Chapter 9

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Louis's POV

"Thank you for having us over Anne" My mum says, hugging her and Harry then looking at me expectantly.
"Yeah thanks Anne, the food was amazing" I say following my mums lead and hugging Anne and Harry. I admit I held on to Harry a little bit tighter and for a little bit longer than the average hug but that doesn't mean anything right?

Me and my mum stepped outside into the chilly Autumn air and rushed into the car, instantly turning on the heating. It's around 10:30pm and it's pitch black outside. I exhausted.
I lean back into the seat and close my eyes, for some reason I find my mind shifting to Harry, his dimples, his smile. He's perfect. Okay. What?

The rest of the night at harry's was spent watching films on the TV downstairs with our parents, me and Harry snuggled on the sofa and Anne and my mum on the chairs either side. I love how close our Mums are. It means we see each other a lot out of school, we're even going on holiday together in October, it's not a big holiday, just a trip to a caravan near the sea in Skegness. Me, my mum, Mark, and my sisters, go every year, it's always freezing and we never go to the beach, but it's fun. For some reason I'm much more excited this year.

I've just about fallen asleep as we pull up to the house and I'm slightly surprised as the car stops because the car journey seemed to have gone so much quicker than usual.

I get out the car and start walking up to the house when I realise something
"Hey mum, where's Marks car?"
She looks at me sadly for a moment then says
"Me and mark have decided to take some time apart lou. the girls are at grandmas house"
I look at her in understanding, they've been arguing a lot and I kinda saw this coming. I lean forward and hug my mum and quickly realise she's crying. I pull my key out of my pocket and keep my arm around her as I lock the door. I lead her to the couch and go into the kitchen to make a cup of tea for my mum and myself.

When I walk back in my mum is staring at the wall, her eyes are still red but she isn't crying anymore. I hand her the tea and she smiles at me in thanks and goes right back to staring.

"I'm gonna go up to bed mum, are you gonna be okay?"
My mum nod.
"I love you"
"I love you to boo bear" I laugh at the name and kiss her goodnight before going up to my room.

I check my phone and see two messages from Zayn, one from Ashton, and 5 from Eleanor. I smile and open Eleanors messages
Eleanor:
-Lou
-Lou
-LOUIS
-do you like harry?
-ANSWER ME!!!!!!!
I laugh, although I'm slightly confused and type out a response.
Louis:
-Harry? Where'd you get that idea?
Eleanor:
-come on lou, don't play dumb! I see the way you look at him!!
Louis:
-wdum? I do NOT like Harry. he's my best friend ffs
Eleanor:
-offended! Anyways, this isn't over. Meet me by your locker tomorrow?
Louis:
-whatever.
I finish my tea whilst watching friends and then turn off my lamp and TV and close my eyes.
Do I like Harry? I'm wondering as I drift off to sleep.

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