I'm Broken but I'm fine

Part 7

LOUIS POV

By the time I make it to the end of the street I'm exhausted, my feet are wobbly and I feel dizzy. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. I can't go back now though, that would be giving in to Harry and as much as I love and respect him, I'm not a child and I can't let him know he was right about me not going out.

After about 10 minutes I'm about to turn back when a park comes into view, attached to the park is also a skate bowl. There are a few people around but it isn't busy at all. I skate over and plant myself up on one of the ramps. Thankful to give my body a break. I'm a little sweaty from my fever and my breathing is a little quick but I sit down and pull out my pack of smokes. I light one and inhale the smoke and relax a little, my hands are shaky but I try to ignore it.

"Can I bum a smoke?" A gruff voice from behind me says.

I turn around to come face to face with a tall boy about my age, he has sandy blonde hair and grey eyes, he is extremely good looking, he isn't hugely muscly but you can definitely tell he works out.

"Sure" I say as I hand over the packet.

He sits down next to me and lights up.

"Thanks, the names Noah by the way" he tells me and reaches out to shake my hand.

"Louis" I tell him.

"Haven't seen you around here before did you just move?" Noah asks, he looks at me as he takes a drag.

"Kind of, just staying with my older brother and his mates for the summer" I tell him.

"Oh sweet, my older brother just left for college. It sucks not having him around" Noah says.

"Yeah, I know what you mean, hadn't seen or talked to mine in five years before last week" I say as I look towards the skaters doing Oli's in the bowl.

"Wow that sucks, how come?" He asks genuinely curious.

I sigh, I may as well let him know the real reason, so he can leave now, before we become friends or something.

"I'm gay" I say.

"Gay? Sweet so am I, my brother Jaxson is too, so he's cool with it" he says smiling.

I'm absolutely lost for words, this is the first person ever, besides my parents who has not been disgusted by me. I can't help but smile back at Noah.

"So your not like.....grossed out then" I ask.

"No way!" He laughs.

We sit and talk for a little longer and I actually really get along with Noah, he seems really cool.

"So how old are you?" Noah asks me after a while.

"17, you?" I ask.

"19" he tells me.

"Cool, so do you hang out here a lot then?" I ask hoping we could maybe hang out again.

"Yeah, I guess.... I've just enrolled in online college, I haven't exactly had the best year" Noah says.

"Oh?" I ask not wanting to push him in case he doesn't want to tell me.

"Yeah if I'm honest it's sucked. Before my brother left for college we were kind of involved with a gang, they made Jaxson sell drugs and I somehow got roped into it too. Then we both ended up using and we started stealing for drug money. It wasn't until we got caught by the cops and sent to rehab that we turned our life around" he says, smiling slightly at me.

"Wow, sounds rough, I'm glad you guys are okay now and sorted everything out" I tell him truthfully.

"Yeah me too. If it wasn't for these two cops who actually helped us I wouldn't be here right now that's for sure" he says.