AGLOW [L.T]

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Before he got to read anything I made sure to snatch the paper out of his hands and he did nothing to get it back. He just looked at me with wide eyes as he had realized what it actually was that he had seen. I scrunched the paper up in my hand and put it in my pocket, expecting that he would not try to get it back.

"What the hell is going on?" Zayn showed up, coming back out of the storage room. He looked over towards us where we're sitting next to the stairs. Tears had fallen from my eyes even though I couldn't understand why and Louis still looked shocked, "What happened? I left for a few minutes!" Zayn says walking over to us.

He held out his hand for me and Louis stood up again. I took Zayn's hand and he helped me up to my feet. I used my hand to wipe the tears from my cheeks because I was fine. I was pissed but I wasn't going to cry. I am done with crying and I am sick of it. Louis looked at me but I ignored it, looking down at my own hands instead. Zayn turned to look around the floor where the pills were scattered around.

"What the fuck is this?" He asks, turning to Louis for an explanation.

"Don't worry about it," Louis shakes his head, "It's none of your business, besides, we should go."

Louis walks past us both, heading up the stairs as Zayn looks at me with pity in his eyes and I already hate it. I don't want people to pity me and now I feel like both Zayn and Louis are doing it. I sigh and shake my head, getting ready to follow him up so we can get to the car and get home but Zayn stops me by grabbing my hand softly.

"Hey," He starts to get my attention, "I didn't tell Louis, I did see you but I never told him and I never intended to."

"Wait, what-" Is all I get out before Zayn's sigh cuts me off.

"With the bottles by the pond." He explains and it brings me back to the morning I was there, I heard something and it must've been him.

"You were there?" I ask, still a bit confused as to why he was there

"I saw you leave the hotel that morning and I followed you because it was odd to see you out, alone that early in the morning so I followed you and I saw it all and figured it was something you didn't want him to know so I never told him." He says quietly, looking over my shoulder to make sure Louis wasn't coming back down the stairs to hear him admit that.

"Well, he'll know now, so..." I shrug before turning to follow Louis up the stairs. Zayn doesn't stop me this time but I hear him sigh before I hear the pills getting scrambled together on the floor. I would help him but I feel like Louis would get even more upset and I probably need to tell him about it now.

When I get up the stairs I push through the big metal door and see Louis waiting over by the car. I walk over to it where he's standing, waiting for me to get out of there. I quickly get into the passenger seat and he sits behind the wheel. He was quick to get back onto the street, driving us back towards the hotel.

He was sitting in silence but I saw the distress in the way he picked on his cuticles as he was driving. I did nothing to change the fact that the only sound was the engine of the car and some of the traffic around us. The sky had turned dark while we were in there and the street lights were shining in on us. Louis sighed a few times before running his hand over his face but he still remained silent.

"I didn't mean to lie to you." I say eventually. Not because I couldn't stand the silence but because I can't stand another fight with him. I hate when he yells and I hate feeling like I did something wrong to him.

He shakes his head with a huff, "How did you get them?" He asks.

I sit there in silence, dreading to answer his question. I want to tell him that I've always had them but I would just be lying to him again. So I look out the window, recognizing that we're almost back at the hotel. I see his head turning to look at me before he looks ahead again.