My Habit from This Town

16) Up all night

Song for this chapter is Up All Night by everybody's favourite One Direction

**Louis' P.O.V**

I chose to spend an extra six months at Princess Park. I didn't want to spend time in hospital, and I definitely didn't want to make new friends. I went home the day after I passed out and that was the day I properly had to start eating. It was harder than I thought it was going to be. My mind yelled at me whenever anything came near my mouth, calling me names like fat. It was hard and Niall could see this. He was like my guardian angel at this point. I didn't feel comfortable eating around the table with everyone else, so Zayn let me eat in my room with Niall, as he knew Niall wouldn't let me skip any meals. This gave us time to plan his big announcement. We decided that we would tell Harry and Liam first, as they were our closest friends.

One evening, a few days after Niall's appointment, we asked Zayn if the four of us could camp in the garden for the night. He was confused by our strange request but agreed none-the-less. Niall and I set up everything before surprising the boys. We set up one big tent and filled it with fairy-lights, snacks and a portable DVD player. In any spare time we had, Niall and I had compiled loads of photos from all our childhoods onto a DVD disk and tonight we were going to look through them and explain them all. Some were very intriguing. At the very end of them all was the ultrasound picture that Niall had gotten from the doctor. I'm pretty sure I was more excited about this announcement than Niall was, but I didn't care. It was time to get the boys, and I was literally jumping with excitement.

We blindfolded them and lead them to the garden. It was getting dark at this point, so the most light we had was from the fairy-lights. When the blindfolds came off, Harry's eyes sparkled in the light, the green in the looking genuinely magical in the lighting. If I hadn't told him that we would only be friends, I probably would have kissed him then and there.

We got into the tent and Harry asked "What are we doing then?" This made both me and Niall realise that all we had actually done was technically abduct them and put them in a tent.

"Oh, right. Well we are going to stay up all night and look at childhood pictures, and explain them. I've seen some great ones of you Haz and I'm dying to know about them." I explained as the other boys began eating. I hadn't eaten in front of this many people yet and I was feeling anxiety from it. Niall could tell I was nervous, so he offered me a can of Pringles whilst smiling at me, encouraging me it would be okay. I pushed past the things my mind was yelling at me and ate some. When I had had enough, I gave some to Harry. I knew Salt and Vinegar were his favourite, so I made sure to get loads.

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It was around 2am when we got to the last few slides. As soon as the ultrasound picture showed up, everything went silent. Harry was the first to speak.

"So.... which one of us is that? Cause I know it isn't me." Niall and I glanced at each other before Niall decided to speak.

"Well, actually, technically it's a mix of two of us." I saw tears well up in his eyes before he turned to Liam. "I'm pregnant babe. We're gonna be dads."

At this point, Liam lost it. He bursts out sobbing and hugs Niall hard. "Are you serious? This isn't a joke?" He asks through his tears. As Niall shakes his head, I motion for Harry to come sit outside. The boys need a moment alone, and Harry is obviously very shocked.

We get out of the tent and just sit the in a comfortable silence until he speaks. "How long have you known?" he asks me.

"Since I was in the hospital. He was trying to talk some sense into me, and he also cannot keep secrets to save his life. He had to tell somebody." I reply.

"Wow. So they are actually having a kid. They are so young! I'm just shocked." I understand what he means but the boys have been through so much already that it just doesn't seem that crazy to me.

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About 10 minutes later, the tent door opens and the boys motion for us to come back in. We celebrated for the rest of the night, as it became easier and easier to eat again.

In that moment, I didn't want anything to change.