Remember When ↠ l.p.

Mr. Doncaster

"Yeah love?" Louis's voice startles me when the line connects. I smile, I can imagine the way his face looks and what expression he's making. It's not even been two weeks yet, but it feels so strange to not see him around the house. Sure we've been talking and in contact...but we all miss him. "Are you going to speak or just breath creepily for the rest of this call?" he starts breathing excessively loudly. "Are we doing some sort of kinky phone call thing? Because my husband will not approve."

"Sorry," I burst out laughing "I was just taking in your voice. I miss you."

"Is that why you called?" I can practically hear him smirking. "Because while that's very cute, it's a bit weird Izzy. Now see, I know that I'm addicting and I really can't help it but-"

"Nooo," I laugh again "I'm actually calling because I have a good news. I mean, I think that it is pretty good news and I hope that you do too..." I pause and take a deep breath, smiling widely. "So I went to see and talk to Liam today."

"What?!" I hear Louis shush someone near him. "Tell me everything, like, what were you thinking, are you okay, and what happened?" 

"I'm fine and well, I was thinking that I would be disappointed in myself if I didn't at least try, one last time. I went there and at first he was his normal self, being weird and sarcastic. Then, just as he's dismissed me and said I'm wasting both of our times coming around again, I just get this urge just go all out. I'd been saying all the usual things trying to convince him, like it's for the best, you're not healthy, I just want you to be better again...and it wasn't working. He said I wasn't sincere and it wasn't anything he hadn't heard before. So in that spur of the moment decision I use Tessie as an example."

"I tried that once, but the response was the worst I had ever gotten from him. It was right after we got you guardianship!" he exclaims excitedly. "What did he say when you brought it up this time?"

"That's the good news!" I crow "He actually agreed to think about getting treatment and help for her sake. I honestly didn't know for a few minutes there what he would do. I was trying to be brave, but if I'm honest I would have run if he started getting violent or scaring me a whole lot. There was something he said, something about it not being a bad idea. I knew then that I'd found a loophole or an Achilles heel. I pressed on from there until he agreed and we even left on sort of good terms."

"Meaning on as good of terms as you could be considering it's Liam 2.0." Louis finishes my thought for me.

"Yeah, I don't like you calling him that. It makes it sound like he's an improvement." I sigh. "It's so sad to see him like that. I know how he and it's not like I really forget, but seeing it in person after not seeing him since the courthouse...it was a dose of reality. I'm really glad I went."

"Had you told me your plans before you went I would have told you not to go, if I'm honest." He coughs a little in embarrassment, "Not from doubting you, but I would have wanted to protect you and make sure you didn't get hurt again, I promise I don't think you're not capable. I mean you've shown that you are capable." He pauses and we sit there in silence for a few seconds, "I am so happy you did go though. I'm glad that you followed your heart and were so brave."

I'm beaming and I can't stop grinning. This has been the best day. "Me too." I whisper. We spend the next half hour chatting, turns out he thought the secretary was weird, but he could just be biased from the many times she tried to hit on him. He didn't know about the cameras, but he said he was glad he didn't until now because he just would have worried more about Liam's sanity and the necessity for him to get help. Now with Liam's recovery one step closer, it doesn't seem as bad. Any of it.