Average. [Larry Stylinson au] EDITING

Chapter 5

"Hey, Lou," my mum says as I shut the door. "How was school?" She asks, walking back into the kitchen.

I smile and follow her. "It was great," I answer.

Mum raises her eyebrows. "Great? You hate school," she states as she starts washing the dishes.

"Well, today was better," I say.

"How come?" She asks, putting a dish to the side.

I roll my eyes. "No reason. It just was," I say.

She sighs. "Okay, then," she says, giving up. "Want anything to eat?" She asks.

"I'm good, thanks."

"Lou, you really need to eat more. You haven't been eating a lot lately," she says in a concerned tone.

I roll my eyes. "Mum, I swear I'm fine. I just ate at school so I'm not very hungry right now," I lie.

She nods.

"Well okay, then. Just looking out for you," she smiles sadly.

I give her a small smile. "I know," I say. I walk over to her and give her a quick hug. I know she's very stressed at the moment.

She wraps her arms around me and we stand in an embrace for about ten seconds before I slowly pull away.

"Love you," she mumbles.

"Love you too, mum," I sigh. "I'm going to go up to my room for a bit," I say.

"Okay, see you in a bit," she says.

I turn and walk out of the kitchen and upstairs to my room. When I get into my room, I lie down on the bed and pull my phone out. I decide to see if Harry has a Facebook.

I tap on the Facebook app and type 'Harry Styles' in the search bar. Once I've tapped 'search', a list of Harry Styles' come up; and damn, there are a lot. I scroll down the list, looking at the profile pictures to see if I recognise Harry.

After about 5 minutes, I'm ready to give up, until I spot him.

The profile picture is a picture of him when he was younger. He's wearing a massive smile and, obviously, a flower crown.

He looks much younger; he actually looks 16.

I tap on his name so it takes me to his page. The first thing a notice when I go on it is his cover photo. It's a picture of him with his arm around a girl who looks around the same age as him. Is that his girlfriend? I then notice the other girl in the photo who he also has his arm around. This girl looks much younger than Harry. She looks about 9 or 10.

Are they his sisters? His girlfriend and sister? Friends?

I go on his photos to see if I can find out more. The most recent photo is one that was posted on 3/12/13. 3rd of December. 2013? That was quite a while ago. The picture is of the eldest girl from the cover photo, and Harry standing next to each other, smiling. The caption says 'Gem's 18th birthday!! Hope you're having a good day so far, Love you xx'.

I go on the comments and see there are multiple wishing 'Gem' a Happy Birthday and one from 'Gemma Styles' saying 'It's the best birthday ever so far! Thank you!! I love you too xxx'. Okay, so this must be his sister, as they both have the same surname.

I flick through the pictures and see that most of them are of him with the two girls, and a few with a man and woman who I'm guessing are his parents.

I go back to the main page, and see that his most recent activity was a status from the same day, just wishing Gemma a happy birthday again. It's weird how he hasn't posted anything else after that day. By the looks of it, he was active almost every day before. My guess it that he forgot his password.

I turn my phone off and put it next to me on the bed. I was really hoping I could talk to Harry tonight, but obviously not. I sigh as I get up and walk out the bedroom. The house is weirdly quiet. I walk into Daisy and Phoebe's room only to see them both fast asleep.

I chuckle quietly to myself, shaking my head, and close the door. I know Lottie and Fizzy are out with their friends, so I don't need to check on them. I quietly walk downstairs to the living room, and see my mum and Doris asleep on the sofa, with Ernie sat on the floor in front of them playing with his toy car.

I walk up to him quietly and crouch down beside him. He looks up at me and gives me a toothless grin. "Hey, baby," I say softly. He lets out a squeal-y giggle and puts his arms out for me to pick him up.

I shush him so he doesn't wake Doris and mum up. I pick him up carefully and put him on my hip as I pick his toy up and carry him up to my room. When I get into my room, I shut the door and place him on my bed.

"Heya," I coo at him with a smile on my face. "I think you need a bath, baby, you stink," I say, mainly to myself as he doesn't understand what the fuck I'm saying.

I take him into the bathroom in my room and place him down on the changing mat. I go to the bath and turn the taps on, making sure it's at the right temperature. I get a nappy out one of the drawers, take his onesie off, and start to clean him up.

Once he's clean in...that area, I pick him up and carefully place him in the tub, careful to hold him upright so his head doesn't go under. He sits up in the bath, while I hold him up straight and wash him carefully.

Once I'm done, I take him out and wrap him in a towal, carrying him, a clean onesie and nappy into my room and setting them on the bed. I dry him and put his onesie and nappy on. He starts to fall asleep in my arms, so I take him into his room and put him in his cot, tucking him in and then walking out quietly.

I go back into my room and lie on my bed, when my mum comes in looking really panicked. "Louis," she breathes. "Where's Ernest?" She asks, eyes wide.

"Mum, it's okay," I reassure her. "I gave him a bath and put him to bed," I tell her.

She sighs in relief and puts a hand on her chest. "Oh, thank God. I thought something happened to him," she says.

"No, he's fine."

"Thank you, Darling. That really helps," she comes over and kisses me on the forehead. "Just warn me next time so I don't have a panic attack," she laughs.

I laugh with her. "Sorry, mum, I will," I smile.

She walks out the room and leaves me to fall asleep.

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heyyy I'm really sorry I haven't updated. School happened.

So yah,

Hope you enjoyed this, I'll hopefully be updating again soon.

BYEEE ILY.