How to Write a Contract Between Friends

“Hey!” Louis yells as I walk by. I just continue walking to class. “Harry, wait!” I turn to see him trying to catch up with me. “Oh, sorry, I didn’t think you were talking to me.” I say, feeling bad for walking away. “No, um, it’s fine.” We stand in awkward silence. “So,” he starts, “I heard that you play football, right?” “Oh, um, yeah I do” I say, confused on where this is going to go. “So, I was wondering when your next game was.” Is Louis Tomlinson asking me out? “Well, the next game is..,” I say as I pull out my phone to check the schedule. “Next weekend, on Saturday.” “Okay, thanks.” He says while smiling. (He has a pretty smile) “ Yeah, no problem.” I looked down, kinda embarrassed. “Okay, well bye Harry!” Louis says as he walks away. “Bye…” I say quietly. Put this in the other persons pov

A few minutes later, I hear a knock on my door, “Harry, Let me in.” Someone says at my door. “I’d rather not.” I say coldly. “Harry, please?” I look up, realising who it is. “I’m going to wait here until you open the door.” Louis says. I get up and open the door to see Louis standing there, looking up at me upset. “There, I opened it, you can leave now.” I say with a cold tone as we stare at each other for a few seconds then I close the door. Put this in the other persons pov

Harry’s POV “Hey!” Louis yells as I walk by. I just continue walking to class. “Harry, wait!” I turn to see him trying to catch up with me. “Oh, sorry, I didn’t think you were talking to me.” I say, feeling bad for walking away. “No, um, it’s fine.” We stand in awkward silence. “So,” he starts, “I heard that you play football, right?” “Oh, um, yeah I do” I say, confused on where this is going to go. “So, I was wondering when your next game was.” Is Louis Tomlinson asking me out? “Well, the next game is..,” I say as I pull out my phone to check the schedule. “Next weekend, on Saturday.” “Okay, thanks.” He says while smiling. (He has a pretty smile) “ Yeah, no problem.” I looked down, kinda embarrassed. “Okay, well bye Harry!” Louis says as he walks away. “Bye…” I say quietly. … A week later, on Saturday I woke up at 5:30 that morning to get ready for an early workout with my team. I got to the field around 6:05, only five minutes late. “Hi everyone!” I say to the team. “Are you ready for exercise?” I get moans and groans “Okay, Let's get going!” Every game we wake up early to do this. One minute 6-inches, 20 jumping jacks, 10 pushups, and of course 5 laps around the field. The workout lasted about an hour. Everyone takes a break and takes a shower. “Okay everyone, let’s meet here at 10:00, that gives us time to get changed and some practice before the game, okay?” … We have five minutes before the match starts so we go out onto the field to just a little quick exercise. I look around to try to find my mom and sister but instead I see him, the finest guy in my school, at my football match. But he’s not alone, he’s with a girl, dammit. I don’t know why but I feel kinda jealous, like I should be right there, not her. I try to shake the feeling off but I can’t and it’s making me kinda mad. He asked me if I had a game and he brought a girl to it, to my game. I’m getting even more mad just thinking about it. The rest of the match is a blur. I don’t really remember any of it. But I got MVP so I guess I did something right. … After the game, all I wanted to do was go home but the team wanted to celebrate. So after that, I go home and I take a shower. I lay in my bed, just staring at the ceiling. I look at the time and see that it’s only ten till six. I decided to go to the park to clear my head. As I'm walking around, I just keep thinking of Louis. I want to know why he asked me when my game was and why he brought a girl there. Like was he just trying to get me jealous or he just wanted to take her on a date but if he wanted to, why a football game? Ugh, why can’t I stop thinking about this. I keep walking and I stop when I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn around to see Louis, resting his hand on my shoulder, out of breath. “You okay?” I say, knowing he’s not. “Mate, can you not hear? I’ve been calling your name for like five minutes.” He says, breathing hard with every few words. “Oh, sorry, I guess I was lost in thought.” I say coldly He finally catches his breath, “I went to your match earlier, you did really