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10.

"Louis!" I yell making him stop.

"What?!" He snaps at me.

I stop walking leaving a few feet between us. "What's wrong?"

He shakes his head. "Nothing Harry. Nothing just go back to your lunch alright?" He runs his hand through his hair.

There's only a few students out here but they're all staring at this like it's a form of entertainment. I hear the door open behind us and Louis rolls his eyes at the same time. I don't turn around I don't care whose there I just want to know what's wrong.

"You wanted to talk. What about?" He's acting so strange.

"It doesn't matter. Not anymore." He walks away without giving me a chance to talk again.

What does he mean? Not anymore?

"Harry. Everything okay?" Ed. I sigh.

"Yeah. I just...I gotta go sorry." I push past him.

I walk to my locker in silence to grab my books for the afternoon. I got my hopes up that there would be a note from Louis. There wasn't. I actually didn't see him for the rest of the day.

Me: Your car is gone.
Lou: I had to leave early.

He left. He told me he would drive me home and he left...without a word. Even before he got his car and we walked if he couldn't walk with me he'd text me. He didn't.

Me: Oh. Unlocked?
Lou: Not tonight.
Me: What's wrong?
Lou: Nothing.
Me: 1. 4. 3.

No response.

It's not nothing. It's a very big something. I sit down on the curb and put my head in my hands. I close my eyes willing myself to understand. I always knew Louis better than he even knew himself.

"Hey Harry. You need a ride?" I look up at Ed standing in front of me.

"I'll just walk." I stand up. Louis still hadn't responded back.

"Nonsense. Come on." He grabs my hand.

He leads me to his car. It's a black impala. I tell him the directions to my house and make small conversation during the drive.

"Thanks for the ride Ed."

He smiles. "No problem. Harry?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you want to hang out sometime?"

My hand falls from the door as I was about to get out. He just..."Louis." I whisper.

"Louis?" He asks. "Is he your boyfriend? I asked your friends Liam and Zayne and they said you were single."

I look back at him. "You asked them about me?" He nods. "I am single it's just..."

He smiles. "Great! So maybe pick you up tomorrow at 7 for dinner and a movie?"

My throat goes dry. I should say no but I find myself nodding my head. I whisper the word yes and then get out of the car. Louis car isn't in his driveway so I guess he didn't go home when he left school. I unlock my door and go straight to my room falling face first on my bed.

Ed had to be the reason Louis was acting weird but why? I go over his words again and again.

Go back to your lunch.

It doesn't matter.

Not anymore.

I try to remember earlier in the day but nothing stood out. In fact I don't remember...oh my God. This morning I was so caught up in Ed that I forgot Louis. He had stayed there. He had tried to get my attention then. Had he been jealous? He said yesterday that this year would be different.