Mates [Zarry]

Twenty-three

~Wednesday~
-Harry-
"Haz, Luke's upset." Louis said, shaking me awake.

"What?" I mumbled, blinking my eyes open.

"I had a bad dream." Luke said quietly, standing next to my bed, clutching his penguin.

Once again, he'd taken it upon himself to turn my bedside lamp on.

"Am I having one as well?" I asked, squinting.

"So you want to sleep in here?" Louis asked from the other side of the bed, reminding me of when I'd asked him the same question.

I'd rather share a bed with him than listen to him complain about how the sofa made his back hurt.

Of course, he had to tough it out whenever Zayn stayed the night.

"Well...I don't want to sleep by myself." Luke mumbled, resting his chin on top of the penguin's head. "I miss Ash." He added.

"Slide over." I yawned to Louis as I moved to the middle of the bed, making room for Luke.

"Ashton's fun to sleep with. Except he snores a little." Luke informed us as he got into bed, turning the lamp back off.

"Liam's a silent sleeper." Louis commented.

"Zayn is too." I smiled.

"Liam takes up so much space, though. Like, he sleeps all sprawled out. Like you." Louis said, nudging me.

"Ashton curls up." Luke chuckled softly, moving up against me.

I certainly wouldn't be sleeping sprawled out tonight.

"I miss that idiot." Louis said quietly.

"Call him tomorrow." I said.

"Can't, I have to win. He needs to apologise." Louis replied.

"Lou." I sighed knowingly.

"Shush, it's bedtime." He said.

The three of us slipped into a long silence, and eventually, I was convinced that I was the only one still awake.

"Does anyone else really like Ashton's laugh?" Luke spoke up.

"It's certainly interesting." Louis said as I grinned.

"He says I make him laugh." Luke said shyly.

"That's sweet." I said softly.

"I'm wide awake now." Louis complained after a short silence.

"Me too." Luke mumbled.

"Well, I'm still quite sleepy." I said, seeing that it was almost five in the morning.

"What was your dream about?" Louis asked Luke.

"Michael." Luke replied. "Except he was Michael."

"Well....wait, what?" Louis asked.

"The killer. You know, with the mask and all. He was chasing me through school, and it was dark." Luke explained.

"I thought Frederick wore the mask." I frowned.

"You mean Freddy." Louis corrected. "And no, he has the claw glove things."

"Jason wears the mask." He added.

"If it's Freddy why can't it be Frederick too?" I asked.

"Because it just isn't." Luke laughed.

"Frederick Krueger. Yeah, that's terrifying." Louis said flatly.

"It's elegant yet murderous." Luke chuckled.