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Avoiding Harry proved more difficult than Louis first anticipated

He'd see Harry at every corner he turned in the school halls and he had to leave home 15 minutes early just to avoid having to walk with the curly haired boy to school

So, staying on the down low was a struggle

What was even harder, was trying to avoid Jack on top of keeping away from Harry

He just couldn't seem to face Jack yet

Louis knew that as soon as Jack saw him, he'd come running over in an attempt to apologise for showing Louis up

Louis wasn't having any of that

Zayn was right. If Louis wasn't worth the fight with Harry for, then Jack wasn't worth Louis' time

"Louis, duck" Niall instructed

"What-"

"Shh!" Niall cut him off, pushing Louis down and opening a random kid's locker to hide Louis behind

"Dude, that's my locker" the kid told Niall "What are you doing"

"Quiet Francis!" Niall hushed him "Let the kid hide"

"Who are you hiding from?" Francis asked

"Harry" Louis mumbled quietly, trying not to draw any unnecessary attention to the three of them which were now all stood behind the locker door

"Oh" he hummed in reply "That kid with the curls?" he asked "Have you broken up or something?"

"W-what?" Louis stuttered out "No! God no! He wasn't my boyfriend" he rushed out "We're not even friends"

"Really?" Francis asked "He definitely likes you. He seems to follow you around a lot"

"You don't know the half of it" Niall cut in

"Not to pry, but maybe you should call him out on it" Francis suggested

"Tried that" Louis told him "He knows what he does"

"And he's proud about it" Niall added

"You could get help if he's stalking you" Francis tried to tell him

"What he needs is a harassment order" Niall stated

Francis' eyebrows rose at this, clearly taking everything he was hearing very seriously "My dad's a policeman, I'm sure he cou-"

"What?" Louis said quickly, cutting him off "No!" he exclaimed, his voice cracking and coming out much higher and more panicked than he'd have wanted "No" Louis coughed a couple of times "No, I can handle it"

"You're sure?" Francis asked

"Yeah" Louis said, immediately dismissing the idea "Yeah its good"

"Seriously, it's not something you should be afraid to speak up about" Francis said

"Afraid?" Louis asked "I'm not afraid"

"Then why are you hiding?" he asked

"Good point"

Somehow, amongst the midst of their discussion, all three boys had completely lost sight of Harry; the boy had walked over without the three of them even realising

"Why are you hiding?" Harry asked

"I'm not hiding" Louis told him, stepping out from behind the locker and pressing it closed

"Who are you hiding from?" Harry questioned and Louis looked down "Don't tell me it's me?" he asked in mock shock, his hand going to rest across his heart "That wouldn't be very nice, would it?"

"I don't think he wants to speak to you" Francis said calmly to Harry

"Franklin, buddy" Harry said with a fake grin "Don't you have a life to be getting on with?"

"I think you need to back off" Francis told him "And it's Francis, not Franklin"

"Franklin" Harry dead-panned "I think you need to leave"

"I think you need to leave" Francis replied

"Francis, I got this" Louis said calmly, his hand going to the boys forearm holding it loosely "See you in maths"

"Are you sure?" he asked

"I'm sure" Louis confirmed

"Catch you later" Francis said with a smile, walking away, but not before glaring at Harry who gave him a smile and a wave in reply

"Well, he wasn't very nice, was he?" Harry spoke up

"Knock it off Harry, you're not funny" Niall told him

"Oh and you are Niall Horny?" he questioned

"Okay one, that's not original" Niall stated "And two, I'll have you know I am quite funny"

"Ha ha ha" Harry said sarcastically "I'm in stitches" he played out "You get to me every time" he stated, pointing at Niall and giving him a wink

"Harry, shut up" Louis snapped at him "Just shut up"

"I need to speak to you" Harry told him "Alone" he added, giving Niall a look

"You think I'm going to leave you alone with him?" Niall asked

"Yes" Harry stated "Unless you want to share some more of your jokes?"

"Niall, it's okay" Louis told him

"No, it's not" Niall argued

"Let me speak to him for a minute" Louis said to Niall, placing his hand on Niall's shoulder "I told you, I've got this"

"Don't try anything funny" Niall said, looking at Harry "I'll hurt you"

"God, I'm terrified" Harry stated monotonously as Niall walked away

"What do you want?" Louis asked

"Why were you behind the locker?" Harry questioned

"I was giving Francis a quick snog, why do you think?" Louis replied

Harry grabbed Louis' upper arm, forcing them closer as he squeezed tightly "Don't say that"

"Why not" Louis asked "You asked"

"I wanted the truth" Harry told him "Don't fucking joke with stuff like that" he snapped "Don't think I didn't notice the way you touched his arm earlier"

"Let go" Louis huffed, trying to tug himself from Harry's grasp

"Don't touch him again" Harry ordered

"Don't touch me again" Louis echoed "I'm serious, get the fuck off of me"

Harry dropped his arm angrily "No, I'm serious" Harry said, raising his voice "Don't touch him" he repeated

"Alright" Louis replied, rubbing the tender skin of his upper arm

Harry gently took Louis' hand with one of his own, using the other hand to softly wrap around where he'd just grabbed Louis

His fingers traced over the sore skin delicately 

"Did I hurt you?" he asked

"Yes" Louis said truthfully, not meeting Harry's eyes

"Didn't mean to" Harry muttered, almost as if he didn't want Louis to hear him say the words

"Do I get an apology?" Louis asked

"You touched him" Harry gritted out, still holding Louis' arm

"And you hurt me!" Louis snapped

"Sorry, alright?" Harry huffed "I'm sorry"

"No you're not" Louis called him out "And even if you are, you'll do it again anyway!" he exclaimed "What's the point of feeling bad when you'll do it all over again tomorrow?"

