54 Harry's POV

I could tell that what I was saying was hurting Dougie, but would choice did I have? I had to make it sound like I was dating the complete opposite to him, to put everybody, including my parents, off the scent. If I turned round and said 'oh yeah my boyfriend has the dirtiest mind ever, plays bass and really like reptiles and Blink 182' everyone would know exactly who I was on about - I may as well shout 'I'm dating Dougie Poynter' from the roof tops!

Still though, I wished I wasn't doing this to him, the poor boy was looking so upset, I was breaking his heart, and I couldn't do anything about it. All I could do was hold him close while we were at home, tell him over and over that I loved him. But it didn't seem to work much; all it really did was make him cling to me harder than usual, literally squeezing me tight to him, burying his face in my chest and refusing to move. When he used to do that, it was cute, now it was worrying, like Dougie was savouring every second of this because he thought it would all break apart at any minute.

"Are you sure you're not putting us off the scent Harry? You and Dougie are rather close." Would this interviewer stop now, I couldn't repeat myself any further than I already had. I wasn't about to trip up, though I wished I could, just to stop Dougie looking like that, like I'd just killed his hopes and dreams.

"I'm really not, I'm telling the truth. Dougie is just my best friend, but I'm not dating him." I tried my best not to glare at this interviewer, it wouldn't help matters much.

"Yeah, Harry and Dougie are more like brothers than anything else. Harry's kinda helped raise Dougie since day one of this band, because Dougie was so young when we first started out." Tom spoke up again, at least moving the attention to him for a few minutes. I squeezed Dougie's shoulder in comfort, it didn't exactly do much to help him, he still looked like he wanted to curl in a ball and die. At least this interview wasn't being filmed, and was instead for a magazine, that should save us some trouble at the least.

"Ah, how so?" Well this was slightly better ground.

"I taught him have to shave and how to drive. Well, I'm still teaching him to drive, but you get the point, big things like that, things that parents should do. But Dougie didn't get the chance to do that with his parents because he moved in with us, so I took over so he didn't miss out." I answered. Please don't mention Dougie's dad, please, please, please. The last thing he needed was a reminder that his parents were divorced because his dad walked out on them.

"Aw, that's quite sweet. That would make a romantic relationship between you very difficult; it would sort of be like dating a parent then." I held in a wince at the idea, wishing she would shut up.

"Yeah, kinda." I laughed weakly instead, just keep them happy and we can leave, keep them happy, don't say anything that they can jump on, just leave it and carry on playing happy families.

"Alright, I'll believe you, half the nation wouldn't though." The interviewer giggled, I was so taking Dougie on the boating trip when this was over. We both deserved the break, especially if this line of questioning continued for much longer. I was gay for God sake, all this damn pestering wasn't needed, no matter how damn close to the truth it was...

"So how does your boyfriend feel about you and Dougie being so close, and everybody being certain that the two of you are together?" Interviewer continued, wasn't this hell over? What I wouldn't give to go back to questions like 'what's your favourite ice cream?'

"Oh he's fine with it. He knows that I love him and Dougie in different ways. I love him in a romantic sense, but with Dougie it's more like a brotherly, familial way. That comes out in hugs and hand holding some times, and he's totally okay with it, because he knows that I wouldn't cheat on him with anybody." I really hated saying that, I could almost feel another bit of Dougie's heart being torn out with every word I spoke. When was this going to be over?! I wanted this over now!

"Ah, it's always good to have that security, and have the lines laid out properly, so nobody gets confused, or ends up doing something to break the others heart." Well dur, I thought that was obvious! Did this woman think that just because I was gay I was going to jump anything that moved? Seriously, that couldn't be further from the truth, being gay was just another sexuality, it didn't suddenly make me a cheater or anything!

"So there's no jealousy or anything between the three of you, even if you end up hugging Dougie in front of this boyfriend of yours? And he doesn't get jealous or possessive or anything?" My God let it go already!

"No, there's no possessive jealousy or anything. My boyfriend understands that me and Dougie have a special bond and respects that, Dougie respects that I have a boyfriend and I respect them both. It works just fine like that, and that's how we have always worked, and will continue to do so." this time I did glare at her, she was an idiot and I hated her. I swear she hadn't been this ignorant in our last interview with her...

"And how does that make you feel Dougie? Do you ever feel left out or lonely in this arrangement?" She did not just go there and ask that!

"No, it's fine. I have these two anyway." Dougie pointed at Tom and Danny, "So I'm never alone." He managed to make that sound like the truth, for that I commended him.

"No jealousy on your side then?" obviously not because he had nothing to be jealous of. Instead he was being made to feel insecure and cast aside in all of this. My poor boy, if I could have held him close and kissed him I would have.

"Nope. Just fine on my side. Harry's happy, his boyfriend is happy, and so am I, that's all that matters in the end." Dougie put on a smile that didn't reach his eyes; my heart broke inside my chest for him.