The Story Of My Life

Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Breaking Down or Building Up?

Amber's POV:

As I'm walking home I receive a text. It's from Louis. I read it and am shocked. "Oh my god..." I whisper to myself. I stop in my tracks, turn around, then run to his house.

I run though the front door hearing groaning. "LOUIS?! LOUIS!!!!!!?" I scream terrified. I run upstairs, the groaning getting louder. "LOUIS?!" The bathroom door is closed. I try opening it, but it's locked.

I start pounding on the bathroom door. "LOUIS!!!! PLEASE!! OPEN THE DOOR! LOUIS!!!!" I look around finding a bobby pin.

After I open the door, I break down crying about what I see. Louis is sitting on the floor with tears sliding down his cheeks. His arms are cut up with blood dripping down them. "Louis..." I say softly.

He looks up. "Amber..."

I stand in front of him, then sit on my knees. I put my hand on his cheek. With my other hand I glide my fingertips over his cut up arms. He winces in pain. "Sorry..."

"It's okay... Why did you come back?" Louis looks into my eyes.

"I couldn't let you kill yourself out of guilt." I say truthfully.

"Why?" He asks.

I kiss him. Like I mean it because I do. He doesn't kiss back, instead pulls away. "Because I love you." I say.

"Yeah, right!" He scoffs.

"I do. If I didn't, I wouldn't have come back."

"True.... I love you too..." He kisses me quickly.

I smile. "Just don't hurt yourself anymore."

"I won't."

"Promise?" I say seriously.

"Yes, I promise... For you..."

"Okay."

Louis' POV:

Amber came... She came back... She does care about me...

"I'm sorry for accusing you..." I say.

"It's okay... I'm sorry for just taking off like that..." She says leaning her head down to my arms. She starts kissing my arms.

I flinch.

"Sorry..." She says apologetic.

"It's alright..." I say assuring her I'm okay.

Amber's phone vibrates. She looks at it, rolling her eyes in disgust.

"What?"

She shows me the text. It's from her mom... Oh boy. "Ugh I hate her..." She says.

"What did she say?"

"She said, 'AMBER RENEE STYLES! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?! COME HOME RIGHT NOW! I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND MURDER YOU IF YOU DON'T COME HOME!'" Amber sighs.

"What are you gonna do?"

"I don't know... She's drunk again... But if I don't go home who knows what she'll do... Are you going to be okay here, without me?"

I whine. "I don't want you to go... Pleeeeeaaaassseeee stay! Pwetty pwease?" I pout.

"Louis..." She looks away thinking, then looks back at me. "Ugh, fine. But only for 1 or 2 hours... I don't wanna die tonight..."

I smile. "Don't worry... She won't hurt you as long as I'm here. And if she does kill you, she'll have to kill me too..."

She smiles. "Awwww.."

We share a kiss. Just as things start getting steamy, my phone turns on accidentally and buzzes. I ignore it until Amber pulls away.

She picks up my phone, then hiding it. She tries to distract me from it by kissing me again.

"Babe... What was it? Who was that?"

"It was no one..."

"Stop. Stop lying to protect me..."

"I don't want you to kill yourself..."

"Give me the phone, Amber..."

"No..." She starts crying...

I take my phone out from under her leg. Reading the text, I throw my phone across the room. It shatters into millions of pieces. I look at Amber to see her terrified. "I'm sorry..."

She snuggles up against me laying her head on my shoulder. "Baby I'm scared... What if they hurt you?"

"It's not me I'm worried about..." I look at her, then looking down.