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Chapter 15 - Forget Him

FOUR DAYS LATER

Louis’ P.O.V

Harrys grip tightened on my hand as we exited our apartment and made out way down the hall to Liam’s flat.

“Are you ok Haz?” I asked concerned as we strolled the empty halls of the building. He stopped in his tracks and looked at me.

“I’m fine just nervous for this afternoon.” He stated referring to the interview later today. I smiled and looked him the eye.

“Harry look at me, I am 99.99% sure everything is going to be fine.”  I said taking his other hand in mine. “I promise.” I said as he loosened his grip on me.

“What about the other 0.01 %?” he asked jokingly. I smiled.

“Well, that’s if the interviewer is an arsehole.” I chuckled as Harry pulled me into a tight hug.

“I love you.” He whispered in my ear sending shivers through my body.

“I love you more.” I said as he pulled away. I felt a sharp pain in my foot as Harry tripped and fell onto his butt. I chuckled. I extended my hand as Harry took the perfect moment to pull me down as well.

“Oops.” He said acting innocent. I bit my lip and smiled warmly at him.

“Hi.” I said harvesting the warmth in Harry’s hand as he still held it. I looked at him deviously. As I slowly began to lean in I heard a ding behind me and jumped. Harry took the opportunity to grab my face and plant a soft kiss on my lips. I began to forget about the noise as he began to pull me into another world. We began moving in sink from side to side when a voice cut us off.

“God can’t you guys keep yourselves off each other for ten minutes?” A familiar Irish voice spoke. We looked up to see Niall and Lexi standing in front of us holding hands. Harry awkwardly got up and helped me up with him giving me a warning look not to pull him down with me. We stood in front of them. I coughed awkwardly.

“So what are you guys doing?” I asked Niall. Niall and Alexis looked at each other with a quick glance. 

“We thought we might come down stairs and say goodbye to Liam before Lexi gets admitted this afternoon. That is if Liam will actually get out of bed for once.” Niall said in a careful tone.

“Well ok then.” I said awkwardly.  Walking beside the other towards Liam’s apartment. I placed my hand around Harry’s waist trying to steady his tall frame. He seemed a little sore after that fall. Harry wrapped his arm around me in response. Until a thought came to my head. We had almost reached Liam’s room when I began tickling Harry, he instantly screamed.  I kept tickling as Harry fought back batting his arms around like a five- year- old. He began running ahead away from me as I chased after him chuckling.

Niall’s P.O.V

As I tried to ignore the havoc that was Louis and Harry I made it to Liam’s door, my hand still attached to Lexi’s. I lifted my free hand and knocked on the door. I wasn’t surprised it took about 3 minutes for Liam to answer the door after continuous knocking. The door swung open Liam stood in the doorway half asleep with bags under his eyes.

“Hi guys.” Liam said in a sad voice rubbing the back of his neck, the sadness in his eyes made him a completely different person. He was no longer the strong one, he had fallen apart piece by piece. I heard yet another scream behind us as Louis and Harry ran behind us again. “Um what’s going on?” asked Liam referring to the boys. All I could do was shrug.

I noticed the music playing in his apartment it only took me a moment to realise it was Justin’s music. I sighed.

“I’m sorry Liam but I can’t keep letting you do this to yourself.” I spoke as I pushed past him into the apartment. I walked through the apartment towards his stereo and turned it off. Liam and Lexi walked in after me. Liam just sighed.

“So not to be rude or anything but why are you here?” Liam asked annoyed with me. I walked over to Alexis and stood beside her. She intertwined her hand with mine yet again. I gave it a reassuring squeeze.

“Well we thought we might come and say goodbye before Lexi goes into hospital this afternoon.” I said smiling at Lexi. She smiled back creating warm yet scared feeling inside me. A look of guilt flashed across Liam’s face.

“Sorry, I mean for being a dick head.” He said looking to the ground. I chuckled.

“It’s ok I understand.” I smiled as I let go of Lexi’s hand and pulled Liam into a tight hug. He pulled away when I realised that Louis and Harry still hadn’t come into the apartment. I looked at the door in confusion. “I’ll be right back Lex.” I said stepping out the door.

I walked through the hall and around the corner to see Louis and Harry sitting against the glass windows of the hall way on the floor. They were kissing and I was not surprised. I stood there and lent against the wall as I watched them for a moment. Harry pulled away and rested his head on Louis shoulder. They were the most devoted and real couple I’ve ever seen. I smiled as Louis began whispering to Harry about something.

I walked towards them. I noticed the scared look on Harry’s face. I walked up to them and stood beside them leaning up against the glass wall.

“You guys coming. Everything all right?” I asked concerned.

“Yeah Harry’s just a little nervous about the interview.” Louis spoke rubbing Harry’s hand. “It’s going to be ok I promise.” Louis spoke reassuring Harry pushing the hair out of his face.   

“Yeah, Lou is right. You know How much our fans 'ship' you guys? I mean they all know you’re together. Nothing will change by you coming out, except the fact you’ll get to go wild with the PDA.” I smiled. “It’s not like you don’t already.” I mumbled. 

“Yeah.” Louis said chuckling giving me the stink eye. I smirked at them.