I was cuddled up in bed with Caitlin late one night not long after the scan when I suddenly got a phone call. I recognised the ringtone as the one I had set for Louis' number. What would he want from me so late at night? I wondered, and I gently let go of the pregnant girl in my arms before rolling over to pick up the phone.
"Hello?" I said.
"Niall, we have a bit of an emergency." Louis said frantically.
"What kind of emergency?"
"It's Ernest, he didn't come home after school and we haven't heard anything from him... No texts, no calls, no notes left in the kitchen saying he's going out, nothing."
"I'm sure he's fine... Maybe he forgot to tell you that he was going to spend the night at a friends house?"
"He wouldn't do that, Niall. Ernie ALWAYS lets us know if he's going somewhere. Oh god, what if the serial killer dude got him?!"
"Look, Louis. I'm sure Ernie is fine and safe... Maybe he dropped his phone and it broke so he can't use it anymore? Or maybe he just lost it. I'm sure he'll turn up."
"Mum said if he's not home by morning they're calling the police and sending out a search party looking for the boy. He's only fourteen, I hope he hasn't gotten himself murdered..."
"We just need to hope for the best."
"Harry and I are going to head to Doncaster right now. I'll fill you in on what happens in the morning." he said quickly, and he hung up the phone.
I turned to find Caitlin sitting up in bed, fully awake.
"Who was that?" she asked.
"Louis. His little brother, Ernie, has gone missing. " I told her.
"Oh my god... What if James got him?"
"Hopefully he hasn't and the boy is somewhere safe and they will find him soon." I said, and I leaned over and kissed her forehead. "Let's just try not to worry about him and go back to sleep, okay love?"
"Okay." she said, and we went back to sleep once more.
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FanfictionA young boy senses that something mysterious is going on in his home one stormy night. The next morning his uncle decides to investigate and finds a girl, beaten and weak from hunger, curled up on a mattress in his nephew's old room, to which they h...
