Look After You

Now or Never

The day Louis gets released from the hospital, it's snowing. The white blanket covering the streets and sidewalks, people struggling to shovel all of it to the side.

Harry opens the passenger side of Louis car and helps him out.

"Haz I'm not handicap." He chuckles.

"I know." Harry replies in a serious tone. He hated seeing Louis in that hospital bed, no matter what the doctor said, there had to have been something else to make Louis go to the hospital.

What Harry didn't know was the doctor had lied to him.

Louis asked the doctor if he could keep Louis true diagnosis between them, no one else needed to know. So the doctor told Jay and Harry that Louis had just been exhausted and overworked. Which he was, but no way was Louis going to let them know what was truly going on. He just didn't want them to worry.

Jay had too much going on with the small ones at home and Harry had the whole situation with Sarah. They shouldn't have to worry about Louis or Mason.

Once they got upstairs, Harry holding Louis by his waist in case he fell, Michael unlocked the door. Once in, Harry placed Louis onto the sofa and Louis layed his back into the corner pillow.

"I have to go pick up Adrian from my mums, promise me you won't get up or do anything that can hurt you.." Harry ask, almost begging.

"I promise." Louis let's out a deep breath and gets comfortable before he dozes off.

"Michael," Harry whispers.

Michael's attention goes from the TV straight to Harry.

"Please watch your father, and make sure he doesn't get up. If he does use his phone to call me, okay? I'll be back in a few hours." Harry smiles, messing Michael's hair up and walking away.

"Kay!" Michael yells before making his way infront of Louis and sitting on the floor to continue watching SpongeBob.

Harry leaves the apartment and heads to a car rental place close by.

The drive is only a couple hours so he doesn't really need to prepare for anything. Except for the call coming from his phone.

It's Sarah, a disgusted expresion finds its way onto Harry's face. He picks up the call regardless.

"Harry dear! It's been days since I've heard from you."

So fake, Harry thinks.

"Been quite busy with Lou in the hospital."

"Oh, how is he by the way? Hope Mason didn't get to him as much."

Wait.

"How do you know about Mason? And what do you mean? What did he do to Louis??" Harry is almost screaming at this point.

"Hmm? He hasn't told you?"

Harry takes the car and pulls over to the side.

"Hasn't told me what?!"

"Harry dear, he's still with Mason. I just found out a while ago. He's the reason Louis was sent to the hospital. Maybe you should just ask Louis himself. By the way, I took the liberty in taking Adrian from your mother's, told her it was an emergency and you told me to get him. See you soon!"

"Wai-!" The call ended.

A bomb of anger from deep inside Harry surges. He attempts again and again to call Sarah but she declined the calls or just ignored them.

Why would she take HIS son without HIS permission?? What kind of person would do that??

Harry was freaking out at this point so he decided to call his mom while he drove to the nearest police station. He was gonna get his son back one way or another.

"Harry?"

"Mom why would you entrust Adrian to Sarah?? You knew what happened between me and her!" His furious tone frightened his mother. She's never heard him this angered before.

"Harry I am at the police station right now! And I would kindly like it if you turn your tone down a bit, that is no way to talk to your mother." Her tone was harsh, but with a motherly touch to it.

Harry felt bad, he didn't mean to yell at his mom like that, he was just so angry and all of his emotions were coming out, he couldn't control them.

"I-im sorry mum," he began to sob.

"It's okay honey, I can't imagine what you're going through right about now. Just make your way over here and we'll figure it out."

She hangs up the call and Harry sets his phone down, continuing to drive towards his mums.

He wipes the tears falling down his face and his legs begin to shake. His heart was breaking piece by piece.

Was Louis still with Mason? He didn't wanna believe it. Harry has deep feelings for Louis and he didn't want to believe that Louis was just playing him. There was just no way.

Louis had to have felt the same way..

Right?

••••

The sound of the door slamming was what awoke Louis from his nap. Wiping his eyes and stretching a bit, he makes his way up to sit on the couch.

"Michael? Hey Mikey??"

It was strange not getting a reply right then and there. Louis heart immediately begins to pump faster as he gets up and rushes to Michael's room.

Not in there.

"Michael??" He calls out, still no reply.

Once Louis runs out of his room, he notices the front door unlocked.

Harry would've made sure it was locked.

Louis was shaking in fear...

Mason.

••••

Once the kid was in the car, she started the car. The two kids trembled in fear of what was to come as they drove away. Michael held onto Adrian's hand, the tears landing on his glasses.

"That was easy enough." The woman commented.

"Yea, now we both got what we want." The man replies as he leans in closer to the woman and grabs her face, planting a rough kiss.

They continue driving for miles and miles.

The two boys left with nothing to do, stay seated in the back seat, crying out for their fathers.