Disappearance

Epilogue

When Louis woke up in the morning, he immediately made sure that Harry was lying next to him, and he was. He let out a breath of relief and spooned Harry from behind just to get a chunk of his hair in his mouth. Wait, Harry's long hair.

He sat up and turned on the lamp and looked around. This was not the bungalow in Jamaica he fell asleep in.
"Lou? Turn off the light! I'm sleeping." Harry whined.

"What year is it?" He asked and shook Harry awake.

"2015." Harry mumbled.

He was back! Or had it just been a weird dream? It felt like a dream. It really did. Then he remembered what had happened in that dream and he grabbed his phone and called his mum. He quickly counted the time difference while he was scared out of his mind that his mother wouldn't answer. That this was the dream, and he still had time travelled to 2019.
"Hi, sweetie." His mum said, and he let out a dry sob.

"What's wrong?" His mum Jay asked.

"I had a nightmare. You were sick. Mum, I need you to go to the doctor tomorrow for a check-up. Please!" Louis said.

Harry had woken up and put an arm around him. Louis glanced at him. He seemed worried.
"I feel fine, Louis. Don't worry about me. It was just a dream." His mum said.

"No mum, please listen. Go see a doctor. Give me that peace of mind. I'm so far away. I need the assurance, the expert opinion to know you're healthy because I can't do this without you, Mum." Louis said.

"If you're really that worried, I'll make an appointment. I love you. Go back to sleep." His mum said.

"Thank you. Tomorrow!" Louis said.

"Tomorrow. I promise." His mum reassured him.

"Good. Bye, mum. I'll talk to you tomorrow." Louis said and hung up.

"Are you okay? What's going on?" Harry asked worriedly.

"I had a really awful dream." Louis said and started to cry and buried his face against Harry's chest.

"Heey, it was just a dream. You're okay. Wanna tell me about it?" Harry said and rubbed his back.

"Uhm, I fell asleep in this hotel room. Look, I'm wearing me clothes in bed just like in me dream and then I woke up in Doncaster in 2019. I had time-traveled. Me mum was dead, and Fizzy too, and you had a new boyfriend, Nick!" Louis rambled between sobs.

"Now, that sounds like a crazy dream. Nick and I? Would never happen. Time travel? That's not real, Lou." Harry tried to comfort him.

"It feels really fucking real!" Louis muttered.

He managed to calm down eventually and moved his head so he could look at Harry. He caressed his long hair.
"I really like your hair, you know?"

"I know." Harry smiled and pecked his lips.

"I love you, so fucking much." Louis said emotionally.

"I love you too. More than anything." Harry replied.

The nightmare was still fresh in his mind and even if it had only been a dream the content of the dream freaked him out. He couldn't even imagine not having Harry in his life. His heart felt tight in his chest. He loved him so much!
"Harry? Will you marry me?" Louis asked.

Harry looked shocked at first but a second later he broke out in a happy smile.
"Yes."

Louis smiled and kissed him. He knew they were young but his dream had made it very clear that Harry was the love of his life and he didn't want to spend a minute without him. It wasn't something he already knew deep down but now he was absolutely sure.

The next day his mum called while they were at the airport.
"Louis, can you talk?"

He immediately heard in her voice that something was wrong.
"Yeah, what is it?" He asked and stepped away so he could talk in private.

"I went to see a doctor as promised. They found something in my blood test and I'm gonna see a specialist in a few days." His mum said.

"Cancer?" Louis asked with a trembling voice.

"They don't know yet. Now, don't worry about me." His mum said.

"I'm coming home." Louis said.

"You don't have to do that. You're on tour." His mum protested.

"Mum, I'm coming home." Louis said.

They hung up and he walked up to the boys.
"Me mum might have cancer. I have to go home."

"Shit! Of course!" Niall immediately said.

"I'm going with you." Harry immediately offered.

"No, our label and management won't let us cancel our shows. You know that. Speaking of, we're about to resign our contracts. I don't think we should do it. I don't want to split up the band but we can't continue like this. We're exhausted. I know you all would be amazing solo artists." Louis said.

His bandmates looked at each other.
"Let's not discuss that now. Let's book you a flight to England and we'll deal with our label. Go be with your mum." Liam answered.

He managed to find a flight that would leave in half an hour and bought a ticket. His bandmates hugged him and he ran to find the gate.

A week later they knew that his mum had leukemia but the doctors had caught it in a very early stage and were positive that she could beat it. Louis stayed by her side the whole time and she made it through.

They had a band meeting and decided to take a hiatus. Louis was relieved. He needed to be home with his mum right now and keep an eye on his sister Fizzy. If the dream had been right about his mum's cancer he sure as hell wouldn't lose Fizzy to an overdose, but she seemed okay.

He discussed the butterfly effect with Harry one night when they were planning their wedding. Since his mum didn't die, Fizzy wouldn't start using to cope with the grief. It was crazy how life worked.

They got married in September and had an intimate wedding with their closest family and friends. It was the happiest day of Louis' life. His mum and sister were alive, and he married the love of his life.

He often thought about his weird time travel dream. Thanks to his nightmare everything worked out perfectly. It was like the universe had given him a hint of a future disaster and helped him divert it. He was thankful that it had been a dream after all and that he hadn't really time-traveled four years into the future. Right?

The End