Louis POV

I wake up to my alarm the next morning, my head is pounding and so is my side, I feel and look like shit.

The memories of last night come back to me and I feel horrible, I let my guard down and I can't let it happen again. The boys don't need my shit on their plates. I head to the shower and turn it on. I get in and let the hot water cascade down my tired body. I know the boys would let me stay home from school, but I don't want to face their questions and pitiful stares. I get out of the shower and get dressed for school. I wait until I hear Harry pull up before I open my door and walk downstairs. Scott, Edward and Andy are nowhere to be seen. I sigh with relief as I walk out the front to Harry's car. Drew is already sitting in the front seat.

"Are you sure you want to go to school today bud? You can stay home if you like" Drew says to me kindly.

"Um no thanks Drew, I'm fine, no reason to stay home, plus, I have to get my biology test results today" I say.

"Ok" Drew says warily but he doesn't push me.

"How did your test go yesterday?" Harry asks me.

"Yeah, ok I guess, I'm pretty sure I passed" I say.

I see Harry smile at me through the rear-view mirror. Harry and Drew go back to talking about stuff while I sit quietly in the backseat, trying to work out what I'm going to do when I get to school. I'm thankful they are both behaving normally and not bringing up yesterday's events.

When we pull up at school, Drew and Harry don't say goodbye and go off to their group straight away like they usually do. Instead, they are looking at me. I look back at them weirdly.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"Nothing, we just wanted to know if you wanted to come hang out with us and our friends" Drew says trying to sound casual.

"Yeah, they all really like you, what do you say?" Harry asks.

"Um no offense but I'll pass, hanging with your friends probably isn't the best idea, especially for your reputation. I'm fine on my own, thanks though" I say.

Before they have a chance to respond, I turn around and walk away. Harry and Drew just standing there wanting to say something else, but they don't.

I walk to my locker and straight to home room early, I avoid any interactions with the cool group thank God. The day passes slow, but I notice weirdly that someone from Harry and Drew's group is always around watching me. The fact that I'd hardly met any of them before and now all of a sudden, I'm seeing them at every corner is really weird. I can't help thinking that Drew and Harry have planned this. I'm a little annoyed, but I haven't been bothered by Joey's group all day.

At lunch time when I'm heading to the bathroom to read as usual, I'm stopped by Mr Charles in the hallway.

"Louis, we need to talk about your test paper" he says smugly, and I sigh.

I don't know why we have to do this now; can't he wait until class?

"Ok" I sigh as he leads me to his classroom.

I know I passed the test so I'm not too worried, that is until he hands me my paper back with a big fat red F on it. What the fuck!!!!

"Sir how did I get an F I studied so hard for the test; I knew everything" I say trying to stay calm.

"Well, you obviously didn't have the right tutor" he says venomously.

"I have spoken to your guardians Scott and Andy, and they insist that I tutor you, first session is today after class, understand" he says coldly.

"This isn't fair, I know I passed this test" I say angrily.

"That's not important, what's important is that you show up this afternoon or I fail you" he smirks at me.

I'm so angry I turn on my heel and exit the classroom. I have to find Harry.

I walk through the cafeteria getting looks from a lot of people, I never come in here its intimidating with so many people staring at me. I try to ignore them and focus on finding Harry and Drew.

I spot them with a group of about eight guys and a few girls. I head over and I'm immediately overwhelmed by them all. They are all really good-looking seniors. I get to their table and Harry has his back to me.

"Ummm Harry?" I say shyly.

The whole group stops talking and looks at me as Harry turns around. When he sees me, he smiles and his face lights up, I can't help but smile back. I hear one of the guy's wolf whistles at me and see Drew's hand fly up to whack the guy on the back of the head.

"That's my brother" Drew says angrily and the rest of the boys laugh, Harry hasn't taken his eyes off me though.

"What's up babe?" Harry asks and the whole table erupts with mocking "Awwwwss" and "you're such a sweetie Styles"

I can't help but blush.

Harry takes it all in his stride and laughs, he grabs my hand and takes me over to a quiet corner.

"Are you ok?" he asks me seriously.

"Yeah, um I just got my biology result and..... Well here" I say handing the paper to him.

"An F?" he says scrunching up his face.

He looks over the paper and sighs.

"Most of these answers are correct Louis, I don't understand" he says.

"Neither do I Harry! but now I have to have private tutoring lesions with Mr Charles after school, starting today. I'm, I'm scared Harry, he makes me so uncomfortable. He said if I don't go, he will fail me" I rush out, my breathing getting harsher.

