When Love Conquers Two

Chapter 37

Previously in When Love Conquers Two

Louis helps calm Sarah down from being pissed off with Harry. She makes another video with Louis telling everyone to back off from hating on their friendship. Harry snaps at Sarah basically calling her self-centered and how not everything is about her, somethings her father has said to her before. Louis tells Harry that it'll take Sarah a while to trust him again after what he said. Sarah has a bad episode that hasn't happened in years. She calms herself down long enough to comfort Niall and reassure him that she'll be okay. 

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The past two days have been so stressful. We had Alvin's trial, which he thankfully got the death penalty for. Yesterday was it's own beast. I had like 3 episodes, Ray told me she's marrying Alvin, Harry and I got into a fight. Jesus yesterday was rough. "Babe, are you even listening to me?" Louis asks snapping me into focus. "Huh? Oh yea, of course, Lou," I say looking at him. Louis and I are walking around downtown NYC together. You wouldn't believe how deserted it gets in New York right after the holidays. No one's here until December 30th, the day before New Years Eve. So, we're able to just go out and be normal people for once without that many interruptions. "What did I just say?" Louis asks. "Um, something about the album?" I say more as a question. "Love, I haven't even started my album yet," he says. I give the 'Oh shit' look. We continue walking down the street. "You alright, babe?" he asks. "Yea, just thinking about the past couple days," I say looking at the ground as we walk. "Hey, we went around town to forget about the craziness. We're just being celebrities best friends for the afternoon," he says. "Okay, okay. I'll focus on our public lives for now. What were you saying before I zoned out?" I say. "Oh, so Simon called me the other day. He knows that we right nearly all of the songs we write together so he asked if we could come up with a song for us to release together," Louis says. "He wants us to release a single together?!" I say excited. "Yea, I told him I would run it by you first, but it's been so crazy the past couple days I haven't gotten the time," he says. "Oh my god, Lou! This is amazing!" I nearly shout. "So, I'm guessing you're on board," he says. "Of course I am! We've been talking about releasing a single together ever since I was your opening act the first time!" I say. "Well, I'll let him know we're on board," he says getting his phone out. I assume he texts Simon that we're in. "Oh my god, I can't believe we're actually going to release a single together," I say in disbelieve. Simon is seriously okay with us doing this? I thought he'd be against it since Louis and I are two completely different genres. "Let's go back to the house. We can start on the song," I say. I grab his hand and rush to the the car. "Slow down, babe," Louis laughs. Thankfully we aren't to far from the car. I get into the driver's seat as Louis gets into the passenger's seat. "You a little excited?" Louis chuckles. "Of course! I'm writing and releasing a song with my best friend!" I say. "We may even get to do a music video if we play our cards right," he says. "We have to. That would be fucking amazing," I say. We talk about what type of song we want to do the rest of ride home. "Why can't we do pop?" Louis says as we walk into the house. "Because I'm in a rock band, not a boy band," I say putting the keys with the other car keys. "Hey, boy bands are great," he says defensively. "Oh please, we made fun of boy bands growing up," I say sitting on the counter. "Well, now I'm in one," he says. "Yea, and I make fun of you all the time for it," I say. He clenches his jaw shut. "Ha, can't think of a comeback, can ya? Can't make fun of me when I'm in a rock band," I say. "Shut up," he says. I laugh at him. The doorbell ringing interrupts us. "Where the hell is Harry when you need him," I say getting up. I walk over to the front door expecting to see some kind of sales person or a fan. Instead, I'm face to face with Liam, Jake, Alyssa, and Maya. And you won't believe who is with them.

"What are you guys doing here?" I ask stepping aside so they can all come in. "Um, no one told you?" Alyssa asks. "Told me what?" I ask worried. "Hey, Sarah," a female voice says. I look to the voice and see Ray. She looks the same from when I last saw her, just with her arm in a cast up to her elbow. "Get the fuck off my property before I call the police," I growl. "Sarah, let me explain," Ray says. "Do you have any idea the kind of pain I've been through because of Alvin?" I say. "Sarah-" "No, I don't want to hear it," I say. "What's going on?" An Irish accent asks. I look behind me to see Niall, Harry, and Louis. I open the door wide enough so that they can see Ray. "Oh good, you got here okay," Harry says. I wipe my head around at him. "Did you invite her here?" I say nearly yelling. "Not exactly. Maya wanted all of us to get together and try to talk things out with Ray since she use to be a good friend of all of us," Harry says. "Key word: use to. This fucking bitch is marrying and carrying the child willingly of the man who fucking ruined my life. And you want her here?" I say. Niall comes over to me and opens the door wider. He motions for Ray to come in. "You too?" I say hurt. "I'm on your side, Sar. Just let her explain herself. Maybe we can get everyone on the same page," Niall says. I take a deep breathe. "Okay, let's go into the kitchen and talk. More space there for all of us," I say. We all head into the kitchen. Maya, Alyssa, and Ray take seats at the kitchen table. I stand by the counter, as far away from Ray as possible. Niall stands next to me. The rest of the boys don't stand that far away from me, I guess to grab me if I try to fight Ray again. I don't blame them. She nearly lost her baby. If we got into another fight, she probably would lose the baby, especially since I'm more pissed off this time. "Why did you bring all of us here?" Jake asks Maya. "Yea, we should be in the studio recording right now," Alyssa says. "I told Simon we weren't coming in today. We need to sort this out. Half of us are about to pounce on Ray and the other half is understanding," Maya says. I roll my eyes, "I don't understand how any of you understand her side of the story." "Of course you won't understand. You've been through so much abuse by the man that you wouldn't be able to see her side of it," Harry says. "I see someone who use to be my friend marrying and carrying the child of the man who abused, raped, and kidnapped me. Not to mentioned kidnapped and KILLED our baby sister. Alvin Jackson is a monster and all of our lives are endangered as long as he's breathing. Including you and your baby," I say. "He isn't a monster, Sarah. I understand you hate him, I don't blame you for what you say he did. But he would never hurt me or my baby. It's different with me. He loves me, like how Niall loves you," Ray says. The room gets dead silent. "Do not ever compare my fiance to your monster of one," I growl. Niall holds my hand to keep me from ripping Ray's throat out. "Do you not believe that Alvin did all that to me?" I say. "Honestly? I can't see him doing that. So no, I don't believe you. Show me some proof he did anything to you then I'll believe you," Ray says. The whole room gets tense. The boys are all about to kill her, especially Louis and Niall. "You want proof? Okay, I'll fucking show you proof," I say. I grab my phone from the counter and scroll through my camera roll. I storm over to Ray, "here's your fucking proof. All of these pictures are from Alvin while I was dating him and after he kidnapped me." The pictures are horrific. In some of the pictures there's so much blood you can't even see my face. There's pictures of me with bones sticking out, cuts and bruises all over my body. I land on a video. Alvin took it right after one of the worst beatings, just as a reminder for me of how scared I should be of him. "Before I play this, I want all of you to see this. Just so we don't need to have this conversation again," I say. The group all gets around Ray to see my phone. I press play.