Louis sat at his computer at 5pm the next day, his parents looking anxiously over his shoulders. He stoically went through the motions of opening up and logging into the site according to the instructions, doing what he could to keep out all the thoughts crowding into his head. His heart seemed to skip a beat as he clicked on the last remaining button.
Louis didn't react, though he could hear his parents screaming in the background. He just reached for the phone lying in front of him, went to drafts, selected one of the two pre-written messages, and sent it to Tawny. He then saw Tawny's message that had arrived in his inbox.
It was then that he knew. He buried his face in his arms and just cried. They were tears of joy, of joy so great that no other reaction could have done it justice.