Gotta Be You - Zarry

Chapter 2 - Downpour

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*Harry’s POV*

I sluggishly walked out of the building, bag slung over my shoulder. I scanned my eyes over the parking lot searching for my mates. I don’t have a car yet so usually Louis drives us all home. By ‘us’ I mean the other people in my band. There’s Niall, Liam,  and Louis. We’re all best friends.

We’ve known each other since kindergarten when Niall moved here and became friends with all of us separately. Until he introduced us to each other. It was a 4-way friendship at first sight, since then, we’ve done everything together: rollercoasters, studying,  and some other stuff that is a bit weird.

I finally spotted Louis and started heading towards him. I guess Niall and Liam were running later than usual today because I didn’t see them messing around in the backseat like usual. As I was walking over to the car I saw a boy rushing out of the school. When I saw his face I realized it was Zayn. I felt my mood pick up instantly and I couldn’t help but smile as I met Louis by his car.

“Well you look happier than usual, what’s up?” Louis asked smiling that cheeky grin he always smiles. “Did you meet someone? Is it a girl? What’s her name?” I felt a pang in my chest at the mention of a girl. I still haven’t came out to anyone, not even the lads. I’ve seen what happened to the few gay kids in our school and I don’t want to end up in a situation like them. Though it might be worth it.... if I could have him...

Louis frowned as he noticed my slight drop in mood, but I quickly put on a smile and played along to his usual antics.

“WOAH LOU!! CALM DOWN!” I said to him while waving my hands up in surrender.

“I didn’t even tell you what happened yet!” I continued about to laugh with how he always sounded like a super concerned parent when he notices something different in my mood or appearance.

“Ok then Edward, but you better tell me what is going on or I’ll tell Liam and he will be all over your case,” he tapped his foot reaching maximum sass mode since I was keeping ‘the queen’ waiting. That’s what we call him since he’s the leader of the band.

Louis himself is also very popular in his grade (since he’s in a grade above all of us), but he’s also known throughout the school for his sassiness and smart comebacks. No one messes with the sassquatch.

I chuckled and just shook my head at his use of my middle name. “Where’s Liam and Niall?” I asked since they didn’t seem to be coming out of the building anytime soon.

“Nope it’s just us today Hazza, they got paired up for science and Liam being his usual daddy self wanted to get started today. They’re in the library.” Louis answered while jumping into his car. I’m not sure if I just saw right, but Louis’s smile seem to waver when saying Liam and Niall were together in the library. Though it was for about a second before his big goofy grin returned. It seemed more like he was forcing it. There was an emotion I couldn’t

decipher in his blue orbs, but like always his eyes were filled more with happiness and energy. I just nodded and got in the passenger seat. Louis isn’t usually one to bottle up his feelings, if there’s something on his mind he says it and his open mind and running mouth usually end him up in trouble. But right now, I couldn’t help but get the feeling he was actually not telling me something.

I decided to just drop it. If he doesn’t want to talk about it yet, then I’m not going to force it out of him. Plus, it would be super hypocritical for me to do so.