A Lovely Betrayal

Chapter Twelve

Harry POV

Louis sobbed into my shoulder as I held him close. 

"Louis calm down. This isn't your fault." I say stroing his llight brown hair. He shakes his head furiously. 

"If you had gone with her she wouldn't be here! She'd be fine and you two would be on a plane back to England right now!"

"Louis please calm down. This is not your fault, please listen too me Boo Bear." I whisper and he whimpers. 

"Please don't call me that Harry." He whispers pushing away from me his blue eyes red and puffy. My eyebrows knit together as he moves away from me. 

"Why not?"

"You know why Harry, you know exactly why. It's not fair." he whispers and disappears out the door taking part of my heart with him. Sighing I clench my hair in my fists tears slipping down my cheeks. God my life is so fucked up right now. Everything is  falling apart now, my world is crumbling down around me. I feel cool fingers brush against my arm and I jump my head snapping up. Tatum's blue eyes bore into mine and I reach up cupping her face. 

"Are you okay?" She whispers and I chuckle darkly. 

"I'm fine Tatum. I've been crazy worried about you." I whisper and she smiles gently. "How are you feeling?"

"all right, a bit sore." She whispers her hands flying to her stomach. I lay my hand over hers gently.

"The baby is fine, the knife pierced your lung no where near them."

"Good, that's good." She says quietly and I nod slowly leaning over and kissing her cheek. 

"I'm so glad you're awake. I've waited three days to hear your beautiful voice again." I say smiling lightly. She giggles groaning as the motion pulls on the stitches on her ribs. I glance up as the door creaks open to reveal her doctor. He smiles lightly. 

"Mrs. Styles nice of you to join us." he says chuckling. She smiles lightly at him. "How are you feeling?"

"All right. Just a bit sore." She says slowly. 

"Well you're healing fairly quickly dear, so I think you should be able to go home in a few days. Woldn't want you to spend what free time you have left couped up in a hospital aye?" 

Sighing I smile at Tatum gently kissing her cheek. 

"When we get back we hae to go house hunting baby." I say and she smiles nodding. 

"I can't wait to decorate the nursery, it's going to be so cute!" She gushes as the doctor leaves the room, I smile at her gently. "Is Ashton okay? he was the one who helped me did that girl cut him too?"

"Ashton's fine." I mutter angrily and she scrunches her eyebrows. 

"What's wrong with you?" She says slowly.

"I'm fine babe. Just ready to go home." I mutter running my hand over my face. 

"Don't lie to me Harry" She warns crossing her arms. 

"I'm not lying Tatum."I snap as the door bangs open. Tatum jumps as Luke and Michael storm into the room. 

"what the bloody hell is wrong with you!" Luke yells his fists trembling at his sides. I stand up quickly glaring at him. 

"outside. Now." I snap. 

"What's going on? What did you do Harry?!" Tatum cries. 

"nothing Tate."

"Nothing! You call beating the shit out of our best friend nothing!" Michael hisses and tatum gasps. 

"You beat up Ashton! Why! Why the bloody hell would you do that!" She cries her voice rising with her distress. "I have to see him!Michael Luke take me to see him please!"

"NO! You're staying here!" I growl angrily reaching out to her as she moves to stand up. 

"Don't you dare touch me! Do not touch me Harry!" She shrieks and I step back. "Luke help me."

He moves closer to her and I glare at him. He scoops her into his arms gently and she winces as it tugs on her stitches Michael grabs her IV pole they disapear and I sink to the ground on my knees tugging on my hair. What is wrong with me? I hear the door creak open and slender arms wrap around me. I wrap my arms around him and inhale his scent.  

"God Lou Im' such a fuck up." i whisper and he sighs. 

"I'll always be here Haz no matter what the... situation." He murmurs stroking my hair lightly. 

"I don't even deserve to be have you, or Tatum." 

"Everyone deserves love Hazza, even you." he whispers his lips brushing my ear. I sigh and hold onto him tighter than ever before. 

Tatum POV

With every step Luke took I winced as the skin around my stitches tug and sting. We enter Ashton's ER cubicle and he glances up his eyes widening when he sees me I gasp when I see his face. His lip is bloody and busted dry blood streaks mar the skin under his nose. Both eyes are swollen and bruised, bruses are visible on his arms in large handprints. 

"Why'd you bring her here?" Ashton says staring at Luke. 

"She wanted to see you don't be an asshole." Lue snaps setting me on the end of the bed. he disapears through the curtain tugging Michael with him. I look over at Ashton tears brimming in my eyes. 

"Why did he even hit you Ash?" I whimper taking his hand in mine. he smiles lightly interlocking his fingers with mine squeezing lightly. 

"He found out that I loved you." He whispers and my eyes widen. "Don't wory Tate he knows it's one sided. That you'll never return my affections." 

"Oh Ashton, I just wish.... I wish things were different." I whisper my heart breaking all over again. 

"I'll always love you Tate please just remember that. I'll always be there when you have no where else to turn." he whispers brushing away the tears sliding down my face with the pad of his thumb. i nod slowly placing my hand over his on my cheek. "You should go Tate. God knows that I want you to stay here but Harry..."

"I know." I whisper. he pushes the nurse button on the wall. She appears and I sigh squeezing Ashton's hand again before releasing it. 

"Can you take her back to her room." He whispers and she nods disappearing to get a wheelchair. She helps me move to the chair and Ashton reaches out and squeezes my knee. "See you around Tate." 

Tears pool in my eyes as she pushes me down the hall. I mumble my room number and She helps me into the room and I ignore Harry  completely as she helps me bac into bed. 

"Tate please talk to me." 

"Leave me alone Harry I don't want to talk to you." I snap and he sighs laying his head on the bed next to my hand. 

"I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry I shouldn't have said anything or done anything to him. He said he loved you, I just I- I got so mad.please talk to me Tatum."

"Just leave Harry. I can't-ugh I can't even look at you right now!" I snap and He sniffles as he stands up. 

"I love you Tatum." He whispers and I ignore him waiting until he disapears to break down into tears. I grab my phone and call Ashton. 

"Tatum... You shouldn't be calling me love." he whispers and I let out a sob. 

"Ashton please. Please come stay with me. Please." I whimper. 

"Are you crying? Did he make you cry?" He asks urgently. 

"Please Ash." He sighs deeply and i sniff. 

"I'm on my way up." He mutters and hangs up I set my phone on the table and sob. I don't even  notice that Ashton had entered the room until his arms were wrapped around me. My fingers clench in his shirt holding him close as I can. My heart was being torn apart all over again.