"Hey Lou look at me, calm down, its ok, I promise, don't worry. I won't leave you alone with him. I'll sit in on the sessions with you" he says matter of fact.

"I can't ask you to do that, you have a life, you can't give that up for me" I say gobsmacked.

"You didn't ask, and it's not up for discussion. If I can't make it one afternoon, I'll make sure one of the boys in our group can. Don't worry, you won't be alone with that creep" he says.

I can't help but smile back at him.

"Thank you, Harry," I say sincerely.

"Of course, Louis you know I would do anything for you" he says.

"Now, are you hungry? Come sit with us. We still have 20 minutes of lunch left, then I'll walk you to biology" he says smiling at me.

We walk over to the table and Harry sits down. There are no spare seats, so he brings me down onto his lap.

"Harry, I don't want to squash you" I say quietly to him.

I'm obviously going to hurt him by sitting on his lap.

"Are you serious, you weigh nothing, I can't even feel you sitting on me" he says seriously.

"Have you eaten, are you hungry? I have half my sandwich left if you would like it?" Harry asks.

"Um Ahhhh no I'm good I already ate. Thanks though" I lie.

There is no way I'm eating, especially in front of Harry's friends. They would be disgusted by someone so fat eating in front of them. Harry looks at me like he doesn't believe me but doesn't force the issue.

I turn to the group and listen as they all talk about senior things. They are all actually really nice guys and are really funny and I can't help but laugh at some things they say. Harry beams at me when I do laugh and I can't help but blush, it's actually one of the best lunches I've had at school, ever.

After biology and the entire class has filed out of the room. Mr Charles heads to the door to shut it. He closes the door and smirks at me, I'm still sitting at my desk up the back.

"Come up the front Louis, you can share my desk with me" he says flirting with me.

Ahhhh he is sooo creepy, I don't want to share a desk with him. Having to be that close to him makes me nervous, where is Harry? I stand up and make my way over to his desk. I get my biology books out and place them on his desk. He is watching my every move lustfully. He reaches out and touches my arm.

"You're so Handsome Louis" he says.

I can't look him in the eye, I feel like I want to vomit.

Just then the classroom door opens and Harry barges in.

"Hey Mr C" Harry says coolly.

Mr Charles looks angry.

"Styles, what are you doing here?" He asks angrily but Harry just smiles.

"Oh, I'm Louis lift home. I'm just going to sit in here and do some homework and wait for him, you don't mind do you?" he says winking at me making me blush.

"Ohhh well actually Styles, this is a private tutoring session, I don't want Louis having any distractions" Mr Charles says back.

Harry is already making himself at home at a desk

"No problems, I'll just put my headphones in, you won't know I'm here" Harry says and is already sitting at his desk, headphones in, before Mr Charles can say anything more.

Mr Charles let's out a very annoyed huff and we get to studying, me already knowing all the answers.

I'm so thankful the study session doesn't last long, and Harry drives me home straight afterwards. When we pull up, Harry doesn't leave, and he walks me inside.

"Thanks for staying with me today H" I say.

"Of course, Lou, he is a bit weird, isn't he? I can see what you mean with the way he looks at you. I would feel uncomfortable too" Harry tells me.

I'm glad he can see it too and I'm not imagining things and being paranoid.

"You um, you don't think he would try something do you like...you know" I say nervously.

"No Way Lou, he would lose his job and probably go to Jail. Does he make you that uncomfortable that you would think he would try something?" Harry asks.

He is getting upset now and I hate making him upset, even though it's directed at Mr Charles and not me, I still feel like it's my fault. I need to tell Harry how uncomfortable I am though. I can handle the bullying on my own, but Mr Charles is a lot different, I really don't know what to do about him.

"Yeah, Harry I-I-I mean, I know there isn't anything special about me, but I really get a bad feeling around him and I just.... I'm worried that if he gets me alone, he might, he might try and hit on me or something" I say uneasily, but I feel so much better now after admitting it to Harry.

"I would never let that happen ok, I promise you, the boys and I would never let anyone touch you like that" Harry says with such determination as he places his hands on my shoulders and looks me straight in the eyes.

"We need to talk to Scott about this ok bud, He needs to know so we can do something about it" Harry says.

"No Harry No I-I-I don't want them to know, I don't want them to think I'm weak and can't handle a few weird looks, Harry, No, I was just being silly, please just let it go" I say so fast as I begin to panic. I turn from Harry and try to run to my room, but he holds me back.

