Louis went quite bold on the eyeshadow for tonight. Making the most of the chance to dress up for the party. He went with a sunset inspiered look, adding a bit of colour to his outfit. He'd gone with his very favourite little black dress knowing that he couldn't go wrong with that. He did make sure he put his thickest pair of nude tights on because of the cold weather, he knew he'd regret it later if he didn't.

It was exactly 6:45 when the buzzer went. Megan called out to Louis, telling him she'd get it, knowing Louis was still getting ready. Louis thanked her in his head as he steadily brought the tweezers towards his eye. He had to remind himself to breathe as he made sure the lash was stuck fully to his lashline.

"Phew." He let out a deep breath, putting the tweezers, down and smacking his lips together one last time in the mirror, just double checking each part of his face. After he was sure he'd checked it all and it met his standards, he zipped up his makebag and walked out of the bathroom. He could hear Megan opening the front door and then Harrys voice broke through the flat. Suddenly he felt nervous.

"Is he ready?" He heard him ask Megan.

"This is Louis we're on about you know." She replied. "He was just in the bathroom, give me two secs, ill go and check." Just after that, Megan tunred the corner of the hallway, seeing Louis just stood there. She squinted her eyes as she walked closer towards him. "What are you doing just stood here?" She whispered. Louis grappened ahold of her hand, pulling her inot his bedroom before shutting the door behind them. "Whats going on Lou?"

Louis ran his hands down his sides, almost as if he was straightening out his dress. "How do I look?" He asked.

Megan chuckeld. "You look great Louis." She noticed him taking deep breaths. "Hey, its okay, you dont have to go if you dont want to, Harry will have to understand if this is too quick-"

"No, no its not that." Louis shook his head. "I'm just nervous. A house party is a completly different envrironment, I'm worried after a few drinks whats going to happen." Louis looked at Megan, wanting her opinion.

"You'll be fine, you've been to them before. Harry's not stupid, he wouldn't let anything happen to you. Especially when you're drunk." Louis nodded. But then he stopped.

All of a sudden Louis' head was racing with thoughts. Harry had slept with that girl after being at a house party. What if he lost Harry at the party and it happened again? What if Harry has a few drinks and then figures out that he doesn't want to carry on making this work? He wasn't sure if he wanted to go to the parrty now, afterall.

"Come on, we cant just leave him in the living room, you're going to be late as it is." Again Louis just nodded.

He followed behind Megan, out of his bedroom and down the hallway to the living room. That's where Harry was waiting, dressed in his regular black skinny jeans and a tshirt. Looking just as beautiful as he did the night before.

"Hey." Harry smiled and Louis returned it. "Shall we get going?"

"I guess we shall." Louis agreed, he walked toward the shoe rack, sliping on some black flats that he had laying on the floor. He was going to go with heels but decided he wanted more comfort and lets be real, heels are not the most comfortable of shoes. He wrapped himself up nice and warm in the biggest coat he had, preparing hismelf for the December cold.

The two didn't say much to each other as they left the apartment building. Harry could sense that something wasn't quite right with Louis. He could tell by the look on his face that he was thinking about soemthing. So he decided to speak up. He stopped in his tracks as they got to the end of the street. "Lou?" He called.

Louis stopped and looked back to see Harry stood about three steps behind him. He hummed in response.

"Is everything okay? You seem deep in thought about something." Harrys face showed concern.

Louis pressed his lips together. "Uh, do you think it would be okay if we went and sat in the park for a little bit first?" Louis nodded to the green space that was down and just across the road from them.

Harry, a little confused, agreed. And so the two walked to the park. Still nothing was said. They took a seat on one of the free benches and Louis took a quick look around. The park was quiet, only a runner or two jogging around the outside. He was pleased with the privacy they had.

Afew minutes passed before Louis spoke up and broke the silence. "I need to know."

Harry furrowed his eyebrows. "Know what?"

"I need to know your side of what happend." Louis turned his body so he was facing Harry rather than the centre of the park. Harrys eyes went wide. Of course he told Louis yesterday that he would tell him everything when he was ready but he did not expect it to be this soon. Louis carried on, "I need to know before the party. Befrore i have a drink and say somthing i don't mean or before my brian makes up scinarios that haven't even happened." He paused, looking into Harry eyes. "I need to know."

Harry nodded his head. "Of course." He reached for one of Louis' hands, cupping it with both of his own. "Okay, well, the night started at mine-"

*****

"Hello?" Harry said as he pressed the answer button on his ringing phone.

"Hey Harry!" It was a female voice that came through the phone speaker.

"Sorry, can I ask who's calling?" The number was unknown and Harry didnt recognise the voice.

"OH, yeah, sorry totally forgot. My names Erin, I'm the person that you sent the email to. About Jade. You said you think shes your boyfriends sister? You sent your number on the end of the email so i thought id call as its easier to understnad sometimes." She chuckled.

Harrys eyes lit up, all of a sudden excited. That was correct. He remembered leaving his number on the end of the email, hoping that someone would call with some information. "Oh hi. Yes! i did do that." He laughed. "Sorry i compeltly forgot about that."

