let's escape // larry stylinson

chapter 19

Harry POV

Six weeks have passed and Louis and I are both happier than ever. We spend a lot of time together and we grew closer than ever.

I'm still free falling. I'm falling a bit more for him every single day and I know that he feels the same. We still didn't tell our parents though, but we're planning on doing that soon. Gemma, Lottie and Fizzy do know about our relationship, they're very happy for us. We had to make them promise not to say anything to our parents.

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I wake up at 2am from a phone call, oh no.

"Lou, darling? Are you okay?", I say as soon as I pick up. "N-no, I'm sorry Haz", he whispers through the phone.

"I'm on my way", I hang up the phone, grab my keys and run over to Louis' place.

I run in his bedroom and I get a major déjà-vu. He's laying in his bed again, covers pulled up so only his hair is visible. His body is shaking and silent sobs escape his mouth. I walk over to him and see that his face is red and his eyes are wet and puffy.

I lay down next to him, "come here, love", I whisper in his ear and I wrap my arms tight around him so he rests his head in my chest. I hold him close and rub his back while I let him cry. After a while he calmed down a bit and I get him a glass of water.

"What happened Lou?", I ask him, not sure what to do.

"I- I had a n-nightmare about, about, y-you know", he stutters and I swear I can feel my heart break a bit.

"Oh love. It's alright, come here", I whisper as I hold him close. "It's alright, everything will be alright. I'm here for you, always".

I whisper a few comforting things and after a while he starts talking.

"Things just come back every now and then you know? I can feel his dirty hands on my body and I relive those moments over and over again. It's a nightmare but it feels so real. It feels like he does that again, it feels like he's raping me again. I can't handle that Haz. I'm scared".

I feel so bad for him. What on earth did he do to deserve this pain he's going through? I am mad at Luke's father for doing what he did. I just don't understand why he would do something like that.

I grab his hand and squeeze it softly, "it's alright, love. I'm here for you. I won't let anyone hurt you, never ever will I accept that. I'll protect you from the pain, my love."

He looks at me and I notice that his eyes are not as bright as they usually are. There is no sunshine in his face, there is no happiness in his eyes. The only blue in his eyes are tears.

"You promise?", he looks at me hopefully. My hears both breaks and melts at this view. "I promise", I nod.

"Can you stay here tonight?"

"Of course. I wasn't planning on leaving you alone right now anyways", I smile slightly.

He cuddles up next to me. He puts his head on my chest and wraps his arms around my torso as I wrap mine around his shoulders and we fall asleep quickly.

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I slowly open my eyes and adjust to the bright lights. It takes me a while to realize where I am and I remember what happened last night. Louis, Louis, Louis.

"Good morning, love", I hear and I look next to me and there he is. The boy that looked so broken last night but that looks so far from it now. The light in his eyes is back and he looks happy again. I smile softly as I feel him grabbing my hand and our fingers automatically intertwine, his hand fits in mine like it's made just for me.

"Hey, you alright?", I mutter, not wanting to get out of this place, where for a while, everything is perfect.

"Yeah, I'm feeling much better now. Thank you for being here for me", he comes closer to me and kisses me softly.

I cup his cheeks and his hands are on my back, our lips move perfectly together and I feel butterflies everywhere in my body, from my head to my toes. Butterflies are everywhere and I love the feeling. I don't want this perfect moment to end.

"Lou, we have to go to school", I mutter as I pull my lips a few millimetres away from his.

"Five more minutes", he whispers and I smash my lips against his again, his soft lips. I never want to stop kissing him.

Out of breath he pulls away, his lips swollen and red and his hair messy. He looks beautiful like his, he's always beautiful.

"Let's go on a date tonight", I say, looking at him as he tries to fix his hair. "I'll take you out tonight", I hug him from behind and he smiles in the mirror, his sunshine smile appear and the butterflies are everywhere again.

"Yeah, I'd love to", he smiles and he pecks my lips.

This feeling will never get old.

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A/N 

Hey. I don't really know what to say, so enjoy the chapter!

There might be more updates coming next week since I got no school for a week :)