"Calm down Lou please. Look at me Louis" Harry says, and I stop trying to get out of his hold and look him straight in the eyes.

"Thank you for trusting me enough to tell me Lou and I promise I won't say anything if you don't want me to, but I think you should tell Scott" Harry says to me.

"Can we just leave it for a week and see if it changes, please I-I just don't want to Harry please"

"Ok, Ok babe don't get worked up again, I will look after you ok, I won't let you be alone with him, I will sort it out myself" Harry says as he hugs me to his chest.

"Thank you, H" I say as I calm down.

"I do have to go talk to Scott though, I won't say anything about this though I promise ok" Harry says.

He kisses the top of my head and walks towards the kitchen to talk to Scott. I want to trust that he won't say anything, but I need to know for sure. I walk towards the kitchen and can hear all the boys, that's strange, they are usually at work. I hide behind the door frame to listen in on what they are saying.

"Did you guys see anything at school today, D?" That's Scott's voice

"No nothing Scott, and I asked around the whole school to see if anyone is being bullied and all I found out was one Junior called Jake, Joey's group steals his lunch money every day that's all" Drew says.

"Yeah, we had Louis followed and no one touched him all day, maybe he really does just muck around with Stan or maybe he fell over in Gym or something?" Harry Says.

"But the Facebook Messages" Edward adds

Oh My God. They know! The boys know about the bullying, I can't breathe. I was so stupid to think I could hide this, I'm such an idiot. They read the Facebook posts, of course they would find out. I try to think of something to do, what I could say to get them to stop worrying? This is bad, if they say anything to the school or to Joey and his group, I'm dead. Literally dead, even if they get expelled, they will come after me, they will find me, and they wouldn't hesitate to kill me I know it. I do the only thing I can think of and enter the kitchen.

"Scott" I say, and everyone goes quiet and looks toward me.

"Hey Lou, didn't see you their bud, what's up?" He asks.

"I um... I have something to tell you" I say.

"Sure buddy, come sit down" he says.

I walk over to the bar stools and sit down next to Edward. Scott and Andy are standing in front of me, Drew is next to Edward and Harry next to me. I take a deep breath avoiding everyone's eyes.

"You can tell us anything Lou, that's what we are here for" Edward says.

"Yeah....... um I think my biology teacher is trying to hit on me and he makes me really uncomfortable" I say shyly.

I look towards Harry, and he is smiling at me, he puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Lou, that took a lot of courage to come and tell us and I'm so glad you did, how long has this been going on kid?" Edward asks.

"A while, a few months maybe" I say "I also heard you all talking about the bruises you saw on me, and the Facebook messages you found" I say and sigh. I'm about to lie right to their faces but it's for the best.

"Stan and I skipped seventh period two days ago. I didn't want to see Mr Charles so when Harry dropped me off, I pretended to go in but left and met Stan in the gym. We were mucking around on the stairs, and I lost my footing and fell. I bruised my ribs and my back, and I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to be disappointed in me for skipping class" I say. I can't help the overwhelming guilt I feel but it needs to happen like this.

"The Facebook messages you saw were from Stan. They were meant to be a joke. I'm really really sorry if I worried you, I really didn't mean too" I say looking at them all with apologetic eyes.

"Lou, although we would probably give you a talking too, we would never be disappointed in you Kid. We have all been there and skipped class once or twice and your reason was legit enough, but you could have been seriously hurt. Those bruises looked bad, if something like that ever happens again, I want you to tell us ok" Edward says, and I nod in response.

"I know you and Stan are good mates, but those Facebook messages were not funny Lou. They could have been taken the wrong way or sent to someone else by mistake" Andy says.

"I know and I'm sorry" I say

"It's ok Lou, don't ever be afraid to come and tell us things ok. Now about Mr Charles, I will contact the school tomorrow and cancel your tutoring sessions ok. I will also get you transferred to another Biology class. Is that, ok?" Scott asks

That would be awesome, no more Mr Charles and no more torment from Joey's group. I can't help the smile that spreads across my face.

"That would be amazing Scott, thank you" I say smiling.

"Of course, Lou, I'm so glad you talked to us bud" Scott says

"Come on Lou, want to play some FIFA with H and I?" Drew asks.

I nod and we head upstairs to Drew's room.

"I'm so proud of you for telling the boys Lou, and for telling us the truth about everything" Harry says.

I feel bad that I lied about the messages, but at least the Mr Charles situation will be dealt with, I smile at Harry and hope that he will never find out I lied.