Live (Niall Horan Fanfiction)

The Past

Louis' POV

Eva and I walked in silence for a while after we left Niall and Harry. It was definitely an awkward silence.

I knew I had to bring up that night to her and that's why I went with her in the first place. I needed to find out what was up.

"Eva" I said and she looked at me.

"Yeah"?

"That night, can we please talk about it"? I asked and her gaze hardened.

"No" she said simply. I knew this wouldn't be straight forward.

"Eva please" I sighed "I need to know what I did"!

There was a pause whilst she thought about it. "It wasn't your fault."

"Then what got you so cold with me"?

"My past." She looked up at me once again. "When you pressured me into stopping the messing around with Niall it...it brought back some bad memories."

"What happened"?

"My best friend happened. His name was Matthew. He used to try to pressure me into things I didn't want to to do and eventually he lost it."

"What the hell did he do to you"? I asked, I was close to yelling because it didn't sound like he did anything good.

"He began to...hit me." She whimpered.

"WHAT"?! I shouted and she jumped. "WHY?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HIM"?! I felt this overwhelming surge of anger come out of nowhere.

"Louis, please calm down." She said.

"HOW CAN YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN WHEN YOU JUST TOLD ME THAT"?! I screamed.

"Louis, please just stop. I'd prefer to let the subject go. He's probably dead anyway"! She shouted.

"Fine. But I just can't believe someone would do that to you...what an asshole"! I exclaimed.

"Listen to me Louis. That part of my life is gone. As a matter of a fact my life is gone, so is everyone else's. It almost doesn't matter about the past because this is our life now. Running. Running from the truth almost."

I pulled her into my arms and squeezed her tight. "Trust me, Niall wouldn't let him live if he knew"!

"That's why I don't want you to tell him." She mumbled into my t-shirt.

"Are you sure"? I asked. I felt concerned she was going to keep it from him.

"Yes, I don't want him angry about something that really doesn't matter anymore."

"Alright Eva, as long as you're happy. But if you ever need anything that you can't ask of Niall - come to me, OK"?

"Thank you Louis. I'm so sorry I was cold with you the past few weeks"! Eva apologised.

"It's fine Eva, I understand - I pressured you and you've had bad experiences." I smiled and she pulled away to walk by my side again.

We walked again for a good ten minutes making small talk and catching up because we hadn't talked to each other properly for ages.

"Sports Direct, probably a good idea to take a look in there for some stuff." I mentioned. We made our way in and looked around.

"Louis, don't laugh but I'm getting a sports bra, OK"? Eva took a black sports bra with pink lining off of the rail of bras.

I snickered and she gave me a hard stare. "What? I can't help it Eva! It's the way I was raised."

"Whatever - I'm going to change." She waved me off.