Today's the New Years Eve party and I'm so pumped to party with the football team again.

My birthday party was so much fun and I really felt like I've been accepted into the family. Like drinking coffee and watching Christmas movies feels like a brotherhood to me if I do say so myself.

Also Harry and I are still friends... but he hasn't brought up what happened at my party. I mean he was drugged out of his mind, so I wouldn't blame him if he didn't remember anything. Also I don't really care because it was a little awkward the way he treated me after we both finished.

But I was soon dressed and ready to go to the party, so I walked downstairs to wait for Niall to come and pick me up.

We wanted to take one car and he volunteered to drive.

"So remember to be safe Louis alright?" my mom asked as she walked in to the living room as I sat and watched reruns of George Lopez.

"I know this mom." I nodded. "I'm not going to go wild. School will be returning soon."

"Good boy." she nodded with a smile just as I heard a car horn beep.

"That's Niall." I said getting up and shutting off the t.v.

"Well, have fun and I love you." my mom said giving me a small hug and kissing my cheek.

"I love you too mom and I'll try." I waved and then left out the door and got into Niall's car.

"We are going to have so much fun man." was the first thing he said to me as he pulled out of my driveway.

"I know." I nodded with the biggest smile on my face. "I can't believe we keep getting invited to amazing parties."

"Well you are, but are just bringing me along."

"Niall-" I said turning to him. "-the guys like you."

"They do?" Niall asked with a facial expression of a seven year old going to Legoland for the first time.

"Yeah." I nodded with a chuckle. "They really enjoy your company."

Niall just bounced in his seat with a smile on his face so I turned up the music and jammed out until we got there.

Once we arrived, we walked inside to already be met with sweat and joints.

"Well I'm going to find the team!" I shouted over the loud music.

"Alright! I'm going to the bar!"

So I nodded and then walked off to find the team, which I knew would be in the basement... and I was right.

I walked down and sat on the couches as the team watched Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve program.

"What the hell are you guys doing?" I laughed.

"What do you think Tomlinson?" Justin asked.

"We are watching Katy shake her ass." Shawn pointed.

I just chuckled and watched the program.

I soon started to look around and noticed Harry wasn't here.

"Where's Styles?" I whispered to Ashton.

"I don't know?" Ash shrugged.

So I shrugged it off and watched the show until commercial.

After it reached commercial we all got up and got some drinks from upstairs. After that we all got back downstairs and I saw Harry was on the couch alone watching Miley twerking.

"Hey." I smiled and sat next to him.

"Hey Louis." he nodded.

"Why are you here so late?"

"A friend had to pick me up."

"Who?"

"Nick Grimshaw."

"Oh." I nodded shuddering even hearing that name.

Harry didn't seem to notice and continued to watch the performance, so I got up and stood over by Ashton and Luke.

"I think it's nine." I heard Luke speak.

"What's nine?" I asked.

"McVey's dick."Ashton answered.

I looked at James and then turned back to them.

"Seven."

"How can you tell?"

"I just can." I shrugged.

"You sure you aren't gay?" Luke laughed.

"Nah." I laughed nervously.

I then walked away and everyone started to drink more once it got closer to midnight.

I even checked on Niall and my driver for the night was wasted... but luckily not cheating on Lottie. He was just hanging with some soccer players.

When it was about 11:30, I walked back up to Ashton and started talking with him because Harry was out of it and just watching t.v.

"What's up with Styles?" I asked after taking a sip of my beer.

"I honestly don't know?" he shrugged. "But he gets like this a lot."

"Gets like what a lot?"

"Depressed."

"Depressed? Why?"

"I don't know?" he shrugged. "Maybe because of Ed?"

"Oh yeah." I nodded. "His dead friend."

"Yeah." he nodded. "I think when he thinks about him it just sends him down this hole you know? He's been doing a lot of drugs lately, so I think he is depressed again."

"Well how do you pull him out of it?"

"You don't." he shrugged.

I just nodded.

"But you seem to be helping him."

"What?" I asked shocked turning to him.

"Yeah." He nodded and then drank more of his beer.

"How?"

"Well he talks about you a lot and it sounds to most of us that he wants to become close with you like he was with Ed. That's the main reason we keep hanging out with you. You're bringing our old Harry back." he said finally not calling Harry, Styles. It seemed more meaningful.

"Wait-" I paused. "-he wants a friendship like he had with Ed... with me?"

"Yeah." Ashton nodded. "That's what it seems like to all of us." he said pointing to the team.

"Wow." I said with wide eyes. "That's amazing."

Just then Justin shouted, "Two minutes until midnight!"

All the boys went upstairs but Ashton was too tired to move from his leaning position against the wall so I stayed next to him.

"I was really surprised you wanted to stay his friend though, to be honest."

"Why's that?" I asked confused.

"Because of what Nick made him do to you."

"What?" I asked even more puzzled.

"You know-" he paused. "-the whole Halloween beat up thing."

I didn't say anything.

"You know? When Harry, Zayn, and Liam beat you up over Halloween? From what he told me that night I was real surprised you guys became friends. That was brutal what he did." Ashton said as he causally drank his beer.

"I thought-" I paused feeling like I was going to be sick. "I thought that was a-a dream?"

"No." he said shaking his head. "It was real."

"What- what the fuck?"

"Louis-" he tried but I turned and started to run up the stairs but everything seemed to be going in slow motion.

When I reached the top I could hear everyone counting down but their words were all a blur.

In my slow motion vision my eyes locked on Nick and Harry laughing about something as people started to raise their arms and scream and through confetti.

So the minute I heard, "Happy New Years!" I ran right into Nick and Harry with a fist on both of their noses as I pushed them down to the ground... so all I could hear now were screams.

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Well...

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