Louis never thought he would be having such a good time as he was now watching Reina getting ready to throw her bouquet of flowers and when she finally did all the women rushed to catch it. He was still watching them when Gemma got his attention asking him what was going on then he gladly explained to her watching the way she smiled while Harry watched them.

He had been avoiding having to talk to Harry ever since Anne had told them about having their own wedding and when he finally turned around to acknowledge him, Harry was nowhere to be seen. He looked around searching for him through the mass of people dancing until he saw him standing by the bar all by himself. As soon as Anne had taken a seat to stay with the kids along with Des, Christian invited Gemma to dance which she gladly accepted.

"Where did Harry go, dear?" Anne asked, "Haven't seen you two dance at all."

"He went to get a drink." Louis said noticing Reina making his way to him.

"Louis! Would you like to dance?" Reina asked while Louis noticed Asher dancing with his mum.

"Of course!" Louis smiled getting up from his spot giving Anne and Des a smile before leaving with her, "May I ask what song is playing?" Louis asked.

"No me digas que no...love Enrique Iglesias so you're probably gonna hear him a lot tonight." Reina said already dancing with Louis soon following quickly getting the hang of it when Reina started guiding him along.

They danced until the song ended and that's when Louis noticed Harry watching his every move while drinking having noticed him doing so the entire time.

"I love this song!" Reina squealed when a new song started playing, "Its called Bailando...you should dance this one with Harry." She said slightly pushing Louis forward.

"I don't really know how to dance..." Louis trailed off.

"Just let the music guide you." Reina winked then walked away to dance with Asher who was waiting for her.

Louis thought about turning away and going back to the table but instead he slowly started making his way to Harry until he was standing in front of him. They stared at each other for what felt like forever and when they finally reacted the song was halfway over.

"Hey," Louis paused in front of him watching him putting the glass down, "Do you want to dance?"

"I- I don't know how to dance." Harry looked down and Louis smiled seeing him blushing a lovely pink.

"Oh come on! We've never danced before and I'm really liking this song." Louis pulled him towards the dance floor taking no for an answer smiling when Harry stopped dragging his feet on the floor.

Louis wrapped his arms around Harry's neck then let go to place Harry's hands on his hips when Harry did nothing and just stood in the middle of the dance floor almost looking like an awkward teenager during prom night. When Louis was sure they were going to stay there he finally wrapped his own around his neck bringing Harry a little closer to him. He moved to the beat of the song smiling when Harry moved with him and soon they were fully dancing and enjoying the song.

"See, I knew you could dance." Louis said leaning close to Harry so he could hear him at the same time he tried not to bump into the other couples who were dancing.

"Not really." Harry nervously chuckled trying not to step on Louis' feet.

"You're like a professional." Louis joked looking at him just as Harry did ending up with their lips mere inches apart from the other.

Harry started leaning in and Louis was quick to pull back as he looked around then made his way back to the table pulling Harry with him intertwining their fingers together. They took a seat at the table noticing Anne smiling at them then at Gemma and Christian who looked happier than ever until she bumped into someone else.

Her smile faded away but it only took Christian to say something to her and she was smiling again letting him guide her like he always did still surprising Louis at how in sync they did everything together. Christian was Gemma's eyes after all.

"Do you want to go somewhere else?" Harry asked as soon as the song had ended, "I know a place by the sea."

"Yeah, lets just say goodbye." Louis nodded.

After they said their goodbyes and congratulated Asher and Reina again they made their way out of there and ended up walking for a few minutes until they were in front of a secluded beach. Harry took a seat on the sand in front of the sea pulling Louis down with him and sat there in silence staring straight ahead.

"Did you have fun?" Harry asked turning his head to the side to look at Louis whose eyes looked an electric blue for some reason, he found them beautiful.

"Yeah! It was great...Gemma was having a great time too, I was gonna invite her to dance." Louis chuckled then frowned when Harry clenched his jaw and looked away.

"Something wrong?" Louis asked feeling how tense he had gotten.

