Issues Inc. | AU

|Little Black Dress|

*The Night of the Banquet*
Riley's P.O.V
I smoothed out my dress and fixed my lipstick in the mirror, hearing Louis struggle with his tie. He grunted and cursed in the room trying desperately to tie his tie, I laughed seeing him with his arm tangled in his tie.

"Riley I need help!" He screamed through the house jumping while I tapped his shoulder, "I have a predicament." I rolled my eyes taking his arm out of the tie and untangling it from his neck and grabbing the correct tie.

"I don't want that one it's boring, the other one has colors." Louis whined reaching for his colorful tie, I slapped his hand away from it. He snatched it back rubbing his hand, I finished and cleaned up his hair.

"Ow that hurts stop!" Louis whined again backing away from the brush, he was acting like Lou today and I needed Louis Tomlinson, the business owner...well the ex-business owner.

"Louis please don't do this today." I said spraying the fly aways , he pouted and I have him a light kiss on his cheek trying not to mess up my lipstick. After that he wasn't a pain in the ass.

We walked out of the house at 6:30 the banquet started at 7:00. I was planning to leave at 6:00 but Louis decided to run around the house and make his hair fall, it took me twenty minutes to brush it and ten to spray all of it up again.

"Please act professional today, Lou I'm serious this is an important night for your family." I said making sure I didn't look like I've been chasing at twenty-three year old man around a mansion.

"I will I'm not going to let you down love." Louis responded turning into the parking lot. Liam stepped out of his car, with Sophia she was wearing a long white dress.Zayn was with Ryan, Niall and Harry were alone.

It felt weird coming back to one of these, we were just teenagers the first time. I was wearing a short red dress and I was stuck to Niall the whole night, Victoria was on and off of everyone.

I was nervous about her uncle sponsoring the banquet, because he could know what Victoria lied about. I didn't want to go through the walk of shame with Louis's family watching me.
They trusted me and I trusted them.

"Over there love I'll get you something to drink just find our seats." Louis said pointing to the table, I walked over sitting down laying my purse in Louis's seat.

He came back with a glass of wine setting it in front of me. I took it gazing through the crowd of people, chocking when I saw Victoria walking over to us.

"Don't you two look ravishing, glad you could make it, but I wouldn't stay for Uncle Frank's speech unless you want to become the worst person who lived sabotaging an old mans heart and soul." Victoria tapped her fingers on the table smiling then walking away.

I breathed out closing my eyes, everyone else piled in the seats while Louis comforted me.

"What happened?" Liam asked rubbing my back softly. I felt my arms start to shake as Louis told him, I wasn't even sure if I could handle everything that was going to happen.

If it did happen.

But it did, the music went down and Frank walked to the middle of the room, he cleared his throat and started his speech.

"Good evening everyone, I am Frank Valentina of the Valentina corp. As you know the lovely Tomlinson's have kept the X magazine going since 1973, and now that we have been sadly removed from the magazine business. We come together, one last time to honor these legends of the magazine business." Frank spoke into the microphone motioning over to Louis's grandparents.

"Would you all like to know how and why it was removed, I bet you would...Now Mr.Louis Tomlinson has told us it's because of sales but it's not that...

its because of this file of emails right here that says 'We will not have to make our own ideas anymore because Riley has an idea' then Mr.Payne replies to Mr.Tomlinson 'Have her email me I'm quite tired of making our own prints'. An hour later Ms.Farrell emails Mr.Payne 'How about we just use ideas from Vogue and or The Next magazine.'

Mr. Payne then sends the email to Mr.Styles and Mr.Horan. It is a felony to plagiarize another magazine. They also never sent money to The Valentina corp. charity Mr.Tomlinson used the money to make a house here in California for Ms.Farrell. They should all be arrested." Victoria finished having the whole audience stare at us, my mouth hung open as she added.
"Ms.Farrell started this conspiracy and she should go down with it."

"Damn right she will." Frank said nodding over to the security guards, they grabbed my arms and took me out to the hallway away from everyone.

Of course everyone followed including Victoria, Frank paced the room yelling at himself. He finally stopped pacing and stared at my trembling figure.His guards held back Louis as he walked towards me.

"You know exactly what you've done, but darling you don't know the consequences."
Frank nodded to his security guards over to me.

Louis ran over to me just as he pulled out a gun time slowed down as Louis bounded down the long hallway. Zayn ran after him, the guard cocked back the gun and aimed at me.Louis lunged infront of me and Zayn jumped in front of him.

Three shots rang out.

Bang.

"Move Riley get out the way!"

Bang.

"Zayn!"

"Finish them!"

Bang.

...

Ryan's P.O.V
I fell to the floor screaming and crying, Liam had ran down to them as Frank filed out.
Victoria surprisingly stayed and rested Riley's head in her lap.

"Take the girls back to the hotel now!" Liam screamed.

Niall and Harry grabbed me trying to pick me up but I refused. "No I need Zayn." I cried pulling back.

They picked me up as I screamed loudly, kicking my heels off and trying to fall out of their arms. I was devestated.

He was gone.

Forever this time.