The Girl In The Crowd [One Direction: Liam Payne]

Truth

Charity

"You have no right to yell at us when you left too!" Louis snapped now, looking furious. I looked at him closely and remembered some events that had occurred, well Lana had told me.

"I'm sorry about the abortion, but you should have never raised your hand at a woman or any person for that matter," I said making the other four guys confused as hell while Louis's anger deflated like a punctured balloon. I went to him and wrapped my arms around him.

"She-" he frowned and shook his head but hugged me nonetheless.

"How does she know but not we?" Niall asked now, looking highly offended along with the rest.

"He nev-"

"We want him to answer," Harry said now, cutting me off. They waited for Louis to explain himself.

"I never told her. And I was going to tell you, but when El told me she has an abortion without even discussing it with me, I snapped and I-" he took a deep shaky breath, closing his eyes. "I beat her." He really looked pained when he admitted it.

"I got embarrassed because my mom raised me to treat women right and that was nowhere near right! El started fighting back though. She threw insults at me, that the abortion was a good thing because if I raised my hand at her, I could just as easily have abused our child, it infuriated me and she never let me storm out of the room, so I had no way to leave and let off some steam, so I kept beating her..." He looked ashamed. Although he was most definitely not handling that right, he still regretted it and she wasn't really trying to make him stop either.

The lads stared at him more or less, stunned. Louis was looking down at the ground, clearly feeling defeated.

"Fuck," Niall cursed, looking so shocked but it still seemed like the whole "abuse" thing made more sense to them now. I sighed in relief when Harry hugged Louis. They all hugged him and then I looked at Zayn, who fidgeted under my hard gaze.

"You quit, huh?" I crossed my arms now. "And you broke off your engagement?"

"We never had anything to talk about!" he snapped now, frowning. "It's not like I was trying to be an asshole even though everyone else is trying to make it seem like that. We died. The relationship died," he huffed and tugged at his hair a bit. It was strange to see the blond locks.

"And the quitting?"

He looked down now. "I just... Everything was a mess and it freaked me out, so I quit. I can't handle those kinds of moods and you all know that. I'm not good with sad faces and everyone is sad, so it made me anxious. And I was offered a solo career, so I took it," he explained and then eventually looked at the other lads. They still looked hurt by his choice but then I motioned for them to share another group hug and they did.

"Niall, you're off the hook, sorta. I mean, you clearly fell in love with a sick person and she needs you but you should still remember all the other people in your life," I said and he nodded, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Harry, you were just as confused as the rest, I think... So I guess you're off the hook too, just communicate more," I gave him a smile and he smiled back, his dimples popping.

"Liam..." He looked away in shame. "You-" I sighed and felt a lump form in my throat. "You were going to commit suicide," I said quietly, feeling a blanket of sadness hang over me.

"WHAT!?" Niall roared up now, looking furious. The other three gawked, absolutely stunned. And in only a couple of minutes, they were hugging him tightly, while he covered his face, trying to hide the fact that he was crying.

I stepped back and just looked around while the five of them reconnected a bit. I squealed in surprise when five pair of arms wrapped around me at once then I laughed and tried to hug them all back.