Story of My Life (One Direction)

Chapter 15

Louis's PoV

I pace back and forth. Eleanor sits on my bed trying to reassure me that everything is okay. Everything is not okay. I repeat NOT. I knew we should have told Alex about them from the beginning, but Alex didn't talk for a whole as it was so I thought she might be overwhelmed. I am so stupid. Now her and Harry are gone, and no one knows where they are.

"Lou," El tries to stop me from pacing. She takes my face in her hands. "Calm down," El coos.

"I just can't!" I exclaim. "Alex is mad at us for not telling the whole truth when we got in a huge fight with her before about lying, and Harry is pissed about not being the favorite or something like that. Now they are both gone, and I just-"

El cuts me off by pressing her lips to mine. All my worried instantly disappear. I grab her hips and pull El closer to me. Eleanor throws her arms around my neck. I get those butterflies in my stomach as the kiss deepens. I pull back, remembering the whole situation. I give Eleanor a disapproving look.

"Now isn't the time, El," I shake my head.

"Oh come on, Lou," El sighs. "Alex will be fine because she's with Harry. Harry won't let anything happen to her," she slips her fingers into the back of my hair. I nod. I hope she is okay.

Harry's PoV

I wait patiently as Alex gathers up the courage to say her secret. I nervously tap my foot. "Well," Alex is starting to stumble over her words. "I h-h-ave-"

"Here are your ice creams," a girl cuts us off and hands us out deserts. I thank her.

I turn back to Alex who is looking absolutely terrified. I give her a reassuring smile. "I have a twin brother," Alex blurts out.

My jaw drops. She had a what? I never knew she had any siblings. Well I don't even know what happened to her parents because Alex has never explained her past to us. "A what?" I ask, wondering if I heard her right.

"I have a twin brother. His names Austin," Alex tells me.

"W-why didn't you tell us b-before?" I stutter.

"What have I even told you about my past?" Alex asks.

"Well, Jacob," I answer.

"Anything else?" Alex asks. I shake my head. "Exactly. I thought he was out of my life forever, but I saw him again a while back."

"You have to tell us," I say.

"Tell you what?"

"Tell us everything," I say.

We walk inside the house. We are immediately bombarded by Liam who is freaking out about where we were. "Tell everyone to get down to the family room," I say. Alex is as pale as a ghost. Liam nods and runs off. "It's alright, love," I whisper.

We walk to the family room and wait for everyone to get down here. Alex sits on the ottoman with her face in her hands. I rub her back soothingly. We are now just waiting for Louis and Liam. "What's this about?" Niall asks. Alex ignores his question.

Louis, Liam and Eleanor walk downstairs. Alex doesn't look up from her position. Louis kisses Eleanor goodbye, and she leaves. We sit on the couch. "What did you need to talk about?" Liam asks.

Alex looks up. She has bags under her eyes like she hasn't slept in days. My heart breaks at this sight. "I wanted to tell you guys something I probably should have told you a while back," Alex takes a breath in. "My name is Alexandra Ray Connors, but now I have a jillion last names. I was really close to my mom, and when she got in a car accident when I was eight, she died so it tore me apart. I was also in the car so I did get hurt," Alex lifts up the side of her shirt showing a nasty scar all the way up her side. We gasp.

"Alexbear," Louis's heart just broke, and you can't hear it in his voice.

Alex continues her story. "I was torn apart so I just stopped talking. My mother's death caused my dad to start drinking which caused him to abuse me since he was drunk out of his mind," Alex starts to cry a bit. "This went on for three years. M-m-my dad got involved with the w-wrong people so he created an enemy."

Alex starts to cry harder which tears me apart inside. I want to run up and hug her, comfort her, do anything to help her. "W-w-we were driving, and my dad was d-drinking and texting. He lost control, and the car flipped. My dad died on impact, and a m-m-man approached the car. He shot me!" Alex pulls her shirt down slightly, and we see a giant scar on her shoulder. I start crying, too.

Alex bursts into tears and falls back onto the ottoman. No one knows what to do. "Alex, I'm-" Liam is cut off.

"I'm not done," Alex sobs. "I was put in an orphanage, but since I stopped talking completely, I was separated."

"From who?" Zayn asks. He is holding onto a sobbing Niall.

"M-m-my twin, Austin," Alex stutters.

All of the sudden, the power starts flickering until it goes out completely. It is dark outside since it's nighttime so we can't see anything. We hear a loud, high pitched scream. The lights turn back on, and Alex is gone.

"Alex!" I scream desperately.

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Like I said before, I'm going to colorado! I'm so excited though! We are going white water rafting which I've never been before! Keep me in your prayers for when I'm driving because my family has bad luck with driving on highways.....yeah it's bad.

Anyway I love you guys so much! Thank you for the 300 reads!

~Bella~

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