Larry One Shots

Louis: Laryngitis (3)

A couple days later I felt much better. It was surprising that my voice came back a little bit, but I was still nervous to sing, so I decided that I was going to wait til next concert. I had asked management if I could stay on the tour bus for the concert tonight, but they said no as I was well enough to be out there. Harry wasn't very happy about that.

"Why? You are sick, you should be able to stay here. It's so stupid. I'm sorry babe." He said sitting down next to me. Niall and Liam were nodding along in agreement.

"You can't even sing and you just barely got your voice back. I agree with Harry." Liam said, grabbing me a bottle of water from the fridge.

"It's fine." I said, my volume barely above a whisper. "I'll be fine. I promise."

"Are you sure?" Harry asked, concerned.

"Yes. I'll just sit down if I need to and I'll bring cough drops and have lots of water. Seriously I'll be fine." I coughed after that. "At least I'm able to talk a little so I can interact with the fans. I'll be bored, but I'll be fine. Try not to worry." Harry nodded and soon we were off to the dressing rooms behind the stadium. We headed into Lou's room to get our hair and makeup done.

"Hi boys! Come in. Harry your first." Harry nodded and sat in Lou's chair while I sat on the nearby couch. "Heard you're sick Louis?"

I nodded. "Yea, but much better than a few days ago." Again my voice was barely above a whisper, as I was super nervous to talk and strain my voice.

"Well that's good. Are you singing?" I shook my head no.

"I can't. Doctor's orders, but management made me come to the concert." I grabbed a cough drop and some water as my coughing was flaring up and Harry looked at me with concern. "Stop Haz. I'm fine."

"Whatever you say." He said, getting up and switching places with me. It took about 20 more minutes for me and Harry to get ready and then Liam and Niall were calling us out.

"You boys ready?" Niall asked, pulling me into a hug.

"Of course!" I tried to talk normally, but it sounded really hoarse, so I just decided to stick to the whisper volume. Right before me and Harry stepped on stage, Liam pulled me aside, which made me slightly disoriented until Liam put his hands on my shoulders.

"Hey whatever you do tonight, don't try to sing. I know it will be tempting but if you want to have a chance to sing at the next concert, don't sing tonight. Got it?" I looked at him with wide eyes. Did he really just say that?! I thought.

"Yes dad, now worry about yourself would ya?" I moved away from him and went onstage, while the intro to Hey Angel started.

The first two songs finished and I basically just followed the other boys around, trying to interact with fans. Then Harry introduced us to the crowd like he always does.

"Good evening! We are One Direction nice to meet you all!" The crowd cheered and I always wondered why he introduced us because they obviously knew who we were if they were here, but nobody questioned it, so it went on for every concert. "Now if you were paying close attention, you may notice that Louis is not singing. He is sick, so he will just be chilling tonight." The crowd cheered more and their next song started.