Let Me Help You (Zouis)

Chapter ten

"Liam come on baby join us". Jenny waved over at her eleven year old while Louis held the camera.

"No one can't get Niall". Niall chuckled as he ran around the grass, Harry and Jenny slowly chasing after him as Liam joined.

"Not too far Niall!" Louis called out and Jenny laughed lightly.

"Hun calm down I'm right here with him". Liam grabbed Niall and lifted him, making the two year old squeal.

"Got ya Ni!"

Louis watched with tear filled eyes as his lost wife and kids played together.

"Daddy why does mummy have to stay in the hospital? Why do we have a baby?" Liam whispered as he looked back from his little brother to the camera Louis was holding.

"This is your new brother Harry".

"You won't forget about me will you daddy?" Liam looked up to Louis with wide eyes and a small pout.

"Course not Li! You'll always be my big boy".

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"Liam come here baby". Jenny ushered Liam to her and knelt down next to him. "Lou take a photo of us". Liam smiled widely as Jenny held him tight with a bright smile.

"Are you excited for your first day?" Liam nodded eagerly.

"Yes daddy. I'm going to make lots of friends but I will miss you".

Louis let tears drop and sniffed quietly. All these memories just made him hurt so much more. Lottie had taken Niall for the day so Louis could have a break but he did have to beg and plead that she took him just for a day. Niall hadn't even noticed Louis' distressed state. Louis' phone rang and he sighed, answering with a low, depressed hello.

"Mr. Tomlinson?" Louis sat up on the couch.

"Yeah".

"I'm afraid there's been an incident and we're going to need you to come in". Louis ran a hand through his hair.

"What kind of incident?"

"Harry has had an incident and Miss Gorge would like to see you". Louis let out a frustrated sigh and told her he'd be there soon. Miss Gorge was Harry's art teacher so he assumed maybe he had done something inappropriate but that wasn't like Harry. Harry had never gotten in trouble before. All Louis could think as he drove to the school was where did he go wrong?

As he walked into the school, he got many odd looks and stares as he was completely out of place and known as the guy who lost his wife. People pitied him. They felt sorry for him. He hated it. He felt stupid.

"Hello I'm Louis Tomlinson. Miss Gorge needed to see me?" The receptionist gave Louis a sympathetic smile and nodded.

"Yes she's in room 10C, just go right, then left and it's straight down, last door on your right".

"Ah...right. Thank you". Louis went right and left, walking straight down and knocking on the classroom door as he took a deep breath.

"Yes come in". Louis walked in the quiet classroom and stood awkwardly. All early year students were at lunch so he did feel slightly comfortable. "Hi Mr. Tomlinson, please take a seat". They sat at a table across from each other.

"Has something happened?" Louis' tone was full of concern as Miss Gorge let out a sigh and nodded.

"This is so unlike Harry. I couldn't believe my eyes". She placed an A4 sheet of paper in front of Louis and he examined it. There was his family drawn on the paper which Louis would've thought was okay but the words and the way they looked weren't right. There was Louis who had a red face, blue tears on his face as well but was labeled as stupid, angry and sad. There was his mother who had crosses as eyes, labeled as dead. Then there was Liam. He had tears as well as Louis but then there was red lines along his arms, blood puddles beneath him and he was labeled as a fag. Harry looked normal, nothing out of the ordinary apart from his label as angry and stupid. And then Niall had a halo over his head, yellow surrounding him, labeled as a stupid perfect angel and most loved. There was also a small sentence beneath Harry that said 'why do I even exist?'. Louis couldn't stop the tears from falling as he looked over it constantly, trying to wrap his head around it. He ran a hand through his hair and let out a shaky breath.