H.S | When The Flash Fades | First book

Chapter 16. Addiction

When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.
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I swing open the front door, my heart pounding with anger.

"I'm going to fucking kill you!" I shout, sprinting upstairs without missing a beat.

"LOUIS WILLIAM TOMLINSON!" My voice echoes through the house, pure fury driving me.

Niall and Harry are chilling in the living room, and they both freeze when they hear me.

"Oh no," Niall mutters, wide-eyed.

"What's going on?!" Harry asks, already jumping to his feet to follow me.

I'm already halfway down the hall when they start chasing after me. I burst into Louis' room, and there he is... sleeping like he doesn't have a care in the world.

"LOUIS, WAKE YOUR ASS UP! YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!" I scream, yanking the covers off him.

Louis stirs, rolling over with a groggy groan. "Shhh, I'm sleeping," he mumbles, still half-asleep.

"WTF! Why did you do me like that?!" I'm practically shaking with how pissed I am.

Niall steps in between us, trying to keep the peace. "HEY! What the fuck are you yelling and pulling off my covers for?" Louis snaps, finally waking up.

"Yeah, that's kinda messed up. Why are you so mad?" Niall adds, looking genuinely concerned.

"You posted the video! You are SO dead," I say, glaring at Louis.

Harry, still catching up, looks confused. "What video?!"

"The video of me AND all of you guys DANCING yesterday!" I spit out, feeling my face heat up with anger.

Harry and Niall turn to Louis, who's trying to hide a smirk. "It's funny, guys!" he says, like that justifies everything.

"Funny to OUT YOUR FRIEND?! There's so much wrong in that video!" I snap, my voice getting louder.

"What do you mean?" Harry asks, still trying to piece it all together.

"Louis, what did you do?" Niall's voice is quieter now, like he's starting to get how serious this is.

"Let me tell you what he did!" I say, my tone dripping with sarcasm. "Our sweet, innocent little Louis here," I say, pointing right at him, "posted a video where my face is clear as day. People know who I am now! People know...I know One Direction. You just took my privacy and tossed it out the window!"

Niall and Harry both shoot Louis a death glare.

"And that's not even the worst part," I add, feeling my voice shake a little.

"LOUIS WILLIAM TOMLINSON!" Niall yells, fully realizing how bad this is.

"And Harry is holding my hand in the video! We were laughing at Louis and Zayn dancing the cha-cha-cha," I continue, the words spilling out in a rush.

Harry sighs, looking like he just got punched in the gut. "Twitter is going crazy with accusations that I'M the girl Harry's been hanging out with, and let me just say, they are not being NICE!"

Louis, still weirdly calm, sits up in bed while Harry just stands there, completely shell-shocked.

"Oh no! Wait, was I in the video?.." Niall asks, his voice filled with panic.

I shoot him a look. "Yes, and now people think you and Liam are a thing."

Louis snorts, like he still doesn't get how serious this is. "Really?" Niall asks, genuinely curious.