It has been a week since Louis texted Harry. Things are going downhill with Taylor since then, people are still admiring him for no fucking reason and he has done 4 interviews after work already.

"Can you hand me the crisps, Louis?" Liam asks as they sit on the couch, watching a movie on Netflix.

Yes, Liam hanging out at Louis' is a thing now as will since Taylor has been pretty bitchy to him lately. He can't deal with the drama right now so Louis has decided to just let it rest for a bit so they can totally ignore it after and be the bestest of friends again.

"Jesus, Liam do you really think there are still crisps?." Zayn groans from the other side of Louis.

"But I want crisps."

"There are none left."

"Why not?"

"Because you ate them all."

"You had some as well."

"You literally had five bags."

"Can you guys shut up?" Louis groans. "Like for real, I'm trying to watch the movie and the two of you bicker like a married couple."

"Excuse me?" Liam puts his hand on his chest.

"Really? You are the one acting offended you pretend manager?" Zayn rolls his eyes.

"Excuse me, I'm really Louis' manager." Liam says, head up. "Aren't I, Louis?"

"I don't know, maybe I should fire you."

"Now the two of you are just teaming up against me, rude."

"You know what's rude?" Zayn asks.

"What?"

"Eating other people's crisps. I wanted to take some as well and you ate them all."

"Don't pretend like you didn't have any crisps.

"Okay, the two of you shut up!" Louis comes in between. "I should have never introduced the two of you." He sighs standing up from the couch and puts on his slippers.

"What are you going to do?" Zayn asks as Louis walks towards the door.

"Buy the two of you fucking crisps to make you shut up."

--

Louis is at the closest supermarket, wearing an old band t-shirt and a pair of joggings trousers. People around him are taking pictures and it's annoying the fuck out of him. He is sure that in a few minutes his pictures will be around the internet.

When he wants to take a bag of crisps though, he hears a voice behind him.

"I can't believe you are here, you dog."

Louis turns around to see a brunette smiling at him, brown eyes piercing through Louis' skull.

"Gemma? Hey!" Louis can't help but smile brightly. He drops the bag of crisps to hug the older girl tightly.

"How are you doing?" Louis ask, slowly pulling apart. Gemma has always been an amazing person and Louis enjoyed spending time together with her and Harry. Harry used to say they always teamed up on him, the times...

"I'm so happy I see you, Louis!" she smiles. "I didn't expect to see you, though. My brother told me you couldn't meet up because you were out of town?"

An uneasy feeling spreads through Louis' body. Harry had to lie to her only because Louis refused to go out to eat something with them. He feels bad about it, terrible actually.

"That's because I was supposed to be but it got canceled last minute. I wanted to surprise both you and Harry though, by randomly showing up." Louis has a fake smile on his face, not wanting to put Harry in trouble because he lied to his sister. "But you ruined that surprise, female Styles."

"Drama queen." Gemma fondly rolls her eyes. "Harry doesn't know yet I'm here, though. I wanted to buy a cheap bottle of wine, felt like I couldn't come empty handed." And that's when Louis notices the huge suitcase a little behind her.

"I can carry that for you." Louis says, taking the suitcase from the floor. "If you want you can come over to my flat. I have to change and then we can go to Harry's together?" the truth is that Louis is scared to go to Harry's place by himself. The last time he was there by himself, he felt a bit too at ease.

"I like that plan." Gemma agrees. "Let me pay for that bottle of wine and your..."

"Crisps." Louis laughs, taking them from the floor. "I was watching a movie with my friends and they were arguing about it. Got pretty tired of it so I decided to buy some. Hey, let's go then. God, it's good to see you again, Gems."

"You too, Lou."

--

After kicking out Zayn and Liam out of his flat, giving them both a bag of crisps, getting ready and taking a taxi to Harry's place, Gemma and Louis arrive. Gemma holds the bottle of wine in her hands while Louis rings the bell.

A few seconds later Harry opens the door. A smile appears on his face when he sees his sister, but his heart makes a little jump when he sees who is next to her.

"Louis?" he gasps, smile spreading his face. "What are you-hey come in!"

Louis slowly moves towards Harry and pulls him in a hug. He still wears the same cologne, washes his hear with strawberry shampoo, curls a bit longer than six months ago.

"Surprise." Louis smiles softly, making Harry blush. "I couldn't make it to New York so here I am to join Gemma and you."

Harry remembers the lie he told his sister and he silently thanks Louis for playing along.

"Oh, I'm sorry you couldn't go to New York, I'm glad you're here though."

"Hello, sister, right here, coming all the way from England." Gemma waves and Louis bites his lip, moving a bit further in the house.

"I'm sorry, Gems." Harry hugs his sister as well and then takes her suitcase inside. "The two of you please sit down, I'm putting Gem's suitcase in the guestroom."

Gemma goes to the kitchen to open the bottle of wine and pours a glass for the three of them and Louis immediately goes to Harry's fridge, old habit, and takes some appetizers for all of them.

"I see the two of you are eager." Harry smirks, leaning against the doorpost.

"It smells nice in here, what are you cooking us bro?" Gemma asks, handing a glass to Harry. They move to the living room, Louis and Harry sitting in one couch and Gemma in the other sipping her wine.

"I'm so glad to see the two of you together. When you said Louis wouldn't come, Harry I honestly thought that the two of you weren't friends anymore." Gemma says, looking at the small space between Harry and Louis. "For sure after what Louis said about you on tv."

Louis can feel the blood rush through his cheeks. Of course Gemma follows the showbiz news, of course the news about her brother. She has heard what Louis said about him and still she is so nice to him.

"I still think he is a dick because of what he did to Taylor." Louis says honestly. "Because he hurt Taylor and she is my best friend."

"So why are you here then?" Gemma asks. "Because you looked so angry, proper pissed." Gemma says, crossing her arms. She likes the lad, she knows how important he is to Harry, but the things she saw on the internet were shocking. She never thought Louis and Harry would fall out like this...

And Louis thinks about what Gemma asks. Why is he here?

"Harry?" Louis' sobs are loud and Harry gives him a sad look. It's New Year's morning, barely seven o'clock. Taylor and Selena are asleep in the other room while Louis and Harry share the one next to the girls.

"Lou?" Harry's voice is hoarse and he turns around, seeing the tears in Louis' eyes. "Hey, baby what's up?"

"Can you believe it?" he sobs. "The nerve he has." Harry notices the light up phone in Louis' hand and he takes it.

And there's Aiden kissing another boy, happy new year written at the top of the picture, fireworks in the background.

"Fuck, Lou..." Harry feels so bad for Louis and he pulls him closer to his body, cuddling him. "He has never deserved you, you know that right?"

"Why does he send it to me?" Louis sobs. "I mean, It's not like I miss him that much but- It still hurts that he has replaced me like this."

"You're not replaceable." Harry whispers. "I would freak out without you."

"I'm sorry I woke you up." Louis whispers, face hidden in the crook of Harry's neck. "I mean, we went to bed like two hours ago but then I got that message and I couldn't sleep and-"

"Hey..." Harry shushes "that's alright. There is no need to explain yourself. I'm here for you, every day, every night, every second the sun shines."

"Because even though he hurt my friend, he was always there for me when I needed him, and I want to that back for him, want to be there for him." Louis says, voice soft. He turns around to stare straight into Harry's eyes.

"Every day, every night, every second the sun shines."