I fumbled with the letter in my hands and hesitated on whether or not to open it, did I really want to risk getting attached again? Heck, I'm still attached now. 

"What's stroubling you curly?" Cassie asked, sliding into the booth next to me with our milkshakes in her hands. I slid the letter into my pocket and shook my head,

"Nothing, just a bit overwhelmed with the fact we're done with school." She placed my milkshake down in front of me and swung an arm around my neck, pulling me into her and cooing.

"Bless you little Harold, getting all emotional because you're becoming a big boy now." I laughed at her and shrugged her off as Niall joined us at the booth,

"Stop getting cosy you two." He scoffed, sipping his toffee milkshake. I rolled my eyes,

"We weren't, Harry was having an exstitential crisis."  We all laughed a little and waited for the waiter to come over to take our orders, we all ordered different pizzas and handed them our menus. 

"I gotta pee." Niall chuckled, setting his phone down and sliding out of the booth.

"TMI." Cassie retorted, he winked and walked away laughing. 

A silence fell upon our table but was soon broke by a vibration from Niall's phone, Cassie leant over to grab it, checking whether it was a phone call or text. I watched as she frowned at the phone in confusion,

"What's up?" She turned the phone to me, there was a text;

'Liam: I miss you too:( I'll see you later love <3 xx'

"He has a boyfriend and he hasn't even told us?" Before I could respond, Niall emerged from the toilets and took his seat. Raising his eyebrow when he spotted Cassie clutching his phone,

"A little bit nosy aren't we?" He laughed, she placed the phone down in front of him and smirked.

"So who is this Liam then?" His eyes widened with panic and he looked over to me for advice, I widened mine in response and shrugged, he had no way of getting out of this.

"Just some guy." He said, taking the phone and sliding it into his pocket.

"Oh come on, he's clearly your boyfriend! I just don't know who he is, there's no Liams that I know." Niall grinned at her,

"So you don't need to know then do you?" She rolled her eyes and turned to me,

"Back me up here Harry, we deserve to know!"

"He already knows." Niall added, I mentally facepalmed myself as she practically jumped onto my lap, grabbing my shirt.

"Come on  Harry, tell me who it is, please?" I fake zipped my mouth and smirked at Niall. She got off my knee and slumped into the booth in a huff, laughing lightly as she did so. 

"It's too risky to tell you." Niall admitted, she furrowed her brows together and shrugged.

"You can trust me though Niall, we can all reveal a secret if it's that bad! A love interest secret, please?" Niall turned to me and raised his brows, I nodded. Cassie was a good enough friend to explain our situations too.

"Fine..." Niall began, she got comfy and gripped her milkshake, ready to listen.

"Liam isn't exactly a student, he's a teacher. The drama teacher to be precise." Cassie shot up and gasped,

"Really? I'm impressed Niall, he's a real fitty! It's a major risk though, how are you keeping it from school?"

"We're good actors, we were going to come out on leavers day but I wanted him to be at prom so we've kind of postponed our, outing? Yeah outing seems suitable." She pouted and sighed,

"I can just picture you two all cosy and stuff, aw Niall that's so cute! I'm really happy for you, even if it's a bit of an innapropriate relationship." She laughed and turned to me,

"C'mon then curly, your turn!" I shook my head,

"Ladies first." She rolled her eyes at me and set her drink down.

"Alright, so there's this kid called Luke and I really really like him. Meg always tells me she thinks he likes me too but I don't believe her. He's in my art class and he's so tall and clumsy, and he's got a lip ring that makes him so much hotter. There's a good chance I'd die if we got together." I raised my brow at her,

"Luke as in Luke Hemmings?" Her face turned a crimson red and she nodded.

"I'm extremely impressed, he's a hottie. Go for it Cas, you could get any guy you wanted! You're beautiful." She hit my arm lightly and shook her head.

"He's not lying Cas, Luke is probably head over heels for you. You should invite him out with us, then we can get a real rating on him." Niall winked, she held a finger to her mouth signalling him to shush before turning to me.

"Right Harold, your turn now." I swallowed hard, I'd not really discussed Louis with anybody besides Niall or my mum.

"Mine is kind of like Niall's." I laughed, she threw her arms up into the air and chuckled.

"What's with everybody dating teachers?" 

"Mine technically wasn't a teacher, it was Mr Tomlinson." Her jaw dropped,

"No way." I nodded and she turned to Niall.

"Did you know about this?" He nodded and she beckoned me to continue, so I did and finished with the letter.

"Have you opened it?" I shook my head and pulled it from my pocket,

"Nope it's here, still completely sealed." She rested her chin on her hand,

"Surely you're curious?" I nodded and set it down in front of me.

"I'm just scared it will say things that I don't want to hear." She rubbed my arm lightly.

"You'll have to open it sometime,"

"I know, I know." I sighed, I picked it up and ripped it open, nervously sighing as I turned it out of sight from the others and began reading.

Harry,

I know this is random and quite unexpected but I've got some things I want you to hear. I've been aware of how badly you've been struggling with losing me (which isn't technically true, I'm always here) and I feel so bad. Liam told me everything that had been happening and I cried Harry, I cried because you were hurting and I couldn't do anything about it. I never got to tell you how proud of you I am, your performance was amazing, I could picture you in movie scenes. It was hard not running onto the stage and just collapsing into your arms, I wanted to hold you more than I ever have before then but I couldn't. I'd just managed to sneak in at the back with the help of Liam, I owe him a lot. I can't explain how proud I felt, just take my word for it.

        I saw you in town when I was doing my signing, I often wished you would have came up to me and got a book signed but I knew you were hurting. That's why I sent you an autographed one, just so you know I'd never forgotten about you. It hurt me too, seeing you look so down and broken, but I couldn't show it. I had to be brave and happy for my fans, but I wish you could have been there. There's a little section in the book I want you to look for, it's got a secret message in for you. I can trust you to find it with ease, everybody else will be oblivious.

        However, I got hurt the other day by you Harry. I don't know if it was intended or not, but it hurt me a lot. I was in town shopping and I saw you, you were with Niall and some girl. She was very pretty. I'd seen her around school a few times but I didn't know she had anything to do with you, from what I saw she had a lot to do with you. You two looked very cosy with your arms around each other. I don't know if I took it the wrong way or whether you had actually moved on but it hurt me Harry, I didn't know what to do. The thought of you moving on broke me and I just didn't know what to do.

So I've decided I'm not coming to the school prom. Liam had been trying his best to let me be there but I don't really want to anymore. Even if there is nothing happening with that girl, I do not wish to be there in case something happens with somebody else. I trust you Harry, I trust you so much but I just don't want to risk getting hurt straight up. I needed you to see this letter so you wouldn't be affected if I wasn't present at prom. I hope one day we can meet up and sort things out properly, but prom doesn't seem like the best time or place. For now, please stay strong and keep happy. Take care of Niall and Liam when you see him, please don't forget me. I love you Harry, we can sort this one day.

        Louis x x