let's escape // larry stylinson

chapter 8

I walk home with Louis next to me. He's very quiet and tears are still rolling down his face. 

When I want to put my arm around his waist to comfort him, he pushes me away. He starts crying even more and I feel helpless. 

I want to comfort him so bad but he doesn't seem to want me to.

When I walk into his house with him, no one is there so I decide to put him in his bed. He seems tired and I guess he doesn't want to talk.

I put the covers over his tiny and fragile body and I walk towards the door. 

When I'm just about to leave I hear someone say my name, I turn around to see Louis looking at me, "Harry, don't leave please", he whispers. 

I close the door and sit down on his bed right next to him, "Of course, I'll stay. Are you alright?" I ask quietly, "you can talk about it if you'd want to". 

He shakes his head and says, "I don't even know you that well, we met yesterday. I'm not going to tell you what broke me, it's too early for that and I don't even know if I can trust you, or anyone really". 

And this, this broke my heart a bit too. Seeing this boy, that used to be so happy once, being so broken. 

Lottie showed me some pictures of their family from a few years ago and Louis looked so happy, carefree.

I don't know what he is going through and I don't know what happened but I do know that it's bad and that he needs time. I completely understand that. 

"It's going to be alright, I promise. I also promise that I'll be here any time if you want to talk to me, even in the middle of the night. Just call me alright?", I say as I give him a note with my phone number on it.

"You don't have to talk about it, I understand if you don't want to. But right now I see a broken boy and I know that he was once happy. I want to see him happy again, and you will be happy again."

He smiles slightly.

"Things will get better, maybe it seems terrible right now but there will be a day where things are better. A day where you will escape from this pain, and I'd love to see that. So please don't hesitate to call me when you want to talk. I know we only met yesterday but I really do care for you Louis. I really do", I whisper to the boy laying under the covers. 

He has his eyes shut and mouth a little bit open. I thought he was asleep until he whispers "Thank you, Harry", he looks at me and smiles. 

"Thank you for what?", I ask curiously, I did nothing special did I?

"Thank you for beating up those bullies, thank you for taking care of me, thank you for talking to me, for trying to make me feel better", he says, now sitting up in his bed with his back against the headboard. 

"That's what friends are for",  I reply, looking at the emotions on his face change. 

"F-friends?", he stutters and I nod, "Friends, right?" 

He looks at me and smiles, I love his smile, his sunshine smile. "Yeah, friends", he says before laying down again and falling asleep.

I leave the house after watching Louis sleep for a bit. For the rest of the night I can't stop smiling. 

Louis is my friend.

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A/N: chapter 8! I hope you like this one. Personally, chapter 9 and 10 are two of my favorites, I'll upload them later this week or on Saturday. My exam week starts next week so I'm sorry if I forget to update. I also have a new update schedule. I used to update two chapters on Saturday, but I'll start updating twice a week, one chapter on Wednesday and one on Saturday. 

I hope you like the book so far, I'm happy with how it's turning out so far. I finished writing chapter 31 recently and I think this book will have around 40/50 chapters. Hope you enjoy the story, please let me know if you do. Have a great day/week x

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