When Love Conquers Two

Chapter 31

Previously in When Love Conquers Two
Sarah was thinking about Harry being in the hospital and had a panic attack. A kind lady helped her find Niall who calmed her down. Sarah met Greg, Denise, and Theo for the first time. Maura and Sarah got into a little fight. Sarah broke up with Niall just so he could keep his mom in his life since she hates Sarah so much. But Maura stopped Sarah and got Niall and her back together.
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Well, Christmas with the Horans was an adventure and a half. Thankfully, Niall and I are back home in the flat. Alvin's trial is today. Because Alvin murdered Kathy in America, his getting charged here for it. So, we have to go threw America's court system for this. Harry was discharged yesterday and Louis won't let Harry go anywhere alone. I know he's just worried about him, but he's being overly protective. We're in the living room just watching Friends when Harry gets up to go to the bathroom. Louis moves to get up, but Harry stops him. "Louis, I love you, but leave me alone for two bloody minutes. Please," Harry says frustrated. Louis sits back on the couch as Harry walks away. "Lou, you gotta chill. I know you're just worried about him, but you're gonna drive him insane," I say once Harry's out of ear shot. "I know I should just let him be, but what if he does something and I'm not there to stop him?" Louis says worried. "You just gotta trust him, mate. I know it's hard. I want to do the same thing with Sarah, but I have to trust that she'll come to me instead. Be there for him. Make that known. He's use to keeping all of his thoughts to himself. He'll come around when he's ready," Niall says. Louis lets out a sigh, "I know. It's just hard, ya know? He always keeps stuff to himself and tries to be happy all the time. He doesn't cry in front of me or tell me what's bothering him. I'm scared." Louis looks like he's gonna cry. I hate seeing him like this. We go over to him and sit next to him. "Hey, it'll be okay, Lou. He's starting to tell me stuff. It's just hard to tell the people you love that you don't want to exsist anymore. Harry will be okay. Let me do the nagging. I'd rather him get mad at me for nagging than him yell at you," I say. Louis nods his head, "okay. It's just... I can't lose him." "You aren't going to lose him, Lou," I say. "I'm gonna go check on Harry," Niall whispers to me. I nod my head. He has been gone a while. Niall leaves the room leaving me with Louis. "Hey, look at me," I say gently. Louis looks at me, tears streaming down his face. "Awe, Lou," I say. Louis hugs me and cries into my shoulder. "It'll be okay. Harry isn't going anywhere," I say softly. He hugs me tightly, like he's scared I'm gonna leave him. I look up and see Harry and Niall standing in the doorway. Harry looks so worried about Louis right now, but I motion for them to go. The last thing Louis needs right now is for them to see him like this. He hates it when the boys see him upset. I pull away from Louis and hold his hands. "Harry will be okay. He isn't going anywhere. He loves you too much to leave you behind," I say. "But what if that isn't enough? What if we get into a fight and he goes and hurts himself?" Louis says. Louis truly loves Harry. He gets so worried about him. He isn't like this with anyone else, not even me and I'm his best friend. "He won't hurt himself. If you guys get into a fight, I'll be there for you both. I won't let him hurt himself," I say. "But what if-" I interrupt Louis, "hey, enough of the what ifs. If you keep thinking of the what ifs, it'll eat you alive. You just got to trust me. I won't let anything happen to Harry." Louis lets out a deep breath, "I trust you." I wipe his tears away as I say, "good now stop your crying." Louis chuckles, "thanks, Sarah." I smile at him, "of course, Lou." He smiles at me. "I love you, boo bear. You're my moon," I say. "And you're my sun. I love you too, babe," Louis says. I stand up, "come on. Lets go get you cleaned up." Louis gets up and follows me to my room. He sits on my bed once we get inside. I get a text from Niall saying that we got an hour until we have to leave to head to the court house. I text back letting him know I'm gonna stay with Louis until then and to keep an eye on Harry for me. I look over at Louis and see him looking at his hands messing with them. I grab a tissue from my bathroom and walk over to Louis. I hand him the tissue. He gives me a forced smile in return as he grabs it. He starts messing with the tissue. I sit next to him, "hey, he's gonna be okay." "I know, I just can't help but worry about him. I love him so much. I can't lose him," he says. "And you won't. He's not going anywhere," I say reassuringly. "I know I just gotta keep reminding myself of that," he says. "You want me to go get him?" I ask. He nods his head, "please?" "Okay, I'll be right back. You stay here," I say. I get up and head down the hall. I hear two voices in the living room so I head there. As I get closer, I hear what their saying more clearly. "But Niall, he's my boyfriend. I should be the one in there with him, not her," I hear Harry say. I stop in my tracks. What the hell is Harry going on about? "I know, but Sarah's his best friend. They go to each other for everything. They're closer to each other than we ever while be with them," I hear Niall say. "Doesn't that bother you though? Don't you think they're a little too close? Louis calls her babe. He should be calling me that, not my sister. Their little saying they have is too couplie. That's something they would say if they were dating," Harry says furious. "It does bother me, Harry. It bothers me so much. But