good.” He said as he started walking again. “Oh, did you?” I say, surprised that he brought it up. “ Yeah, I was in the front, with my sister.” (his sister?) “I’m sorry mate, I didn’t see you” I paused, “I wish I did” I finished and smiled at him. (Context: Harry is two inches taller than Louis.) “LOUIS IT’S TIME TO GO!” Louis looks over to the voice. “Ughh, It’s my sister, I have to go,bye Harry,” he says as he runs away. “Bye” I say quietly, as I watch him leave. … On Monday I get to school around 6:15 but my classes start at 7:20, great. I decided to walk to a coffee shop down the street. I ordered a caramel latte. “Hey, you’re the guy who was MVP for the game on Saturday, right?” I look up and see the same girl who was beside Louis. “Oh uh, yeah,” I reach my hand out, “I’m Harry” “Hi, I’m Lottie” she shakes my hand. “So, I’m sorry if this is weird to ask but are you gay?” she asks in a nervous tone. “Depends, who’s asking? I say, looking at her. “Me, I need to know if I need to protect you from people. She looks up at me, “Protect me from who?” I ask. “The hetero’s” she says confidently. I look at her and turn around “Yeah, you can do that, I’m sick of them anyway” I say as I’m walking out. … Two Months later (Context: Me and Louis have grown much closer and I realised that I don’t want to just be friends, I want more. I want to sleep in the same bed and hug him while I sleep. I want to tell everyone that we are together but I don’t even know if he’s gay) “HARRY!” I turn around and see my sister ,Gemma, running toward me. I smile and turn back around and run the other direction. I start laughing, just hearing her pant is so funny. I look over my shoulder to see how far she is until I run into someone. “Oh my god, mate, I’m so sorry, I wasn’t paying attention.” I say while getting up. “No it’s fine, I wasn’t either,” the other person says, in an Irish accent. Wait, I know that voice. “ Niall?!’ I say, finally looking up. “Oh my god, hey Harry!” Niall says in a happy voice. We hug and just start walking with each other (Context: Me and Niall have known each other for years. He knows I’m gay and he doesn’t care. He’s straight.) “Oh, I should probably go check on Gem, she was chasing me.” Niall just looks and laughs. We go check on Gemma. She’s mad at first but once I tell her how I ran into Niall she felt better. Me, Gemma, and Niall go out to some random restaurant for dinner. “Hey, do you care if I invite my girlfriend here?” Both Gemma and I turn our heads at Niall. “Girlfriend?!” Gemma said loudly. “Nialler, why didn’t you tell me, you hate me don’t you?” I say turning in my chair, pretending to be mad. Niall just looks at us, tired of our shit. “Y’all are definitely siblings.” We all look at each other and laugh. As we leave the restaurant, I see someone who seems familiar. I focus on the person and I realise that it’s Louis. I walk out, not waiting for Gemma and Niall. “Hey” I say hoping he will see me. “ He turns and damn,he looks good. “Oh, hey mate,” Louis says. “How are you?” I ask. “I’m good, you?” he says now turned fully toward me. “Well considering I just ate, I’m doing okay,” I say realising how awkward it is. “Louis!” We both look and see Lottie right behind him. “Oh hey lottie.” I say smiling. “Hi harry!” Lottie says in an excited tone and grabs my arm. Me and Lottie start talking when someone grabs her by the waist and scares her. “OH MY GOD NIALL!” she turns and hits him, “WHY DID YOU DO THAT!” she hits him again but softly. “Wait, so how do yall know each other? Niall asks. “Oh we met-” Lottie starts but I interrupt her, “I’m friends with her brother.” As I say that Lottie smiles, “Yeah, friends” she said in a suspicious voice. “What, we are?” I say as I walk over to Louis and wrap my arms around him, “Right?” Looking at him. He just looks at me and just smiles “No, we aren’t” he says, “We’re besties” he hugs me back. “That's the gayest shit I’ve ever seen.” Gemma says, “And I live with him.” “The fuck that suppose to me”, I say letting go of Louis and grab Gemma.” I should tell mom to kick you out.” “But you’ll get lonely,” she says, trying not to laugh. “Aww,” I say as I hug her around the neck, tight. “Gem, you’re so sweet!” She tries to push me away but it’s not working. “HARRY! LET GOO” She yells. “Oh my god, such a baby.” I say as I let go. “I’m literally older than you.” She said as she fixed her