Through the Dark | LT

Chapter 33

I sat in my room, back against my bed with my knees curled up against my chest as I looked at the beautiful Carribean sky. I never wanted to leave this island. It was my second day without Louis, and I still was nervous and lonely. I knew I could talk to Harry, Liam, Niall, or Zayn if I needed to... But none of them were as close to me as Lou was.

As the night began to come on our small paradise, I finally gave in to the mental war that I had been fighting all day. I quietly got up and made my way to the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind me... Louis wasn't here, so he wouldn't find out... Right?

Wrong.

I sat in my room, emotionless as Louis stressfully scolded the boys. "You need to watch her!" I heard him yell. "We had no idea she was even in the bathroom!" Harry tried to defend the four boys. "I trusted you with her!" I couldn't take it anymore. My negative conscience had been eating away at me for the past two weeks, and my thoughts had become much more intense. I slipped on a pair of flip flops, and I snuck out the back door. Tears began welling in my eyes, and I slammed the back door shut behind me as I ran to the beach.

I stared out into the blue depths of the ocean, the waves hypnotizing me. As I began making my way towards the waves, I stood, paralyzed. I felt a prescence behind me. "Megan." A voice growled lowly. I couldn't turn around. I was too scared. I began shaking in fear as I felt the prescence come closer.

As a pair of strong hands wrapped around me, hugging me from behind, a familiar voice spoke to me- But not the voice I expected to hear. "Megan... You know why we did this, right?" It was Liam. I had missed how close Liam and I used to be, and I had begun to build my emotional walls up around myself again... Even around Louis. I didn't want then to know that I was falling back into the black pit known as depression. They thought I was getting better... Little did they know that wasn't the case.

I nodded slowly at Liam, and he turned me around. His eyes looked at me passionately, and he looked as if I had stabbed him in the chest. "You need to rely on all of us as well, Megan. You need to rely on yourself, too. You can't just run to Louis and expect him to solve all of your problems." Liam's harsh tone sunk in, and I stared down at the sand in defeat. Liam was right.

I looked at Liam and said quietly, "You're right. I'm sorry. For everything." I said blankly, and before I could move, Liam impulsively grabbed me. "You're not going anywhere, love." He said in my ear, causing a shiver to go down my spine. I stared back at Liam, with vulnerability present in my eyes. He knew that this was a rare occasion, and he took it without hesitation.

"Come here Megan, we're gonna talk for a while, okay?" He said softly, pulling me gently over to a large rock, where we sat and began our conversation...