Forever In Their World [Sequel]

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Zayn's POV

"What happened to her? Why is she crying and not speaking to any of us?" I asked the group after I had seen Jaylee storm into the house and lock herself in her bedroom.

"She's just shaken up from the job." Louis replied dryly as he set his bag down and started counting his left over bullets.

"This seems different. She was crying the whole way back and wouldn't talk to me." I shook my head as I tried to get answers. I knew something happened between her and Louis, but he wasn't spilling anything out.

"She doesn't want to talk to any of us pretty boy so don't take it personal." Louis commented as I knitted my eyebrows together.

"Do you have any idea what's going on?" I quietly asked Liam as he passed by me.

"Not a clue." He said as he kept walking.

"Niall?" I asked as he looked just as clueless as I did.

"I'm out of the loop mate. I'm sorry." He shrugged as he looked into my eyes.

As soon as I made eye contact with Harry he quickly looked away, giving me a hint that he somehow knew what it was about.

"I'm gonna go take a shower. Let me know when the princess stops wasting her tears." Louis sighed as he slung his duffle bag over his shoulder before exiting out of the living room.

"Harry, you were the one carrying her out while she was screaming a bunch of nonsense." I announced as I approached him.

"Nothing you haven't already seen before." Harry replied before he walked towards the kitchen and pulled out a beer from the fridge.

"Did they get in a fight or something?" I asked as Harry opened the cap.

"If they did would she be able to lock herself in the room?" Harry responded as I thought hard.

"What happened Harry?" I questioned as he started chugging the beer down.

"I know Jaylee can get shaken up but what we did wasn't enough to make her go ballistic." I stated before he sighed.

"There was a kid." Harry said as I paused and looked at him funny.

"What?" I asked as my eyebrows narrowed.

"The family we killed, they had a son. Probably about six or seven years old. And Jaylee found him before any of us could. I think she wanted to protect him or... take him somewhere safe at least. But Louis knew that wasn't our job." Harry said as he looked distant.

I started puzzling the pieces together as Harry looked at the wall with a blank expression, getting lost in the memory he shared with Louis and Jaylee.

"I came to take Jaylee away because I knew what Louis was going to do. He killed the kid and Jaylee lost it." Harry explained as I exhaled deeply.

"Jesus." I whispered as I placed my hands on my hips.

"If Jaylee couldn't forgive Louis then she definitely won't be able to forgive him now." Harry said as I shook my head.

"God.... I wonder what she's thinking right now. I can't imagine what she's going through." I sighed.

"She definitely needs some space. But I'm sure she would appreciate some comfort." Harry suggested as I nodded my head slowly.

"Is that why Louis has been off?" I questioned as I glanced at Harry.

"Yeah. I can tell it pained Louis to do that. I mean it's a kid. He didn't do anything wrong. But it's the government's orders and we can't screw this up. I'm sure Louis is just putting on an act like he always does." Harry said as he crossed his arms and looked away.