you bring me home [larry stylinson]

Chapter Four

"Don't go Louis."

Louis chuckled and hugged the twins for the fifth time that morning. "I'll be back in less than a week," he repeated once more. "It'll be no time at all. I'll miss you both terribly."

"I have an idea," Daisy mumbled into his shoulder, "don't leave, and then you won't miss us."

Jay laughed and slowly pulled them off Louis. They both pouted and began waving sadly. Louis hugged his mum once more and she hugged him back tightly.

"Have fun darling," she said softly.

"I will," he grinned.

With that, he grabbed his duffel bag and headed out the door. He had a flight in three hours to Wolverhampton. Liam was meeting him there at the airport. He was arriving quite a couple hours before the party so he could help his friend set up. Louis was very excited for the party; he hadn't had a proper one in what felt like a year. Now that he was finally done with his studies, he planned on having a grand old time... and he couldn't wait to start.

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Once he landed, he managed to get his bag fairly quickly. Then he headed to the boarding area and spotted Liam instantly. Liam ran over and hugged his best friend. Louis chuckled and hugged him back with one arm; his other holding his bag.

"I'm so excited mate," Liam exclaimed. "I plan on getting hammered."

"I've never seen what that's like," Louis noted. "I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of drunk you are."

"I guess we'll find out," Liam shrugged. They started heading out to the parking lot where his car was. "Are you going to get drunk tonight Louis?"

"You know it."

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It didn't take them too long to set everything up for the party since they were now two people. Liam had bought a couple of bottles of liquor for the party, even though it was a BYOB invitation. He had countless snacks laid out on the table such as: chips, dip, candy, finger foods and plenty more. Liam was very organized, even for parties.

A quarter after eight, the first guests arrived. Liam had clicked play on a playlist and set it up to a speaker. Before Louis knew what was happening, he had a red solo cup in his hand with some type of beer. He was nursing it throughout the night, not wanting to get too drunk. It was only when they started playing beer pong that he realized he needed another drink. He went into the kitchen and decided to do a rum and coke this time.

Soon enough, his second drink turned into his fifth drink. He started feeling slightly woozy. The room began to spin ever so slightly and the noise of the party seemed as if it was getting louder. He saw the front door open and someone walked in. Liam quickly ran over and hugged whoever it was.

"ANDY!"

Right, Liam's best friend.

Louis looked down at his practically-empty cup and sighed. He felt like he had too much to drink. Thoughts were running through his head... like how he felt lonely. He only knew Liam at the party and now Liam was with his childhood friend. It made Louis miss the good old days. He used to have a best friend when he was younger. What was his name again? Gary Miles? No, that wasn't it.

Harry, Harry Styles.

Louis was so distracted with his thoughts that he didn't realize that he had went upstairs to the guest bedroom where he was staying. He shut the door behind him and plopped down on the bed. He dug through his bag until he found his laptop case. He then opened it up and tried to drunkenly type in his password. It took him six tries.

Once he was finally in, he went to his folders. Under the pictures folder, he had one picture of him and Harry when they were kids. His mum had forced them to take a picture and at the time, Louis was so embarrassed. Looking back, he was so thrilled because that was the only memory he had of his childhood friend.

He opened the picture and smiled softly. There they were, arms wrapped around one another with the biggest smiles on their little faces. Suddenly, Louis remembered the song Harry used to sing all the time: Isn't She Lovely. It was his absolute favourite.

He quickly went to YouTube and typed in 'Isn't She Lovely'. Well, he actually typed "idnt shy lively", but YouTube knew what he meant. He clicked the music video and just listened to the song. He shut his eyes and listened to the song and thought back on all the good times they had. The day he had to leave was still the toughest day of his life when he looked back on it. He was absolutely gutted.

Once the song was finished, he sighed softly and opened his eyes to face reality. He noticed in the 'Recommended' tab, there were some covers of the song. One of them had 3000 views. He decided to click it and enjoy the song and see if the cover was any good.

"Hi guys, it's Theo Starr here. I hope you enjoy my cover."

Louis looked at the computer screen with immense confusion. Why did this guy look so familiar? He had soft, brown curly hair and he was wearing a black beanie. He had cute little dimples on the side of his face when he smiled and his sounded so familiar. Was this...? No, it couldn't have been. There was no way. Was there? Louis looked down at the YouTube channel name.

Theo Starr.

He then drunkenly grabbed his laptop and shoved it right up to his face, as if to inspect the person who was singing on his screen further. Who the hell was Theo Starr? And why the hell did it look so much like Louis's childhood best friend, Harry Styles?