Stay

Chapter sixteen

"Mabel wake up." Lia says shaking me.

"Wha?" I say sitting up.

"Did you sleep in the jeep all day?" She asks as I look around.

We're at the apartment. When did we get here?

"No. When did we get here?" I ask.

"We just got here. Oh by the way Harry called I picked up and he will be he in ten." she says then she opens the car door.

Whatever.

I get out of the car and follow her into the apartment building. We get to the elevator and we soon get to our floor. The doors open and we step into our house. Pepper runs down the stairs and starts making those weird noises like she always does.

I walk into the kitchen and feed her before plopping down on the couch.

"Don't you think you should get yourself together before your boy gets here?" She asks and I shrug.

"Honey you have gum in your hair, I think you should." she says stepping towards me.

I sigh and go into the kitchen. She turns on the TV as I grab the scissors to cut the wad of gum out of my hair.

"Mabel?"

I whirl around and staying in my position with the scissors and my hair in my hands. Harry and Louis stand with their bags in their hands in the doorway like they were walking by and saw me.

"Hi." I say and I snip the scissors which harry flinches.

My hair and gum falls to the floor and he looks up at me. I pick it up and throw it away. when I turn around he's standing next to me with tears in his eyes.

"Mabel whats happened?" He asks wrapping his arms around me.

I hug him back and I burry my face in the crook of his shoulder.

"Mabel you look horrible." Louis says as we pull away.

"Thanks Lou that's what I need to hear." I sigh.

"Lewis shut up." Harry says pointing a finger at him and Louis rolls his eyes.

Harry turns back to me as my phone buzzes in my pocket. I flinch but remember I blocked that number.

Harry grabs my hand and leads me out of the kitchen, up the stairs to my room before closing the door.

He gasps when he sees the shattered mirror on the floor. He looks up at me wide eyed and I look away.

"Mabel." he croaks and I sit down on my bed.

He sits down next to me and tilts my head up.

"Mabel please tell me what's wrong. You look so stressed and.... broken." his voice gets tight and I turn my head away. "Please don't shut me out."

I pull my phone out and hand it to him. He stares at me for a second with a confused expression on his face.

"Go to my texts and look at the first conversation." i instruct.

He does what I say and he reads the texts. I look back down at my hands and start picking my nail polish off my nails.

"Mae." he says and I clench my jaw.

Don't cry. Don't cry.

"Mae please look at me." he whispers and I look up at him.

Tears run down his face and that's when I break.