It's safer in the dark

Part 13

Harry's POV

We watch as Louis, runs out of the kitchen and up the stairs.

"Drew that just proves my point, someone has hurt him, and I think we have made it worse" I say to Drew.

"Haz I dunno, He explained all that. It is a hot day, maybe he really is hot "Drew says and I just nod.

"I need to tell Louis how I feel about him" I confess to Drew.

"Yeah, you do" he says back smirking we both chuckle.

Just before we leave the kitchen Greta, the housekeeper walks in. She is a short round American lady in her late 40's that I think used to live in the Bronx, her accent is really cool to listen too.

"Drew Hun, why did Louis give me school clothes to fit a 10-year-old, who's are they?" she asks.

"You mean his new school uniforms we brought today?" he asks confused.

"Yeah, the ones he just gave me, they still have tags on them, but the size is tiny are they Louis? Or am I doing other people's washing?" she laughs out.

"Um no they are his, we just brought them" Drew says worriedly.

"Ok Hun, just checking, you may need to keep an eye on that" she says as she walks out.

Drew and I look at each.

"I think shit just got serious" I say and Drew nods his head.

"I'll have to talk to the boys" he says.

We go over to the kitchen cupboards Drew gets out some junk food and we carry it all up into his room. We sit down on his couch and get FIFA up and running, ready to play. We sit on the couch in Drew's room.

"Haz I'm worried about him" Drew says to me.

"I know man me too, but I promise I'll help fix it ok, we will fix it don't worry" I say.

I'm not sure I believe that I know the rumours going around about Louis and Mr Charles. We were quick to dispel them though, but I think the seniors are the only ones that are mature enough to listen. Now that I think about it, the way Louis froze when he saw Joey and his friends today, the way he flinched and thought I was going to yell at him, the way he flinches when someone goes to touch him. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me; he seems so scared all the time.

Then it hits me, Louis has been lying about the bruises. He has been lying about how he got them. Oh my god. We have all been so caught up with everything that's happened with Mr Charles that we were quick to believe his lies. Why didn't I take more notice, why didn't I see this? He is being bullied at school I know it; I just want to make Louis feel safe. I want to hold him and protect him and call him mine. I want to be with him. I have never had feelings for another guy like I do for Louis. He is absolutely stunning, and his smile sends shivers down my spine. He is amazing and I love spending time with him.

What happened with Stan was nothing and I understand why Drew got so mad at me. It took me three days of being completely ignored by Drew to convince him that there was nothing going on between us. I would never think of Stan as anything. Louis means so much to me. I know he has been dealing with a lot to do with Mr Charles, so I didn't want to spring my emotions on him as well. I nearly told him that night Stan tried to kiss me, Louis didn't understand that I was trying to tell him the someone else I said I had feelings for was actually him. I realise that I need to tell Louis how I feel, then maybe he will open up to me and allow me to protect him. I need to tell him now. I stand up from Drew's couch.

"I'll be back in a minute" I say

"Where are you going?" Drew asks.

"To tell Louis how I feel" I say back smiling.

"Well good luck mate" Drew says.

I walk out of his room and across the hall. I knock on the door, but I get no answer. I try again but no luck. I'm a little worried so I open the door. The sight before me nearly breaks my heart. Louis is fast asleep on the bed, the ice packs he got from downstairs are placed all over his body. He looks so small and thin but still absolutely gorgeous. I think everything he is dealing with is getting to him and as a result he is losing weight.

I walk over to the bed; I hesitate to move one of the ice packs, but I need to know if someone has been hurting him. I move the one on his ankle and there is a big bruise forming, his ankle is also quite swollen. I gasp at the site. I move the one over Louis ribs and lift up his shirt. His side has a fresh bluey purple bruise on it. I can't help but tear up at the sight. This beautiful boy is dealing so much, and I know he is only being bullied from jealousy. All the girls and guys in our senior grade go on about how gorgeous Drew's little brother is and I'm constantly telling the guys to stop trying to catch a perve of him. He is so much more than that.

The seniors aren't really allowed to socialise with the juniors, and we have classes on another level, so, I can't watch Louis all the time and we don't have any influence on the juniors. They are some of the rudest, sluttiest group of girls I've come across, and the guys aren't much better, they are so arrogant and are so disrespectful to the girls and I know they find Louis a threat. Someone who is smart and beautiful, so they pick on him and it's not fair. He doesn't deserve this, and he doesn't belong with those kinds of people. I'm going to show him that. I'm going to be the one to show Louis how to be loved, show him how he deserves to be treated and show him just how amazing he is.

I walk out of Louis room and back into Drew's. I don't know if I should tell him about the bruises, I know he will flip shit.

"What did Louis say?" Drew questions "You look like you've just seen a ghost" he says

"Umm, he was asleep" I say.

"Asleep? That's strange, it's 4 in the afternoon, I'll go see if he is ok" he says.

" Um Drew" I start

He is already out of the room and across the hallway, he opens Louis door carefully and walks towards the bed

"What the fuck" he whispers out when he sees Louis, he turns towards me.

"I know" I say quietly.

We both leave the room and go back to Drew's; I flop down on the bed and Drew takes the couch.

"What do we do Haz?" he asks.

"D, I just don't know, he isn't going to confess anything or tell us what's going on, so we need to find out for ourselves once and for all" I say.

"Yeah, we just need to figure out how to do it" Drew says.

"Do we tell the boys?" I ask.

"Let's give it until Friday, if we see anything strange, we will tell them. We need to get the group to keep eyes and ears open again, we must be missing something" Drew says and I nod.

We need to get to the bottom of this and fast before Louis life is put in danger.