The Story Of My Life

Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Dream True

Amber's POV:

I wake up to the sound of the guitar and someone singing.

"You don't know-o-ow. You don't know you're beautiful. 'Cause that's what makes you beautiful!" A voice sings.

I get out of bed getting stopped by Louis. "Louis... What are you-"

He puts his pointer finger to my lips. "Shhhh... Don't speak." He sets down his guitar, picking me up.

"Louis! Put me down!" I giggle.

He shrugs. "Okay." He then throws me on his bed.

My head hits the headboard... Hard... I start crying, holding my head that is now bleeding. "Oh my god..." I whisper to myself. "Louis?" I say, not hearing anything in return. "LOUIS?" I scream. Still no reply. "LOUIS!!!!!!!!" I scream louder. Why isn't he answering? I feel the room spinning around me. What's happening?

The room stops spinning. I look around. I'm in my room. Why? Wasn't I just in Louis' room? How did I even get here? Why is it so light in here? Is Harry here? Is mom?

I walk around my room touching certain things. My desk. My dresser. My necklaces. Then, I come across something unfamiliar.

There's a picture frame with Louis in the picture. He's saluting and smiling. I look at the part of his shirt that's shown in the picture. It's a military shirt. He's also holding a military cap. I turn the frame around to see if there's any writing on the back. There is...

I read it out loud. "Louis William Tomlinson was a great soldier. He will be dearly missed." What does that mean? "He will be dearly missed." I read it over twice more. Then, it hits me.

"NOOOO!!!!!!!!!" He can't be dead. But, he said he didn't want to be in the military!

I find a newspaper next to it. "Amber Renee Styles committed suicide on July 28th, 2016 as of her boyfriend, Louis William Tomlinson, was killed the night before. Harry Styles, her brother, found her lying unconscious on the bathroom floor of their apartment building, calling the police immediately. Amber was pronounced dead at the local hospital."

Oh....My.....God.... So... I-I'm dead? No! No! I can't be dead! Louis' not dead! I'm not dead! I have to get out of here!

I run to the door trying to open it, but the doorknob won't turn. It's locked from the outside. "HELP! HELP!!!!!!!"

I wait about 5 minutes, I think, but no one comes to save me. "Oh COME ON!" Looks like I'm staying in here...

A few minutes later I feel myself being shook. "AMBER!" I her Louis' voice shout, then fading out. It starts repeating constantly. I scream loudly.

Louis' POV:

Amber hit her head on my headboard and now she's unconscious! She's not waking up! I'm shaking her repeatedly. "Amber! Amber! Wake up!"

She grabs my arms starting to scream. Her eyes are still closed.

I put my hand on her cheek. "Amber, wake up and calm down."

She stops screaming and slowly opens her eyes. "Louis?

"Are you okay?"

She sits up hugging me tightly. She starts crying into my shoulder. I rub her back.

"Hey, hey... Sh... Shhh... It's alright. I'm right here. What happened?"

I-I thought y-you w-were dead!" She chokes out.

"What?! Why would I be dead? What did you dream about anyway?"

"N-Nothing."

"Amber, tell me..."

"N-No..."

"Amber..." I give her a stern look.

"Fine.." She tells me what she dreamt about.

Wow... "WHAT?! But... But... I don't want to be in the military!!! And... And... I REALLY don't wanna die in two years!"

"Yeah, I know..." She looks like she's hiding something.

"Is that ALL you saw?"

She nods.

"You sure there's nothing else?"

"Yes, I'm sure. I promise."

I give her a look like 'Mmhmm suureee', but all I say is "Okay..."

She smiles, hugging me again. "So, what song were you singing?"

"A little something I like to call... What Makes You Beautiful."

"New song?"

"Oh yeah!"

"Wow... One song everyday since Tuesday."

"Yeah... I'm glad we were on Spring Break, but sad that it's almost over." I pout.

"Aw! You're so cute when you pout!" She bops my nose with her pointer finger.

"Aw! You're so cute when you tell me I'm so cute!" I mock her actions.

"YUCK!!!" A familiar voice shouts from the other side of the room.

We both turn around to face him. Surprise, surprise... No, really it WAS a surprise!

"Harry................." Amber says rolling her eyes.

"What?" Harry shrugs.

I hear my home phone start ringing. I answer. "Hello?"

"Hi! Is this Louis?"

"Yeah! Um, who is this?"

"Hi! I don't know if you remember me, but it's Jewl. From pre-k."

"Oh! Hey! How are you?"

Jewl's POV:

"I'm great! How are you?:

"Is that him...?" My sister whispers to me.

I nod.

"Amazing! I'm just hangin' with my girlfriend and her bro."

"Coolio. I'm hangin' with my sis."

"Cool!"

"Listen, my dad still is in the military and wanted me to ask you if you had any interest in joining."

"Oh... No, I don't..."

"You don't have to leave now, just next year. I'll send a slip in the mail if you wanna think about it..."

"Okay, thanks Jewl!"

"No problem! Bye!"

"Bye."

I hang up the phone, turning to my sister. "He said he'll think about it."

"I hope he joins, then I'll have him ALL to myself!" She says. She's liked him for a while.

What Louis doesn't know is that they know each other very well...

My sister's name is Rose...