Through the Years

Chapter 8

Louis sat on a rocking chair in his living room, thinking about everything that had happened in his life so far. It was slowly coming to an end and he didn't know if continuing the story was a good idea anymore but Ella insisted. So he lead her out of her bedroom, and sat down on the rocking chair again with Ella in his arms.

"Are you sure you want to hear this baby? Freddie will just know we lived happily ever after."

"I want to hear it daddy I'm not a little girl."

Louis smiled Ella, she would always be his little girl no matter how old she was.

......

Louis woke up to a loud bang, he jumped out of bed and saw Harry, sitting in the kitchen covered in food, plates were smashed and the chairs were on the floor. Louis ran over to Harry and sat down next to him.

"Everything is ruined. He's gone. Zayn left, he told everyone last night but that's not the worst part of all this. He threatened to tell the public about me and you." Harry muttered.

"How do you know that?" Louis questioned.

Harry took out his phone and started reading an interview on his phone.

"We hadn't been friends for a while now, I wasn't allowed to be happy. Everything was about Louis and Harry, I just couldn't be with a bunch of people who didn't care how I felt. So that's why I left the band. There's so much I want to tell the public about how Harry and Louis were the cause of all our problems, but I just couldn't do that to them."

"Zayn said that?" Louis asked.

"Yes and it just hurts. Did we really make his life miserable?"

"We didn't do anything wrong Harry, and it doesn't matter because we've got each other. We'll always have each other."

Louis pulled Harry into a hug and gave him kisses all over his body, never letting go of his grasp. Louis couldn't imagine a world without Harry, when they were together nothing else mattered.

That day Louis did everything to get Harry's mind of Zayn's interview. He didn't want Harry to feel as though this was his fault because it wasn't, it wasn't anyone's fault but Zayn's.

So they baked a cake, they sang and danced around the kitchen, they did everything normal couples would do but they knew that wouldn't last forever. When they heard a knock on the door.

Louis stood up slowly and went to answer it, outside in the pouring rain stood a group of paparazzi.

"Lou, what's going on? who's at the-" Harry said walking up to louis and taking hold of his hand.

"Go back inside Harry." Louis mumbled.

But Harry shook his head and said "No, I'm not afraid anymore."

Louis smiled and squeezed Harry's hand even tighter. Louis admired Harry's bravery because he was scared to death.

"How do you feel now that Zayn has left the band?"

"Is it true that you two are together?"

"Is this the end of One Direction?"

"Is it true that you were the reason Zayn left?"

"We do not need to justify ourselves to anyone, no one knows the true story, so we will be going live tonight. But for now just fuck off and leave us alone!" Louis said calmly and professionally.

Louis closed the front door and kissed Harry on the lips, he then looked up at Harry and smiled.

"It's time we tell the truth." Louis whispered taking Harry's hand and walking him to the sofa and opening up his laptop.

......

"Daddy, did you really hurt Zayn?" Ella asked, looking up at Louis.

"I suppose I did baby girl, everything will be explained in the next part of the story."

"Oh daddy please continue I'm not even remotely tired."

"Okay baby, just let me get something to drink, sit tight and I'll be back." Louis said, Ella nodded, she climbed off Louis and went to go and sit on the sofa.

Louis walked to his kitchen and looked at his phone, and saw that he had 7 missed calls from unknown number, he called it back and got the dialling system and then a lady saying "I'm sorry but the number you are trying to reach is unavailable. Please try again later."

Louis tried the number another three times but could not get through, he threw his phone across the kitchen and let out a loud sigh.

What if it was Harry? What if Harry finally forgave him but gave up when Louis didn't answer for the seventh time?

Louis shook his head to gain his thoughts and walked out the kitchen, he went straight into the living room and laughed, Ella said she wasn't tired but she was fast asleep on the sofa. He picked her up and carried her to bed. Tucked her in and kissed her goodnight.

Louis walked to the kitchen and dialled Harry's number but received the same message again. He slammed his hand into the wall and grabbed a bottle of rum. He took a massive swig of the bottle and kept trying. Kept on calling the number, hoping he would somehow get through.

He kept on trying until he eventually finished the bottle of rum and passed out on the cold, laminate kitchen floor. Smacking his head onto the hard on the way as he went down.