Through the Dark | LT

Chapter 37

I sat in the kitchen as I ate my Frosted Flakes, and Liam entered the kitchen quietly. "Morning." He said, his voice hoarse and husky. He had just woken up. I weakly smiled and said, "Morning Li." He looked at me after he got the orange juice out of the fridge and stopped for a minute. "Are you okay, Meg? You look like something was keeping you up last night." I sighed. "Yeah..." Was all I could reply. Was I supposed to tell Liam that Louis had crushed my heart into a million little pieces and I had been outside playing guitar all night?

Liam nodded slowly, and I could tell that he wasn't convinced. As he opened his mouth to say something, I heard another person's tread from their socks come closer. I turned around to see Zayn, and I sighed in relief. "I'm gonna go for a run." I said, and Liam and Zayn nodded. I went back to my room and got changed, and I grabbed my phone and left the house.

As I ran along the beach, I heard a familiar song come on shuffle on my iPhone. It was 'Look After You' by The Fray. I slowed down and stopped running, and I sat down and listened to the song. This was a song that meant the world to me. Louis would always sing it to me, and it reinforced the fact that he was like a brother to me.

At that moment, I got up and began running back to the house. I went up into my room and frantically began throwing things around, searching for my target. I heard a knock at my door, and I heard Harry's voice. "Go away." I said monotonously, and I heard the footsteps slowly walk down the hall. I finally found what I was looking for.

I grabbed the little red box and the small blue box, and I went back to the beach. I stood at the edge, holding both boxes as I stared into the ocean. I grabbed the red one, and I chucked it into the Carribean, and it began sinking. I cautiously picked up the blue one, and I threw that in the ocean, too. It began sinking, and a huge weight lifted off my chest.

I went back to the house and grabbed a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner, and I decided to go back out to the campfire and play some more guitar.

As I began playing the chords to 'Look After You', I heard footsteps nearing closer. "Megan..." Harry said, not wanting to speak too loudly. I nodded my head in affirmation, signaling for him to continue.

"Louis wants to see you in his room."