Chapter 23: Nothing matters

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Nothing matters is very Important to these last few chapters.

Oh yeah still Nialls POV

I knew everything was falling apart and that I was going to be punished in some way. Which is why I had Louis accompany me to this meeting with my label to keep my head straight on Harry the entire time.

My poor boyfriend who had to sit in a hospital bed clinging for his life. The one person I tried to cherish but soon neglected.

"Hey, how many pieces of gum do you think I could fit in my mouth?" Louis asks me as we walk through the building towards the meeting room. I try so very hard not to regret my decision.

"Do not sit and eat all that candy. You'll get a sugar rush." I tell him knowing with the look on Louis face as he unwraps the first piece and then sticks it in his mouth letting a mischievous grin take over his face.

"One." He giggles and then I shake my head as he unwraps another piece.

We soon reach the door and open it to see my manager, producers and execs from Capitol records sitting at a grand round table with two seats open. I wave at everyone flashing a friendly smile trying to apologize for being late as Louis ignored them still adding gum to his mouth.

"Well hello Mr. Horan." My executive stood up greeting me as I returned the favor politely getting comfortable in my chair. "Glad that you could join us."

"Well we both know the very powerful statement that you made at your show and also the terrible tragedy that occurred to your guitarist-"

"Boyfriend." I interrupt correcting the Snow White haired man who stood at the end of the table in a suit.

"Well yes of course you and your friend have made quite the headlines ." He smiles nervously as I stare at him trying to figure him out.

"we had absolutely no idea about this affair and wish we would have known. We could've helped you with it by giving you a interview with Ellen or something yknow with your album coming out." He starts to explain before I furrow my eyebrows.

"Wait what do you mean? What does my album have to do with anything?" I ask and my manager looks to me to calm down before she clears her throat.

"What he means is we could've used the moment to your advantage." She says and then Louis behind me pulled a wad of gum out his mouth to take a deep breath and then add on to the conversation.

"So you wanted Nialls coming out to be publicity for his album that has nothing to do with him being gay?" Louis says and Bingo! There goes the explanation from my of course homophobic record label.

"Well we don't necessarily have a LGBT friendly image here and maybe we could have that portrayed by your work and not us." The exec says after taking a gulp from his glass of water.

"We were actually hoping you could use this stunt you pulled as a way to announce that you and Harry are releasing a joint album." He tells me and the other men and women in the room face me as my manager couldn't even look me in the eye.

"Joint album?" Louis and I question at the same time giving equally angered looks.

"Yes. We were going to cover this up with another album replacing yours that you're working on." He says and I sigh knowing that it was the perfect cover up to fix my image although my mind knew not to mess this up.

"By making Harry record his voice on my album that me and my producers have worked hard on." I say cocking my head to look to Louis who looked pretty pissed. He leans against the wall still adding more gum to his mouth.

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