Forbidden {L.S.}

Seven(H)

I splashed water on my face and took deep breaths. "We weren't together. We weren't together. We weren't together... so he could do it," I whispered, falling into my arms I had placed on the counter, trying to fight off sobs. Why would he do this? Why would he do this to me? I would have bet on anything that he wouldn't have went back to Eleanor. And he was probably there that whole day.

"Harry?" Louis asked through the door.

"Leave me alone," I told him, standing back up and wiping my eyes. "I want to be alone right now."

I heard him mumble fair enough before his footsteps faded away from the door. I peaked into the bedroom and saw he wasn't in there, so I grabbed my phone and called Niall.

"Hey, what's up, H?" Niall asked on the first ring.

"Can you come get me for a night or two? I'll explain later." I stared at myself and kept convincing myself to somehow not burst out in tears in the mirror we have on the wall.

"Be right there. Are you okay?" Niall asked. I could hear the concern in his voice.

"I don't know." It was the truth. We technically weren't together, even if he only broke up with me to get with her. It hurts thinking that that's the reason he broke up with me. Like I didn't matter. Like I wasn't there for him through all of that.

"Okay, Harry."

I got my charger and some clothes, then walked through the hallway and outside the apartment, walking downstairs. I waited for Niall, chewing on my lips.

Was Lottie just trying to warn me? Tell me that it was bound to happen? Why would Louis even do it? I was right there. His mom had just told us we should get married, then he sleeps with his ex.

Niall pulled up finally and I climbed inside. He looked me over before driving off. "What the hell did he do?"

"Slept with his ex after breaking up with me. Like right after breaking up with me." I shrugged and forced myself to chuckle. I wasn't ready to cry yet, and it was laugh or cry at that point. "I just... It fucking hurts."

"You have the right to feel like that. I know you, you're telling yourself your feeling aren't valid because you guys weren't dating, but it is valid, I promise. It's completely valid." Niall started driving and blew out some air. "Stay as long as you need."

A few hours later, I was texting Louis while Niall was talking to one of his friends on the phone. At first, I was talking with them, but them I got distracted by Louis' texts.

Finally I gave in and called Louis, standing up and walking to the hallway. "I'm at Niall's okay, drop it."

"You left without a word, Harry. I was worried."

I closed my eyes while trying not to picture how worried he actually was. "I'm 18. I can go places without telling you, Louis. Or do I have to tell you now?"

"Don't turn this into a bigger issue-"

"So it is an issue? I'm not going to let you control me, Louis. We're supposed to take care of each other." I was battling at not completely losing it on him. "You told me I could go see Niall whenever I wanted to. Guess what, I wanted to."

"Harry, stop," Louis groaned. "I fucked up. I know that. I should have told you about it months ago, but I wanted to forget about it. Eleanor is horrible, she always has been. Don't let me fuck this up, Harry. Please."

"I just need some space, Louis. Give me a few days, okay? I didn't break up with you. I wasn't planning on breaking up with you. I just... I just need to think about this for a while."

Louis let go of a deep breath and I heard him sniffle. "We're not over."

"No, Louis. It's a fight, it's an argument. I need to think about this. That's it."

"Okay."

"I love you, Louis. I still do, okay?" I wanted to get off the phone and I knew that would calm him down enough to hang up.

"I love you." It was a breath of relief for him. I hung up after that and closed my eyes. I leaned against the wall and took a deep breath. I eventually went back into the room with Niall and closed the door. Niall looked up at me as I walked back to the bed.

"Took you long enough." He flicked my arm after I leaned against the pillows on his bed. "You good?"

"Louis kept calling, so I told him he needed to stop and leave me alone, we weren't over, I just needed space. So I think he's gonna chill out now. He better chill out now." If he doesn't-

"Are you going to break up with him?" Niall asked softly.

I loved Louis. He made a mistake, but the middle of one I can get over. It might take a little, especially when we go to visit his family. "I don't know. I don't think I should, but... No. I'm not going to. That would kill me. Just... I have to think about it without him trying to explain it to me twenty thousands times."

"Cool. So now turn off your phone and put it away. It's you and me time because I hardly see you outside school anymore." Niall pretended to begin crying and sniffled before looking up at me with pouting eyes

I turned it off and put my phone away without a word. He was right, I had been ignoring him. "Sorry."

"You're fine, H. Just remember I exist a little more," he joked. "So, I was thinking we do something fun."

"Like what?" I asked, sitting on the chair. "I'm down." Niall grinned, jumping into an explanation of what he had planned already.

So is this what y'all we're expecting from the updated... Or...?