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The lads sat in the car while they’re chauffeur drove them back to the house, Louis was resting his head against Harrys shoulder, dried tears sticking to his face.
Their hands were interlocked, every so often Harry would give the smaller man a reassuring squeeze and smiled down at him, which he returned with glittering blue eyes staring back at him.
Louis was mentally exhausted and seriously didn’t want to have this talk when back at the house, but he knew it had to be done. The sooner they sorted this shit out the better.
Soon enough, they were pulling up outside the house and although Louis insisted not to, Harry carried him bridal style into the house and rested him carefully onto the sofa, sitting partly underneath Louis while he snuggled up closer to him.
“I’m gonna go make us a cuppa and then we can figure this out, it can’t go on any longer” Liam said before he walked away to the kitchen, the sound of a kettle boiling just a minute later.
The lads were grateful for Liam’s kind actions and seated themselves comfortably around the living room, a calm silence settling the room.
Not long later, Liam emerged from the kitchen with their cups of tea, trying to not spill them on the expensive wood flooring.
Once he was sat down Harry sighed and decided to break the silence.
“I agree, we need to sort this out as soon as possible. I honestly think getting lawyers involved is our best bet at this point” He began, the lads nodding at his suggestion in agreement.
“Well, I know fuck all about Legal shit so please can someone elaborate on how this can help us” Louis said lightly, the lads chuckling at his lack of knowledge.
“Well, I actually looked into this a while back when things were getting out of hand” Liam began. “If we were to get lawyers involved it would be considered a discrimination lawsuit, which is basically a case on management bosses or the team treating their client with disrespect due to their personal matters” He explained, the lads deciding to stay silent while Liam told them, nodding when necessary.
“We’re going to need a lot of proof, that’s for sure, especially seeming as we are taking legal action against such a well known celebrity, the court won’t take this lightly and neither will the media as they’re bound to find out. Just videos and recordings won’t cut it, we need circumstantial evidence, which relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact. So, we need to find other people who have been treated in the same way by Simon and our management themselves to make a statement, bare in mind we may need several people to come forward, so then our accusations aren’t just opinions, they’re fact” Liam finished, they lads looking stunned at his knowledge.
“How do you know so much about this?” Harry asked in confusion and shock.
“As I said, I’ve read a lot about this” He replied with a shrug.
“Anyway, the first step we need is to gather evidence. It could take a few weeks or months depending on how fast we get the evidence. Over the time in which however long it takes, we need recordings, videos, writings and any other form of documentation on how we’re treated as a whole group, and I mean this as in even the smallest of things, like being told not to sit together, because anything can help us on this and we need as much evidence as we can get. It’s a bit of a stretch but it would help to write down how you’ve felt after the action taken place and date it, so that we can link our accusation to emotional abuse, because at the end of the day if the court thinks it’s Not affecting us they won’t do shit about it” Liam continued, the lads still in shock at how intelligent he sounded right now.
“You know what, we don’t need a lawyer we’ve got Liam” Niall said with a grin, making Liam blush slightly.
“Seriously mate your so good at this” Zayn added on with a smile.
“Well, anything I can do to help I will. Look, it’s going to take time but once we’ve gathered enough evidence then we can take it to our lawyers, we need to be able to provide them with something to work with for them to even consider taking on a case as big as this, I’ll be surprised if anyone would even take on Simon and his team to be honest” Liam said with an eye roll, knowing this was going to be a lot of work on top of tour and recording, but he was happy to, as long as his mates were happy then he was too.
“Yeh, I trust my lawyers will help us out on this. If not, we will find a better one, even if it costs us triple the amount I don’t care, I want this over with” Harry said sternly, clenching his jaw but soon relaxing it as Louis rubbed circles into his lower back.
“But, what if this doesn’t work? What if it all goes to shit and Simon wins the case? Then we will be out of a management team and label and I’m sure other company’s wouldn’t take us on after it because they will be too scared that we’ll pull a lawsuit on them” Louis said sadly, returning to his pessimistic role once again, making Harry frown.
“Don’t worry babe. I’m sure we will win this, considering the amount of shit that comes out of Simons mouth it won’t be hard to get evidence, and with that evidence there’s no way the court can let him get away with it” Harry reassured softly, pressing a kiss to his forehead.
“Yeh I guess. Fuck I’m tired” Louis replied sleepily, rubbing his eyes with sweater paws, making Harry coo at the sight.
“Wanna go to bed then?” Harry whispered, noticing Louis nod in return, his eyes closing.
“Right I’m going to take him up to bed, we can discuss this more tomorrow” Harry said, standing up with Louis in his arms, feeling no lighter than a feather.
Harry turned to walk out the room but stopped once again, turning back to the lads.
“Oh and Liam. Thank you. I don’t know how we could get through this without you, and of course you two as well” Harry said truthfully, gesturing to Niall and Zayn at the last part.
“Don’t worry about it mate, go get some rest, we’ll see you in the morning” Liam said, the other two nodding his way.
“Night” Harry said with a smile, turning to continue out of the room once more.
He carried Louis up the stairs and into their bedroom, laying the smaller man down on the crisp white sheets before pulling his shirt and pants off and climbing in next to him.
He lay on his side, watching the beautiful mans face, his eyelids closed and long, dark eyelashes resting above his smooth cheeks. God he loved him.
Louis suddenly opened his eyes, blue meeting green and Harrys breath hitched at the sight.
“Harry?” Louis said in a whisper.
“Yes?” Harry replied in a just as quiet voice.
“Did you mean it?” Louis asked nervously, chewing on his bottom lip.
“Mean what?” Harry questioned, tilting his head in confusion.
“When you said you loved me” Louis said, if possible even quieter.
Harry hesitated for a moment due to the shock of the question, he didn’t expect Louis to even remember as he was in such a state earlier on. He realised the slight frown that turned on louis’ face as he hadn’t yet answered the question.
“Of course I did. I love you so much” Harry replied, the smile returning to Louis’ face one more making Harry beam. He loved making Louis smile and laugh, it was one of his most favourite sights in the world.
“I love you too” Louis whispered shyly, making Harrys heart flutter and he grinned widely.
Harry moved in closer and connected his lips with Louis’, the soft and plump pair fitting with the thinner chapped ones, like the perfect puzzle piece.
They smiled into the kiss and held it for a few more seconds before Harry pulled away, only to pepper louis’ entire face with more kisses, making the man giggle like a teenager.
Harry chuckled and stopped, snaking his arm around Louis’ waist and pulling him impossibly closer to his chest, their legs tangling under the warm sheets and Louis face was nuzzled into Harrys neck, resting comfortably.
“Goodnight Lou” Harry whispered, pressing a kiss to his feathery hair.
“Night haz” Louis replied quietly, embracing the warmth emitting from the bed and Harrys body.
Louis thoughts drifted away as he fell into a deep sleep, enjoying the moment whilst he could because the next few months were only going to become more hectic.
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Author notes:
I know it’s short and boring and I also apologise for not updating yesterday.
I had to do a lot of research for this as I have no fucking clue how legal shit works, so do me a favour, comment and vote;)
I hope you enjoyed this chapter even though it was boring as this was basically just a filler chapter.
We’re getting to the good shit soon though✌ðŸ½
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Love you all xxx
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