My Fairytale - Larry Stylinson AU

Chapter 6

When Louis shook his hand, Harry literally gave him a shock.

Harry chuckled “Sorry”

Louis remembered he had to talk or do something “So you are part of the fraternity as well?” he joked

Harry laughed “Apparently I am. Niall was telling me about it. Where did he go?” Louis turned and saw that Niall was gone. Zayn was talking to a girl and pouring drinks on the other side of the kitchen “God, I hope they don’t get wasted. It’s the first party of the semester”

“Most people would count that as a good reason to get wasted” Louis said smirking

“Well, you’ve got a point. But you’ll look after them. I don’t want to be cleaning anyone’s vomit tonight”

Then Zayn arrived with three red cups. “One for my new friend” he handed one to Louis “And one for my old friend” he gave Harry the other one.

Louis drank a sip. It was strong. When he looked up Zayn had already finished his.

“You want another round Louis?” Zayn asked “Not you, Harry, you’re driving” he tossed Harry the car keys and he caught them with a swift movement. “So, do you?” he repeated

“I’m okay for now, thanks” Louis answered

“Well I’m gonna go look for Niall. He lost a bet and has to drink two tequila shots” he turned around and left them laughing.

“You’ve gotta get used to that” Harry said

“So I’ve been told” Louis was more relaxed. Probably the drink helped, but he didn’t want to get drunk either. Harry laughed.

“And where are you from?” Harry asked, then took a sip.

“I study at Saint Andrews University” He answered.

“Oh, so you’re actually Scottish?” Harry asked curious

“No, I was born in London” Harry was expecting to find out where did he live before Uni but he settled for that answer. As for Louis, he didn’t want to explain that he’s had multiple residences. That would be a little difficult to get if you didn’t know he wasn’t normal.

Louis changed the subject “And you study at Brown?”

“I do. There I met those two. Niall was my first roommate. He met Zayn, introduced him to me and we’ve been friends ever since. The rest is history” he said feeling proud of their friendship

“And you’re pretty proud or your reputation, aren’t you?”

“Well, we don’t like to brag. Is not a bad ‘reputation’. People happen to like us” Harry smiled, showing his dimples.

Louis would have never imagine to be having a conversation with the weight-boy, at least not so soon. They continued talking about uni, things they liked, what they wanted to do after uni (Louis giving a more general version, saying he wanted to help people). Louis could see why people liked him, and not only for his looks. He found out that Harry was a very nice lad, a bit cheeky as well.

The conversation was very fluid, Louis never thought that he could be interacting with anyone like this. All the pressure of being observed by everyone for being who he was, was gone. These two days he had still been careful, unsure. But not now. Now was when he really felt free, and also a little tipsy.

Two girls came and hugged Harry. Harry left an arm around the waist of each girl. One kissed him on the cheek but ended up kissing half of his lips. Somehow that didn’t bother Louis as much because he was expecting that: girls at his feet. Hell, Harry could have Louis on his knees if he wanted, so he didn’t blame them. Louis wasn’t waiting for the magical moment of the night to tell Harry how he felt. Louis was hopping it was just a crush, and he didn’t want to risk things. Saying something would make things awkward. Louis thought it would be better to keep him as a friend than freaking him out and losing him for good. Besides, all Niall ever talked about was girls liking their accents. So better not to make a fool out himself trying to make a move on a straight guy.