I Can't Love My Kidnapper

Chapter Sixteen

Madison's P.O.V

The next day, we had a small funeral for Louis and Shelby. It was sad, but also beautiful. We buried the two together so they'd never be apart, even in death.

We all stood around the grave. Harry was on my right, his arms around my waist, and Maddie was on my left. Liam stood beside her, his arm around her shoulder. Mallori and Niall stood together next to Harry, and Zayn stood next to Niall.

"Louis said for us not to grieve," Niall said. "But I still think we should say a few words,"

"Of course," Maddie said. "To pay respects,"

"It's hard to think that we won't ever see the two again," Liam said.

"It's quiet beautiful, what Shelby did," Zayn said. "Sad, but beautiful. She loved Louis, despite what he had done to her. She saw the good in him,"

"We can all learn something from that," Harry said.

There were a few more things said and everyone went back inside. Harry stopped me before I walked inside. He wrapped his arms around my waist and set his head on my shoulder.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Can I talk to you? In the bedroom?" I said pulling away from him.

He looked at me, worry written all over his face. "Yeah, of course," he said and the both of us went up to his bedroom. He sat us down on the bed and he put his hand in mine. "What do you want to talk about love?"

"She told me she would kill herself," I said. "Shelby. The night Louis was brought back hurt, she said she'd kill herself if he didn't make it,"

Harry rubbed the back of my hand with his thumb. "You feel responsible for her death, don't you?"

I nodded, tears starting to fall down my cheeks. The guilt was eating me alive. I could have done something! I could've talked her out of it. I could've taken the gun. I could've opened the door sooner. I could've done something!

Harry reached up and wiped my tears away. "Stop, Louis didn't want tears and neither do I," he said. "And seeing you cry hurts so bad,"

I took a deep breath and looked up at him. "I just wish there was something I could've done to stop her,"

"She would've done it eventually," he said. "She was so in love with him. It would've been more painful for her to have kept living,"

I looked down at our hands. "I want our love to be as strong as theirs," I said.

I felt Harry leant over and kiss my cheek. "I think it is," he said. "I know that if anything ever happened to you, I wouldn't be the same ever again. If you died, I know I wouldn't be able to keep on living. Everyday would be a battle, and my life would become a war. I want you to be with me for the rest of my life. I never want to see you sad or hurt. When you're hurt, I am too. It pains me to see you sad and not be able to help. I love you. I love you with all of my heart,"

"Oh Harry," I said and started to cry again. I reached over and hugged him, burring my head in his neck. He gently rubbed my back and whispered sweet nothings in my ear.

He leant is back on the bed and kissed my forehead. "I never want you to leave my arms,"

"Me either," I said. We laid there together, enjoying the feeling of being together. I loved feeling the warmth his body gave off. I loved listening to his sweet voice telling me he loved me. I loved feeling his hand in mine. I loved him. I loved everything about him. What happened yesterday won't bring us down, it'll make us stronger.

There was a soft knock at the door but I didn't want to leave the warmth of Harry's chest.

"Everyone's going to watch s movie, if you guys want to join," I heard Mallori say.

I felt Harry nod. "We'll be down in a minute," he said and I heard the door close.

"I don't want to. I want to stay all warm against you," I mumbled into his neck.

"Come on, it'll take your mind off things," he said. "And you can still cuddle me on the couch,"

I grinned. "Okay," I said. "But only because I love you,"

He smiled and pecked my lips. "I love you too,"

We both walked downstairs and went to get seated on the couch. Liam had put the movie in and everyone was together. But even though we were all together, it wasn't the same. Through the whole movie, everyone was sad. At the end I felt Harry become stiff.

"I'm going to kill those sick bastards for doing this," Harry growled.

"What are you talking about Harry?" Zayn sighed.

"I'm not going to let Louis' and Shelby's deaths go unpunished," Harry said sitting up.

"Harry, you can't just go kill the police," Maddie said rolling her eyes. "They're the good guys in this situation,"

Harry stopped. "Louis wasn't shot by the police," he said.

I turned and looked at him. "Then who shot him?"

"The leader of another rival gang," Harry said. "We were ambushed on our way back,"

"How come no one told us this?" Maddie said sitting up and looking at Liam.

"We were more focused on trying to keep Louis alive," Liam said rubbing Maddie's shoulder. "We weren't trying to keep secrets. It slipped our minds,"

"So you're suggesting we go take out the other gangs leader?" Niall asked Harry.

"That's exactly what I'm saying," Harry said.

"But isn't it risky?" Liam said.

"If we don't fight back, it makes us look weak," Harry said. "We need to show them we can still fight even if we're one man short,"

"It sounds reasonable," Niall said.

"I still think it's risky," Liam said.

"Zayn, you're now the leader, so you make the decision," Harry said.

Zayn looked at us all and smirked. "I say we teach them a lesson,"

A/N:

Hi there! Thanks for staying with me, I know that last chapter hurt. I bet you still hate me but that's cool. I hate me too. Well thanks for reading this far! Lots of love! :)

P.S:

I love you homies <3