It is what it is

12

HARRY'S POV

We watch on as Louis says goodbye to his family, it's heartbreaking and we all know the elephant in the room, that Louis won't be coming back for a while but no one acknowledges it. We all let them have their last moments together. When it's time to go and we all escort Louis out of the hospital reality hits me, our job is to keep Louis safe and alive. The boys and I know that 'The shield' will be after us, they are probably watching us right now. We make it outside and we Immediately scan the street as we lead Louis to the awaiting car, the black escalade is waiting and William hops out and Liam slides into the drivers seat. When Louis sees William he latches onto him and I stand behind him to wait for him to say goodbye.

"I'm so sorry Louis, I had no idea" William says as he hugs Louis.

"I know Will, I don't blame you.......I'm...I'm going to miss you" Louis tells him.

"And I'll miss you! Be safe okay and I will see you really soon kid" he tells Louis with a smile.

Louis smiles back and pulls away, Will then turns to me.

"Keep him safe Haz, he's a good kid" he tells me.

I smile at him.

"You know I will" I say back.

We then hug each other, I have known Will a long time and I will miss hanging out with him.

"Don't break his heart, he is falling hard Haz" he whispers into my ear.

I pull back from the hug

"So am I" I smile.

William smiles back at me knowingly. I turn around to face Louis and the car door is open for him by Niall, Zayn is waiting by the door to let Louis in. Suddenly there are shots fired around us.

"Louis" I yell as Zayn throws him to the ground and is on top of him in a second, shielding him from the gunfire.

Liam is up out of the car in a second and Niall is already shooting back, across the street. I can see two masked men in suits firing at us from an alley way across the road. The car is the only thing between us and the shooters, I lie flat on the ground and look towards Louis, I am about 6 feet away from him and the terror in his eyes catches me off guard for a second, he is so scared. Zayn has is full body over Louis and is trying to reassure him that he will be okay.

"It's okay bud, just relax, we will get you out of this" he says.

I grab my gun from the inside of my jacket and crawl towards the back of the car where Niall and Andy are shooting from. I can see one of the guys in the alley way and I take my time to aim and shoot, my bullet hits him right in the head and he falls to the ground in a pool of blood. Niall then hits the other guy seconds later. Everything goes quiet and all that's heard is out harsh breathing.

"Is everyone okay?" Andy asks.

We all nod

"Yeah, fuck" Niall whispers out.

"We need to get out of here now, quickly" Liam says seriously.

"Get in the car" Andy says.

Liam jumps back into the drivers seat and Niall and Andy get in the car. Zayn is still on top of Louis and they aren't moving, I can hear Zayn talking to Louis but can't hear what he is saying until I get closer to them.

"I'm so sorry Louis, I need you to look at me though and not Will, we need to get you out of here fast okay bud" Zayn is saying.

I look in front of Louis and I freeze, William's body is lying slumped over on the ground blood everywhere. He is definitely dead.