Maybe I Even Love You - Larry Stylingson

Chapter 13 - I Love You

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*Harry's POV*

"Harry? Harry wake up!" I could hear Liam's muffled voice coming from behind a door, he was also knocking on it politely.

"Liam?" I asked, already knowing who it was but wanting to confirm anyway.

"Yeah, we're going to get dinner in a bit. Come along." He replied.

I stretched out my arms and rubbed the sleep from my eyes, I must've fallen asleep after laying down with Louis. But Louis isn't here.

I head downstairs and see Niall and Zayn spread out on the sofa, watching something on the telly, and Liam looking for something. How could he have lost something already? It's the first bloody day!

I scan the room once more but see no sign of Louis. That's weird, he's probably just in the bathroom.

"Hey guys. How long was I asleep?"

"Oh, about an hour and a half. We were all quite tired after a whole day of travelling but we sorted it out with coffee and energy drinks, so we're fine." Answered Zayn.

"Alright, not too bad then. We going out for tea or...?"

"Yeah, Kevin said there's a good restaurant about 10 minutes away, he'll take us in the car."

I nodded in approval before going to the kitchen to get a bottle of water from the fridge, taking it to the sofa and sitting down with the other boys, and watched whatever they were watching. Turned out to be Ice Road Truckers, because Niall says he 'likes the drama' whatever.

After a few minutes Lou still hasn't showed up, so I think it's an appropriate time to ask without seeming too bothered.

"Where's Lou?" I ask conversationally, "Thought he'd be here watching this shit with you guys."

The boys looked confused for a minute, but I looked over at Liam, who was still looking for whatever he'd lost, and he answered with "He said he was gonna look around the beach and gardens and stuff. Wanted to familiarise himself with the area."

"Oh, alright. How long until we go out for tea?"

"About half an hour."

"Aight, mind if I go find Louis? I'll make sure we're back on time."

"Yeah yeah, do whatever."

"Aight, thanks." I finalise the conversation and head upstairs to find my phone and sunglasses, and then I go to the shoe rack and find some of my sliders.

"Bye guys! See you soon!" I announce as I close the door, I hear a few goodbyes from the lads as I turn away from the door, heading to the right towards the beach.

I go down the sandy path in between the trees and I know I'm goi the right way because the sound of the waves gets louder. I can also hear something else, but it's very faint below the noise of the birds and the waves.

Eventually the trees leave a clearing where the sand meets the water in a half circle shape, so I'm stood on a beach surrounded by trees, and on the right hand side, there are some large rocks, which I can see the distinctive figure of Louis sat on them, facing the ocean, away from me.

I slowly walk over to him, seeing he has a speaker with him, and is playing some of his favourite music, staring out into the sea.

I cautiously sit down next to him, hoping I don't startle him, and look out to the spot he's looking at. It's just water, there's nothing in it, nothing at all.

"Shit! Fuck, you scared me..."

"Oops...." I started, I think he knows what's coming next. "Hi." I said, turning to him with a big smile.

"Hi." He looked like he had been crying, and tried to return the smile, but it was so obviously forced.

"What's up?" I ask, he should know there's no way of getting out of this, it's obvious he was just crying.

"I.... I don't wanna talk about it."

Something really must be wrong then, we talk to each other about everything. And I mean everything. Well, okay, maybe not some things. I'm keeping something from him, so.

"Come on, I want to help you. I really do." I put my right arm around him, resting it on his right shoulder. "It'll get better, whatever it is. I'm sure it will."

He leans into me, sighing and closing his eyes.

"Harry... I don't think it ever will. I don't think it ever can. Maybe I can distract myself and maybe I'll forget about it, but the feeling deep down inside of me will always be there."

Okay, now I'm even more confused. It's a feeling?? We just sit there in silence for about a minute until I speak up again.

"Well, maybe if you face it head on, you can fix it. Well, I'm not sure fix is the right word, but I'm not sure what I'm talking about because I don't know what's wrong, but maybe you can conquer it, just, do something to help. Face it head on."

"Really? You want me to face it head on?"

"Well yeah, surely that'll help, right?"

"Well I guess, but when would I do it? I'm scared, Harry, I'm really scared." He said, burying his face further into my chest, soft sobs coming from him.

"Well, as soon as possible, then you wouldn't have to feel like this for as long." I answered, wrapping my arm around him and embracing him in a full bear hug, but sat down so it was kinda awkward.

"Okay. I'll do it now then." He said, taking a deep breath. "Harry, I think.... I think I like you. As in, more than a friend. Fuck, Harry, maybe I even love you." His voice was shaky and afraid.

My hand stopped rubbing his back, didn't even know I was doing that, and my whole body froze. He had the same feelings towards me, I should've just asked him. Damnit Harry, you're an idiot.

He looked up at me with hopeful eyes, I know he thinks I don't feel the same way. I was speechless, I really didn't know what to say back to him. I didn't know how to convey my love towards him, so I kissed him.

I took his face into my hands, carefully cradling his cheeks, being gentle as he was still fragile. He froze in shock just like I had a few moments ago, but soon returned the kiss, our mouths moving in perfect sync.

Eventually we pulled away to breathe, but we could tell that that was needed long ago. We both knew we had feelings for the other but we didn't know the other had feelings for us.

"Love you, Lou." I almost whispered, "Have done for a long time now, just didn't know what to say."

Louis smiled, saying "I love you too, Haz, I figured that out a few seconds ago." He grabbed my face again, pulling me in for another kiss.

We ended up getting lost in each other's eyes, sharing the occasional kiss, enjoying the music, the relaxing sound of the waves, and the tropical warmth that invaded our skin.

We totally lost track of time, I forgot that we had to go back in half an hour, but I wasn't hungry when I was with Lou, I couldn't think about food, all I could think of was Lou.

"What the FUCK?!" We suddenly turned our heads to where the Irish scream came from... oops.

Thanks for taking your time to read this! I feel like I'm liking these chapters more now, and also enjoying writing it more. I think the travelling was just a bit awkward to write. Oh well!

Tell me if you liked it, and some ideas on how it should go and how to add some drama pleaseeeee. (If it's a major plot point you want me to add, private message so you don't spoil what it could be for other people reading.) THANK YOUUUUU.

Also, please tell me if there's spelling mistakes/grammar mistakes. I'm not good at proof reading and sometimes my typing can be a bit weird.

ALSO, did anyone hear Niall's duet with Ashe?? It's AMAZING!!!

Anyway, that's a lot of authors notes, but again, thanks for reading and have a good day!

-Dan