Infinity //1D AU ✓

Chapter 14

~And everybody wants you,

Everybody wants you~

"Good morning." Ed said, standing over Louis as the alarm went off. "Time to overthrow a corrupt business."

Lou threw a pillow at him. "Too early. That alarm means it's only 7:30."

"No. You slept through that one. And the one after that. It's 8:30." Louis let out a string of curses, but sat up in bed, checking his messages. One from Harry telling him good morning - he always woke up before Louis, even if they were apart. "So, I repeat again. Good morning. Time to overthrow a corrupt business."

"Go wake up Liam or something." Louis sighed, sitting up. He silently screamed at himself for not plugging in his phone before bed, but oh well. He had to live with that now.

"Liam's not here." Ed told him.

"What?" Louis said panickedly, searching Ed's face for the answer. He threw off the covers, and ran down the hall to the office, where the air mattress was. Liam wasn't there. Liam wasn't anywhere.

Louis ran back to his room, and unplugged his phone, calling his friend. "What do you want?" Liam asked, in an angry tone.

"Oh thank god. I thought something had happened to you." Louis sat down on his bed, falling back. Ed sat gingerly next to him.

"I'm just taking a personal day. Going out to relax in nature. Call me if anything interesting happens."

Louis sighed. "Okay. Just...don't do anything stupid, okay, Liam?"

"Is that the same as doing something dumb?" He asked. "I'm only joking, Louis. I'm just overwhelmed with the whole Zayn thing. I'm just gonna like get a really good meal. Watch a movie. Get a massage or something. Have a me day."

"Okay." Louis stared at the ceiling. "I'll keep working with Ed on getting evidence and stuff. Bye."

As soon as he hung up, Ed eagerly jumped into the conversation. "Actually, I've found enough information."

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Louis looked at the stack of printed paper. "So, you're telling me that in twenty four hours, you found enough information to incriminate All Star Security and send them to jail for good."

"All except for Luke. I left him out, at your request. But, yes. I am done."

"Damn. You're better than Zayn."

"Always happy to help. I sent it to Simon two hours ago, and he should be getting back to me shortly about whether it will be enough."

"I can't thank you enough, Ed." Louis stood up from the couch and hugged his friend.

Ed blushed. "Just doin' my job. I'll let you know when Simon replies to my email, but you've got to take me out for breakfast. Or brunch. I don't care."

Louis smiled at him, then pushed him out of his room. "Okay. I'm going to take a shower, and then we'll head out, okay?"

Ed nodded, running out of the room, pushing his beanie down on his head. Louis smiled and then laughed. It was finally all coming together.

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"Liam, pick up! Pick up!" Louis said, crying. Ed wasn't sure why he was crying - the news wasn't that sad. Liam didn't pick up the phone, of course. He could've been anywhere. Doing anything.

"Louis, please stop crying." Ed said, from across the room. He crossed his arms over his body.

Simon had replied to the email. His response was why Louis was crying.

It's not enough.

"They need physical proof in order to start the case. Any of that stuff I found can be faked."

"So that just means that we have to break into All Star Security." Louis said. "I can't do that. I'm done breaking into places."

Ed walked out of Louis' bedrooms, deciding that Louis needed a minute before the next step could be achieved. But he had a feeling that whatever that was, his expertise was going to be needed just one more time.

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"Liam Payne, this is a one time pass." Louis said to the figure who was passed out on the park bench. "I will not ask questions, and you are coming with me now."

Liam had called him just a few hours after Louis retired to his room to watch T.V. instead of stressing out about All Star Security. He had blabbered on an on. Louis had assumed he was drunk and came to pick him up.

When Louis got there, Liam was dead asleep. So Louis dragged Liam to the car, since he was well bigger than him. "He's drunk. I am taking him home." He told passerby.

In the car, Liam was still asleep as Louis drove to Holmes Chapel. It was time to fill Harry and Niall in. And they needed their help if they were going to break into All Star Security.

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"What do you mean?" Harry asked Louis, who was safe inside the car. He was on the phone with Harry, who was on speakerphone out there so that Niall could hear. "Louis, roll down the window. Or unlock the door."

"No, you're going to beat me!" He screamed, and Liam finally woke up, moaning.

"Where am I?"

"Go back to sleep, Liam!" Louis screamed at him, and Harry started pounding on the window.

"Louis Tomlinson, you have been intentionally trying to sabotage Luke's company?" Harry screamed.

"Yeah, what's the deal with that?" Niall demanded.

"We'll fill you in later, Niall. Luke did some bad stuff to Louis once, and now Louis is trying to sabotage the relationship."

"No! On all the evidence Ed found, he left Luke's information out." Louis said, flinching away from the window. "I'm doing the right thing! Being a good person!"

"Why are you telling me this now?" Harry said, pounding on the window.

"Simon said that we have to get physical evidence! We have to break in!" Liam sighed in the back, and Niall laughed.

"Count me in." He said, but Louis knew that it would take more than that to get Harry in on it.

A lot more.