let's escape // larry stylinson

chapter 51

Harry POV

Today Louis is working and I'm having a class.

I'm doing psychology in college, I want to be a school psychologist when I finish school.

Louis wants to be a football player and he's great at that, so he's taking football classes.

We both work too, I work in a bakery and Louis works in a bookstore.

With school and jobs we're quite busy but we always manage to make time for each other.

After I've finished my class for today, I drive my car to the book store where Louis has almost finished his shift.

I walk into the bookstore to see something I thought I'd never see. I see Louis pressed against the wall, a guy hovering his body and kissing him. They're making out against the wall and I see Louis putting his hands on the guy's chest.

"How could you?", I cry.

Louis looks up, still not pushing the guy away, "Harry, it's not what it looks like, I swear. Listen to me, I love you."

"How could you do this to me, Louis? We've been through so much together. How could you?", tears are streaming down my face as I rush out of the store, ignoring Louis yelling at me to come back.

When I get home I immediately run to my bed and let the tears fall.

I have never felt so heartbroken. A week ago he promised me that he'd love me forever. He promised me and now he's cheating on me. God knows how long he's been with that guy. Did he ever love me? If he ever did, when and why did he stop? How long has he been acting like he loves me?

I can't believe he did this to me. We have been through so much together and he just threw it all away. All the amazing moments we've had, all the laughs and the cuddles and the kisses. How he loved me, or how he acted to love me. I lost my virginity to that boy, we even made love just a few days ago. And he's probably fucking that other guy right now.

I never thought of Louis as a cheater, I guess I was blinded by love.

I'm curled up in bed, crying as Gemma walks into my bedroom. She stops talking when she sees me. She walks to the bed and sits down next to me, stroking my back. "What's wrong?"

I start crying even more, "He-he he ch-cheated", I manage to bring out in between the sobs. "What? No", she sounds surprised.

I nod, "He-he was kissing s-some guy at the b-bookstore w-w-when I was p-picking him up. I saw it Gem, I saw it m-myself."

She pulls me closer to her and holds me close. "I'm so sorry, Haz".

"How could he? I-I love him", I wipe the tears out of my eyes but it's all in vain, they keep coming.

"I love him, I love him so much. Why would he do that? I gave him everything. I thought he was the one. I gave him a promise ring last week, Gemma. He told me he loved me", I cry on her shoulder as she strokes my back, trying to comfort me.

"Shh", she hushes me. "It'll be okay, I promise". These words make me cry even harder and I bury my head in the crook of my sister's neck, trying to mute my sobs.

I cry for God knows how long and Gemma holds me in her arms the entire time. When I finally am a bit calmer I sit with my back against the headboard and stare at the wall. "Why?"

Gemma hands me a tissue and glass of water and I quickly drink it after quietly thanking her.

"Do you want to talk about it?", she asks me, not sure what to do or say.