Angels in Hell (Larry Stylinson)

Chapter 23

May 19th, 2020

Alternate Universe

"Louis... You alright?" Niall says putting his hand on my shoulder.

I shake my head and begin to lash out.

"No! I'm not!" I yell.

I run into the police station and begin to yell at the officers, tears streaming down my face and fury building up inside of me.

"You can't do this to him! He was happy with me! I loved him more than anybody in the world and care about him so much and you just take him away? You take away the best damn thing that's ever happened to me?" I yell at them. "It wasn't anybodies fault that he got kidnapped except the guy who actually did it! How dare you take him away! This isn't fair!"

The police look at me with shocked expressions. Niall comes up behind me and rubs my back.

"Louis... calm down, plea-"

"Stop touching me and telling me what to do, Niall!" I yell hitting his hand away. "Damn it! How am I supposed to stay clam? Did you know that he was the only thing that keeps me sane?"

My legs fail on me and I fall to the ground in tears.

"If I really need him, fate won't let me lose him. Fate will bring him back. It may not be soon... but he will come back," I whisper to myself.

I hold my knees to my chest and cry harder until my throat burns and my eyes are almost out of tears. The police officers don't touch me. They stay where they are, murmering to eachother. And I can almost feel Niall staring at me with his big, sad, blue eyes. I actually do want to be comforted by him. I want to tell him, but I try to talk and no words come out.

"Lou... Sweetie? It will be alright," Niall says crouching down next to me on the floor.

I gulp and shake in sobs.

"Ni..." I manage to croak out. "Let's go... to your house."

Niall looks at me with those same sad eyes that I imagined and nods.

"Um... Sure. Yeah, I'll drive."

He helps me up and keeps his arm around my shoulder. I keep my head down as we make it out to his car. I ache with a pained heart. I feel like now... I have nothing to live for. And maybe I don't. What if I just need to die? Niall helps me into the passenger seat and I slump over, my puffy eyes directed at my hands. He shuts the door and I watch as he walks around to the driver's seat. When he sits down, he puts his head against the wheel and cries softly. He pulls at his hair and shakes his head.

"It's... It's gonna be fine, Lou. Right?" Niall sobs.

I look at him with loving eyes and nod. I suddenly embrace him tightly in my arms and hold his head to my chest. And I realize that Niall loves his just as much as I do. He knew Niall longer and treated him like he was his own. Niall loves Harry and I know that he'll miss him just as much as I will. He's going through the same thing. So, I'm not alone. I still have Niall to live for and Harry, too. I will get him back. If I don't... I don't know what I'll do.

"It will be fine, Niall... We are strong. We can be strong for Harry. He would want us to."

"He would," Niall agrees, releasing from the hug. "I'm just shocked."

"Yeah... It was all sudden."

"Not only that, but the fact that he is getting taken away from the best thing that has ever happened to him and the police think that it is best for him," Niall says with a mixture of sadness and anger in his voice.