Forever & Always - (One Direction, Narry)

Chapter 4: Let The Lies Begin

[ Harry's POV ]

"Oh my God!" Louis squealed for the seventh time, obviously trying to be as quiet as he could. I winced at his loud voice in my ear and faked a smile. He's been jumping around in a circle like a little girl on crack ever since I lied to him about Niall. How could he even believe me?

I rolled my eyes. "Louis, you're going to wake the other boys up."

"I don't care, this is important!" Louis chirped, rubbing his palms togetuer as if he were coming up with some kind of evil plan. I rolled my green irises again and watched him skip around merrily in the cabin. Goodness, his hair is just perfect. His eyes, his smile, his TOMS. It's all just perfect.

"This is not important at all!" I insisted, crossing my arms across my chest.

Louis turned to face me. "This is very important!" He plopped his big bum down beside me and one of his hands were placed underneath my chin. His fingers lingered around my chin, making me shiver. Oh, his touch. "My wittle Hazza's in love!"

"I wouldn't actually call it 'love'," I mumbled, pulling myself away from Louis' grasp. I know, it's very unlike me to pull away from Louis, but this is weird. If we were talking about anything other than this, I would feel comfortable. But no, we're talking about Niall, which just makes this ten times more awkward than it needs to be.

"I can't believe I've never noticed!" Louis continued, making me roll my eyes. His voice suddenly became serious, which is very unlike Louis and his normally playful, banterous self, as he looked me in the eyes. "Harry, I never knew you were gay."

I bit my bottom lip. "Well, you know... I, uh... Erm..."

He held his palm up. "It's okay, you don't have to explain it," Louis noted, interrupting me. "I can't believe that I never saw the way you looked at Niall! Now that I think about it, it was so obvious!"

"It was?" I asked in a skeptical voice while raising my eyebrow. I tried my hardest not to laugh because of how plainfully stupid he sounds right now. Obvious? Oh, please. I may be gay, but I certainly don't like Niall like that. Louis gave me an odd glance. "I mean, yeah, it was!"

Louis grinned wildly. "I have to set you two up!"

"No!" I shouted abruptly. Louis looked apauled by my random outburst and squinted hard at me. I let a sigh escape my thin lips as I ruffled my hair out. If Louis really knew me, he'd know that I was extremely stressed out right now. Now I feel guilty. Not for me, but for lying to my best friend. Louis doesn't diserve to be lied to. If anyone, it should be me.

I wish I could just tell Louis what's going through my head right now. I wish I could just let him know that I really love him, not Niall. I wish I could tell him that I cry myself to sleep almost every night because I know he'll never love me the way I love him. There's just one small issue though; I can't. Trust me, I won't.

Standing up and walking away from the couch, I let out yet another frustrated sigh. "I'm sorry, Louis."

Glancing backwards, I saw his sweet smile in my direction. "You say sorry too much, Hazza." I watched his amazing blue eyes as he also got up and began walking in my direction. Once he was within touching-distance of me, he spoke again. "Why are you so on edge lately?"

"No reason," I lied. There goes another one. I could feel the pinch in my chest again as I told him something far from the truth again. I shrugged and tried my best to smile at the innocent boy in front of me. He has no idea, I thought.

"Oh, I get it!" Louis said, reaching up to pat my back, as I towered above him slightly. "You're just nervous because I found out your little secret. Awh, Har-"