Louis' feet sit propped up on the chair in front of him as he sits at his dining room table. Eleanor sits next to him and he can tell that she's agitated by him having his feet on the chairs. He doesn't let it bother him and continues to do it anyway. 

"What did you really think was going to happen, Louis? He's engaged," Eleanor chides. Louis rolls his eyes as he fiddles with his phone in front of him. 

Honestly, he's not sure what he expected to happen. He expected for Harry to still feel something for him. Maybe, he was thinking too optimistically that Harry would come back to him. Maybe he's being childish for thinking something like this could work out. 

"I don't know, I just thought something would happen. I don't know if I can see him leave again," Louis sighs. He rubs his temple in an attempt to soothe a blooming headache. 

When Louis flips his phone over he sees a notification at the top of his screen from Harry. Immediately, his stomach drops and his heart races all at once. He doesn't know what to think as he anxiously unlocks his phone and opens the notification. 

Harry

Can we meet up?

He slides the phone over to Eleanor so she can read it. She gives it a glance before shrugging and sliding it back over to Louis. 

"Do what you want, Louis, but you're gonna get your heart broken in the end," Eleanor sighs as she stands from the table and stalks off. 

Louis runs his fingers through his hair as he glances back down at the message in front of him. 

Me

Sure

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Louis is, once again, a little tad to their coffee meet-up spot. He's sure that Harry will understand. Hell, Louis' late nature has gotten a little better with age, but that still doesn't mean he's ever going to show up on time to things. 

Sighing, he pushes the cafe doors open and spots Harry at the table in the back. He adjusts the bottom of his shirt anxiously before joining him. 

"You're late," Harry sighs as he takes a sip from his drink. Judging by the smell and color, Louis guesses it's almost straight black coffee. 

"I always am," Louis replies softly as he takes the seat in front of him. They stare at each other for a moment. Louis doesn't know what to say or why Harry even suggested meeting up. 

For a second, Louis thinks he sees tears in Harry's eyes, but Harry doesn't let them fall. Hesitantly, Louis asks, "Is everything alright?" 

Harry's gaze snaps up to Louis, seemingly startled by his words. Almost as quickly as they had made eye contact, Harry pulls his eyes away and aims them at the cup in front of him. The golden engagement band sits proudly on his hand, a constant reminder of their time apart. 

"Honestly," Harry sighs after a moment, "I'm not sure." 

Louis doesn't know what to say. A long time ago, Louis might've had the right words to comfort Harry, but they've both grown since then. Louis doesn't have the slightest idea what Harry needs right not emotionally. 

"Why did you want to meet up," Louis questions, hoping to understand anything about this situation. Maybe if he can figure out why Harry wanted to meet up then he can begin to understand what's bothering him. 

"I don't know, really. I needed a break from things for a bit and you seemed to be the only one I could stand the thought of being around," Harry explains. 

A stray brown curl falls in front of his eyes. Without thinking, Louis reaches forward and flicks it out of the way. Harry looks up at Louis as Louis stares back in shock. He didn't mean to do it, he just did. He hopes the action doesn't scare Harry away but he looks so tired Louis doubts Harry cares much. 

"I'm sorry, I don't really know why I did that," Louis says as he folds his hands in his lap. Harry just gives him a shrug. 

"Sam got a call yesterday," Harry starts. Louis looks up at Harry, but the younger man just stares deeply at his coffee. In fear that he'll break his trance, Louis doesn't say anything. "I answer his phone calls a lot. You know, he leaves his phone inside while he works most of the time. I didn't think about it. When his phone started ringing, I just picked it up." 

Louis doesn't know what to say, so he lets Harry continue. "The person only wanted to speak to Sam, they were adamant about it. A part of me was terrified that he was keeping secrets from me and I know that I have no right to be mad about that considering what I've done, but I was scared," Harry says. 

"What was the call about," Louis questions. Harry looks up as if he forgot Louis was even there. Sadly, he glances back down to the cup once again.

"He has a son he didn't know about," Harry responds simply. 

Louis stares in shocked silence. Sam has a son? Louis was under the impression that Harry and Sam had been together for 15 years, so how could Sam have a son if he was with Harry all that time? "Did he... cheat on you," Louis asks slowly. 

Harry looks up, disgust written across his face. "Sam would never do that to me. His son is 16, Louis. Sam missed his entire life because of me," Harry spits. Tears fall from Harry's green eyes. He's never seen Harry like this before. 

"I'm sure it's not because of you, Harry," Louis replies, not knowing what else to say. 

Harry reaches a shaky hand up to brush at his eyes before responding. "It is because of me! Sam broke up with her right before he left to go on his trip, and she found out she was pregnant a couple of days later. Apparently, she was going to tell him when he got back, but he came back with me, Louis. She didn't tell Sam because he had spent months with me and if he hadn't missed his flight and if he hadn't had stayed in England because he met me he would've been in his son's life."

"If Sam knew, he would've been in his son's life. I only just met him, Harry, but he's a good one. Besides, you can't blame yourself for this," Louis responds. Harry sniffles as he swipes away another tear. 

"He flew back on the first flight he could get. He landed a couple of hours ago," Harry says. Before Louis has the chance to say anything more, Harry stands. 

"This doesn't change anything. I shouldn't have done this," He sighs as he leaves the cafe. 

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Early update. How dare y'all think Sam would cheat on Harry. Shame on you. Lol. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed! ~B