That Fine Line (Larry AU)

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Louis’ POV

“So, how’s this going to work?” He asked. I sighed.

“I don’t know,” I replied, sighing before combing my fingers through my hair and turning to go upstairs.

“I’ll be in my bedroom,” I said, walking away from him. I walked into my bedroom, pushing open the door and flinging myself onto my bed. I already missed lying down with Eleanor in my arms and yet, I couldn’t help but be a little happy that she had moved out, as mean as that sounded. I needed a break.

I pulled myself up off my bed and walked out of my bedroom.

“El? Ugh. I mean Harry, I’m going for a drive,” I said.

“Whatever,” he muttered, evidently not caring. I rolled my eyes before grabbing my keys, wallet and pushing open the door.

I unlocked my car and slid into the driver’s seat, turning on the car and driving off. I drove around for about half an hour til I stopped somewhere. I stepped out of the car to see I was outside the restaurant that Harry and I had our first and only date. I was just about to step back into the car when I spotted someone familiar walking out of the restaurant.

“Jamie?” I asked. It was the waitress that served us on the date. Her head popped up and glanced around to see who was calling her name until her eyes landed on me.

“Louis?” she asked. I nodded but signalled for her to remain quiet.

“Hey! What’s up?” she said, waiting until she was closer to me to speak.

“Could I talk to you? I just need to talk to someone,” I said.

“What about Harry?” she asked. I sighed before shaking my head.

“It’s kind of about him,” I said. She nodded. She followed me to my car and instructed me where to go. We continued driving until we stopped.

“Where are we?” I asked her.

“The beach. It’s usually quite quiet so don’t worry about fans,” she said. “I come here when I need to think because the air is quite soothing,” she said. We got out of the car and I followed her to the sand where we sat next to each other. The air was actually quite cool which was relaxing.

“So what’s up with Harry?” she asked. I took a deep breath before beginning.

“What I’m about to tell you, you can’t tell anyone. At all. Nobody. Ok? I know you’re a fan so you can’t tell anyone. Promise?” I said to her. She looked at me with an odd look before nodding.

“Yeah I promise,” she says. I look around to see the beach deserted so I opened my mouth and began.

“Ok. Harry and I aren’t actually dating,” I said.

“What?!” she yelled, loudly.

“Oh and please don’t talk until I’m finished, ok?” I asked her.

“Oh right, sorry,” she said, imitating zipping her mouth. I smiled before continuing.

“Ok. So Harry and I aren’t actually dating. We actually hate each other. Basically, management called us into a meeting and said that they wanted to reach the gay community so they said that Harry and I had to pretend to be gay and pretend we were dating. But I have a girlfriend, Eleanor. Now management has forced El to move out of my house and Harry had to move in. The thing is, I feel like Eleanor is slowly giving up on our relationship because she hates seeing me with Harry but at the same time, I feel like I’m not trying to mend our relationship. As well as that, before the interview where we ‘came out’, I punched a mirror and Harry came and comforted me but I felt like I didn’t want to leave his chest. I just wanted to stay there forever. And then during the interview, I couldn’t help but notice how beautiful his eyes were but at the same time I still hate him and I don’t know what’s happening,” I said, pouring out everything to her.

She looked at me thoughtfully before opening her mouth.

“You want to know what I think?” she asked.

“Well obviously. That’s why I’m talking to you,” I said.

“Right. Well I think that you’re starting to fall out of love with Eleanor and that you’re slowly falling in love with Harry or at least not hating him anymore but you’re in denial so that’s why you still seem to hate him,” she said.

“What? Me in love with Harry? Yeah right,” I said. “I could never fall in love with Harry.”

“Well that’s what it sounds like to me,” she said. “I’m just going off what you said and from everything you said, it sounds like that. How about when you go home, you be more open minded around Harry and not so stubborn that you don’t like him. You never know, it could be the start of a great relationship,” she said.

“I’m not in love with Harry and I don’t like him either but thank you for the advice and thanks for listening to me,” I said to her.

“No worries. If you want to talk again, here’s my number,” she said, handing over a slip of paper that had a few digits written on them.

“Thanks, Jamie,” I said. “Could I have a hug please? I think I need one right now.”

“Oh my gosh! Louis Tomlinson just asked to hug me!” she said, jokingly before bringing me towards her to hug her.

“Thank you, again,” I whispered into her ear.

“It’s ok. Glad to help,” she replied.

“I should go,” I said.

“Yeah, ok. Remember what I said! Open – minded,” she said. I nodded before getting up, brushing off my pants and helping her up.

“Oh how are you getting back?” I asked her.

“I can walk. My house is only about 10 minute walk from here,” she said. I nodded before waving goodbye and heading to my car. I turned on the car and drove away. As I drove away from the beach my thoughts wandered to what Jamie said.

Me in love with Harry? Me falling out of love with Eleanor?

That wasn’t possible right?

Once I got home, I locked the car and headed back into the house. Harry sat on my couch in front of my TV watching the news. I walked around the couch and sat next to him but far enough away so we weren’t touching. We sat in silence just watching as news came up. Just as I was about to reach over to change the channel, a picture of Harry and I appeared on the screen. I leaned back, snuggling further into the chair listening to what they said.

“Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles from the boyband One Direction otherwise known as Larry Stylinson have officially made the next move and Harry Styles has moved into Louis’ house with him. Almost two weeks ago, the two boys were spotted holding hands coming out of a restaurant which was later confirmed as their first date. Furthermore, the two boys came out about a week ago to the public saying that they were together and now Harry Styles has been spotted moving into his bandmate, now boyfriend’s house. What’s next in store for the two boybanders? Is their relationship moving too quickly?” the news reporter said, before moving onto the next story. I sighed.

“Management’s going to pick up on this. They’re going to make us go on more dates,” Harry said. The news reporter was babbling away in the background so I reached over to grab the remote to turn the TV off. At the same time, Harry did the same thing. As he did, our hands touched each other’s. When our hands touched each other’s, I could feel sparks run up my arm and I could feel the blood rushing to my cheeks causing me to blush.

“Um sorry,” I said, pulling my hand back quickly, my cheeks bright red. What was happening to me?

A/N what’s up with Louis? What do you think of Jamie’s advice to Louis? Do you think Louis’ fallen out of love with El? Hope you guys liked this chapter! Let me know what you think of the chapter below and don’t forget to vote and share!! And please! If you're going to comment, don't just comment "UPDATE!" or something along those lines.

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Rebecca :)