Abandoned (A One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Harry sat next to Liam and sighed.

"I don't know what to do, Li..." he said in a nervous tone. "What if the police found those posters of Louis?! I'd lose him forever!"

Liam patted his friend's head sympathetically. "I don't know what to do either, Haz. Let's hope and pray that Louis doesn't get caught. I'd hate to lose him as well, and so would Niall and Zayn. Just try not to worry about it, Kay?"

Harry nodded, holding back tears.

"Okay."

Four years had passed since the boys met, and they had all matured for boys of such a young age. Louis just kept getting himself into some sort of trouble, stealing this and that. He wouldn't have admitted it to the cops, but he did it to keep his friends alive. He needed them, and they needed him. He couldn't break his promise. Never.

"I'm scared, Liam." Harry looked down at the ground below the two, as they were sitting in Liam's "climbing tree".

"Why?" he wondered, concerned for the youngest boy's sake.

The eleven year old sighed. Why was he scared? Scared of losing Louis, the thirteen year old boy that meant everything to him? Scared of never eating again? Scared of being judged by his twelve year old friends?

He didn't know.

He was just scared.

Why should he need a reason?

"I-nothing," Harry started to say.

"You can tell me anything, Harry."

Harry gulped. None of this even made sense to him.

"Not this time. I'm sorry."

He hopped off of the branch and landed flat on his feet, running to the lake.

Liam was confused. He was worried about Harry, and planned on finding out what was wrong.

The others were out. Louis took Zayn and Niall with him because they were running low on food. Louis was becoming better and better at tricking people, but since he'd tricked so many people in town, they would recognize him. So he traveled a bit farther.

Liam found the curly haired boy dangling his bare feet over the lake. He sat down next to him. He didn't think the boys would be back until a little bit later, considering where they were headed. Liam wanted to find out what was troubling the youngest member. He looked at Harry and smiled. Harry returned the gesture weakly. He was afraid of what was on his mind. He didn't think it was even possible.

"Liam?" he said weakly.

"Yeah, bud?"

"Um...do you know what love is?" Harry wondered innocently.

"Of course," he responded. "I love Zayn, I love Louis, I love Niall..." Harry noticed a blush spread across his face as he said the Irish boy's name. Did that mean...? "And I love YOU!" he said with a laugh, poking Harry's belly. It always made him laugh.

"Yeah," Harry said sheepishly. "Me too..."

"Anyways, your point?" Liam wondered.

"Well, I love all of you. You know that, right?"

Liam nodded in response. Of course he knew that. But he didn't know what Harry was trying to say.

"Is it possible to love somebody..more than you love somebody else?" Harry said shakily.

"Of course it is."

"Well...I think I love...mm...more than anyone else," Harry said, blushing heavily. Liam didn't quite catch the name that Harry said.