"No worries." She chuckled again. "So how can I be of assistance."

Harry walked toward his bedroom door and pushed it shut. He wanted to make sure that there was no way of Louis finding out about this and that meant making sure no one knew exept himslef. "Um, so i was hoping you could give me a bit of information- if you have it- on the person you tagged in the photo i sent. You said her name was Jade right?"

The girl on the other end of the phone hummed. "Yeah, Jade Tomlinson."

"Yeah. Thats the one." Had he actually found Louis sister? "So i was wondering if you new if she had a brother? or if you knew what her mums name was?"

Please be her. Please be her.

"Umm, I'm not too sure about a brother, I've never met him and cant rememeber her ever saying anything about him. We've known each other about 2 years, went to uni together." She paused. "But im one hundred percent sure her mums name is Jay."

"Oh my God." Harry let out a breathy laugh. "I cant believe I've found her." He. whispered. For a second he forgot he was still on the phone, until the girl- Erin- spoke up again.

"So she does have a brother?"

"Yeah. Louis had told me he had a sisiter called Jade, last name tomlinson, like himself. Their mums called Jay Tomlinson. It has to be her." Harry couldnt stop himself from grinning ear to ear, he could quite belive it.

"Yeah, i guess it is her, its not exactly a popular surname." She laughed.

Harry stopped pacing his room and sat on the edge of his bed. "Thank you so much."

"No problem. It looks like you were the one who did all of the detective work, I just made a phone call." She was right there, Harry thought.

"I guess thats what comes from having an older sister in the house." Harry chuckled.

"Us girls do tend to get to the bottom of things." Harry nodded, even though he knew she couldnt see. "Can I just ask something?"

"Uh huh, go for it." Harry asnwered, still smiling.

"What are you going to do with this?"

"Oh," Harry realised something. "I was also going to ask if you had any contact details for her? An email or a phone number or something?"

"I have her number, I'll send it over."

"Would it be okay to email it? I dont want Louis to find it on my phone." Not that Louis went through his messages, he just really didnt want to risk screwing the suprise up.

"Yeah, no worries. Anything else you need to know?"

Harry thought for a second. "I think thats everything actaully." All of a sudden her heard more voices in the background on Erins end. He couldnt understand what anyone was saying and that was when she started talking again.

"Look, this is a long shot and you dont have to say yes. But me and my housemates are throwing a party tonight. I believe Jades going to be there if you wanted to come? Maybe you could talk to her before setting her up with Louis." Harry pondered on the idea. Thinking it was a good idea but also weary as he hadnt yet met either of these people yet. "I can say we wont murder you if thats what your thinking."

Harry laughed. "You know what? Yeah sure, I'll come, send the details in that email, yeah?"

"Sure." Erin agreed.

Then the phone call was done. About five mintues after Harry had hung up, he realised the email had come through. To stop Louis from getting suspicious, he went to his call history and deleted Erins number knowing that if either needed to contact, they had email.

******

Louis nodded his head, looking down. Trying to wrap his head around what Harry was telling him. This was suppoed to be a good story, one about how his loving boyfriend found his long lost sister. But instead it wasnt and Louis knew it was only going to get worse.

"Do you want me to carry on?" Harry asked, trying to take a peek at Louis' eyes, trying to see where the boy was at.

Louis looked up and nodded again. So Harry carried on.

******

Harry got to the house around eight oclock. There was already people stood out the front, red cups in hand. He noticed at first how everyone looked older than him and then it dawned on him that he was probably going to be the youngest one there at the underage of 17.

Still, he was here for a good purpose, so he shook the uncomfortable feel off and walked up to the front door. Walking inside, he took a look aorund the large living space. An L shaped sofa was pushed again the back wall, a coffee table next to it littered with empty beer bottles and fallen over shot glasses. It was difinatly a Uni party.

"Harry? Is that you?" He heard a voice behind him. Turning, he saw a girl only few years older than him.

"And I take it you're Erin?" Harry shouted over the load music enough for her to hear.

She smiled, nodding her head in agreement. "That would be me."

Harry laughed, taking a step closer so that he didnt need to shout as much. "Dont take this the wrong way. But i thought you'd be older.." He saw the confused look on her face. "I mean, I know Jades like seven years older than Louis and I. I was just expecting you to be the same I guess." He tried to wiggle his way out of what could be an uncomfortable conversation.

But Erin just laughed. "Yeah, shes older than me. I dont know her insanely well but I know she took a few years out before going to Uni. Again not sure why but thats the think with university i guess, it doesnt have an age cap." she pointed around the room. "Some people here are my age, some a year older, some even more than one." Harry looked around and agreed.

Harry looked back to Erin, "so is Jade here yet?"

Erin pulled a look that Harry couldnt quite work out before she answered, "I think she said soemthing about joining a little later, said she had something to sort out first." She then pointed towards, what harry soon guessed as the kitchen. "How about we get you a drink and intorduce you to a few people whilst we wait for her?"

So Harry followed her to the kitchen, not thinking anything of it. "Sure, but I'll just be having the one, I dont want to be smashed by the time Jade gets here and scew the whole thing up."

