What A Feeling // 1D AU ✓

Chapter 17

~What a feeling to be right here beside you now,

Holding you in my arms~

That evening, Louis came back to the house with Lottie. Zayn had been watching Fin all day, and Louis was eager to see her, after he gave his speech to the masses. "We are going to a club tonight!" He yelled, excited.

Zayn did not look excited, and neither did Liam. "A club? Louis, we're tired."

"We're going clubbing. I have a babysitter coming up, surprise, it's Fizz, my lovely sister. As soon as she gets here, the five of us are going to a club Lottie knows about."

Lottie danced around the living room, excited as well. Liam and Zayn still weren't convinced. Then Harry walked in the door, looking sad and beat down. "We're going clubbing, Haz."

"Louis, we're too old for clubbing." Liam complained.

"I don't care." Louis said nastily. He was really in a mood today. "Everyone get dressed. Now."

Louis was the king. No one dared to not obey him, so they all went to get ready. "Is today something? Like a special day? Because Louis' been acting really weird today." Harry asked Zayn.

"No. But Lottie also seems to be acting with extra enthusiasm too." Zayn said, walking towards his room. Liam was already getting changed, and Harry hurried up the stairs, regretting his conversation with Louis earlier. Then, maybe this wouldn't be happening.

Louis was such a drama queen.

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Once they got into the club, Lottie disappeared, as she always did when they went anywhere with her. Louis and Liam headed for the bar. Harry wasn't into getting drunk, and Zayn wasn't feeling it, so they sat in a booth. "I can't just ask him, can I? Like what's today? Did his mom die today, or something? No, that was last month." Harry was fretting over his boyfriend. "It's not his birthday or our anniversary, or my birthday. Or his siblings birthdays, or Fin's birthday."

Zayn patted him on the back. "It's okay, Harry. Louis' just Louis."

"We had a fight today, because I said I didn't want to go out tonight. We need to focus on getting out Niall."

"Well, we do." Zayn sighed. "But we can only prepare for so much."

"If we fail, if we get caught, or anything, it'll be my fault." Harry said, tears already brimming. "I can't do that to him - to Niall. We tell him we're getting him out, and then we mess it all up."

"The plan is foolproof, Harry. Even if we get caught, Niall won't. Louis won't."

"Then, we're in jail." Harry said, crying. "I can't handle that."

"We won't fail." Zayn said, faking confidence. "We're going to do it." Then he hugged Harry, trying to believe it.

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"Time to go home." Harry said, grabbing Louis by the collar and pulling him away from the bar. He knew that drunk Louis had to be treated with force, but Zayn just grabbed Liam's hand and led him outside. Liam was all too eager to follow Zayn outside.

"Hi, Zayn." Liam said, giving him a big hug. "I love you. Like a lot."

"It's bedtime." Zayn said, yawning.

"Ice cream time!" Liam said, stumbling down the sidewalk. Louis joined him as they walked up the street to Baskin-Robbins.

Harry tried to keep calm, but he was beyond tired and angry about how the day had gone. "We can't control them."

"Go pull the car around." Zayn said. "I'll get those children some ice cream."

Louis and Liam were already in the ice cream shop, waiting for their caretakers. "Can I have two scoops, Zayn?" Liam said. "And another cone that has two scoops?" Liam put his puppy dog eyes on, and Zayn couldn't resist, pulling out Simon's credit card. He didn't care if he angrily yelled at him tomorrow.

"What do you want, Louis?"

"I want Harry. Where's Harry?" Louis was pouting, sitting in the chair. The employee looked dead, waiting for their order.

"You want mint?"

"Yes." Louis sighed, turning towards the door.

"Okay, Liam, what flavors?"

"All of them." Liam said.

Zayn ordered a minute later, and the employee started making the cones. "I do not envy the hangovers you two will have tomorrow."

"We drank a lot of tequila." Louis smiled.

"Hey, Louis. What's today?" Zayn asked, since Louis' inhibitions were lowered.

"My mom's birthday." He said, Liam handing him his mint chocolate chip cone. "Thank you, Liam." He said, shaking his hand.

Liam got his two cones, and Zayn led them outside to the car where Harry was waiting. "I love this song." Louis said, turning it up. Classical music was playing however, and Harry just shook his head at his boyfriend rocking out to it.

Zayn recorded it and put it on Instagram, tagging Louis in it. That'd be nice for him to wake up to in the morning. "Harry." He whispered as they started driving. "It's his mom's birthday today."

Harry's face fell, but he didn't say a word, just kept on driving. And when they got back to Simon's, Louis wouldn't let them go inside. "Guys, we should have a sleepover. Put two of the big mattresses together in one of the rooms and sleep!"

"That's a bad idea, babe." Harry said.

"No, let's do it!" Louis yelled, causing a ruckus as he went inside, throwing away his mostly eaten ice cream and going into his room, upstairs. The alcohol had allowed him to tap into his raw strength, and two seconds later, he had dragged the mattress into the hallway and was moving towards Liam's room.

"Whoa whoa whoa." Zayn and Harry said, scrambling up there. Liam was calmly finishing his ice cream at the table, not wanting to make a mess, but there were already drips coming down his arms.

Since they didn't have a choice, several minutes later, the two beds were on the floor side by side. Louis was already getting in, and Harry was layering blankets over their mattress. "So I have to share with Liam!" Zayn squeaked.

"Buck up, big boy." Harry winked.

"You're creating a fanfiction scenario." Zayn said to Louis, freaking out. "Now there's only one bed."

"Because it's bedtime." Louis said, which made no sense, but he was already falling asleep." The sober two figured that Liam would eventually come upstairs, so Harry did his skincare routine and Zayn looked at memes until he fell asleep.

Eventually Liam washed his arms off and fell asleep next to Zayn, covering up his feet when they got uncovered. It was cute, and after he plugged in his phone, he was asleep as well.