On the Outside 2 ( A Louis Tomlinson Fan Fiction )

Chapter 16

Zayn's P.O.V.

"How's Louis doing?" I give Liam a concerned look. Rachel and Cam went to the bathroom, so I took it as a opportunity to bring up Louis.

"Terrible. All he does is lay in bed and he hasn't been himself. I've never seen him this way. Not even when the whole Sophie's pregnancy scandal happened." Liam bites his lip and swirls his straw around in his drink. He always does that when he wants to show at least a little bit of emotion towards someone. Liam isn't the most compassionate guy, but he still has a heart.

"That's sad. Has anyone talked to Emma?"

"I've seen her a few times around campus. Things are hard for her, too. She is hardly ever smiles and when she does, it's fake. I just don't know why they don't just get back together."

"I don't know maybe this is good for them."

"Actually it's anything but that. A few nights ago when I came home, Louis smelled like alcohol and I wasn't a just a hint of it. It was like walking into a bar. I think that he is starting to drink." He puts his head in his hands.

"What? Well we need to stop. We will stop him, Liam." I put my hand on his shoulder.

"How? You know how he is. The only person who can get through to him is Emma."

"Then we just need to tell her."

"Now, Zayn. Emma is the type of person that will blame this all on herself. If we tell her about Louis, she will probably think that she drove him to this. I don't want to do that to her." Liam frowns and I nod.

"Do what to who?" Rachel asks from behind me. Cam is beside her, with same look of curiosity sprawled on her face.

"I'll tell you later." After they sit down, I hand the waiter our check. Rachel and I walk out to my car and take our seats. She looks at me with her beautiful brown eyes, like she has something on her mind.

"What?" I ask giggling and poking her side. That causes her to jump and playfully hit me.

"I just... I've never felt so much like myself with anyone before. All my life I've had to be so brave and now I don't have to." She smiles.

"I'm always here for you. You're always there when I need you. You're different from everyone else too."

"A good different?" She asks. I chuckle.

"A very good different." I cup her cheek in my hand and press my lips to hers.

Louis's P.O.V.

"What's going on? Where am I?" I am outside of Emma's dorm, the same place where she told me to get out. Something wasn't right. I pound on the door. "Emma!" The door creaks open as I rush inside. I look around the room as worried as can be.

"Emma! Where are you?" I notice blonde hair hanging off the side of the bed and quickly rush over to her. Her skin is pale. I pick her up and her body is motionless. She isn't breathing. I carry her outside and run the streets to the nearest hospital.

"Please someone! Anyone, help! My girlfriend, she's not breathing!" I pant. Panic fills my mind and I start to sweat. I spot a hospital and run inside.

"My girlfriend needs help please!" I yell as they put her on a stretcher and take her back into a room. I follow them and watch her closely. One of the doctors rubs his head, another one cries, and the third one also has tears falling from her eyes.

"What? What's WRONG?" I shake one of the doctors.

"She's dead. Her heart stopped beating just before you came in." I fall to my knees and cry. I cry my eyes out. She's gone. She's really gone. Emma is dead. EMMA IS DEAD.

"Louis?.... Louis?....... Louis! ..... LOUIS!!!!!"

"Louis!" Liam shakes me and I scream. My shirt is soaked with sweat and I pull Liam into a hug and cry.

"She was dead. Emma was dead.." I sob.

"It's okay, hush... everything is fine. Emma is fine." He squeezes me.

"I... I had a dream that..."

"It's okay. It was just a dream, man. Calm down and just relax okay?" Liam goes back to his bed. I roll over and look at the ceiling. How can I relax when I don't have my Emma?