"Nothing, it's just...she's never seen this particular beaches...this sea. She's always wanted to do so and now that we're here she can't see it. She says she's happy because she can at least hear it but I know she's not and it's not fair." Harry said almost in tears managing to surprise Louis.

"I'm sure she's telling the truth, she's happy." Louis tried to make him feel better but it only seemed to make things worse.

"You don't know that, you don't know her like I do and I know she's not fully happy and I'm the only one to blame." Harry grabbed fistfuls of sand as he fought away the tears.

"Harry, it wasn't-" Louis started.

"Don't say it wasn't my fault...you don't know shit." Harry snapped before he got up and left leaving Louis behind.

Louis stayed where he was watching Harry walking away towards the hotel then rubbed his hands on his face before he got up and followed him. Harry never stopped until he was in their room and as soon as he had closed the door and had taken a seat on the bed it opened again and Louis walked in not saying anything at all.

Louis took a seat on a chair in front of Harry just waiting for him to say something, he doesn't know how long they stayed there but soon it slowly started getting darker. He was just about to get up when he heard a tiny sniffle and Harry's shoulders started shaking making Louis shot up from his spot going straight to Harry. He took a seat next to him then not really knowing what to do he started rubbing his back wanting to know what had gotten into him. Why was he acting the way he was now.

"I was only eighteen and Gemma twenty." Harry looked at him with eyes full of tears that quickly rolled down his cheeks. "I've- I've never told anybody this before, nobody knows except my family and Christian."

"You don't have to tell me, come on, a warm bath is gonna make you feel better." Louis tried to make him get up but ended up sitting back down when Harry didn't budge.

"Its my fault she's blind Louis, my dad's right, he's always been right about me being a fuck up and it was proven to him that day." Harry bitterly said looking straight ahead.

Louis wanted to say how that wasn't true, he wanted to tell him a lot of things but instead stayed silent letting Harry continue.

"I had just gotten my license...I just wanted to show Gemma how good I was at driving, I always craved her approval and I just wanted dad to be proud of me like he was proud of her. I begged her to let me drive on the way back and maybe she got annoyed and that's why she ended up letting me. Everything was going fine until that trailer coming our way, he was going on the wrong lane and never realized it until he saw us." Harry pulled his legs close to his chest wrapping his arms around them resting his chin on his knees. "He was drunk...middle of the fucking day and he was drunk."

"What happened?" Louis asked unable to stop himself.

"I tried to get out of the way, I swear I did but it ended up being the wrong thing to do...everything would have gone wrong anyway. We were going on the right lane and I didn't know what to do so I swerved to the right instead of the left to move over to the left lane." Harry said and a few seconds later he couldn't hold it in any longer and let out a sob hiding his face in between his knees.

"Its okay, you don't have to tell me." Louis wrapped his arms around him ending up in an awkward position but he could care less.

"The- The car ended up rolling down a ditch and then crashed onto a tree on Gemma's side and...oh god, I- when I woke up there was so much blood and the window- the window was completely shattered. She was covered in blood...so much blood and I couldn't do anything, I- I couldn't even call an ambulance. I couldn't even move and make sure she was at least alive." Harry sobbed unwrapping his arms from around his legs to rest his head on Louis' chest.

"Harry..." Louis trailed off feeling a lump forming in his throat.

"She didn't deserve to end up blind, it was me who was supposed to, if I hadn't insisted then we wouldn't have had that accident in the first place. I only ended up with a broken leg and ribs and she- she ended up in a coma then blind and it was all my fault, I took everything from her, I stole everything from her. Her future, the joy of seeing being able to see Christian and her babies when they were born and watch them grow. She should hate me." Harry buried his face on Louis' chest as the memories slowly came back once again making every inch of himself hurt, once again making him feel the guilt slowly poisoning him.

He remembers how he had woken up in a cold and sterile hospital room with only his mum by his side and his dad nowhere to be seen. How no one would tell him where his sister was or how she was doing and later having to go through his dad blaming him for her being in a coma while Anne shouted at him to stop it.

