Stockholm Syndrome

six

- Louis -

Harry's eyes fell straight into the ground. He pulled the phone from his ear. I could see all the emotions flashing behind his eyes. Anger, frustration, hurt. He must know now. He has to know Andrea is missing again. Who was that on the phone?

"Harry? Who was that on the phone? That didn't sound like Andrea." The words slipped from my tongue. I didn't want to pressure the lad, considering this is a lot to take in. But Andrea is out there. Someone answered that phone. We need to know who it was. It could potentially lead us straight to her.

Harry's eyes looked up at me. His face twisted in a distorted way. "All he told me was that he has Andrea. He has her locked up. She's never coming back." His voice was the smallest thing I have ever heard. He has never seemed so upset, so heartbroken before in his life. Andrea and Harry had made a very close personal bond over the past couple months. They became best friends in an instant. If Andrea wasn't with me, she was ninety-eight percent of the time with Harry.

I turned my back to him, and started pacing the room. My hands rubbed my face, my fingers puncturing my eyes to stop myself from crying. The hurt in this situation is so real. Why couldn't this kidnapper have taken me. Living without Andrea, well, I might as well just be dead anyway. I only kept myself breathing on that hospital bed so I could see Andrea when I woke up. So I could be with her finally.

How do I tell Harry? He seems like he knows but the vibe doesn't feel like that. Obviously we need to tell the other lads now. I just don't know how. We all love Andrea like family. I can hardly get out four words about this entire situation without melting into a puddle of tears. Niall hates talking about it just as much as I do. And Harry? He doesn't know enough.

"Lou," Harry's voice cracked. It didn't sound sweet or sympathetic. It sounded angry. The fury was building up in him. I was in for some trouble. "Where's Andrea?"

I bit my bottom lip and shut my eyes. He had me cornered. There was nothing I could do now; I had to tell Harry. "Harry," I began, trying to morph together the words about to come from my mouth. I turned to face him and a strong tear rolled down my cheek. "Andrea's missing again."

"What?-"

"She was kidnapped during the party." I said as quickly as possible. "When Paul, Niall, and I went back to her hotel room we found a note -- this note -- sitting on her pillow." I dug around one of the end tables in the living area. I handed the little, evil, crumpled up slip of paper to Harry who scanned it over no questions asked.

"She's been gone since." I added.

"Why didn't you tell me? Does anyone else know?" Harry went on, a little angry and offended. His voice level was calm so we wouldn't distract anyone else over here, but his tone was mean, disappointed, and harsh.

"Only Niall, Paul, you, and I. The reason we didn't tell you lads was because I told them not to tell you." I admitted, Harry's eyes filling with a cloud of hurt. "Andrea's been gone for only a day and I can hardly handle it. I didn't want you guys feeling the same burden as well."

"Louis, we're your bandmates." He stepped forward, placing a hand on my shoulder. He never calls me Louis unless it's bad. "We're all here for you, we're all supposed to trust each other. We all carry each other's burden's no matter how bad. Even if it does involve Andrea being gone. We all love Andrea. We should be able to know the truth too."

I sniffled, letting out another two or three tears. "I know."

Harry lead me to the couch. "What else do we know about this whole kidnapping situation?"

"Absolutely nothing." I said, wiping my eyes. "Other than that note. And the phone call you just made."

Harry nodded, staring at the little piece of paper that still burned in his hand. It was taunting me sitting there; mocking me. "So I'm assuming that no police are involved?" It came out more of a question than an assumption.

"Niall called up Heather." I looked up at Harry to see his eyes buldging from his head. "Yeah, I know. I wasn't bright about the idea either. But, Niall claims that she has changed and apparently went to school and is now a Private Investigator. She's gonna be here in the next couple of days."

"Niall really believes her?"

"I don't know. He does, but I don't."

Harry sighed, leaning back against the couch, and staring up at the ceiling. "Are we really going to go through this all over again?"

My head whipped to give him the dirtiest look. "Are you stupid? My girlfriend is out there, dead or alive, kidnapped and you're questioning whether you want to do this or not."

"Louis, we've already spent months on recovery with you, post-poning the tour. It's not fair to the fans. We have to keep going on this." He said, sitting forward. I just stared at him through slitted eyelids. "I say we hand this over to the police, let them take care of it, and we continue with the tour."

I stood to my feet. "Are you listening to yourself?" I barked, stepping back to stare at him real hard. Where'd Harry Edward Styles go? Did Paul die, come back as a demon, and now possessed his soul? "My girlfriend is missing -- your bestfriend! At one point in my life, I was that missing person too, Harry. Remember that? Remember the agonizing pain you went through to find me? Well newsflash, I feel it now too."

"You are here though. You are here to continue your career that you've put a lot of effort into without Andrea --"

"And you know what? If it wasn't for Andrea -- my high school crush, the one I wanted to impress more than anyone -- I wouldn't even have this career!" I finished him off. Harry just shook his head, looking the other direction towards the windows. "Put yourself in her shoes, Harry. You would want the ones you love most coming to find you more than anyone."

Harry looked toward the window. His eyes completely staring out into the dark building below us. I don't know what he was thinking and quite frankly, I don't want to know. But my girlfriend is out there. Waiting and waiting for us to come to her rescue. She's been waiting for a day now. That wasn't even how long it was when it was just us too. I'm gonna go to bed tonight, thinking about the millions of days that could go on from here without her still with me. She's gonna go to bed, wondering where the hell I am; where all of us are.

His eyes turned back to me. They were full of something I couldn't pinpoint. "Let's do it."

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Heys lovelies! Just a quick little author's note!

So today is Thursday, August 20th, 2015. Do you know what day that is? That is the day that One Direction frEAKING COMES TO TORONTO AND PERFORMS OTRA. AND GUESS WHAT??!?

I'M GOING!

I honestly couldn't be more excited! EEEEK! I have been waiting for this day for MONTHS on end! This is so nervewracking! My mom's taking me to Toronto early, we'll be leaving my house between noon and one, I think she said. It'll be about an hour for me to get there and then we're just gonna walk around and hangout in T-dot!

Btw, if any of you are coming to the Toronto concert, and if you see me, feel free to come say hi! I won't bite you! I'd love to chat and get to know some of you! I'll leave a recent photo of me on the side so you can get a glimpse of what I look like! :'):') But seriously, if you see me walking around, come say hi! I'll hug you and talk to you!

Anyways, as of for more little updates going on, I won't be online from the 24th to the 28th next week because I'll be in the States on a busy trip. When I get back, I should be able to have time to update. Then that Tuesday, I start school. I'm so nervous. I'll be going into grade eleven. And grade eleven is the absolute worst because that's when you gotta start thinking about colleges and University's. EEEEK! I'm so nerved up!

I love you all! I'll try to update as soon as I can! I just wanted to update today in honour of OTRA Toronto today! To be honest, I'm just really hoping to see Niall's "Where We Going Today Mark?" video on Instagram!

Anyways, I'm gonna be doing Snapchat updates, and social media updates too! So if you get bored and wanna go on a One Direction adventure with me today, then feel free to follow me and check out my social media's!

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That's all for today, lovelies! I'll see you soon! Kisses!

Lilli~