Louis' POV

The next few days went by very quickly. Apparently our mums have been trying to call us for hours upon hours but my phone is dead and Harry has no idea where his is.

The doctors made Harry stay in the hospital for a few more days just to make absolutely certain that he was okay. I stayed with him the whole time. He would tell me to go home but all I would say is no. I would never leave my love, I promised.

Harry had to go to the hospital on a Friday I think so that would make three days later a Monday. Harry's mum was making him go to school. He didn't want to go to school and neither did I because I knew if I saw Zayn and his friends, I would probably hurt them one way or another.

I decided to join Harry in his lunch since it was during one of my free periods. When I walked in, I caught everyone staring and laughing at me. They yelled things at me like 'GAY' 'FAGGOT'. I have to admit, I didn't like it, but it was worth it….I got to be with the love of my life, anything would be worth it.

When I sat down with Harry and his friend Niall, Harry could hear and see the things people were doing to me and apologized for it, "I am so sorry Lou. I never meant for any of this to happen to you." I could see the tears welling up in his eyes. "Aw don't cry Harry, I knew this was coming to me sooner or later. I have you, that's all I care about." We heard an 'AAAAWWWW' come from the other side of the table and saw Niall 'tearing up'. "That's so touching." He laughed.

Harry's POV

Although lunch period was awesome because Louis was here with me now, something happened that I definitely was not expecting.

As I was eating my salad, a familiar face came walking up to the table. At the sight of him, the three of us tensed up. I know Louis wanted to beat the living crap out of this kid for almost killing me but I just grabbed his arm and whispered, "I got this…" and then he eased.

"What do you want Zayn?" I said harshly. "Um I was wondering Harry if I could talk to you for a minute?" he asked. "Ok shoot." Said Louis. He was being rude, I don't blame him though. "In private." Zayn added. I know I probably should not trust this guy, but something about the way he looked at me, his eyes, they looked through me. He really seemed like he needed to speak to me. I didn't say anything to him I just got up and started walking into the hallway with him. I gave Louis a reassuring thumbs up.

Once we got into the hallway, Zayn started crying. I wanted to take a picture because I am sure that I will never be able to witness Zayn Malik crying in front of me ever again. "I am so sorry Harry. I never meant to hurt you like that…" I was getting angry but I wanted to stay calm. "you realize that you almost killed me right?" I wanted him to know the seriousness of the situation. "Yes yes I know I am so sorry." He was still crying. He said that he only went along with beating me up because he is a follower. He told me he knows it was the wrong thing to do and he said that if I would have died he probably would not have been able to live with himself. "I forgive you…." I said in a hushed tone. "w-w-what?" he said, like he could not believe that I had said what he thought I had said. I repeated myself and before I knew it, I was being hugged by one of the boys that have made my life hell since 8th grade. He kept apologizing and telling me that he was gonna try to change his ways. He also asked me to talk to Niall for him and tell him that he was sorry. "Why did you do that to him?" I asked. "I kicked him out like that because I was afraid that I was falling for him and I was. I am in love with him. And now I know it and its too late." He said. "Is that true." Said a voice from behind me, I knew it was Niall without even having to turn around. "Yes it is. I am so sorry I did that to you. And you too Harry, oh god. Why don't we just say right now that I am a horrible person." Said Zayn, I could tell that he was very desperate for Niall's forgiveness. "You are not a bad person Zayn." Soothed Niall, "You are just a very good person who has done some pretty god damn bad ass things." He walked over to Zayn and gave him hug. "I am not going to forgive you right away." Niall said, and Zayn's face fell, "However, you are going to take me on an expensive date and we'll see where that takes us." Zayn looked overjoyed and couldn't contain it because he kissed Niall. Niall looked shocked at first but then he just smiled and started to lead the way back into the lunchroom. This a pretty good day so far…

Louis' POV

I wasn't sure if I should have gone after Harry and Zayn or trust Harry and stay here. I decided to trust my boyfriend and sat there waiting with Niall. Then he decided he wanted to go talk to Zayn too, god knows why, and I was left all alone.

I was eating my noodles when someone started talking to me. "And how are you Mr. Leader?" the voice was sarcastic and mean. When I looked up, I saw the last person I expected to be speaking to me.

"Liam?" I asked. "Yup." He said, "You know, the boy you 'beat up'?"

"Yeah I am really sor…" "Save it." He said. "Look, I am here to make amends. I know you're sorry. I want to be your friend Louis. I can see that you are changing for the better and I like it. Would you like to be my friend?" he asked. "I would love to." I smiled. We exchanged phone numbers and then he returned to his table.

When Harry returned I told him what happened with me and then he told me that Zayn apologized. I didn't buy it but Harry was adamant that Zayn meant every word so I trusted his judgment.

During the next few days Harry was out of town visiting his sick grandma so I thought it would be the perfect time to get to know Liam and hang out with him. I called him on Friday and asked him to come over and he did. When he arrived I told him about the whole thing with Zayn and Harry.

"Wow." He said, "You must really love him huh?" he asked. I nodded and smiled like I was a fat kid getting a Snickers bar. When Liam saw my reaction to his question he looked saddened….why would he be saddened? Oh well….

The whole rest of the night was great. We watched films, played video games, and just talked. When he had to go home, I walked him to the front door.

"I hope we can do this again sometime." I said.

"Me too…" he said. The face he was making looked like he was pondering something very serious in his head and the next thing I knew, Liam had snuck in and kissed me.

I was dumbfounded. I didn't pull away immediately because of my initial shock. And apparently this was his cue to keep going. Finally I gathered my composure and I pulled away.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING LIAM?!" I was angry, "YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT I HAVE A BOYFIREND! I LOVE HIM OK? YOU CANT JUST KISS PEOPLE LIKE THAT!" I was screaming. Liam walked out of my house, down the driveway, and into his car. How could he do that?

What was I going to tell Harry?