The Bodyguard

The Drugs

Niall sits on the couch bouncing a leg and glances around. All three boys sit next to him, Harry and Liam leaning back with crossed arms and Louis leaning forward with his head in his hands. Niall tunes back in as Paul yells at Louis, which has been going on for quite sometime now.

"I just don't know what else to say that will make you understand the seriousness of this situation and the implications of what you did. You almost got yourself killed, you almost got Brooks killed and you almost got the rest of the band killed" he says with exhausted eyes because he's already screamed his head off at Louis. "I don't even know what you were thinking but".

"I was thinking that-" Louis starts.

"Louis I don't even want to know okay. But do you understand that this is real. Brooks is in that other room hooked up to machines because she was shot. She fought off three guys trying to save your life.  You're lucky the guy who shot had bad aim or else she would have been dead. And if she would have been dead, so would the rest of you". 

"I know Paul I was an idiot and it won't happen again I'm sorry" he says as his voice cracks. Ever since they got back, Louis has been shaken and has barely said a word until now. 

"Sorry isn't gonn change what you did Louis, think about your family. Think about them watching on the news, how their son or brother or whatever died because he was stupid and mad and ran away from the people trying to protect him to go to a club" Paul yells. Niall watches Louis drop his head and shut his mouth knowing that no matter what he says, he can't change what he did, and he can't make Paul any less mad. 

Niall tunes Paul out again and thinks about his family just like Paul suggested. When they were first sent to the house after the shooting, Paul called all their families first and informed them what happened and that the boys were okay. Then Paul handed the phone over to them, Niall still remembers the sound of his crying mothers voice and wants nothing else than to talk to her again. Not for his sake, but for hers to tell her he's okay. Niall is sure that Pual will call them again but they still aren't allowed to know the location of the house or anything else really. That was by Brooks demand but Niall isn't sure why, his mom isn't the killer. 

At the thought of Brooks his mind drifts and he looks up to her door. He wanted to stay in the room with her, so she didn't panic when she woke up, but Paul dragged him out here saying that she was a tough girl and could handle herself. He thinks about what she did for them. Just like Paul said, she fought off three guys on her own, and was shot trying to take down the guy charging the boys. He feels guilt and when he thinks about her falling over into his arms he is filled with fear, anger and even a little happiness. It wasn't happiness exactly but something, maybe butterflies when he was holding her. Of course it was mixed with fear for her and anger at the guys who did this to her, even a little at Louis at the time. But he can't deny that when he was holding her, and that when he was talking to her,and she visibly relaxed, he felt something. He can't explain it yet. But he's interested in her, he doesn't know if it's a 'like' her, but he's intrigued by her and her secrets. He wants to get to know her, to find out why she is the way she is, one minute pissed at Louis and probably the rest of them when she's rude and sarcastic, and the next minute she's defending them with her life. He continues to think about that just as the door to her room opens.

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"See Lorelai, it's not hard" the voice say to her as she tries to block out the scene taking place in front of her.

Out of the corner of her eye a fist flies towards her face with the words "You killed them" coming from a different voice.

"You just let your hand glide the knife. They may struggle, but that just makes it more fun" the first voice says.