what are we going to do about it? Sarah's been through so much shit, the last thing she needs is her fiancé and brother telling her that she can't be with the one person she's always been able to count on. It'd crush them both," Niall says. They're really bothered by Louis and I being so close? I knew they were uneasy about it at first, but I thought they were fine by now. Well, what am I suppose to do now? Louis wants Harry, but Harry's clearly irritated with us right now. Should I just go tell Louis? I mean if I keep this to myself I'm gonna have a panic attack or something. I quickly go back to my room before Harry or Niall realize that I was there. Louis looks up at me as I shut the door. "Where's Harry?" He asks confused. I look down at my hands and notice I'm shaking. "Sarah, what's wrong? You're shaking," Louis says worried. He comes over to me and puts his hands on my arms. "I just heard Niall and Harry talking. Apparently they don't like how close we are. Harry was saying how we're too close and that he doesn't like you calling me babe. How you should be calling him babe and not me. How our saying is too couplie. And Niall agrees with all of it. He said how he doesn't want us this close," I say like I'm near tears. "They said that?" Louis asks in disbelieve. I nod my head. Louis grabs my hand and says, "come on. We're gonna go talk to them." We leave the room, Louis holding my hand the whole way. "Hey, did you two say how you don't like how close we are?" Louis asks as we get into the living room. I drop Louis's hand, not wanting to add another reason why we're "too close". "Well, hi to you too," Harry says. "Just answer him, please," I say quietly. "I have no idea what you're talking about, Lou," Harry says. "Well, Sarah just told me how you guys said we're too close and that you don't like me calling her babe or our saying we have," Louis snaps back. "You heard that?" Niall asks me scaredly. "Yea, I was coming to get Harry 'cause Louis wanted him, but I heard you guys talking so I didn't want to interrupt," I say. I can just feel the anger radiating off of Louis. He's always told me that he'll stay by my side no matter what, no matter who he has to fight for me. When people attack our friendship, even if it's the smallest comment, he gets so defensive. And I'm the same way. We're so protective of each other. "Yea, we said that. And I mean all of it," Harry says. "Don't you dare come after our friendship. She's my best friend. I've known her my whole life. How close we are is known of your business. I don't call you babe because that's a nickname I have for Sarah and Sarah alone. I've called her babe my whole life so I'm not going to stop just because you don't like it. Our saying is something very personal for the two of us. I don't bloody care if it's 'too couplie'. We're not going to stop saying it. If you two can't handle how close we are then that's on you. I'm not going to change how I act to my best friend for anyone. And I know Sarah sure as hell won't," Louis says pissed off. "You guys are way too close for just being best friends. It's on the verge of you two being a couple," Harry says. "Too close? She's my fucking best friend! She's the one person I can count on no matter what. Sarah's been through hell and back. She's allowed to act like this with me if she wants. She has a hard time trusting people because of her past. So her coming to me for everything and just being her natural self with me isn't us being 'too close'. It's just how we are," Louis says. "Why can't she come to us? I'm her brother and Niall's her bloody fiancé! She can trust us!" Harry yells. "She trusts you, just not with everything," Louis says. "Alright, I understand not telling Harry everything cause there's just some stuff you don't tell your siblings. But why not me? We're going to get married, Sarah. We should tell each other everything," Niall says to me. He sounds like he's hurt. Louis steps in front of me, knowing I don't like them fighting. I hold onto his arm like doing this will protect me from something. I can't handle this right now. I've been thinking about everything Alvin's ever done to me and them fighting is making it worse and Louis knows it. "Don't talk to her. You both are talking to me. And to answer your question, she doesn't tell you everything because you broke her heart. You went and cheated on her for a week. She stays with you 'cause she loves you and can't live without you, but you can't trust someone the same way after something like that," Louis says. Niall keeps his mouth shut after that. "Louis," I say quietly. He faces me and sees that I'm shaking still. He holds my hands to help calm me down. "Hey, it's okay. No one's going to hurt you," he says. "Everyone's arguing and I can't handle it. Not today," I say near tears. He pulls me into a hug and I hold him tight. "It's okay, babe. I'm right here. No one can hurt you," Louis says. "But what if I lose you?" I say as a tear rolls down my cheek. Louis pulls away. "Hey, I'm not going anywhere. I don't care what happens or who we lose, I'm not leaving you," he says reassuringly. I take a deep breath to calm myself down. Louis wipes the stray tears away. "It doesn't matter if Harry and Niall don't like how close we are. You're my best friend, I'm not letting you go," he says. "I love you, boo bear. You're my moon," I say with a small smile. "And you're my sun. I love you too, babe," Louis says with a smile. I look behind Louis and see Harry and Niall looking guilty. "Can we go back to my room?" I ask Louis quietly. "Yea, of course," he says gently. He faces the two guilty boys, "we'll be in Sarah's room. Come get us when we have to leave for the trial."

To Be Continued