twenty-nine | what do we do now?
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"Liam, why are you calling? It's seven in the morning!" Harry whined as he answered the phone.
"Turn on the news, now!" Liam shouted.
"Fine, you don't need to shout!"
"Just do it!"
"Fine!" Harry responded, getting up out of bed and walking towards the living room.
Harry grabbed the remote and turned on the tv.
"All five members of One Direction were spotted leaving a bakery yesterday and were later spotted entering an ice rink, together. Does this mean a reunion? Are they friends again?"
"You are joking, right, Liam?"
"Nope"
"What do we do now?" Liam sighed.
"I don't know...call Zayn, I'll call Niall, meet at my house as soon as possible!" Harry said, hoping to fix this as soon as possible.
"Okay, I'll be there soon!" Liam says before hanging up the phone.
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"Bollocks Harry, it's freakin early, why exactly are you calling?"
"Oh shut up, I take it you haven't seen the news?"
"No, why?"
"Just be at my house as soon as possible!"
It was silent for a second or two, Harry thought Niall fell back asleep.
"Ni?"
"Okay, okay, I'll be there soon!"
"You better be," Harry said before hanging up on Niall.
Harry went up the stairs and walked into the bedroom.
He went and knelt next to Louis and kissed his head gently.
"Lou?"
Silence.
"Loubear?"
"I know it's early Boobear but something came up, you need to get out of bed"
"Why?" Louis whined.
"I'll explain when you get up"
"Ugh!"
"I know, come on Bear!"
Louis sat up and stretched his arms up in the air, trying to get the sleep out of his body.
Louis leaned over and kissed Harry.
"So? Why are we waking up at the crack of dawn?" Louis giggled.
"The paps spotted us yesterday, the boys are coming over so we can figure something out, now go get in the shower," Harry said, giving Louis a quick kiss on the lips.
"You're not joining me?"
"I'm going to make breakfast, I have to cook for 3 more boys than normal, scratch that, make it ten, Niall is coming over," Harry giggled, kissing Louis, then tickling his sides.
Louis smacks Harry's hands.
"Hey! Go make breakfast, you goof!"
"You don't let me have any fun," Harry pouted.
"Aww, you poor baby, now go make breakfast!"
Harry went downstairs to the kitchen and started to put all the ingredients on the counter. He was going to make pancakes because that is the easiest thing to make for five boys, all in their twenties. Those boys went through a lot of food when they were together.
Harry was at the stove cooking breakfast when we felt strong, warm arms wrap around his waist and soft lips brush against his neck.
Louis spun Harry around and closed the space between them.
Harry giggled.
"How was your shower?"
"Perfect!"
Ding dong...
"Would you mind getting that, love?"
"Of course," Louis said, kissing the tip of Harry's nose.
"Malik!!" Louis shouted as he opened the door and went to hug Zayn.
"Tommo!" Zayn shouted, slightly mocking Lou.
"Come in, Harry is making breakfast!"
"Yes!" Zayn exclaimed while pumping his fist excitedly.
"Harry makes the best food!" Zayn admitted and started running towards the kitchen.
"Hey, Haz!"
"Hey Zaynie, what's up?"
"Nothing much! What are you making?"
"Pancakes"
"Your homemade ones?"
Harry nodded in response.
"Yes!" Zayn shouted once more.
"Someone's excited!" Lou said going back to wrap his arms around Harry's waist, their rightful place.
"What? Harry is the best cook!" Zayn whined.
"Can't argue with that," Louis said, kissing Harry's cheek.
"I'm really glad you guys are back together, you are meant for each other!" Zayn sighed.
"Thanks, Zayn, it means a lot,"
knock...knock...knock
"I'll get it," Louis said, kissing Harry's forehead.
"So, how's Gigi?" Harry asks once Louis left the room, turning to face Zayn at the kitchen island.
"Um...she's good..." Zayn sighs.
Harry completely notices the change in Zayn's voice.
"Zayn...what's wrong?"
Zayn sighs again.
"I love Gi, I do, I've been in love with her for a long time, she is the kindest person and best girlfriend a guy could ask for, it's just I'm in love with someone else too,"
'It's Niall' Harry instantly thought.
Louis walked in the kitchen and soon Liam and Niall followed.
"Can we talk about this later?" Zayn said as he got up and walked towards the living room.
"Zayn..." Harry shouted with a change of pitch in his voice.
"What was that about?" Niall chuckled.
"He's just going through something, don't worry about it," Harry sighed.
Haz grabbed the last pancakes off of the stove and put them on a plate.
"Guys breakfast is ready!" Harry called out, some of the boys were in the other room.
All the boys sat at the table passing around the food.
I'm surprised Niall left any for the boys, but he did, and he was first to finish.
"Niall, can I speak to you for a moment?" Harry motioned him to stand up.
"Yeah," Niall said standing up while the other boys finished their food and conversation.
Harry bought Niall into the bedroom and closed the door carefully.
"What's up?" Niall asked, a little concerned.
"I did something last night, Niall..."
"What? It can't be that bad!"
"It is..."
"Tell me!" Niall said, impatiently.
"Louis and I talked last night, wait before I tell you, promise you won't tell anyone, I'm telling you this in confidence, fully knowing that you won't,"
"I promise, tell me!"
"Lou and I talked last night, he told me that Oliver would beat him..."
"What?" Niall shouted.
Harry moved to cover Niall's mouth.
"Shh, no one can hear you!!"
"Sorry, what?" Niall whispered.
"That's not even the worst part!"
"I comforted Lou, obviously but after Lou fell asleep, I snuck out of bed and went to Oliver's house,"
"What? Were you trying to get yourself killed?"
"No, I was trying to get proof!" Harry said, pulling out his phone to play the recording and Niall would make comments after certain things he heard.
"Yeah, you should,"
"Woah you punched him! Sick!" Niall said after hearing that part happen.
"Shh, just listen!"
"Call him that again. I dare you,"
"Bro, you punched him again??"
"I'm not the one who beat him regularly, Lou is perfect, he doesn't deserve that!"
"Go, Harry!" Niall shouted.
"You're right, I did hit him a lot, most of the time he bled. He deserved it. But what you did was worse, you told him that you didn't love him anymore, at least I told him I loved him every day,"
"Wait he admitted to it?"
"He didn't know that I was recording him, Ni"
"Still, dumb move on his part!"
"You don't even know what love is,"
"Way to go out with a bang, Haz!"
"What do I do, Niall?"
"About what?"
"Louis, doesn't know that I did this, he'll be so mad at me, he doesn't want a court case!"
"Ooh"
Niall sighed, knowing the answer to his stubborn friend's question.
"Just tell him the truth, we both know how things end when you two lie. Talk to him, make sure he knows, for sure, that you are there for him, tell him what you did, show him the recording, you are sure to win with it, but if you show him and he still doesn't want to take it to court, leave it be, it is ultimately his decision, and it will be better for you if you let it be, I know you love him and want to keep him safe but respect Lou's wishes, if you don't it will drive another wedge between you and I'll be stuck cleaning up your messes again,"
The end part was a joke, mostly.
Harry jokingly rolled his eyes.
"Thanks, Niall, I love you!"
"I love you too, Haz, just please do what is right!"
Harry and Niall walked back downstairs and sat down at the table.
"So? Why are we here? You didn't exactly tell me why over the phone!" Niall asked over the silence.
"You didn't tell him?" Liam smirked at Harry.
"I told him to turn on the news, he obviously didn't listen,"
"The paps saw us together yesterday," Liam sighed.
"Well, what do we do now?" Zayn questioned
"I don't know"
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