harry was thinking about his sister just then, while Louis thought of building his dream house, and Liam thought of Zayn. He didn't know what he wanted to do for the rest of his life - besides becoming a police officer one day, and the only other thing he knew was that he wanted Zayn. He did. He loved Zayn.

"I'm in love with him." Liam said, albeit quietly, as Harry began pouring cups for them all.

"Liam..." Harry sighed.

"I don't want your warnings or condolences, Harold. It's just a fact. I'm in love with Zayn Malik." Liam watched Harry put the creamer in their cups. Meanwhile, the room kept silent.

"You have to tell him." Harry advised.

"Bet." Liam replied, with a chuckle. "I don't think I'll tell him. I don't want his feelings about Luke to change."

Harry seemed to explode. He had a million different things to say. Finally he pushed Liam's cup towards him, and leaned in to him. "You're an idiot if you think that Luke is any better than you. Or that he deserves Zayn more than you do."

"What are you implying, Haz?" Louis asked, scalding his tongue because he was too impatient to wait.

"I don't like Luke, okay." Harry started pacing. "But we can't break up his and Zayn's wedding. That's immoral. Zayn will hate us forever. Especially if we do it simply because we hate Luke, or because you missed your chance, Liam."

Liam looked over at Louis, silently asking if they should tell Harry everything. But Louis shook his head. "Our Uber's here." He said. "Time to go, Liam."

"We'll be back soon. Tell me how Niall is when he wakes up." Louis and Harry shared a hug and a kiss. Liam and Harry hugged after that.

Then the two of them were gone, and Harry slept on the couch.