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Chapter 6: a

Chapter Six: A

3:10.

Louis impatiently tapped his fingers on the table that was close to the entrance, it was quiet and only the sound of the clock ticking could be heard, Everybody else had gone home, school had finished 10 minutes ago anyways. Nobody wanted to stay in this dumb school after the bell had dismissed them.

It wasn't like Louis had places to be though, all he was going to do was maybe record a video or two and publish them to his collection of unpopular videos. Curiously he took out his phone and went onto YouTube, looking at his video and smiling at the 17 views. Scrolling down he saw a comment: great stuff! Keep posting.

Louis grinned and liked the comment. These were the types of things that kept him motivated, just little comments such as those that lifted his spirits high above the clouds and made him realise that there was a chance he could achieve his dream. Even if that chance was much smaller than he hoped.

"In here" Louis heard and his head shot up, recognising the Australian accent from earlier. Finally, it had only been 13 minutes. As Will came into his vision he saw a brown haired boy beside him, this must be the boy who's going to fix his foot, "Hello uhh... which one are you again? Niall?"

"That's the Irish one you dipshit. It's Louis" the brown haired boy chuckled and whacked Will on the shoulder playfully, "our friend is on their way now, had to collect some tools"

"Right" Louis nodded and bit his lip, examining the library. He had never really gone in there before. The library was perceived as uncool, any popular guy who even stepped foot in the librar6 would automatically be teased and laughed at. It was dumb in Louis opinion, what if he happened to like books? Or even just wanted some peace and quiet.

"I'm Liam by the way" the brown haired boy greeted and rubbed the back of his head nervously, "sorry about the wait, Wills girlfriend went with our friend but she can get up to some mischief sometimes"

Louis nodded once more before swinging his legs from the side of the table. He wasn't the most patient person, anything more than a minute late would piss him off, he was just like that. It was a trait he had consumed from his mother, when he was late to being picked up from school he could feel the anger radiating off her. The Tomlinsons were just impatient people.

"Sorry we are late!" A cheery voice sang and skipped into the room with a first aid box, she went over to Will and kissed his cheek, "Harry get over here won't ya?"

Louis shot his head up at the sound of Harry's name. As he walked into the room He stared into his green orbs, the two of them remained in eye contact for a while before Harry coughed and went up to The girl to get the first aid kit from and walked up to Louis. He knelt down and took off Louis shoe and then slid off his socks examining the swollen mess.

"I hope you don't have a foot fetish" Louis joked and felt himself relax as an adorable giggle escaped Harry's mouth.

"Its okay I don't" Harry reassured and took another look at the foot, he began to slowly move it before looking up into Louis eyes, "tell me when it starts to hurt okay?"

Louis nodded not even looking at the foot, he was focused on harry, the concentrated look in his eyes as he examined his sore foot. Then he felt a sharp pain and the trance disappeared, Louis swore loudly and gripped onto the side of the table waiting for the pain to ease.

"Sorry!" Harry apologized and Louis gave him a forced smile to show that he was fine, "I think you've sprained it, uh Georgia can you hand me the bandages?"

As Harry held the bandages in his hands he slowly unravelled it, taking the end of the bandage he wrapped it around his foot. Louis placed his hand on Harry's shoulder for balance and watched as he finished wrapping up his foot, grabbing some of the tape in the first aid kit and sticking it onto the fabric to make it stay on.

"So I think it's going to be broken for a little while. But I'm no professional! They just called me in cause my mum is a physio" Harry gave Louis a small smile and began to pack up the things in that were sprawled over the floor from the first aid kit.

"Thank you" Louis said sincerely, slid off the table and knelt down so they were both on the floor, "I'm Louis by the way"

"Harry" Harry replied and the two of them gazed into each other's eyes for a while before Louis stood up and coughed a little bit.

"Well thank you Will, Liam and harry" Louis grinned and looked down at the curly haired boy once more before exiting the library, wondering what kind of trance Harry keeps on putting him in.

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"Hey guys it's Louis Tomlinson here again! I'm going to be doing another cover by the fray, as requested by absolutely nobody" Louis laughed into the camera and grabbed out his guitar from the side of the shot, "so I hope you all enjoy, this is how to save a life"

As Louis began to sing he looked down on the floor, not wanting to stare at the audience. It wasn't like the two people who were going to watch this would care but it just made him feel slightly better about performing online. As he took a deep breath he felt himself absorb into the song, closing his eyes and singing his heart out.

It was what he loved most about music, being trapped in the song he was singing and feeling himself escape from the outside of the world and entering his own newer one. One where he had fans, where he was singing to a crowd where everybody loved him, where he could do what he wanted and loved most without judgement. Where he could be free.

As the song began to transition to an end he strimmer the last strings on his guitar before staring intently into the camera and turning it off. Plugging it into his computer he moved the video into his editing folder. Louis accidentally clicked on YouTube, cursing at himself. As he went to click off it he found himself looking at the title of one of the videos in his recommended.

How to tell if you are gay and how to overcome the struggles of internalized homophobia.

Louis scoffed, remembering the words Ava spoke to him, claiming that he was gay. Minimising YouTube he went back onto the editing program and began to drag the folder in. He hated this part, editing was the worst. He just wished all the bad parts would cut themselves out and let him just post the thing. A buzz came from Louis pocket interrupting him from his thoughts.

harrystyles has followed you.

Curiously Louis clicked on the profile and was immediately struck by the beautiful green orbs, there was only 5 photos on his account. The first was a photo of him, will and Liam who were in a park and eating ice cream. The second was a photo of a waterfall, and the rest seemed to consist of the bakery or his friends. Louis clicked on the follow button then went onto his profile.

Whilst harry only had 56 followers Louis had 1089. Whilst Harry posted cute photos of his life Louis was filled with parties, his friends and flexing on Michael's house. Louis bit his lip wondering how much he was probably judging his outgoing lifestyle. He clicked on his DMs and started a new conversation.

Louist91: thanks for helping with my ankle, really appreciate it :)

Louis cringed at his own words wondering why on earth he put a fucking smiley face, he never thought that in a million years would he use something as ridiculous as that. Seeing the typing button at the bottom of the screen he anxiously waited, tapping his knee impatiently.

Harrystyles: no worries! :)

Louis smiled and hobbled onto his bed staring up at the ceiling. He was intrigued by Harry, there was just something about him that made his whole world feel different, feel like something he's never felt before.

He was determined to find out what.