All For One (Depression)

Part 19 - Louis Punches Eleanor

Louis pulled up to his house. He got out of his car, slamming the door hard and loud, then proceeded to make his way up to the front door. He took out his keys from his pocket but before he could press them into the tiny keyhole, the door opened, showing Lottie's face. Louis was stunned to see her.

"Lottie?" He asked, dazed and confused.

"Shhh," she said back to him. "You'll wake him up."

She opened the door wider, having Louis look in to see Eleanor sitting on the couch and holding little Freddie in her arms. He was fast asleep. Louis entered his house, wondering why his sister and his girlfriend were there. None of it made sense in his mind. Nothing ever did. All this time, his brain had been somewhere else and he felt as if he was trapped in a fantasy world of his own, not knowing what was real and what wasn't. He took everything as a complete surprise. He shut the door behind him, slowly walking to the living room, where Eleanor sat. Lottie followed behind him. Louis' mind was drawing up blank again. He tried to desperately to fade out all the negative thoughts he had been having. His mind was lost in a dream realm. Far away from reality and drifting off deeper into the darker side than he was before.

"I've really missed you, Louis." Said Lottie.

Louis kept silent for a moment. He thought about stuff. Stuff he didn't necessarily understand and for sure, didn't want in his head.

"Louis? You alright?"

"Uhh yeah yeah. I'm fine. I'm just.....fine." He lied.

"Louis. You don't have to do that with me. I'm your sister. Please, you can tell me anything."

"I said I'm fine."

Everyone suddenly noticed his voice got deeper and rougher. It was like a different person had entered Louis' body and was portraying him the whole time.

"Louis, no you're not fine. Tell me. I want to help you." She said once more.

"I'm fine, just leave me alone."

"Louis, maybe I can help you. Just give it a try and....."

"I SAID I'M FUCKING FINE!"

The sound of Louis yelling like that, scared Lottie out of her mind. She had no idea that Louis was so upset. The rage she could see in his eyes was unbearable for her. A cry came out as they looked to see Freddie screaming at the top of his lungs.

"Louis, just calm down, ok...?" Eleanor asked him.

Eleanor gave Freddie to Lottie and walked up to Louis. Her eyes filled with tears as she knew he was in a bad place of his own. He needed help. She put her hand on Louis' shoulder to try and calm the poor boy down a bit when all of a sudden, a fist came down. Louis' arms jolted upward as his body motioned like a bolt of lightning. His arm wrapped over as he swung, leaving his girlfriend fall to the hard floor. The sight of it all, rendered Lottie speechless. And there she was. Eleanor laying on the ground, bits of blood running down her nose. Louis finally grasped ahold to the present day. He looked down at Eleanor, his eyes wide as his mouth open fully. "Why did I just do that?" He thought to himself. It was like he had no control whatsoever. And all hell broke loose. Eleanor looked up at Louis, her hand clutching her jaw tight from the pain.

"What is wrong with you?" She whispered to him.

Louis had nothing left to say. A drop fell from his left eye as he stood there briefly.

"I.....I don't know." He mumbled.

Just then, he bolted out the door as fast as he could, leaving Lottie to help Eleanor get up and all cleaned off. Eleanor just gave Lottie a look. She was indeed scared. She had no idea why Louis would hurt her like that. That just wasn't him. He'd never do such a thing.

Louis ran down the street, running out of breath but pressed on anyways. His mind was fully filled with terror. He was slipping into darkness, which frightened him even more. Now the fact that he just hurt Eleanor piled up on him. As he continued running down the street, he saw lights up ahead. Headlights. Bright and white. They came closer and closer, as he stopped dead in the middle of the road, watching the car come closer to him. He was afraid. It put on its breaks. The door swung open as Liam stepped out, looking right at the broken Louis, who was on the verge of shutting down. Louis said absolutely nothing, but walking up to Liam and hugging him, crying in his arms. It was a very heartbreaking moment for the Wolverhampton chap just to see Louis so emotional and drained from all. It killed him inside. He knew Louis just couldn't take much more pain. They stood there, center of the road, hugging it out for a few minutes. Louis' face all wet and red. Liam never felt so bad. Suddenly, it was like Louis lost his balance as he almost tripped over Liam, falling to the concrete ground. Liam pulled him up and took his arms around him. He helped Louis into the car before getting in himself. And they drove off into the night sky. All the way to Niall's house. Rough day for the 1D lads.