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After summer things didn't really go as planned. Harry kept his work at the bakery and the two of them moved into a small flat close to the University where Harry would study law. Louis though got offered a scholarship on a football academy in London after playing during the summer, he took the offer of course and now he was studying the basic subjects that everyone had to study and football. He was still playing for the team he had with Liam during the summer and made some money every time he played a game.
Perrie and Zayn had started at their school and things were great for them. Liam and Niall did move to the U.S but broke up before they got there, they were still friends and on great terms but they weren't dating anymore.
Harry and Louis was still going strong together and Mike hadn't bothered them ever since they left Doncaster. Everything was good and they were happy. There was one big problem though and that was that Harry really hated his classes. He didn't find them pleasant in any way and often came home upset and left in the morning dreading the time he had to spend there. He was getting sad again and Louis tried his best to cheer him up and it worked as long as Louis was with Harry. But Louis couldn't help him when Harry sat in school or were at work or when Louis was at his own school or playing a match. He couldn't always help Harry and he hated it. He hated seeing Harry sad.
Half way through autumn and Harry decided it was enough. He dropped out of school and cried for a week straight, no matter how hard Louis was trying to make him smile. It got a bit better after that and Harry worked now full time at the bakery, he still wasn't a hundred percent happy with his situation but it was better than sitting hour after hour in classes he didn't care about or understood.
It was during Christmas break that things were really clearing up. Harry had used the Instagram app a lot since he loved photographing and he had over a thousand followers. One day a magazine had contacted him and asked if he could take some Christmas pictures and send to them so they could use them in their paper. Harry had been jubilant over the opportunity and taken about fifty photos with his camera and sent to the magazine. A week later they released the magazine with Harry's photos in a collage and paid him a fair amount of money. After that Harry got requests from lots of companies that wanted his service.
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Years later and Louis is twenty five and Harry twenty four. They've had their ups and downs and broken up numerous times but ended up together again in the end. They've had sex countless of times after their first when Harry had just turned twenty one. It had taken Louis a lot of courage to trust Harry with it but after their first time it just came naturally and Harry was sweeter in bed than Mike had ever been to Louis. Louis knew that Harry would never hurt him in that way and soon it wasn't that much of a big deal anymore. If anyone had asked him if he ever would trust anyone in that way again the summer Mike had raped him Louis had laughed and said that it wouldn't happen. But it did and Louis was happy it did. He was still a bit insecure times to times but he wasn't scared. He trusted Harry and that was all that was needed.
Harry had his relapses and times where he couldn't fight the itch to cut and couldn't escape the darkness that sometimes took over his mind. But in the end it was all alright because Louis was always there to kiss him and hold him while he cried. They worked it out together and Harry had been clean for over a year now with only a few times he had felt like cutting. Louis couldn't be prouder of him if he tried.
Harry was now a pretty famous photographer in England and he worked for The Vouge and did some other services here and there when he wanted or got the offer. He had quit his job at the bakery but came there once a week every Wednesday to talk with the other workers.
Louis had been signed by Barnet FC and sure, it wasn't London's best football club but it was a start. The greatest with it was that Louis got payed for doing something he loved and it was great fun. Everyone was nice and accepting, they knew about Harry's and his relationship and they still treated him as anyone else and Louis loved it.
Perrie and Zayn had gotten married and had had a small spring wedding with Louis as bestman. It had been great and Louis was really happy for them. Liam and Niall had moved back to England again but still weren't dating. Liam had found a pretty girl, named Danielle who was a dancers and got along with them all. Liam had ended up as a Doctor after uni and had passed his classes earlier than he should have but he had always been smart so it wasn't really a surprise that he became one of England's youngest doctors. Niall had ended up going to university for a few years after his gap year but dropped out and started a band with four Australian guys. They were fun and pretty successful even though they hadn't gotten their big break through yet. Niall still hadn't met someone he wanted to settle down with yet but had dated a few girls and guys after Liam and he ended things.
They were all still friends and Louis felt really happy and lucky to have them in his life. They were more than he could wish for and they were always there for him. It was amazing and Louis had never enjoyed life as much as he did now. It was as close as perfect he could come.
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Add five years more and Louis is thirty, he and Harry is married since three years. Louis is still playing football but now for Chelsea and makes more money than he could ever dream of. Harry also makes lots of money with his photographs and life is great. They have more money than they know what to do with and owns a nice house with a big loft. Louis has always loved lofts and still can't believe that he has one in his house. They've adopted a young girl with pretty brown eyes and dark curly hair. They named her Cara Tomlinson Styles and she is so small. Only a year when they got her and they love her dearly.
Their relationship is pretty acclaimed in media and they are almost as famous as the Beckhams, something that Louis would never understand. But people find his and Harry's relationship cute and strong. They're strong for being out, people say but Louis couldn't think of it any other way, he would never be able to hide what he and Harry has. He isn't ashamed and if people disagree with his love life then that's their problem. He loves Harry and they can't change that. Harry feels the same and even though some of the media's comments makes him want to creep into a hole and never be seen again he stays up. He stays with Louis because none of the things they say matters when he has Louis by his side. There will always be people who doesn't like what he does and even if he had had a pretty girl by his side people would have said bad stuff so Harry sucks it up and turns away from people who disagree. They don't matter in the end.
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So that's how their lives turned out. A small family including themselves, their daughter and their friends. It might not seem like much from the outside but for Harry and Louis it is everything. There were times where they felt as if nothing would be okay and there was a time when Harry even tried to end it all. It feels as a lifetime away and Harry doesn't even wish he could go back and change it. Because out of all that shit he found Louis and more importantly he found himself. He stopped trying to be as others wanted him to be, he started being himself and stop listening to what people had to say about that. He learned to love himself and stopped trying to be good for others and started being good for himself.
That's what life is about; finding yourself and learning how to love who you are. Not trying to be good enough for someone else. If they love you they will take you as you are and not care about your flaws. They will love you for who you are and the first step is to be yourself. You don't have to love everything about yourself but you have to accept it and keep up. You are enough for someone and even if you can't see it today you will see it. It can be years from now but one day you will see. And everything will be okay.
The end.