Change My Mind

Don't Forget Where You Belong (part 1)

It had been about three days since Stan had come to visit. Louis was happy he was still there because not only were things awkward with Liam now Zayn had started to avoid him.

“Well did you ask him about it?” Stan asked one night as they were lying in bed.

“Have you seen us interact lately? He goes out of his way to ignore me and when he can’t he doesn’t look at me” Louis sighed.

“Maybe he doesn’t want to upset you? I mean you have been a downer lately or he thinks you and Liam are fighting and he’s taking his side” 

“Thanks man” Louis said sarcastically “The boys tend to stay out of fights that aren’t theirs though so I doubt it”

“You should tell him, all of them”

“Are you insane?!” Louis yelled.

“Just a suggestion, you can’t just ignore what you feel and they’re your friends so nothing will change” Stan explained.

“Maybe” Louis answered hesitantly.

“You were able to tell me though” 

“Not really, you figured it out on your own I just confirmed it I never sat you down and told you”

“Still it would help ease the tension if more than just Harry and Liam knew” Stan replied.

“I guess you right” Louis said cautiously.

“It’s settled then. Boys come up here please!” Stan yelled.

“Now?” Louis questioned with widening eyes.

“No time like the present, besides no one but us went to bed yet” Stan smiled wickedly.

The boys came into the room sharing looks of confusion. They all found a place to sit or lean while Niall jumped onto the bed beside Stan waiting to see what was going on.

“What did you need Stan?” Niall asked slinging his arm around the older boys shoulders.

“Louis needs to tell you guys something”

All eyes went to Louis who started to panic. How could Stan make him do this?

“I wanted to tell you that… well I guess I needed…” Louis was stumbling over his words trying not to look anyone in the eyes.

“You’re fine boo” Stan said holding Louis’ hand.

“I’m gay” Louis said looking down at his hands.

“Well duh” Niall chuckled.

All eyes went to Niall who look oblivious to everyone’s questioning looks.

“How did you know?” Stan asked amused.

“It wasn’t obvious?” Niall asked innocently.

“I fucking hope not” Louis answered sarcastically causing everyone to laugh and the tension in the room to dissolve.

Zayn met Louis’ eyes before walking down the stairs.

“Zayn wait” Louis said grabbing Zayn’s arm as they reached the bottom of the stairs.

Zayn jerked away pulling his arm from Louis’ grip as if it had burned him. Louis stared at Zayn hurt clearly evident in his features. 

“Is that why you were avoiding me? You found out?” Louis asked quietly not sure if he really wanted to know.

Zayn didn’t answer, he simply looked away annoyed that Louis was still talking to him.

Louis’ phone went off signalling his mother was calling. He reached in his pocket to get it looking up once more to see Zayn walking away before answering it.

“She’s having the twins now?” Stan smiled.

“Yeah, you think Paul will let me go home for a few days?”

“Maybe, we do have a few days of just interviews so it’s possible if you beg enough” Harry answered.

After hours of begging and a couple days of concerts Paul had finally agreed to let Louis go home for a couple of days. So he and Stan were now on their way back to Doncaster to meet Louis’ new brother and sister.

“Has he said anything at all to you?” Stan asked referring to Zayn.

“Nothing, he won’t interact with me during concerts and won’t talk to me for interviews or even sit next to me like he flat out refuses to sit next to me” Louis sighed in frustration.

“And how are things with Liam?”

“Better than Zayn but it’s still awkward. He talks to me at least but he won’t mention the crush or anything revolving it. Why couldn’t they just act like Niall?” 

“Yeah now that it’s official news I don’t think he has asked you a single thing that didn’t revolve around it” Stan laughed “Hell he is so happy you’d think he was the gay one” Stan whispered the last part so as not to let anyone on the plane hear.

“You never know, he could be” Louis laughed at how Stan’s eyes lit up at that thought.

The air hostess announced they would be landing in Doncaster momentarily. Louis let out a relieved sigh at being back home, he always hated being away from home and his family.

To Be Continued...