"'S not a big deal, Mum," Louis rolls his eyes, pots and pans banging from where she's making supper on the stove. Louis offered to help, three times actually, but he feels as though Jay just doesn't trust him in the kitchen.

"You're supposed to tell me when you get a prom date!" His mum argues, her back to Louis as she stirs something in a pot. Louis leans back in the kitchen chair he's sitting in and crosses his arms. Jay turns around before continuing. "I would much rather have heard it from you than from Niall asking 'are you and Harry gonna smash after prom?'"

Louis can feel his cheeks turn pink. He's gonna twist Niall's nipples next time he sees him. "He was joking," Louis stresses. He didn't think his mum knew what it means to smash. From her facial expression after Niall asked (his face full of Girl Scout cookies from Fizzy ((She has a crush on Niall)), he thinks she does. "It's no biggie, Mum, seriously."

"This Harry kid is enough of a biggie for you to ask him to prom!" Jay points out.

"He asked me!" Louis huffs. As if it really matters. He sighs. "It's not the point! I think it's more like a casual thing. His boyfriend cheated on him, like, two months ago, and he told me he didn't want to go alone."

"I want to meet him," Jay says sternly. Louis groans and slumps down in his seat. "He's been here twice and I haven't met him!"

"Fine," Louis whines. "He's wearing a dress to prom. Say anything about it and you will never meet my children."

Jay raises her eyebrows, but she's smiling. "That's cute," She coos. Louis wrinkles his nose and stands up out of the chair, popping a baby carrot on his mum's cutting board in his mouth before walking out of the kitchen.

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"Why are you being so weird about this? I want to meet your mum!"

"It's not just my mum," Louis sighs, rolling up the sleeves of his AC/DC jumper. "It's everyone! My sisters, they're so annoying. And my mum's probably gonna, like, just start breastfeeding at the dinner table. And my stepdad and I never get along and we fight all the time."

"Louis," Harry giggles. "I'm sure your mum is lovely. Your whole family, actually."

"Har-"

"I cannot wait to meet them all."

Louis sighs. "You're annoying."

"I'm aware. I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay? We can discuss when I'm meeting your wonderful family."

Louis rolls his eyes. "Goodbye, Harry."