"I didn't mean to grab you that hard" Harry replied, his voice angry "Just shut up about it, I apologised"

"It meant nothing" Louis snapped, pulling his arm back out of Harry's grasp "Now say what you have to say or I'm leaving"

"Were you hiding from me?" Harry questioned

"Why?" Louis replied

"I asked first" Harry told him

"Yes" Louis stated

"Why?" Harry asked him

"Because I hate you" Louis said bluntly

"You don't mean that" Harry told him

"I'm pretty sure that I do" Louis answered

"No, you don't" Harry argued "Don't say that"

"I hate you" Louis repeated "Because you're awful to me" he added "Don't make it seem like I'm a bad person for saying it because it's your own fault"

"It's not my fault that you hate me" Harry stated

"It's only your fault" Louis told him "If you were nicer, maybe I'd like you"

"Maybe?" Harry questioned

"Maybe" Louis confirmed

***

"Louis!" Jack called "Louis, wait!"

Louis didn't

"Louis stop!" he shouted down the hallway, jogging to catch up with Louis

"I don't want to talk to you" Louis said once Jack was close enough

"I need to talk to you" Jack told him

"I don't want to" Louis repeated "Whatever we had is now over" Louis stated

"You don't mean that" Jack exclaimed "You didn't even give me a chance"

"You had the chance and you blew it" Louis argued "We're done"

"No" Jack said quickly "We have to talk about this"

"Yo dude, he doesn't want to talk" a voice cut in

"And who might you be?" Jack questioned, turning around to face the man

"I'm Liam fucking Payne that's who I am" Liam stated

"Is that right?" Jack questioned "And why are you getting involved in our business"

"Why won't you take no for an answer?" Liam asked

"Listen, I don't know you" Jack stated "But don't come over here and get involved"

"Mate, don't tell me what to do" Liam told him "And don't pester Louis, he's done with you"

Louis looked back and forth between Liam and Jack with wide eyes. Okay maybe he loved Harry's friends a lot more than he loved Harry

"He's right, I'm done" Louis told Jack "Don't bother me anymore"

Jack's mouth opened and he made a noise between a gasp and a sigh before storming down the hallway

"Guess you two are over then" Liam said calmly, smiling at Louis

"Officially" Louis confirmed "Thank you for that" he added

"Anytime" Liam told him "I'm not too fond of him"

"Agreed" Zayn stated, walking over "He didn't deserve you, bro" he told Louis, slinging an arm over the boy's shoulders

Liam smiled at Zayn "Your timing is shit" he said "You missed the action"

"Oh, so there was action?" he questioned

"Hardly" Louis replied with a giggle

"Course there was action" Liam lied "Louis went all ninja on his ass" he added, making Louis laugh

"Oh, is that right?" Zayn asked "You got moves?" he said to Louis

"Course he has" Liam cut in

Louis was laughing, leaning into Zayn's touch and wondering how on earth Harry had such amazing friends

"Listen" Zayn said after the laughter between the three had died down slightly "I have to get going, but why don't we do something sometime" he offered "The three of us"

"Yeah, I'd like to" Louis replied after a short pause

"What about that party on Sunday?" Liam suggested

"Party?" Louis repeated, his tone questioning

"Yeah, just a party that a girl in our year is throwing" Zayn told him "It's on Sunday, are you coming?"

"It's open invite" Liam added in

"I uh..." Louis trailed off "I don't know" he said with a shrug

"We'll look out for you" Zayn promised "Maybe sure that big bad Jack doesn't try it on with you"

"Jack's going?" Louis asked

"Everyone's going" Liam stated

"But don't worry, it gives you a chance to look good and show him what he's missing" Zayn added

"We'll help you make him jealous" Liam whispered

"We'll make it our personal mission" Zayn agreed

Louis smiled again, but it was cut short when a question ran through his thoughts "Is Harry going to go?" Louis questioned

Both boy's looked away, Zayn frowning and Liam scratching his head awkwardly

Louis moved to face them at this point and Zayn moved his arm from around Louis' shoulders

"I can't go if Harry's going" Louis told them

"Why?" Liam asked "It's your chance to make him realise what he wants"

"What he wants?"  Louis repeated in confusion

"Sure" Zayn answered

"What does he want?" Louis asked

"You" Liam stated as if it were obvious

"Duh" Zayn added in

"What?" Louis spluttered

"Isn't it obvious?" Zayn asked

"Apparently not" Liam replied with raised eyebrows as he took in the shock on Louis' face

"I think you're confused" Louis stated

"No" Zayn said shortly "We're not" he added, amusement evident in his voice

"Harry's confused" Liam corrected "And on Friday you can make him realise what he wants"

"To be blunt, he has a crush on you" Zayn stated

"He just doesn't know it yet" Liam expanded

"Why does everyone keep saying that?" Louis groaned

"Because it's true" Zayn said

"We can help you make him jealous" Liam told him

"We'll be loving and affectionate all night" Zayn stated

"But I don't want him" Louis told them truthfully "Even if you're right and he has some great epiphany and realises he doesn't hate me, I don't want him" Louis stated "I'll still hate him"

"Well" Liam sighed "If you don't want him to discover his feelings, then will you at least come to the party?" he asked

"Just for fun" Zayn confirmed

"I'll think about it" Louis told them

"And for the record" Liam spoke up after a couple of seconds "I don't think the crush is one sided"

Louis didn't reply

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