Hostage

Chapter 27- Secrets & Sandboxes

Reagan POV

"Are you trying to be funny?"

Niall couldn't be serious. There's no way he would tell Louis about what just happened. He would be pissed. And, Louis isn't in control of his actions when he's pissed off.

"No, I'm not. There's nothing remotely funny about this situation."

"Look, Niall", I ran my hands through my hair, "I know you hate me, but this is not a good way to get back at me. You're going to hurt Louis."

He rolled his eyes, scowling at me in the process.

"Get over yourself. I don't hate you. I'm doing this for Louis's benefit only. Unlike someone, I'm thinking of him right now."

"This is going to hurt him! You know how he gets!"

"Then, you should have thought of that beforehand! You know what? I'm appalled that you would even think of not telling him. What kind of girlfriend are you? Oh, right. The cheating kind."

"Stop it. I didn't cheat on him. Zayn kissed me. I told you that."

"I'm not getting into this with you right now. I'm telling Louis. Case closed."

He scowled and walked towards the door after turning towards me one more time.

"By the way, if you haven't figured it out, you're no longer welcome to stay for dinner. Go home....my home."

"I can't", I said looking at the ground, "Louis is pissed at me and won't answer the phone. I don't have a ride."

"I'll have Harry take you."

"Could you do me a favor?” I asked stopping him, "Don't tell Harry."

"I won't. He'll probably tell Louis before I get a chance."

"When are you telling Louis?"

"The next time I see him", he said, "You may think I'm a dick for thinking he should know, but we both know that you wouldn't have pulled away if I didn't walk in. Louis deserves to know that before falls even harder for you."

With that, he walked out. No. I still don't think Louis should know. Zayn kissed me first. This is not my fault. But, Louis isn't going to think of it that way. He's going to end our relationship. He's already mad at me. I'm sure he's just thinking of something to push him over the edge. When I walked out of the room, I avoided eye contact with Zayn who had a huge smirk on his face. Did he get some type of joy out of knowing that he just ruined my relationship? Oh, right. He didn't know Louis and I were in a relationship. I guess that can be blamed on me also. I'm sure Louis is going to bring that up.

"You ready?” Harry asked grabbing his keys.

"Yeah", I said softly.

"Bye, Keating!” I heard Zayn say and kept walking without responding.

"What's wrong with you and Louis?"

We walked out of the garage and got into Harry's car. I didn't want to talk, but I didn't want him to know the reason why.

"What do you mean?"

"I texted Louis and asked him if was he coming for dinner, and he said not if you were there."

Ugh.

"Yeah...we had a bit of a disagreement earlier."

Harry chuckled, removing one hand from the steering wheel and putting it on my shoulder.

"Look, I'm not gonna ask because I don't think I wanna know, but be easy on Louis."

"What do you mean?"