Chapter 16: i

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This chapter is kinda a continuation from last chapter.

Chapter 16: I

Sitting on a picnic blanket that Louis brought the two of them watched as the sun began to set, they both knew the day was far from over, the carnival open until quite late at night. Louis licked his ice cream, watching as the sky turned into an orange color. He would be lying if he said he hadn't had a great time that day, every aspect of it seemed to be perfect, each moment felt like one that Louis would hold onto and treasure forever.

"Remember when we went on the free fall" Harry suddenly said laughing to himself. Louis felt himself blush, remembering the screams that escaped his throat. The only reason he even went on the ride was because Harry was excited to go on it, "That made my day"

"How so?"

"You act like such a bad ass yet you're scared of a carnival ride" Harry laughed, Louis playfully whacked him on the shoulder yet eventually laughed along too. Harry looked away from the sunset and towards where the carnival rides were, "I heard the Ferris wheel is magical at night"

"Then we shall go on the Ferris Wheel when it gets dark" Louis told him matter of factly, watching as Harry began to laugh once more, "What are you laughing at now Haz"

"Just wondering if you'll scream on this ride too" He responded giggling. Louis pouted, making his eyes turn big so Harry would feel bad, "Puppy eyes don't work on me"

"Of course they don't" Louis giggled and turned his head to see a wall with teddies on it. It was one of those gambling games, the one's where you could only get a prize if you win a specific number. Louis thought about how romantic it would be if he won the giant teddy bear that seemed to loom over the top of all the other prizes, "Let's do that"

As Louis brought 4 panels he gave two to Harry. There was three numbers on each card and Louis only hoped one of the 6 would contain the number: 985 for the massive prize, even hoping for one of the smaller prizes, anything. As he scratched the numbers off the cards he frowned when realizing he hadn't won anything for Harry. That's when he looked up to see the bear being taken down. Louis looked sadly at the man taking the bear down, wondering who was lucky enough to win it.

"Thank you!" A familiar voice said whilst the bear was being handed to them, Louis looked down to see Harry coming closer to him with the bear that was almost the same height as him, "for you"

Louis grabbed onto the bear and stared at Harry, those green eyes that seemed to make him fall into a trance greener than before. The sunset was almost fully set now but Louis didn't seem to care about that, he didn't seem to care about anything other than Harry. Harry Harry Harry.How was this boy so perfect?

"Ferris Wheel?" Harry asked, a smile on his face.

"Ferris Wheel." Louis repeated, grabbing the bear and walking to the rides once more. As the Ferris Wheel came into sight Louis knew was Harry meant. It truly was magical, the large wheel covered in fairy lights, the carriages lit up different colors as it turned through the night. Louis almost would think it was beautiful if he wasn't so afraid of heights.

Louis placed his bear by the security guard who laughed at the teddy, jumping in line next to Harry he found himself in awe over the massive structure, even thinking he might enjoy himself despite the frightening heights. Looking back at Harry his eyes met his strong gaze. Louis realized that maybe the Ferris Wheel wasn't the only magical thing at the moment.

"Wristbands please" The man said and the two of them snapped back into reality, showing the man their wristbands before stepping into a carriage. As they sat down Louis gripped on to the bar in front of them, squeezing on tight as he can as it moved up slightly, Louis head feeling light as his heart was beating at a concerning rate.

"here, hold my hand" Harry said, placing his hand on the small space next to the two of them, Louis grabbed it without hesitation, shuffling over to fill the little space between them so that they were pressed together. As the wheel moved once more Louis felt the carriage rock slightly.

"Shit." he breathed out.

"It's okay Lou, the wheel is almost full by the looks of it" Harry said peeking his head out the side of the wheel. Louis breathed out slowly before feeling the wheel move at a steady pace, not stopping for anybody else. Looking out the side he felt himself squeeze onto Harry's for comfort, his stomach dropping as they went down. Harry traced circles onto Louis hand, "Look out when we get to the top, its beautiful"

Louis nodded before opening his eyes once more, seeing they were at the top. They were high from the ground, Louis not being able to help staring at the gears making his stomach churn. When looking out at the view he felt his eyes peel onto what he saw. A lake in the distance, an overview of the carnival and even some of the city in the far distance. Then the carriage stopped, swinging a little bit at the top.

"fuck, fuck, fuck" Louis muttered beginning to panic, seeing that they weren't moving. Louis frantically began to breathe faster, his head beginning to spin from how far up they were.

"Louis, it's okay!" Harry said over and over, "Look at me"

Louis looked at Harry as instructed, feeling the slightest wave of comfort for a couple of moments. Louis heart began to race even more as Harry cupped the side of his face, staring deeply into Louis eyes. Louis bit his lip nervously, his eyes travelling from his beautiful green eyes down to his lips that seemed to be calling for him to move in.

Louis began to lean in. Their noses pressed against each other, their warm breaths being felt against the side of each others cheeks. As Harry closed his eyes and lent in more their lips grazed each others, Louis wanting nothing more than to mold his lips into his. Grabbing onto Harry's waist he felt himself shake a bit, not from the fear of the wheel, but from the thought that this was it, he was about to kiss Harry Styles.

That was until the wheel began to move once more.

Halting backwards Louis felt the wheel being lowered, the two of them separated from one another, the disappointed look sprawled across their faces. As they got to the bottom they went off, walking in silence back to the car where they would go home, the only thing going through Louis mind was Harry and how they almost kissed.

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Louis woke up to a phone call, to which he ignored. He was looking up at the ceiling, remembering the events from last night. He remembered after the kiss, walking Harry up to his door telling him how much he enjoyed his company. He remembered hearing the crickets quietly chirping in the background and Harry's bashful look on his perfect face. He remembered being so clearly into Harry that he could barely believe it himself.

Last night was an escape of reality for him, an escape from his friends crime, an escape from a world in which Louis couldn't cope without drugs, a world in which he could physically be with Harry. Looking up from his bed he saw the bear that Harry won for him, it was so cliche really. He was the one who wanted to do a romantic gesture for him yet it became the opposite. The thought that maybe Harry would possibly like him making him tingle in excitement.

Which was rudely interrupted by his phone ringing... again.

"Hello?" Louis said bluntly into the phone, annoyed at whoever was disturbing his time thinking about Harry.

"Louis! God finally, I have been trying to reach you all morning." Zayn said into the phone desperately, "Congrats man!"

"On what?" Louis asked confused, wondering what on each Zayn could possibly be talking about. He couldn't have known about the almost kiss, he hadn't spoken to Zayn since he left yesterday on the way to pick Harry up.

"Haven't you checked your notifications?" Zayn asked curiously.

"Hang on" Louis told him, grabbing his laptop and opening it to see numerous amounts of notifications flooding his screen. Frantically pressing onto YouTube he saw his 'Look After You' video, his eyes wide and his heart stopping, shocked he placed his phone back to his ear.

"You've gone viral Louis!!"

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