Adore You [Larry AU]

Eleven.

I had now been at St. Peter's for 2 months. It was starting to feel natural to be a part of this big group of friends. I liked it because I was still hidden. There was too many of us for everyone to want to know everyone. I think I was finally understanding what Louis meant when he said "I don't think anyone wants to know who I am under it all." I felt like I was living this double life, and the real Harry was going to catch up to me. The Harry they knew was someone a little bit indie and edgy. Someone who would sit quietly for a lot of the time and then crack a joke making the group erupt.

Louis knew me as someone else. Someone that was nearly the full me. He knew a lot of the hidden pieces now we had been spending so much more time together. Our study sessions were not really for studying. We would just sit together and watch TV or drink a few beers and talk. They mostly happened at my flat and very rarely at Louis's house with his gaggle of sisters. 

If we did hang out at Louis' we would end up having to play some sort of game with the twins or appear in Tik toks with Lottie. I was also very surprised to find there was another sister since she was never at home. I was shocked when a brunette girl walked into the kitchen one day who looked so much like Lottie. 

Louis and I were spending so much time alone together we rarely saw anyone else, including Kendal or Eleanor. Obviously, Kendal didn't mind but I was worried about Eleanor and the dark looks she would throw my way in the canteen. So I had to do something.

It was a Thursday and I caught Kendal on her way to class. She was hurrying away and I reached for her arm pulling her back. "Hey I have an idea." She stopped then and walked towards me. We both scurried to the side of the hallway and waited in silence till it emptied out. "We need to do something bigger so people really believe us." She tucked some hair behind her ear and nodded with big eyes. "We need to get caught...in the act." At that she grumbled and turned away. 

"I dunno."

"Obviously we would never actually be doing anything, we just make it look like it. Tomorrow at Zayn's party." She looked back down the corridor then at me before sighing. "Okay, text me later I need to get to class."

*

It was Friday and I was stood on Zayn's drive waiting for Kendal. Several people had walked past yelling greetings at me and I nodded or called back. I was nervous and my hands were playing with a thread that was hanging off my sleeve.

Kendal was late.

Louis appeared next to me and handed me a red cup. "What are you doing out here all on your lonesome?" 

I sipped the drink he made and tried not to cough. He had made it strong. "I'm just waiting for Kendal, she said she'd be here at 9." He scoffed. "You know girls. Never on time." I tried to chuckle with him but really, I had no idea about girls. Even my own sister wasn't a girly girl and was punctual to a fault.

We stayed in silence after that just sipping our drinks until a black hummer pulled up and Kendal hopped out the passenger side. My mouth dropped open and Louis patted my back as a way of saying bye before walking off. Kendal skipped over to me, somehow so graceful despite being all arms and legs.

"Who's car is that?" I asked and she glanced back over her shoulder watching it drive away.

"One of my sister's, she's pretty well off. I guess we all are but she is especially so."

"I had no idea. This is the type of thing that will give us away. Maybe we should hang out a little more." She shrugged and we walked up the drive and into the house.

Kendal made her way to the drinks table and pretended to pour herself a vodka and coke. We had decided last night that for about an hour we would pretend we were getting drunker then disappear making sure people knew we were alone together. We hadn't quite worked out how to get people to walk in on us but she assured me it would happen if we stayed upstairs long enough. 

There was always another couple looking for a prime hook up spot and then the word would get around.

So we stuck to the plan and around half 10 we sauntered away from the group. I passed Louis and winked at him and he smiled a half-hearted smile at me. Kendal waved at a group of girls I didn't recognise but Perrie was a part of them and she giggled at us. Once we knew we were out of sight we dropped each other's hands and started scouting for a bedroom. Kendal found an empty one first and we let ourselves in, shutting the door but not locking it.

She stood at the mirror fixing her make up for a while and I lay on the bed with my hands behind my back

"So...how do we do this." I asked and her eyes met mine in the reflection for a moment. "I had an idea actually." She turned to me then and stripped her skin tight dress off. She was wearing a red lace bra underneath with matching panties and I felt like I had to look away. The dress landed on the floor with a flump and she came and sat on the bed next to me.

"Your turn." 

I grew nervous then, realising I hadn't thought this through. I couldn't take my top off. "Kendal...I..." I said as I sat up but it was too late, her fingers were dancing at the hem of my shirt and she pulled it off. I looked away, dread filling my heart. I thought she would scream or cry or put her dress back on and leave. But she didn't say anything. She threw the top to the ground and he fingers gently traced one of the burn marks that stretched to my abdomen. Our eyes met and I felt sick. 

"Does it hurt?" She pulled her fingers away.

I looked down to it. "Not anymore." 

She nodded slowly as her eyes landed on my tattoos. "I didn't know you had tattoos?" 

I shrugged and ran my other hand up them as if they would rub off from that action. "Just a couple. I went through a phase when I just turned 18 but I decided to save my money." 

She kept her eyes on them as she stood up. "Get up." 

I did as she said and she pulled the bed covers back. "Take your jeans off and lie down." I undid my belt and did as she instructed, laying down on my back. "Close your eyes." I laughed at her words then.

"Why?"

"Cause I'm going to take my underwear off and leave it at the door and I don't want you to see." I laughed harder and shut my eyes.

"I won't look and I don't want to look either."

"Hey! I have a very nice body thank you." She giggled too then I felt the bed shift next to me. "You can open your eyes now." I did seeing she was sat next to me. Her bra still on but the covers pulled around her waist.

We sat like that for a little while, until we heard footsteps coming our way. Kendal scrambled to jump on top of me, positioning herself in my lap. Only when we heard the door handle click did she start jumping up and down, pretending to ride me. She let out a moan and pretended to be breathless giving me a stern look and I realised I should do the same. I started sighing and panting before looking over her shoulder and being met with a pair of brown and a pair of blue eyes.

Eleanor and Louis.

Kendal flung herself off me then and pulled the covers right up to her neck. "Oh god guys how embarrassing." Eleanor huffed and walked away and Louis' eyes lingered on me before closing the door.

Kendal and I burst out laughing and she said "The word will definitely spread around now. Close your eyes so I can get dressed again." 

And I did but the sharp look of Louis' eyes lingered in my mind.