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"And thats all i had." Harry said, still looking at Louis who had now turned back to he was facing the park rather than him. "She asked some guy in the kitchen to get me a drink, I didnt think properly at the time. I genuinly was just going to have the one drink, talk to Jade and then get out. Looking back on it now and after it had happned. I put two and two together and figured that the guy who got me a drink was in on it, or maybe it was her who put it in there, but someone spiked my drink. My guess was to take advantage of the young one, which happend to be me."

Louis played with his fingers on his lap as he listened to Harry carry on.

"The next thing i remember, and I swear this to you Louis, on my life, was waking up, in a room I didnt recognise, in a bed that wasnt mine. There was no one there. I had no clothes on except my boxers and a banging headache. I didnt bother looking aorund for anyone, I just put my clothes on, found my phone and left. The whole walk home i was raking my brain, just trying to remmeber even the smallest details but nothing. I couldnt remember anything. And it remains that way to this day."

Harry sighed as he finished, just waiting. Waiting for Louis to say something. He stood up from the bench and crouched down infront of Louis. He balanced, putting his hands on either of Louis' knees.

He carried on, "I know i shouldn't have gone to the party, I should have just rung Jade and spoke to her that way. I should have told you the truth straight away. But i was scared, I didnt want to lose you over someting that might not have even happened. But that happened anyway and it was my fault because i should have said something sooner. I can only imagine and take what youve told me as to how you felt when you answered the phone that day."

Louis looked up at Harry for the first time since he moved. His voice dry he said, "you're right. You should have told me. I would have been there for you, tried to help you figure out what happened. I spent that whole time thinking youd gone to a party and just slept with someone... Not that youd been drugged. Hell Harry, why didnt you go to the police? Why didnt you say soemthing?" If he wasnt crying before, he definalty was now.

Harry gave him a sad smile. "I dont know, pirde? Ive always wanted to be a strong person. To be able to face my own demons and get over my own problems by myself. Not long after the party id started getting calls from an unknown number. I didnt bother picking up the first few times but after awhile i did, it was Erin. She claimed that we'd spent the night together and that i'd just had one too many drinks. I asked her to stop calling or i'd go to the police but she just said she would tell you what had happened and I just didnt know what to do."

Louis frowned, thinking back. "One day i stayed over, I woke up and heard you on the phone to someone, was that...?" He trailed off.

"Yeah. That was the last time I answered the call. Until obviously-"

"I amswered it." Louis finished off for him, knowing thats what he was going to say. Harry nodded softly.

To be honest, it was a lot for Louis to wrap his head around. A lot to think about. He wasnt really sure what to say next. He was sad for Harry. For what he went through and the fact that he suffered through it alone. He was angry. At the Erin girl that screwed not only Harrys life but his life too. And he was still angry at Harry. Which made him feel worse. Because he should have told him. He could have been there for him. He would have understood. And then none of this mess would have heppened.

"Look Lou," Harry moved his hand to cup both of Louis cheeks. His thumbs rubbing his skin softly. "Dont beat yourself up for it. Its my fault I should have told you. okay? You didnt know what happpend. You didint even know i went to that stupid party, you couldnt have helped. Im stubburn, i admit that and its a big flaw of mine. But thats got nothing to do with you." he gave Louis another sad smile and wiped the fresh tears from Louis'.

"I could have been there for you." Louis whispered.

"But i didnt let you. Please dont blame youself for that. Ive accepted what happend to me. I'm healing slowly. The past few days, having you back by my side, have been amazing. Its made me realise what we have is something so so special. So worth fighting for. It's too late to report it to the police, there isnt anything they can do now. But by making us work, by getting through all of this uglyness, we can still win."

Louis knew that he meant they could beat Erin, they could prove there love is bigger. And Louis belived everything Harry had told him so he knew they were good. "We'll get through it." Louis smiled. The tears still fell but not really from being sad anymore. More like relief. He knew everything now. They both did. Harry knew how Louis felt, the same way Louis knew how Harry felt. The full story was out on both sides.

"Thank you for letting me explain, I understand how it seemed at the time and I really wouldnt have blamed you if you didnt want to hear it all. But thank you, so so much, for listneing and beliving me." Harry leant forward, placing his forehead against Louis'. "I love you." Harry whispered.

it had been a while since Louis had said the three words but he finally felt like the door was fully closed on the past now and it felt right to say it back. So he did.

"I love you too." It was so quiet and if Harry hadnt had been so close, He probably wouldnt have heard it. But he did and God was it nice to hear.

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A/N;(words 3474. And there you have it. The FULL story as to what went down.

what do you think? do you think Harry should have just told Louis the truth?

Do you get where Harry was coming from as to why he didnt say anyhting??

Id love to know your thoughts!!

As i finished this chapter i realised that i could just end it here. I think if i wasnt so into this book rn i probably would have. But i also feel there are a few more things that needs to happen first. I want the boys to share just a little bit more of thier journy. So im not really sure how many more chapters there are going to be of this book but just know this isn't the last chapter.

vote and comment!! id love to know all of your thoughts!!

dee x)