Like Real People Do | Larry Stylinson

Chapter 4| Silver Lining

Hey so this chapter is gonna be in Louis' pov and the song you'll be needing is "Silver Lining" by The Neighbourhood, and i just wanted to say that, not every chapter is going to be named after the song that's in it, and not every chapter is going to have a song to listen to! Alright, as always, enjoy!

I walked to my next class, still thinking about what happened in art. I still felt the same, still trying to figure out what happened. I tried to figure out what I was really feeling, and I just kept going back to Harry. I couldn't help it. I kept asking myself, "Do I really feel this way? Is it even possible to fall for someone this early?". But I also couldn't get my mind off, not only his gorgeous, green eyes, but his hair. It was the way his curls fell over his forehead so perfectly and it just looked so soft that made me feel lightheaded. I was dying to get to seventh period so that I could have Z to distract me. When I was on my way to class I was too busy thinking about Harry. I ran into Michael. Michael Clifford. My ex boyfriend. Not really the exact person that I wanted to see at that moment.

"Hey," he said while grabbing his books from his locker.

"Hi," I said while unlocking mine.

"Um, I didn't get a chance to say this the other night but, thanks for being the bigger person. I was being kinda immature and I didn't even realize it until you decided to officially leave things on common ground." He finished getting his things by this point and was leaning on his locker.

"Yeah of course. I'm glad we figured it out." I said with an empathetic smile and I closed my locker and walked to my next class.

Once I got to my class I wasn't even paying attention to the lesson during science, which is gonna hurt when I do homework tonight. I always sit next to Zayn. I wasn't going to talk to him about what had happened in art during class, it was just good seeing him. When that class was done I went on with the rest of my day, then since it was a Friday, we all went over to Zayn's house. Because I went home with Zayn we were the first ones to get to his house. "So are you hungry? I've got pizza, soda, and more junk. You want something?" said Zayn as he was holding the fridge open for me to look through it.

"Uh I'll have Sprite I guess".

"Here" he said as we sat down.

A couple minutes later Liam and Niall got here. We all went upstairs to Zayn's room. There were spray paint cans all over the place. We played on the PlayStation and did some homework. Then Liam suggested that we should go over to his house to have a sleepover.

"Sure I just have to see if my mum can drop me off".

"It's fine if she can't Lou, I can take you," said Zayn.

"My mum is working late tonight so do you mind Zayn?" I said while I put my phone back in my pocket.

"No, of course."

"My dad Isn't working late tonight so I'll definitely be going," said Niall.

"Alright so I'm gonna go home and grab my stuff, you guys should too, and meet me at my house at 9?" Liam said while putting his shoes on.

"Yeah" we all agreed.

I went home and grabbed an old t-shirt and sweatpants that were a bit too big for me as pajamas and then Zayn got here to pick me up. ***When we got there Niall was already there so we all headed out to the backyard to go on Liam's trampoline. Although it was cold we would do everything out there because it made everything more enjoyable. We ordered Chinese food and when it got here I picked it up and brought it to the back. While we were eating we watched Twilight. It was me and Liam's favorite movie. We stayed up until 1 in the morning just talking and cracking jokes.

"Anyone wanna guess who I ran into today?" I said.

"Who?" said Liam as the other listened.

"Michael. He started thanking me for leaving things off on common ground and being the bigger person. He admitted that he was immature." I said while opening a box of rice.

"Yeah I thought I saw you two talking at your lockers today. I was gonna ask but I kinda forgot." said Zayn.

"Yeah. I mean at least he admitted it. I'm glad that things are slowly getting better. I felt kinda bad that you guys kinda lost Luke, Ash, and Calum because of me but I'm happy to see that things are getting better. Slowly. On that note, you guys know the new art project that Mrs. Lisbeth assigned?" I said

"Yeah. I got put with Micheal. That's gonna be awkward. What about you Lou? Who's your partner" said Niall.

"Um I got partnered with Harry Styles and I don't know why but I can't get him out of my head. I just ended things with Michael a month and a half ago and now I fall this hard? Why does this only ever happen to me."

"Louis you hardly met the guy, how could you have fallen head over heels already?" said Liam and the others laughed.

"I also don't even know if he is even into boys. I cannot get him out of my head though. You have to have a real conversation with him. You have to see him for yourself, then you'll know what I'm talking about."

"Well are you gonna make a move?" Niall asked.

"I need to know him better. I don't need another heartbreak when I just recovered from my last one."

"How do you think Mikey's gonna take it? You guys just started getting along again."

"Who said he was gonna find out?" I said while taking a bite of my food.

"Louis, he's gonna end up finding out if you two do become a thing. Then Calum is gonna get all protective of him and Luke is gonna ghost us and it's gonna be one whole mess" said Zayn.

"You're right. It's probably nothing anyways. I'm just not good at deciphering if something is platonic or not".

We all continued our night. I was the last one to sleep because I couldn't get my mind off of Harry. I just want to have another conversation again. I want to hear his voice again. His voice was powerful but so silky. And then I started thinking, does he feel the same way?

Yeah so Michael and Louis used to date...