Through the Years

Chapter 15

Louis sat at the therapist desk, twiddling with his thumbs, he was nervous and just wanted to see Harry.

"Okay Louis, I have reviewed your progress since you came and we will give you three hours leave, see how that goes. I will give you your phone so if you need anything you can call us. Good luck." The therapist said handing Louis his phone.

Louis thanked the therapist and ran out of the office, he ran down the hall towards his bedroom, grabbed his coat and headed outside the front door of the hospital.

He looked up and let out a deep breath, he inhaled the scent of fumes and freshly mowed grass. He stood there for a moment and listened to the birds chirping and watched as the trees blew in the wind. It was so surreal to be outside in the open, he hadn't felt like this in so long, for the next three hours he would be free.

He started walking, he didn't know where he was going and he didn't care he just knew that he couldn't wait to explore the city once again. He took out his phone and called Harry.

It rung and rung but there was no answer. Louis sighed.

"What happened we only spoke a few days ago and he said he couldn't wait to see me. What did I do wrong?" Louis thought to himself.

He tried once again and this time the phone stopped ringing. He heard heavy breathing coming from the other end of the phone.

"Harry?" Louis asked.

"Hi Lou." Harry whispered.

"What's going on? I'm out of hospital for a few hours. I thought we could meet-"

"Now? It's not a good time for me." Harry whispered cutting Louis off in mid sentence.

"Why is everything okay?" Louis asked.

"Everything is fine, I've just had to hide from a group of fans that's all. I'm in my car right now hiding from them. I just don't think we should meet right now. I'm sorry, I really don't want to draw attention to myself. I can't let anyone know why I'm here."

Louis hung up the phone and let out a scream, all he wanted was to meet Harry. All he wanted was to kiss him, feel him and feel loved.

He looked up and noticed a group of people staring at him, they then took out their camera and started taking pictures of Louis. He didn't stop to talk, he just turned and ran, he ran as fast as he could back to hospital. Despite being gone for only 20 minutes.

He walked through the front doors and placed his hands on his knees breathing in and out slowly trying to catch his breath.

"Louis? You're back early?" One of the nurses said. Leading Louis to a room so he could talk.

"I just didn't want to be outside, people spotted me. They started to take pictures. What if more information about me comes out? What if I become a monster again."

"Louis, you're not a monster. You never were."

"How do you know?" Louis said.

The nurse sighed and said "stay here, I'll be right back." And then she left leaving Louis alone with his thoughts

When she came back a few moments later, she was carrying a magazine, she handed it to louis and he looked down at the front page and saw

"The truth about Louis Tomlinson"

Written on the front page, Louis looked up with tears in his eyes and shook his head.

" I don't want to read all the bad things I did." Louis whispered wiping his tears.

"I'll read it for you then." The nurse said ignoring Louis begging for her not to.

"I knew this question would come up about Louis, every interview is about him and I've avoided the question until now. So here goes, He was the most wonderful person I had ever met. He was the funniest and sweetest person ever. And none of this was his fault, he wasn't the cause for our break up as a band. We all left because we wanted to pursue solo careers it wasn't his fault. None of this was his fault and so what he cheated on Harry? They had been pressured from fans for so long to be an item and when it happened it finally got too much for them, can you really blame him for that? People cheat and although cheating isn't nice, Louis didn't deserve the hate he got. He suffered for it and it shouldn't have been that way. I'm thankful for my successful career with the boys and being a soloist and I wouldn't change it for the world. Now I know there isn't any negative press towards Louis anymore but there shouldn't have been in the first place and when he's better and makes a comeback, I will be there for him supporting him and helping him in every way possible because that's what friends do." The nurse said closing the magazine.

"Who wrote that?" Louis asked

The nurse handed Louis the magazine, and she left without saying a word. Louis opened it up and saw an old picture of him and Niall smiling. He smiled and looked at the interview. Niall actually said that, he said those lovely things about Louis. He smiled up at the ceiling and wiped his tears.

"Thank you Niall." Louis whispered