When I met him.

Chapter 9 :)

"Sh..." I whispered in her ear.

 

"I miss him so much." she sobbed in the crook of my neck.

 

"I know, baby." I hugged her closer to me, still rocking us back and forth.

 

"Ashton wouldn't want you to do that again." I whispered, looking in her puffy red eyes. I kissed her forehead and took her in my arms again before standing up on my feet. She put her arms around my neck for support and I brought her in her room. She was tired and sleep would be good right now. We both needed it. I put her in the bed with the blankets on her. Her eyes were already heavy, so she would fall asleep pretty fast. I kissed her cheek, "Goodnight, I'll be downstairs if you need anything." I said, walking to the door. She nodded and closed her eyes. I went downstairs and sat on the couch, still overwhelmed by what happened with Makayla. Elena brought me a cup of tea and sat next to me.

 

"Thank you, Harry." she said. "I don't know what could've happen if you didn't help. It means the world to me and thank you so much. I love Mak, and I don't want her to start self harm again.. Since Ashton is gone, I'm scared she starts again. He was the only reason why she had stop. Now she doesn't have a reason. He's gone." she said, her voice shaking.

 

"I don't even know what happened back there. I-I just... I thought I was going to lose her." I said, looking down at my hands. We met like 2 months ago, but still. I cared alot about her, and I wasn't ready to let her go.

 

"I don't even wanna think about that." I said, still looking everywhere except Elena's eyes.

 

"She's fine now. Don't worry about it. She still have to get over it. It happened not too long ago. Last year. Thursday will be the day when he died. So, yeah. One year soon." she forced a smile.

 

"Maybe she could come to my house on Thursday. Just in case. I wanna be there for her, you know?" I said, finally looking up.

 

"Yeah, that's a good idea." she said.

 

"Anyway, I'm gonna go check on her." I said, and get up. I went upstairs and tried to be quiet. I didn't want to wake her, today has been hard and she needed some rest. I opened the door and saw her, laying on the bed the same way I put her one hour ago. I closed the door after and went back downstairs.

 

 

-hours later-

 

I was still at Makayla's house. I didn't want to go home. I needed to sleep too, but I just couldn't. I wasn't able to. Louis called me earlier to tell me I had a meeting with the boys in the morning. It was now 3 in the morning, still awake. I just couldn't keep my eyes closed. Mak could wake up and I wouldn't know. I checked on her every hours. Elena was sleeping too. So, I was alone.

 

I sat on the couch and closed my eyes. Fuck, I was so tired. But, my phone woke me up 5 minutes later. Who the hell was texting me at 3 in the morning?

 

I took it out of my pocket and looked at the name flashing.

 

Makayla.

 

' are you sleeping? ' I read.