He still remembers how he had visited her a few days later and as soon as he had walked through the door he wished he would have listened to his mum when she had told him to wait. He wanted to forget the day she woke up and from that day on she was never able to see again, he wanted to forget the way she had cried holding onto their mother and the way his father had shouted at him blaming him for everything. How he had shouted insult after insult while all he could do was apologize and beg for forgiveness.

"All I wanted was dad to be proud of me and instead all I got were hurtful words telling me how much of a fuck up I was and how it was my fault. All I did was ruin my sister's life and I know deep inside she hates me for it even if she says she doesn't." Harry pulled back giving Louis a small sad smile that made Louis' heart hurt seeing his face wet with tears.

"She doesn't hate you, she talks a lot about you and she adores you. She was worried...before we met, she was worried about you." Louis placed his hand on Harry's cheek rubbing the skin with his thumb. "She said you changed."

"I wasn't the only one who changed...we all did. She had to learn so many things and get used to her new life, mum just tried to keep the family together while helping her and dad...he never forgave me for it. I ruined Gemma's life and he never forgave me. He used to always point out my flaws and after a while I couldn't take it anymore and moved out a year later. I went off to uni as far away from him as possible, I planned to never go back but I ended up doing it when Gemma asked me to, I did it all for her." Harry finally looked up at Louis then wiped away his tears wondering why he had told him in the first place, maybe it was the trust he had on him.

"Is that how you got that scar?" Louis asked tracing the bumpy scar with his fingertips feeling Harry nodding.

"I used to play football and wanted to be a professional but when I broke my leg in the accident it fucked it up and I couldn't continue, at least something was taken away from me too and not just her." Harry sighed then slowly got up wiping his hands on his pants.

Louis watched him until Harry loudly sighed then made his way to the bathroom to wash his face while he bit his tongue fighting the urge to tell him about Gemma possibly seeing again, but he had promised her to keep his mouth shut.

While Harry was in the bathroom he changed into shorts and a shirt then walked out to the balcony to call his mum and his sisters. After he was done he walked back inside to find Harry already in bed and half asleep figuring out he was probably exhausted after all the crying and their long day.

Without saying anything he put his phone on top of the night table and got in next to Harry who didn't even move nor said anything. He closed his eyes only to open them again when he felt Harry wrapping an arm around him placing his head right next to his and seconds later Louis turned to his side facing him. He slowly wrapped an arm around him scooting a bit closer until they were almost pressed up together and just like that, Louis started running his fingers through Harry's hair hearing him sighing in content.

"Lou?" Harry whispered then continued when Louis acknowledged him, "You think that if we had met under different circumstances we would be friends now?"

"What do you mean?" Louis paused then continued what he was doing when Harry lowly whined wanting him to continue.

"Like...if we had met like in...I don't know, school or a grocery store or in the street. Do you think we would be friends now?" He asked waiting for Louis to answer getting nervous the longer it took him.

"I'd like to think so. At first you didn't seem like someone I would want to be friends with but once I got to know you better I got to know the real you. I thought you were an asshole at first but you're not...you're...you're really sweet and caring." Louis confessed feeling his cheeks heating up a bit glad that Harry couldn't see him.

"At first I thought you were a brat but you're not, you're pretty awesome." Harry tightened his grip around Louis making Louis feel a small fluttering in his tummy then a warm feeling rushing through him.

"Anybody would be lucky to be with you." Louis said finally realizing that Harry wasn't his.

"Not as lucky as to whoever ends up with you." Harry slowly said lifting his head up to look at Louis.

His breath was taken away when he looked into Louis' bright blue and curious eyes then tilted his head a little to the left wondering how it was possible for them to turn different shades of blue like the ocean. He slowly started leaning in but stopped himself and instead lowered his head back down on its old spot willing away the urge to kiss him not wanting to fall any deeper.

"Tomorrow I'm gonna show you around before we leave, and you're gonna love it." Harry said before closing his eyes already too tired.

