Ghost Be Gone!

6

On Saturday Louis got ready to go ghost hunting. He was excited over two things. See Harry again and the chance to encounter a ghost that wasn't bothering him this time.

The guys picked him up at ten in a van with a big logo on it. Ghost Be Gone. He looked around the street before he jumped in and greeted everyone.
"The haunted turned into a hunter. Nice to see you again, Louis." Niall grinned.

"Here's an overall." Liam said and handed him an overall that looked just like theirs.

"Oh, wow. You just had one laying around?" Louis questioned and looked at the overall with skepticism.

"It used to be Steve's." Harry said.

Louis looked around at them.
"Who's Steve?"

"We don't talk about Steve." Zayn muttered.

Harry leaned in to whisper in Louis' ear.
"A friend of Zayn. He moved back home."

Zayn glared at them so they kept quiet. As they reached Notting Hill Louis got more excited.
"What will me assignment be?"

"Observe." Liam replied.

Louis felt disappointed. Harry noticed.
"Louis can be in charge of the thermometer. Right guys?"

"Sure." Niall easily agreed.

Louis was just glad to have something to be in charge of even if it was a smaller task. Liam parked outside a house. A man was waiting for the by the stairs. Niall jumped out first and greeted him.
"Mr. Henry? I'm Niall. We spoke on the phone."

"Hello. Here are the keys. Just get that thing out of my house. We're staying at a hotel. Call me when you're done." With that, he hurried off.

"Wow, he ran away fast as hell. That doesn't feel calming." Louis commented.

"Well, usually when people notice that they have a presence with them it has gone pretty far." Zayn answered.

"Right." Louis replied lightly. He knew little to nothing about the subject. The only ghost he had encountered so far was Simon Cowell and he only heard him.

They started to unload the van and brought everything with them. Zayn unlocked the door and opened it. The door slammed shut.
"Angry ghost." Zayn snorted.

Louis just stared at him in disbelief. He said it so casually. He looked around at the others. No one reacted. Damn! Ice cool dudes. Zayn opened the door again and shouted.
"I just wanna talk."

The door didn't slam in their faces again so Zayn took a step over the threshold. He tried to flick on the light but nothing happened.
"Flashlights."

Niall shoved a flashlight in Louis' hand and he fumbled with it. He was a bit shaky. Everyone turned their lights on and walked inside the house. It was spooky, Louis thought, pun not intended. The door slammed behind them and Louis jumped.
"Shit."

"Just stay close to me." Harry said lowly and touched his arm.

As if he was about to wander off alone in a ghost house? Louis pressed his side to Harry's. It was fucking scary. This was their hobby?

They made it to the living room. Louis shone the flashlight around him so he would see if anything jumped him before he realized how ridiculous that was. He wouldn't see anything. The guys fired up their equipment. Niall handed him the thermometer.
"Look for sudden temperature drops."

Louis gulped. He could do that. Harry came up close. His face looked pale from the light of the flashlight.
"Are you okay?" He asked lowly.

"A bit jumpy." Louis admitted with a nervous smile.

"Don't worry. I'll protect you." Harry promised and Louis' stomach turned into butterflies.

When they had everything in order Zayn took the lead and they started to explore the house. They walked from room to room and found the ghost in the master bedroom.
"Hi, can I talk to you?" Zayn asked politely.

Louis heard a loud roar and they were all knocked off their feet. Louis dropped his flashlight and searched for it frantically while he tried to get up but he was tangled with the others.

When they all had managed to get up Zayn was pissed.
"That's it! You could at least try to be somewhat nice when we're trying to help you."

Louis was confused for a second before he realized that Zayn was talking to the ghost. He found the thermometer and held it up and the degrees suddenly dropped.
"Yes, I'm talking to you. Show me the same courtesy." Zayn said.

Louis glanced around. He didn't see much in the dark. He stepped closer to Harry who held the EMF Gauge that went off like crazy. Zayn was holding what seemed like one-way communication.
"Okay. Marianne? I'll tell her. Why don't you like the new owners? You don't like kids? Well, this isn't your house anymore. There's a better place for you. Sure. No one likes that. Why not? Oh, okay."

Louis just listened to Zayn talking with big eyes. This was crazy. Harry pulled his arm.
"Zayn gave us the sign to get out."

"Oh, okay." Louis said and followed Harry to the hallway.

They had to wait ten minutes before the lights turned on and Zayn joined them.
"It's done. Harry, I need you to find me a Marianne MacMurray."

"Alright." Harry said.

Louis looked between them.
"That's it?"

"He went willingly after I promised to tell his wife something. Unfinished business." Zayn shrugged.

They locked up. Niall called the owner and was instructed to leave the keys in the mailbox. They got back in the van. Louis was high on adrenaline. He glanced at Harry.
"Wanna go home to my place? You and me?" He whispered in his ear.

"Yeah." Harry agreed.

"who wants to go out for beers?" Niall asked.

Liam and Zayn immediately agreed.
"You can drop me off at Louis'." Harry said.

Louis caught Niall's smirk. He drove them back to his place and Harry got out with him. They waved goodbye and headed to his apartment. He had an idea of how to use all this extra adrenaline. He glanced at Harry. It seemed like they were thinking the same thing.