High School Lovers ~L.S.

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Speaking of Louis...

Harry's phone rang loud in his pocket. He pulled it out, answered, and pressed it to his ear

"Hey, Haz. It's been a little over 10 minutes. You alright?" Louis asked into the phone

"Yep, I'm okay, baby. I'd like to leave now, though. Can you come out?" Harry replied while looking over at Marshal

"Of course, hun. I'll be out there, just one minute. Gonna tell Niall we're going."

"Okay. See you in a minute."

"Is that the boy from the booth?" Marshal asks

"Yeah. He's my boyfriend"

"How long?"

"Couple weeks."

"Has he met your mum, Anne?"

"Keep her name out of your mouth"

Marshal frowns at that

"Hey.. Me and Anne had a good relationship. I liked her"

"She hates you"

Marshal swallowed hard. His throat was dry.

All he could do was whisper, "Do you hate me?"

After a few seconds to think... Harry sighed

"Love never fades, but it regrets and it changes. You were my first everything, Marshal. I'll always have some sort of spot for you in my mind, but I regret ever giving myself to you. My love for you has changed in a way that it's not a happy memory anymore. It's a shadow of what it used to be- it's a sob story and a very mistake-filled part of my life."

"I understand... just, Harry?"

"What?"

"Please remember that my love for you never changed. I'd still marry you. I'd still buy you a ring. I'd kiss you if you let me and I'd be your forever"

"Cheaters don't do 'forever'." Harry shakes his head and turns away, just as the diner door opens and Louis steps out

"I'd like to go now" Harry tells him

Louis nods and doesn't even spare a glance to Marshal. 

"Wait! Please, Louis" Marshal calls

Louis turns and looks at the boy, wondering what he could want with him

"You've got a good one, ya know. Don't mess it up. Don't hurt him like I did" Marshal mumbled as he leaned on a garden wall at the end of the sidewalk

"You hurt him?" Louis asks, now letting go of Harry and taking a step closer to Marshal

"I did"

"What'd you do?"

"Louis" Harry whispered

"What did you do?" Louis asks again, this time more stern

"I cheated on him" Marshal admits quietly

"How? How in the hell are you even living with yourself right now? I mean, come on, look at him. You had that. You had the privilage of being with this human embodiment of perfection and you fucked it up. Not only did you fuck up, you fucked someone else! That's as low as it gets, asshole." Louis had long since raised his voice

Marshal looked like a dog getting scolded for peeing on the rug. He looked scared. Genuinely scared.

"Fuck you! Don't ever try to come back into his life. Hell, It's taking all of my dignity not to hit you right now. You hurt this beautiful, sweet, loving, caring soul."

A tear dropped down Marshal's cheek and he didn't care enough to wipe it away

"I will take care of him. I will be here for him. I'll support him and love him unconditionally. I'll do everything I can to try make him forget his every bad memory of you because I don't want even the thought of you to hurt him again

"Please make him forget me, Louis"