My Habit from This Town

17) Count on me

Song for this chapter is Count On Me by Bruno Mars

**Harry's P.O.V**

I can't believe it's already been a year and three months! It feels like yesterday that a loud Irish boy was bounding up to my car. And now this Irish boy is leaving me with his boyfriend. That's crazy. I only have three months left here before I can go home. Before I have to see Ethan again. He has tried to contact me but I always block him. It took me long enough to get over him. I still haven't told anyone what he did to me, and it still hurts me when I think about it. Maybe one day I will open up. But not today, because today is Niall and Liam's leaving party.

Louis is setting up downstairs with some of the other kids whilst I'm getting their gifts ready. Me and Louis pooled our money and got them a couple of baby bits for them together, as that stuff is E X P E N S I V E! We mainly got Niall some pregnancy clothes, as he is showing now and it so cute. We also got the baby some cute little dungarees with a little elephant on. This child was going to be so spoilt, mostly by me.

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The party is almost over, so Lou and I surprise the boys with one last song we planned.
"If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see,
I'll be the light to guide you
Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need" Louis sings. I join in for the next part, as planned.
"You can count on me like one two three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two
You'll be there
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah
Whoa, whoa
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah"
I then take over.
"If you tossin' and you're turnin' and you just can't fall asleep
I'll sing a song
Beside you
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Everyday I will
Remind you
Ooh
Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need"
Surprisingly, Niall and Liam then join in singing for the next chorus, harmonising nicely together. "You can count on me like one two three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two
You'll be there
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah"
Niall then decides to sing a duet with Liam, silencing is with his hands. "You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
I'll never let go
Never say goodbye
You know you can"
We all sing the last chorus in tears, knowing our time together is ending. I was going to miss these boys so much. I've almost forgotten life without being woken up in the morning by an Irishman jumping into the room screaming some random gibberish.

The song ends and all four of us just grab each other and hug into the tightest hug.
"We sounded pretty good together. Maybe we should start a band some day." Liam jokes, whilst trying to stop his tears.
"I fucking love you guys. Don't forget us?" Louis replies. I don't think we could forget each other. We were friends for life. And some day, sometime in the future, near or far, we would reunite.

"You can always count on us. All three of us." Niall replies.

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Around 7pm that night, the boys were picked up, ready to start their new adventure. There were so many tears that you could drown the Titanic. I was going to miss those boys: the Irishman and the Lima Bean, as Louis likes to call them.

I moved into Niall's old bed that night, so Louis didn't have to share with some new stranger. We both comforted each other that night, as we both cried so sleep.

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*3am*

*to Bro's Group-Chat*

From Nialler:
Miss you already x