I Remember You Laughing [Larry Stylinson]

Chapter 27-The After-Party.

A/N:  I hope to God you guys like this and leave lots of comments and votes because I wrote my guts out. This was very emotional to write. Lets have a conversation!

"I'm sorry, Harry."

"I'm sorry too, Gem."

"But you know I'm right. Mum could've kept the horse ranch open. She wasn't even that sick then."

"Yes, she was. She was, Gem. You forget a lot."

Harry leaned back in the seat as they drove to the Cowell ranch for the Grimshaw cousins' after party. Harry wondered how arrogant one had to be to hold an after party for a charity concert.

"Trey said their parents are out of town for the weekend so tonight was perfect. They swam through rehearsals inviting everyone and telling them to keep it on the down-low," Lottie piped from the back seat as she pulled out her headphones.

Gemma nodded. "Yeah, they'll be in big trouble if their Dad finds out."

Harry was peeved. "What kind of person leaves town at a time where everyone is supposed to come together for charity?" He rolled his eyes at the Cowell's inconsideration. Aiden and Nick also had to tie in their party to the concert schedule and call it an after party otherwise their parents were bound to find out why half the kids were not at the concert, which made them horrible. But Harry really needed to get away from Louis right now. He had been struggling so much, trying so hard not to tell him how he felt about him then Boom! Louis had to tell him he loved him. Harry wanted so bad to just kiss him then and there but he couldn't. He knew no matter how bad he wanted to, no matter how much Louis' friendship and love meant to him, Louis wasn't there for him. He was there for his mother.

Harry wasn't blind to the fact that his mother had been happier since Louis and the girls arrived. He even noticed her helping around the farm more. She even tried cooking with him and Fizzie the other day. And not to mention her and Louis reading his mother's letters together and chatting about her the whole time. When Louis first came to Champton, he told Harry how confused he was that neither woman really talked about each other before, but Harry was ashamed to say that he wasn't confused by that at all. He knew why his mother never mentioned her. He knew why she never mentioned his dad and how he died either. Because she was depressed. She had severe depression after he died and it was hard for her to talk about anything, let alone people from her past. Harry would know...because he's the one who had to take care of her during these times. Sure granddad used to come visit regularly in the old cottage but on the daily Harry and Gemma were basically the parents. Gemma did the laundry and cleaning etc. and Harry would cook and make sure his mother ate at least five spoons of food for the day. Anne only lightly summarized it for Louis when he asked her, but this is the full ugly story. So yeah, Gemma forgot a lot. But he wasn't in the mood to remind her.

Its' been years since she been that bad but Harry couldn't help but notice a complete turnaround since she had Louis and his sisters on the farm. She's energetic, the lines on her forehead were gone, and since that day they went out in the meadows, Harry can now finally say he's seen his former jump trail champion mother in an equestrian suit. From what he gathered so far, his mother and Louis' mother basically grew up together and were like sisters so it made sense that she was happier with Louis' company. And Harry was happy. He wanted her to be happy. There is no way he was gonna jeopardize this progress she made. And he was glad Louis had her too. He wanted Louis to like Champton. He knew it would hurt Louis if he was to somehow fall out of his mother's good graces if she found out they had feelings for each other. If he were to acknowledge his advances it would be detrimental. Louis needed to stop kissing him and telling him he loved him.