~*~

The next day they spent it walking around ending up in El Faro park which Louis absolutely loved and after the long day they stopped at a restaurant wanting something to eat. They ended up trying out new dishes that Louis absolutely loved never stopping until he had finished them and by the end of the day he could barely move.

When they got back to London in the early monday hours they had spent it sleeping almost all day regretting it when it was finally time to go to bed when they weren't tired at all. While Harry slept Louis checked his email finding a new one from Gemma's doctor with all the information he was going to need and another one from Collin once again begging him to take him back that he deleted then had blocked the fucking asshole (Like Harry liked to call him) once and for all.

Tuesday morning he had called in sick after Harry was already gone and as soon as he was ready he picked up Gemma from Anne's house with the excuse that they wanted to bond over breakfast. He drove her to the hospital where she was called in immediately feeling her shaking a bit as she held onto him.

"I'm scared." Gemma said out of nowhere tightening the grip he had on Louis' forearm.

"Don't be, everything's going to be okay." Louis said trying to sound calm for her sake.

"I don't want to get my hopes up but if it works I can't wait to see them again, I can't wait to finally see what you look like. Harry described you to me, you know. He went on and on, he's proper in love." Gemma smiled.

"I'm nothing special." Louis blushed.

"Don't get all shy, I can sense it. Harry just loves talking about you and I know it's too soon but I can't wait until you both have babies, I'm gonna spoil them rotten." Gemma continued making Louis feel guilty.

"That will probably take a while, Gemma." Louis nervously chuckled, "We're- I don't think we're ready for a baby yet, I mean, we just got married and a baby now would definitely be too soon."

"Yeah. Harry absolutely loves babies, when he was younger he used to babysit the neighbor's kids and they absolutely love him, now they're unruly and loud teenagers but they're fond of him and when my kids were born...I think that was the first time mum told me he ever smiled." Gemma's smile faltered.

"He told me." Louis blurted out unable to stop himself.

"He still feels guilty doesn't he? He never believed me when I told him that I don't hate him nor blame him, it wasn't his fault." Gemma said holding onto her cane.

"After the surgery you both need to talk, I don't- I'm really fond of Des but all three of you need to talk especially when Harry feels like that about his father. Sorry...I know it's not any of my business."

"Harry's your husband Louis, it's normal for you to worry about him and to only want the best for him." Gemma said just as a nurse walked in followed by a doctor.

He spent the next two hours by Gemma's side or waiting for her after the many tests she had to go through and after they were done she had held his hand in a tight hold when she was scheduled for surgery by thursday morning. They drove back to Anne's house in complete silence and as soon as he had parked the car in front of the house she turned to him glad that it was going to be fast when the swelling had already gone down completely.

"Thank you for doing this for me, you have no idea how much it means to me. Hopefully by next week I won't be blind anymore." She chuckled, "Friday night we'll know." She sighed.

"Have you thought about what we're gonna tell everybody? We're gonna be gone for a while." Louis said as he got out of the car running to the other side to help her out.

"It totally slipped my mind." Gemma chewed on her bottom lip.

"Don't worry, we'll think of something." Louis said helping her inside the house.

Once he made sure she was okay with Anne by her side he finally left going back home but ended up driving straight to the office feeling bad for lying but it had been necessary. He smiled to everybody on his way to his office closing the door after himself getting to work as soon as possible. By the time lunch time came around he looked up when he heard a knock on the door mumbling a come in seeing Harry walking in holding a bag in his hand.

"Brought you lunch, was wondering if you want to eat together." Harry smiled taking a seat in front of him placing the bag on top of the desk.

"Yes please, I'm starving." Louis reached for the bag smelling the heavenly food pulling out a grilled chicken sandwich giving Harry his own.

"Iced Tea?" Harry passed him a cup watching Louis taking it.

"Sweetened?"

"You know it." Harry winked making Louis smile.

"Thanks."

"No problem." Harry said before taking a bite out of his sandwich, "Mum told me you and Gemma went out."

