《Rookie Sequel》Part 3
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When they land they are all exhausted and head home in comfortable silence. The blue sky's of Jamaica left behind for the grey sky's of London.
They are all glad to see their building when they arrive and have missed being home, the familiar smell hits them when they enter and they all relax.
"Let's shower and hit the sack, we can unpack in the morning" Harry says
"Good idea" Scott says.
Louis Hums, he's so exhausted, the boys lead him to the shower, help wash him and help him change into pyjamas. Like usual they all fall asleep happily in each other's arms.
The next morning Harry and Scott wake up to an empty bed and no sign of Louis. They make their way out to the kitchen and see all their bags have been unpacked and Louis at the front door being handed breakfast that he's obviously ordered. The house looks spotless and Louis is showered and dressed, the boys must have slept through everything.
Louis turns around to come back in the apartment and sees Harry and Scott, they smile sleepily at him and he returns the smile.
"Morning, I ordered breakfast, I didn't make it, I hope you don't mind" Louis says.
The boys think to themselves how lucky they are,
"Not at all baby, thank you" Scott says lovingly
"It's just bacon and egg sandwiches from downstairs, the ones you both love" Louis says
"You hate those" Harry chuckles
"I didn't get one for me, I already ate this morning" Louis lies, he didn't actually eat, he's not hungry. He's tired and severely jet lagged and feels a bit out of sorts if he's honest.
"What time did you get up?" Scott asks as he looks at the clock to see its 10:30am
Harry takes the bag off Louis, going to dish up breakfast for him and Scott.
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"Um like 3:30 I think" Louis shrugs.
"Why didn't you wake us baby, we could of helped you her back to sleep" Scott says kissing Louis head lovingly
"You guys were sleeping so nicely and I didn't want to wake you" Louis says
Harry hands Scott his breakfast and they sit at the bar stools
"Just what I feel like Rookie, this is perfect" Harry says as he digs into his sandwich.
Louis smiles
"The place looks amazing and you unpacked for us?" Scott says
"Yeah well I unpacked and then cleaned, I needed something to do. I washed everything and put it all away. You guys didn't even stir" Louis says fondly
"Thank you baby" Harry says
Louis just smiles in return, he loves these boys so much.
"So what's the plan for today?" Scott asks as he swallows
"I have to go into work to pick up some files that we both need to look at before we start back on Monday" Harry says.
"Well while you do that, I'm going to watch TV all day" Scott smirks as he kisses Harry who laughs
"I'm going to go for a run I think" Louis says
"Do you think that's a good idea if you've been up since 3 baby?" Harry asks.
"Yeah, I just feel like I need to get back into my routine again" Louis says
"I can come with you" Scott suggests
"You don't have too, I'll watch TV with you when I bet back" Louis smiles.
Scott and Harry know they need to let Louis run on his own. They need to ease their protectiveness so they agree.
An hour later Scott is settled in front of the TV, Louis is heading out for a jog and Harry is leaving for the office.
Louis runs for a good hour, he feels so much better when he's done and even though the cold air really hit him hard, the change of season affecting his chest, he feels more relaxed.
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He doesn't mention it to Scott when he gets back to the apartment about his chest and goes to have a hot shower and gets into his pyjamas.
Louis joins Scott on the couch who's eating a bag of crisps. He ends up falling asleep on Scott's chest. Scott smiles at his boy and holds him tightly, he does notice Louis chest is a little rattled but he knows he just needs to keep an eye on it.
At the station Harry is met with a warm welcome from his and Scott's team. They comment on his tan and tease him about the love bite on his neck. Harry takes it all in his stride and laughs it off.
He's just picking up his files from his and Scott's office and about to leave when James, Jake and Joey walk in. It's hugs all round and question after question about the honeymoon, the boys tease him and Harry just smirks.
until James turns serious.
"What's happened?" Harry asks concerned when the teasing dies down.
"So as you know Cody and Rhys's hearing was rescheduled" James says.
"Yeah, for two weeks right?" Harry says knowing he and Scott need to break the news to Louis
"Well....Their defence knew you boys were out of the country and they sprung it on us three nights ago" James says
"Shit" Harry says
Harry rubs his hands over his face and sighs.
Scott and Harry both knew that Rhys and Cody's parole hearing was coming up, but they thought they had two more weeks to prepare their counter statements and to break the news to Louis that Cody and Rhys could possibly get out. The defence being sneaky, obviously found out their main witnesses were out of the country and managed to push the hearing forward, which the boys know Troy had something to do with. It is just bad luck and nothing that Harry and Scott can do about with being out of the country. They weren't available to testify so their witness statements don't count and that's what the defence was hoping for.
"Please tell me it's good news" Harry says even though her knows it's not going to be.
"Cody and Rhys are officially out and on parole for six months and then out for good" Jake says sympathetically.
"Fuck" Harry says as he puts his hands on his hips
"We have to apply for a restraining order, the judge didn't grant it because you weren't present" James says
"That's a little unfair" Harry says upset.
"We did all we could, we're sorry Haz"'Edward says sadly
"It's not your fault Ed, I don't know what we are going to tell Louis, we didn't tell him about the hearing being brought forward in the first place" Harry says
"So he doesn't know anything?" James asks
Harry shakes his head no
"We were on our honeymoon, we didn't want to ruin it for him" Harry says and the boys agree
"Surely they won't go back to their apartment or anything" Jake says
"Hopefully, but I wouldn't put it passed them, we just need to get that restraining order so they can't go near Louis" Harry says
"We will get it sorted by the time you're back in the office Monday" James assures
"Thanks J" Harry says.
"Now tell us more about Jamaica, assuming you saw outside your room" James jokes and then the teasing starts up again, Harry thankful for his family at work.
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