Summer Sweethearts [Larry Stylinson] COMPLETE

Chapter 5

"You're still sure this is the right thing to do?" Louis says with a soft voice. Film night has just started, the opening song of The Lego Movie is blasting through the room, and every child and counsellor's attention is focused on the big screen. Well, almost everyone's.

"Of course. This is the first part of our plan." Harry drawls, tightening his arm around Louis' waist and grasping his hand to intertwine their fingers. He then leans closer to whispers in his ear. "Jade's already giving us those looks. Soon, everyone will know we're dating and when Matthew arrives he'll be green with jealousy."

The hot breath touching his ears, causes Louis' whole face to heat up and turn red and he finds it increasingly difficult to concentrate on the meaning of the words Harry is murmuring in his ear.

"I'm still not sure if it will really work. It's easier said than done." He can almost imagine Matthew's face if he sees them together. Then again it's just as easy to imagine his reaction when it gets out that they were fake dating all along. That would be even more humiliating then what happened last year.

"I told you. I've done this before. Everything went seamlessly." Harry reassures him.

At that moment, Jesy turns around to hush them with an annoyed look.

Harry's statement should put him at ease, but he is still jittery, a feeling of uneasiness refusing to leave him alone. Even though he knows deep down that everyone's just watching the film, it's still as if with one wrong move, their secret is out and everyone knows they're just pretending. Which is incredibly stupid as they don't even know they're dating in the first place. He tries to concentrate on the film instead.

"Do you want something to drink? I'm getting a beer for myself." Louis sits straight, needing to get some air. He's seen The Lego Movie before and while it managed to make him laugh out loud for half of the film the first time, he just can't get into it now.

"Sure. A coke would be lovely." He gives him a kiss on the cheek and ends it with a wink.

Louis moves to the kitchen as swiftly as possible, feeling caught out again. He opens the fridge and starts digging between the different kinds of cans, until he gets out a Pepsi for Harry, and a Stella for himself.

He looks around trying to make out where they hid the crisps and sweets. The stress and nerves of the situation have made him hungry as hell. He finds the stash in one of the upper cupboards. Standing on his tippy-toes he balances himself trying to go for the bag of Doritos. His pointer finger only brushes the bag, so he tries to stand even taller. Another hand suddenly comes up to grab the bag with ease.

"Still pretending you really are 5' 9"?" Zayn laughs as he hands the bag of crisps to Louis.

"I'm not pretending, I really am that tall. My arms are just a tad shorter. We can't all be built like bloody Slenderman." Louis huffs, opening the bag and shoving a handful of Doritos in his mouth.

"If that makes you sleep at night." Zayn smirks.

"Was there a reason you came in here or did you just want to make fun of my height again?" Louis countered.

"Yes, actually." Zayn rests his elbow on the counter. "I wanted to ask you why wou're acting so loved-up with Harry all of a sudden."

Here goes nothing.

"We're dating." Louis declares.

"What? Just like that?" Zayn is baffled.

"Yes, just like that, like you and Niall. You said it yourself that most relationships don't have copious amounts of drama."

"Yes, but yesterday you weren't even sure if you liked him. You didn't even know if he liked boys in general." Zayn narrows his eyes.

"Okay, fine," Louis sighs, glancing around to make sure no one was eavesdropping on them. "We're not dating. Not really."

"What does that mean? 'Not really' dating? You can't half-date someone," Zayn asks, looking skeptical.

Louis sighs and looks around again before speaking even more quietly. "We're fake-dating, okay? It was Harry's suggestion. So I can make Matthew jealous."

"Fake-dating?" Zayn screeches. "What the hell? You're not in The Proposal, Louis!"

"That's what I said!" Louis says in a hush, fiddling with the string of his jumper. "But, yeah. I don't know. It seemed like a good idea at the start."

"It does sound like a great fuck you to Matthew, but - Louis, you always fall too fast and too deep for people. I don't want you to get hurt in this. This can only go wrong," Zayn whispers.

"I won't," Louis shoots back, annoyed. "And it won't go wrong. Harry has done it before and everything went great, so why would this be any different?"

"I'm just looking out for you," Zayn says apologetically. "If you think this will work, then you get my support. I'll tell Matthew just how cute you are together and how wonderful gay relationships are."

Louis grins. "That would be great. Thanks, bro."

"Anytime." Zayn smiles back. "Now get back to loverboy to make sure everyone knows you're sweetly in love by the time that Matthew gets back here."

"I will," Louis replies haughtily, fumbling with the two cans and what's left over of the crisp (but still managing to throw two fingers at a laughing Zayn) before joining Harry again.