"Breakfast, we don't spend much time together and I thought why not take her out." Louis shrugged making a face at the chips (crisps) pushing them away from him.

"Something wrong?" Harry asked seeing him looking pale out of nowhere.

"Yeah, just...the chips, they smell kinda funny." Louis wrinkled his nose.

Harry furrowed his brow picking the bag up to smell them finding them good to eat then put them next to his to eat them.

"Why are you gonna eat them? They went bad." Louis questioned him.

"They're still good Louis." Harry shrugged grabbing one and eating it right in front of him.

"If you say so, just don't complain when you get sick." Louis gave him a pointed look before he went back to eating his sandwich.

Harry only laughed it off and continued eating them as if nothing was wrong with them and when lunch break was over Harry left to head back to work hugging Louis before leaving.

The days seemed to pass by faster than ever and soon Louis and Gemma were leaving with the excuse that they were going to go on a trip just the two of them. Harry had asked a lot of questions as well as Christian while Anne and Des never questioned it once and by thursday noon Gemma was ready to go into surgery.

"You ready?" Louis asked her standing next to her just waiting for the nurses to come get her.

"Yeah. You're the first person I'm going to see and I was wondering if- could I touch your face? I want to get a better idea of what you look like, I want to be able to recognize you." Gemma shyly asked with her gaze fixed on the ceiling even though she couldn't see a thing.

"Of course you can Gemma." Louis smiled grabbing her hands and guiding him towards his face.

He closed his eyes and let her feel his face feeling the tip of her fingers tracing every inch of his face until she was satisfied and pulled them away. When he opened his eyes again he frowned seeing a few tears rolling down her temples and soon she was covering her face with her hands letting out tiny sniffles here and there.

"Everything's going to be okay, don't cry Gemma." Louis calmly told her feeling a lump in his throat.

"I'm sorry, I just...I'm scared and what if I don't make it or what if it doesn't work." Gemma grabbed the sheets using them to wipe her face free of the tears.

"The doctor said the chances of you seeing again are very high, don't lose hope now." Louis started running his fingers through her hair.

"I'm just nervous, I'm finally going to see Christian and our babies. That's all I want." Gemma tried to smile but ended up letting out another sob then started laughing, "God I'm going crazy."

"You are nervous, try to relax a bit." Louis said hearing a knock on the door.

"Hello." Dr. Arnold walked in smiling at them then turned to Gemma, "Gemma, are you ready?"

"I am." Gemma nodded.

"Alright, nurses will be here in a few minutes to get you. Don't worry, I'm gonna do everything in my power to make sure everything goes okay. You're safe." Dr. Arnold said and after a few more words left the room leaving Louis and Gemma alone once again.

Like Dr. Arnold said, a few minutes later a few nurses showed up to take Gemma to get her ready and Louis was left alone in the room waiting for her. He patiently waited and almost five hours later he sat up when the same nurses showed up rolling Gemma's bed in seeing a bandage around her head covering her eyes.

"How did it go?" Louis asked letting them do what they had to do and as soon as he was allowed he walked up to her grabbing her hand.

"Dr. Arnold will be here in a few minutes to let you know." One of the nurses said.

He was left alone with her grabbing a chair putting it next to Gemma's bed then took a seat grabbing her hand, he started rubbing circles on top of it when someone knocked on the door then Dr. Arnold walked in holding a few files.

"How did it go? Everything okay?" Louis got up to stand in front of him.

"Everything is perfectly fine and it was a success, no complications at all." Dr. Arnold answered.

"So you think she'll be able to see again?" Louis asked chewing on his bottom lip.

"The blow to the head she received almost eight years ago was enough to cause a severe head trauma leaving her blind due to swelling in her brain. With the years the swelling completely went down and all we did was repair the damaged corneas caused by it. We'll have to wait and see but like I said before, the chances are high and if it doesn't work the first time she can always try again." Dr. Arnold explained nodding when Louis did the same.

"When do you think she'll wake up?"