hair. “Okay, and?” … An Hour Later, It’s now 10:00 We’ve been walking for a while and I haven’t talked to Louis ever since we hugged. I wonder if I walk slower, will he notice? So I did just that. I walked slower and he did notice. “You okay mate? Louis asks. “Oh, yeah, I guess I was lost in thought, sorry” I say. “Sooo,” Louis says, exaggerating the o. “Are you actually gay?” He says, sounding a little nervous. I look at him, “Um, yeah, I am,” I pause, “Just curious” he said. “But I’ve never dated anyone,” I say, moving closer to him. “Why not?” I look at him “I have a very specific type.” “Yeah?” He sounded nervous. “Yeah, he has to have brown hair,” I say, smirking, “And always wears a hoodie with sweatpants.” I look at him again. “And he takes his sister to my football matches.” Why am I telling him this? He probably thinks I’m a bloody freak. “I’m sorry” he says as walks faster to catch up to the rest. … It’s been a week since I practically threw myself at Louis. Anytime we saw each other in the halls at school, no matter where his classes were, he would walk the other way. I wish I didn’t tell him. I miss him as a friend and if I had waited till I knew his sexuality, we wouldn’t be in this position. “Hey Harry” Lottie says softly. “Hey” “How are you?” She said as she put her hand on my back. “I wish I never told him.” I say, staring off into space. “I don’t know why I told Louis. I should've just stayed quiet.” … Later that day at 9:30 I lay in bed, bored, not knowing what to do. I look over to my left and see my guitar. I haven't played that in a while. I get up and grab the guitar. I play a couple notes and find a beat that I like and then it hits me, I want to write a song. I find some paper and a pen and within an hour I have an entire song. “That’s beautiful Harry” I look up and see Gemma standing in my doorway. “I don’t know what to name it.” I say looking back down at the paper.“ “Who is it about?” She asks as she sits on my bed. I just look at her, “You know who.” “Louis?” “Yeah, it is.” I say, sounding a bit sad. She looks at me and wraps her arms around me. I look down as a tear falls from my eye. “Name it Sweet Creature.” “yeah, maybe.” We stayed there for a few more seconds. “Oh, by the way, mom is having a get together with some friends from work and they are bringing their kids.” she says getting up, “And take a shower, you stink” … After my shower I get dressed and sit on my floor. “Kids, can you come down here!” My mom yells from downstairs. I walk out of my room and shut the door and push Gemma out of the way. “Seriously” I look at her and smile “Mom! Harry Pushed Me!” “You're lucky I didn’t push you down the stairs.” I say walking down the stairs. “HARRY!” I look over and see Liam running to me with his arms open. “Oh no” (Context: I’ve known Liam ever since we were kids and anything we get together, we get very chaotic.) I start running the other way, out our back door, forgetting to look who else is there. Liam is chasing me and I remember that we have a pool. I stop in front of the pool waiting till he is within arm reach and when he is, I dive to my side. Liam falls into the pool and I die of laughter. “Harry, why are you like this?” Niall says as he helps Liam out of the pool. “Thanks Nialler,” Liam pauses. “But,” Liam says as he pulls Niall in the pool. “I think we should have a pool party!” Him doing that makes me laugh even harder.I’m laughing so hard that I don’t see Niall and Liam standing right next to me. The next thing I know I’m in the water and I see my mom with her head in her hands, laughing. We start splashing each other when I see someone standing, talking to Gemma it’s Louis. I feel like I stopped breathing. “You okay mate?” Niall says.” I need to go.” I say getting out of the pool. I walk into the house, still wet, “Harry?” Liam yells from outside. I ignore him and just keep walking. “Harry…” I hear Gemma say softly as I walk upstairs and shut my door. A few minutes later, I hear a knock on my door, “Harry, Let me in.” Someone says at my door. “I’d rather not.” I say coldly. “Harry, please?” I look up, realising who it is. “I’m going to wait here until you open the door.” Louis says. I get up and open the door to see Louis standing there, looking up at me upset. “There, I opened it, you can leave now.” I say with a cold tone as we stare at each other for a few seconds then I close the door. …