Fix Me || l.t.

Chapter 9

“I knew from the beginning that Louis was trouble. Karsyn you have to let him go if he’s putting you in danger.” Eleanor said as she handed me a hot cup of tea.

“I can’t!” I nearly shouted at her as I felt the tears threatening to fall.

Eleanor had helped me get into my warmest pajamas and provided me with plenty of warm blankets on our living room couch. She also tended to my wounds the best she could. El always had a nurturing nature to her and she always helped me out in times of crisis.

“It’s okay Karsyn you don’t need to make any decisions tonight but in the mean time I called our brothers to come spend the night.” She said as she retreated to the kitchen in fear of my response.

“You what?” I yelled back to her.

“Karsyn this is serious and I didn’t think it would hurt if they stayed one night to make sure things were okay.” She tried to reason with me.

“El I can’t have them getting hurt too!” I said as the tears again were welling up.

“They won’t Karsyn, they aren’t who this guy is after remember?” she said as she sat back on the couch.

Eleanor’s older brother Zayn and my older brother Niall were also best friends. They were the initial reason El and I had become friends because our brothers were always together and so were we. My thoughts began to turn to Louis and how I was going to handle things. Just as the thoughts started to swirl there was a knock at the door causing me to jolt back to reality.

“Baby sister!” Zayn’s voice carried from the door as he and El embraced.

Niall immediately rushed over to the couch and wrapped his arms around me. I couldn’t fight the tears any longer as they spilled over the rims of my eyes and soaked into my big brothers shirt. He pushed me away from his chest to examine my face and I saw anger in his eyes as he looked over the wounds.

“Was this that dumbass boyfriend of yours?” he barked out of anger.

“No Ni it wasn’t Louis. It’s not even that bad anyway.” I tried to brush of the severity of the situation.

“Yes it is Kar! And whoever did this is going to pay because nobody touches my little sister!” he said as the anger in his voice caused me to shiver.

I remembered how Louis had told me the situation with his sister and seeing the way Niall was acting provided a serious connection. I couldn’t let my brother have anger towards anyone or anger with himself for not protecting me. I saw how much the anger and regret effected Louis and I couldn’t let that happen to my brother. I knew Niall would do anything for me but all I wanted was for him to be my big brother and be there for me not risk his life for me.

The four of us made sleeping arrangements and it was decided that Niall would sleep in my room on an air mattress. It felt good to have him around for me because with him I was always safe. Even though I felt safe I knew the situation could surely change as soon as I was around Louis. I finally drifted off to sleep but as soon as I did I was sucked into the harsh dream that was waiting for me.

I walked through the hallway at the club. The flashing lights and people dancing were all a blur to me and the music was just a low hum. It was dark but at the end of the tunnel there was a large spotlight with a figure standing under it. He turned to me and his eyes were a glowing blue and the smile on his face made my heart flutter. I wanted to be in his arms more than anything. I ran to him and his strong arms engulfed me in a hug.

“Oh Louis, they are trying to take you away from me.” I sobbed into his chest.

“You know that won’t happen love.” He smiled down at me.

Just as we leaned into kiss one another the room went dark and all I saw was the eyes of my attacker. I was pulled away from Louis but not without a fight. Louis scared eyes wrenched my heart and I tried to scream for him. The attacker raised a black gun towards Louis and all I could do was watch. Louis’s perfect lips mouthed the final words “I'm sorry”. Before a shot rang out in the dark and everything went black.

“LOUIS!” I screamed.

A second shot jolted me awake from my awful nightmare. I was drenched in sweat and tears and couldn’t control my breathing. All the details of my dream began to flash across my vision causing me to sob uncontrollably.

“Karsyn are you okay?” Niall said as he climbed into bed with me.

“No Ni it was awful they killed him! I can’t let him die Niall!” I sobbed.

“Oh Kar its okay, everything will work out and Louis will be just fine.” He said as he pulled me close to him.

He was my big brother and I wanted to believe him but at this point and time I was having a hard time believing things would be fine.