Doom At Your Service: A Haylor AU

Chapter 17: Aunt Cate

"Calling out for somebody to hold tonight

When you're lost, I'll find a way

I'll be your light

You'll never feel like you're alone

I'll make this feel like home."

Harry's POV

At one point I wanted to be one of them.

I wanted to eat just like them.

And I wanted to fall asleep like them.

I wanted to have compassion...and love like them.

But being one of them was impossible.

They always leave. Always have places to be unlike me.

And that's when I realized it.

I had no place to be. There was no end to this life. I could never become one of them. My job is to merely watch them.

"So choose. Choose yourself and the world." In all seriousness, I told Taylor what I think would be best for her. Being selfless is nice, but too much of anything isn't good at all.

She should think of herself more.

All I can do is watch her like the rest of the world.

"AUNTIE?!" Taylor stood there frozen, shocked from her mother's twin's presence. Her aunt glared at her with such fierceness that even you'd be terrified. Well if you were human, of course. I'm just curious as to why she looks so furious, staring at her niece.

A few seconds later, Taylor bolted and ran past me chaotically.

Damn. Her legs sure do justice to her surname.

"You darn brat! Stop right there!" Her aunt began to chase her.

"How do you expect me to stop when you're running after me?!" Taylor spoke to her, loud enough to hear as her distance was getting further away from me. She ran like her life depended on it.

"I won't stop!" Her aunt warned her. "Taylor Alison Swift, I deserve an explanation!"

For a middle-aged woman, she runs pretty fast.

And from the things I could hear from her mind, all that I can say is...

Taylor better run faster.

Gigi's POV

"Hey." Joe greeted me, with no enthusiasm in his voice but rather in a melancholic tone. He didn't even bother to maintain eye contact once I was in his sight. His eyes went to the floor, while he stood at my front door. "I'm sorry for showing up all of a sudden."

Hearing the apology, I shut the door. It was rude, but I needed to catch my breath for a minute.

And Zayn being in here is making things way more awkward. "Who's here?" He asked me.

"Wait for me on the first floor. I'll be right there." I said to Joe. "Let me know if you heard that." I added.

I heard two knocks from the outside, signaling that he did. I sighed from relief, knowing that he'd follow. I ran to my closet and raided it, looking for a coat to wear. "I'll be right back." told Zayn, who was watching me act unusually in a rush. "Here." He handed me my phone, having the idea that I was going to go out. "If you're leaving because of me, I'll go."