"The anesthesia should start wearing off soon, give her at least half an hour. She'll be a bit disoriented at first but she'll be back to normal soon."

"Thank you." Louis said going to seat next to her again.

He was still sitting next to her when he started feeling nauseous but as fast as it had come it went away making him sigh in relief not wanting to get sick when Gemma needed him. He used that time to text Harry then pulled out his laptop to try and finish a few things he hadn't been able to back in the office then started working on the budget for a new project not wanting to fall behind. He was still working trying to figure something out when he heard Gemma softly groaning and seconds later she lifted her hand up touching the bandage around her head.

"Lou..." Gemma moved her hand around searching for him.

"I'm right here, I'm right here." Louis quickly said grabbing her hand making her sigh in relief.

"I feel- my body feels so heavy. I'm...I'm thirsty." Gemma stammered feeling confused.

Louis quickly got up to grab a water bottle and a straw guiding it to her lips and as soon as she felt it she started drinking almost finishing the whole thing. She stayed quiet after she was done and Louis started wondering if she had fallen asleep.

"What time is it?" She asked.

"Almost six, the surgery took almost five hours and then it took you a while to wake up. How are you feeling?"

"Better than I did a few minutes ago. Has the doctor said anything?"

"That the surgery went perfectly fine and there were no complications, now all we have to do is wait. Tomorrow night we'll know and saturday morning you'll get to go home." Louis told her.

"I hope it works. Thank you for being here with me, you're such a blessing to this family and Harry is so lucky to have you." Gemma yawned trying to cover her mouth with her hand giving Louis a small smile after.

"You're tired, go back to sleep and I'll be here okay. I'm not gonna go anywhere." Louis grabbed her hand squeezing it a bit seeing her nodding.

A few minutes later she was back asleep and Louis took a seat on the couch in front of her bed praying for her to see again knowing that if she didn't, it was going to break her heart even if she acted like it was nothing. He prayed for it to work wanting Harry to stop feeling guilty and miserable, he wanted him to stop believing that his own sister hated him when it wasn't like that at all.

He doesn't know when he fell asleep on the couch but when he woke up again a nurse walked in with a tray of food for Gemma who was still asleep. He gently touched her shoulder watching her stirring awake before she yawned then slowly tried to sit up as soon as Louis had mentioned breakfast.

"Have you eaten anything?" Gemma asked him letting him feed her.

"I will once you're done eating, m'not really hungry if I'm honest." Louis said still feeling a bit nauseous thinking that maybe he was getting sick.

"You still need to eat, it's bad for you not to eat." Gemma said after she had swallowed her food.

"I think I've been eating more than enough, I'm gaining weight and Harry doesn't help at all when he brings the best of take out." Louis chuckled.

"You still need to eat, as soon as I'm done eating I want you to go and get something to eat." Gemma insisted smiling when Louis finally agreed.

After Gemma was done eating Louis went to get something to eat as fast as he could not wanting to leave her alone longer than necessary. When he got back she was sitting listening to the tv then occasionally made conversation with Louis as he ate. By noon she had called the whole family telling them she was doing fine and would be back by saturday afternoon already wanting the doctor to remove her bandages. When the time finally came she was a nervous mess while Louis wouldn't stop chewing on his bottom lip until they were too raw and he was regretting it.

"Okay Gemma, I'm gonna remove the bandages and when I tell you to I want you to open your eyes as slow as you can. The light is off so it doesn't hurt your eyes. Ready?" Dr. Arnold said.

"Yeah, I- I'm ready." Gemma nodded wanting Louis to hold her hand but sadly the doctor had asked him to give her space.

Louis fiddled with his hands already a nervous mess watching the doctor removing the bandages and as soon as they were gone he waited for him to remove the taped ones from her eyes. Once they were gone the doctor stepped back telling her to slowly open her eyes and as soon as she did all the way Louis frowned when she blinked a few times then her eyes filled with tears and her bottom lip trembled before she let out a heartbreaking sob.

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