War Is Love

Chapter five

         The next day, It was a cloudy and breezy day out. I wore a black sweater and black jeans. I walked barefoot to a river and sat down on a bench watching the waves. It's not like I had anything better to do.

"HAROLD!" Louis grabbed my shoulders trying to scare me

"You didn't scare me at all" I laughed

"At least I tried" Louis shrugged and sat next to me

"So, what are you doing here?" He asked

"Nothing, just watching the river flow" my heart began beating very quickly

*Louis' POV*

I can't keep my eyes off of Harry, I really don't know why.

"I have to go to work in 20 minutes" I said awkwardly

"Oh... But Lou? Can you come to my fathers funeral?" He asked

"Sure, when is it?"

"It's tomorrow, I'm saying eulogy and I need to write down some ideas" He added

"Sure, I'll be there"

"It's at the church down the street from our block at 4pm"

"Okay, I promise I'll be there" I got up and walked off. I looked back seeing Harry starring at me with a nice smile and his soft curls blowing in the mild beach air.

*Harry's POV*

I love when Louis is around. Ever since he came around I stopped cutting. He may act like a jerk or wanna kill anyone who talks bad about me but deep down inside is the real Louis, he's very sweet and a loving person. That's why I like him so much.

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It's been hours and hours since I've been in the house. All I've been doing was writing down my eulogy in a place were it's quiet. The library. It was 7pm and I had about 3 full pages of what I was going to say. I knew I wasn't going to be able to say the full thign witout crying y guts out so I shortened it down. I'm bad at making speeches so it really took me long to do all that. As I was walking home, I noticed Austin and all his friends following me

"What do you want from me?" I asked. They didn't say anything, they just came at me and started beating me all at once. They were kicking and punching and throwing me against hard things. They kept beating until I started bleeding an awful lot

"You had enough?" Austin asked. My voice was shaky again. I nodded my head

"You may have had enough but I didn't" Austin and his friends continued beating on my again but even worse. I had a black eye, my bruises were growing and some blood was spilling from my mouth. I couldn't get up, it was hard.

"If you tell anyone I did this to you, you better watch out" Austin said angrily and walked off. I got up on my own and limped off but suddenly realized my eulogy was gone. For a second I panicked but I decided

"Fuck it, I'll just redo it" I got up and limped home. It took me quiet a while but I knew I'd get there. Austin will do whatever it takes to watch me break down in public but I won't let him do that

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I slowly walked into the house and mum was right at the door. She looked at me with wide eyes and her hand over her mouth

"What happened!?" She asked. This is exactly what I was afraid of. I stayed silent

"Why do you look like this!?" She added. She touched all the bruises and scars on my arms and saw the blood stain coming down my lip. Mum began crying

"I want an answer, who did this to you!"

"I can't tell you!" I yelled. Mum slapped me across the face. I actually can't believe she just did that. I looked at her feeling hurt while holding my cheek

"Harold, I'm tired of you keeping secrets from me, I just wanna help you don't you know? I feel like you're hiding so many things from me I mean, you're my son, I love you I just wanna help" mum teared up and begun crying again.

"I'm sorry" I had a tear come out from my eye.

"Who did this to you? Please tell me" she asked. I only knew I'd die if I told her

"Austin, he's from school" I said with my head down. That was it for me, my life is completely over. I struggled to go upstairs to and take a shower, leaving my mother against the wall, crying.

*Anne's (Mum) POV*

        This kid needs to be reported. I hate what he did to my son. I'm not just going to sit and nothing, I'm going to do something about it weather Harry likes it or not.

        I drove to the school and went in to the office looking for Austin and where he lived.

"Why do you need Austin?" Asked the secretary

"He brutality beat up my son, Harry Styles and he's been doing it for god knows how long, I just need to talk to his father or mother"

"Alright, I'll talk to both Harry and Austin on Monday morning, and be with you in just a second" the secretary was on her computer. She gave me Austin's address and I went off to his house.

        Once I got to his house, I saw someone looking out the window. They must have noticed me walking towards the door. One kid that looked the same age as Harry opened the door

"Hey um, I'm Harry's mother and-" he sighed and turned away

"Excuse me but are you Austin? You're the one who beat up my son?" I yelled

"Shut the fuck up women, I ain't scared of you" he tried closing the door on me

"Whoa, whoa, whoa what's the big deal here" Austins mum appeared at the door

"This old lady is accusing me of beating up his son" said Austin

"He did, my son told me"

"Why don't you get the hell off my property and bitch about it somewhere else, my son is and angel and he'd never touch another person that way" said Austins mum

"Why are you so far up your sons ass? Do you realize he's freakin hurting my son? Everyday he comes home hurt and finally he tells me it was cause of Austin" I yelled

"I don't know what type of drugs you're taking but you sound like a fucking lunatic, get out of my property" she replied

"GET OUT OF YOUR SONS ASS FOR A MOMENT AND OPEN YOUR EYES! ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO TAKE TOUR SONS SIDE LIKE THAT KNOWING HE PHYSICALLY HURT MY SON? YOU'RE JUST AS SICK AS YOUR SON, TELL HIM NEVER TO TOUCH MY SON AGAIN!" I continued crying

"Bitch don't talk to me like that, I know what my son did and he never touched yours like that!" She yelled back and shut the door on me. I stood at the door crying

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        I came home at 10pm finding Harry in the living room watching TV

"Harry, I went to Austin's house and-" he cut me off

"AUSTIN'S HOUSE? MUM WHY?" Harry yelled

"It's okay the office said they'd take care of it" I replied. Harry put his hand in his forehead

"NO, NO, NO! DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE!?"

"I was just trying to help"

"BUT YOU DIDNT, YOU ONLY MADE THINGS WORSE" Harry yelled

"What was I supposed to do? Just let him throw you around like he owns you?"

"You know what? You always wonder why I keep secrets from you... This is why, you already got your answer" Harry walked off

"Harry but-"

"Everything was better if you just didn't know" he cut me off and continued walking. I heard the way he slammed the door shut and also kicked it really hard. I leaned in the door and started crying a lot harder. I never knew my son was this emotional, I know I did so the right thing but I wish he'd just be proud that I actually care about him and want the best of him unlike Austin's mum.