Like Real People Do | Larry Stylinson

Chapter 2 | Sweater Weather

TW // mentions of being drunk and unhealthy father/son relationship

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For this chapter (i think you can tell) you will be needing the song "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood on hand and when you see "***" you can start playing the song. Also this chapter will be in Louis perspective. Alright enjoy!

Today was October 5th. I got up at 7 this morning and ate two waffles with butter and syrup then got ready and pulled on a navy blue jumper and put on a black beanie and grey sweatpants. I brushed my teeth and grabbed my books that were sitting on my desk all night because I was studying all night. Then my phone lit up with a text from Zayn saying he was here to pick me up.

Zayn always picks me up on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and I always pick him up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And if you're wondering about Liam and Niall, they had their own pickup schedules then we would all meetup at the front of the school together.

When we got to school Zayn and I had 1st period English together and then were separated for the rest of the day until lunch and 7th period. We all sit together at lunch and talk about stupid stuff like girls and parties that they went to the night before that I didnt go to because I dont like going to parties, not to mention I have loads of studying to do. Anyways today Zayn and Niall came to lunch looking like they got run over by a car.

"I told you guys, you shouldn't have gone out last night! You know Niall had a test today."

"I know Louis, I'm sorry it's just that I would have rather done anything last night than stay home" said Niall.

A face of slight worry came to my face. I knew why he didn't wanna stay home last night. I knew exactly why.

"I know your dad's an ass Niall, but you didn't have to get drunk last night to get away from him. You know you could have come over. We could have watched tons of movies, I could have ordered pizza. K, I know things are hard right now but you have to do what's best for you and going out with Z, getting into trouble every night that you need to escape isn't gonna help, but finding a safe place will, so just promise me next time things get hard, you come over to my place or Zayn's, or Liam's alright? We are your friends and are here to help you whenever you need it ok?" I said to him.

"Alright, I promise I'll do better next time, it was just that everything was happening so fast I- I couldn't think straight." Niall said.

"I understand. We're your friends and we'll always be here for you."

After all that happened I went to the vending machine to grab a bag of chips, a candybar and a bottle of gatorade. I went back to my table and ate my chips, shared some with Liam, ate my snickers bar, sipped on some gatorade and just before I knew if the bell rang and we all had to get back to class. I had art and I actually really enjoyed art. Today we were assigned partners. I got put with this kid named Harry Styles. He's a junior. Our teacher, Mrs. Lisbeth, wants us to work together to find things that we have in common and make art out of it. She said it could be pottery, a painting, sculpture, anything. Since I haven't had a single conversation with him I had no idea what we would do for our project. Once everyone got put with a partner we could start introducing each other and have a conversation.

"Hi" he said while putting his hand out for me to shake.

"Oops" I said because I dropped my gatorade bottle when I was reaching for his hand. "Sorry bout that, anyways, Hey I'm Louis and you're Harry right?"

"Yeah I'm Harry" he said while pulling a chair for himself and me. "So I don't really know what to talk about, you have any ideas?" he said while picking his fingers. I could tell he was the nervous awkward kind because his fingers have a bunch of hangnails and his nails were super short.

*** "Ok I'll start off. Umm do you listen to any music?'' I said as I was making eye contact. While I was looking into his eyes I was mesmerized by the color. They were this deep green color kinda like a forest. They were stunning to say the least.

"Uh I really like this band called The Neighbourhood and I also like Fleetwood Mac".

"Seriously?" I said in surprise, "I love The Neighbourhood and I've only heard a few Fleetwood Mac songs and they're cool, I like them" I said in excitement.

"Wow, I had no idea we would have found something in common so early." said Harry through a  cute, charming chuckle.

Then we kept on talking about music throughout the rest of the class. While we were talking I got this feeling. I can't really explain it. It kinda felt like I found something that I didn't know I was ever looking for. It was weird. The bell rang and we said our goodbyes for the day. Woah... wait! No, it can't be. Do- do i have feelings? For someone I just met? No, that's impossible. It's probably just excitement. Yeah this is totally platonic... right?