365 Letters To You || Larry Stylinson

|Chap. 22|

🎈|LOUIS' POV|🎈

April 23, 3:35 pm

"He cheated on you, Louis! Let's do this thing!" Johnny said. My friends were trying to convince me to carry on with a plan that we came up with months ago. It was only a joke, I was only joking when I said it, I didn't actually mean it. But I guess they're taking it seriously. They don't understand. They've never been in love before. And they don't understand Harry. If this were done to him, and he were to find out that I was a part of it, he'd be done. With everything. I can't hurt him. Not now, not ever. I love him, and I won't let anyone else hurt him, either.

"No! You don't get it! I forgave Harry. Yes, he cheated on me. He knows he fucked up and he hates himself enough already and I won't hurt him. So just stop it! We're not doing this anymore...." I bit my lip. I've never admitted it to them before, I've never thought I would have, but... maybe if I told them, they'd possibly consider backing down, for me at least.

"I love him." My lips reveals. All of the guys scrunch up their faces.

"You what?" Johnny says, stepping closer to him.

"I told you." Shawn speaks for once. The kid is always silent until some tea is spilled. I rolled my eyes.

"No way." Tanner laughs at me. I huff out a breath. How dare they laugh at me for finally being in love with someone. I watch as they all taunt and laugh at me.

"You know what, you all can go to Hell. You're so immature. You have no idea how this feels and you never will. You're all just sad, pathetic assholes." I tell them, the muscles in my face tense from frowning so hard. All of them try to calm themselves and Steve shakes his head.

"Calm down, mate. We're just kidding around. I'd never thought you'd be the one here to fall in love, but... if Harry is that important to you, we won't do it, alright? Right, guys?" He turned to everyone. They all mumbled small 'yeahs' and some of them walked out. I let out a small sigh of relief, nodding slowly. Steven is the most understanding of them all. I trust him more than anybody.

"Thank you, mate." I tell him, truly grateful he got the other boys to back down. He nods and slips his hands into his pockets. He bites his lip.

"So... how's the sex?" He smirks at me. I hear myself chuckle, my hands falling into my pockets as well.

"Magnificent!"

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💫|HARRY'S POV|💫

April 23, 4:48 pm

I feel my body heat up as I straddle myself onto Louis' lap, my hands tugging at his hair as his teeth tug against my lips. Ever since our first time together, I've wanted nothing more than to feel Louis' body against mine every second. He just feels so good. I can't count how many times we've done it in just the span of three weeks. His hands squeeze at my bottom and I let out a soft moan into Louis' mouth.

Our midday make out was interrupted by a knock on my bedroom door. Jay walks in and I scramble off of Louis' lap. I watch as she sighs and walks in. I frown as I know something is wrong. I sit down on the edge of the bed.

"Mum, what's up?" Louis asks, sitting beside me.

"I have some bad news." She said softly. I sigh and think about what she had said. Bad news. It could only be about one thing.

Jack.

I couldn't help but shake my head. As soon as I'm happy and everything seems to be going great and getting better, something comes along and snatches that happiness away from me. This is why I've never wanted help in the first place. It always comes back to this. Always will.

"What's wrong? What did the court decide?" Louis asks for me, grabbing my hand in his. I hear Jay take a deep breath before responding. My heart is already beating fast and my eyes are starting to water. They're not putting him in prison. I just know it. I was stupid to think they would. I was stupid to think that I would never have to deal with that monster again. But as usual, I was wrong.

"They decided that the evidence wasn't substantial enough to keep him away." Jay spoke slowly. She lets out a breath.

"They put him on probation until further notice." She speaks. At that moment, I could feel my heart breaking. After everything that man has done to me, to my mother, he only gets probation? How fucked is that? I shake my head and place my hand over my eyes. I can't help the cries that spill from me. I can just never get a break, ever.

"Probation? Are you fucking kidding me? That man is an abusive rapist! They can't just let him go!" Louis shouts from beside me. I feel a hand rub my back as I continue to cry. I don't even know what to think.

"I know, I know, I'm sorry, love. I'm trying, but Harry... this is all up to you now. You have to come to court to testify." Jay speaks. I sniffle and slowly lift my head.

"W-what?"

"This is the only way to make sure you and your mother get the justice you deserve. You are a witness, you need to be there to give your statement before his trial is over. Your stories could get him locked up for good."

"B-but, I thought just telling the story wouldn't be enough? It would just be my word over his." I tell her, that's the reason we've decided to consult my mother because she told me my story wouldn't be enough.

"Yes, but with a witness testimony, since we have the evidence from your mother, with you there to speak, we have a stronger case. And... you and your mother aren't the only one that witnessed this either." She says. I furrow my eyebrows as I look at her. We were the only people that lived in that house. We were the only people Jack tormented who else could possibly testify against Jack.

"I was there, too." Louis speaks. I look at him. He looks right back at me with dark eyes.

"The day we went to check on your mother. And I went to see what was taking so long, Jack attacked me, remember?" He said. I sighed as I nodded. Louis ended up with a scar on his cheek and a large bruise on his back. Again, another reason to be sorry to have brought him into my life.

"I'll go, too." He says.

"But it's all up to you." Jay says. Both look at me intensively, waiting for my response. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid. Afraid of losing again, afraid of Jack, and afraid of disappointing my mother again. I don't think I can face him in court. He would find a way to hurt me, I know he would. He always does. I sink my head into my hands. Only then I realize how much I cry.

I don't want to cry anymore. I only cry because I'm afraid. I don't want to be afraid anymore. I want to live, I deserve it. At least now I know I do. I can't keep living under his shadow, letting him control me. I have to stand up for myself and stop letting people fight my battles for me. I can't do it, anymore. The only way I can get past this and truly move on and be happy, is to face him. Man to man. Face to face. He ruined my life and I can take it back. I hear myself sniffle and lifted my head slowly.

"I'll do it." I said softly, looking at my boyfriend and his mother. Both of them nod and Louis wraps his arms around me. I hug him back tightly, deeply dreading the court case.

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Thanks for reading guys. I'll try to have another update here soon! I was really bored with no one to talk to so I wrote this little chapter. Bye loves!