24 Hours [L.T]

00| Advice

Advice
/ədˈvaɪs/
An opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation.

...

No perspective

Everly Malik always thought it was the guy who was the hero in stories, the one who sacrifices their lives for the person they love. "Not in this case, I guess" she thought.

"Run like it's a marathon love, I'll be there in a second." He breathed into his torn grey sweater, while attempting to stand up from the dirty ground that's filled with his own blood, struggling to find his balance with an open gunshot wound to his left thigh. 

"Like hell I will, come on." She grabs his hand and tried to pull him up, once he was on both feet he placed his bruised arm around her shoulder for support.

"How did we end up here, Louis?"

...

Three weeks earlier

"It's funny how you can love something, but if you stare at it long enough, you begin to hate it."

My eyes moved away from my phone and look at my best friend in confusion. "Then stop staring at me, Liam." I joke.

"Ha-ha." He sarcastically laughs while taking a bite of his chicken nuggets that he forced me to buy, or as he sees it: "treating my best friend."

Buzz buzz

I hear a noise come from my phone to see there's a new text message.

From: Bruter (Zayn)
13:02
Oi! Look out your window.

"What is it?" Liam asks with furrowed eyebrows, staring at the device in my hand. I direct my phone towards him with a bantam smile staring to form on my face. Liam's eyes automatically darts to the window, we stand up from our seat in sync and start sprinting towards my window. 

I see a slim figure stand in the driveway, covered in tattoos, messy hair cascading down his forehead, wearing a ripped black band tee and skinny jeans.

"He's here?!" I exclaim and move my worn out black Vans towards the door, Liam following not too far behind me. I open the wooded door to come face to face with the person that I haven't seen in 18 months.

"How-" He brings me into a bear hug before I got a word out. His long tattooed arms wrap around my shoulders. He hugs me so tightly I can barely breathe.

"Can't breathe." I say into his chest while shuffling out a chuckle. He quickly let's go of me while mumbling a faint "sorry"

"My Lima!" My brother exclaims and exchanges a very enthusiastic hand skake.

"You're back mate! We missed you." Liam smiles brightly showing off his dimples. Zayn's smile slowly fades and turns into a frown.

"You're not coming back are you?"

My lips form into a thin line, sighing under my breath. "No, not yet. I'm coming to get Everly instead-"