Diana

Twelve - Wicked Eyes

At first, I didn't agree with their idea. Already Louis is involved. Now, all of them want to join the deadly situation. Thinking about it sends chills all over my body. What if all of us get trapped? We'll be helpless. I denied every time they convinced me to let them come along.

"We'll be fine. Please let us come" Niall pleaded for the hundredth time.

"But guys y'all are on a freaking tour," I told them. This excuse must've struck me a little earlier.

"We can cancel it," Harry said.

"You got the words right out of my mouth" Zayn gave a fist bump to Harry. "Oh, God! I am dealing with Crazy people" I sighed. Louis and Niall rolled their eyes.

"Okay fine. It seems like all of us are going together" I said.

"Yeahhh", "Woahhhh", "Yesss!!!" and "Oi oiii" filled the hall of the gallery.

I continued, "But there's a catch. We'll go after the tour finishes. Okay?" "But that's only after two months, right?" Gemma asked.

"Yeah, it's fine. At least we are going" Liam replied.

We were outside the gallery sending off Gemma. She had to go to her friend's place. "Gem, we'll meet soon" Ryan hugged her. "Yes, we will," I joined their hug.

The boys just stared at us until Niall joined us. Then all of them followed Niall. Our First-Ever Group Hug.

My life is the worst. Every bad has to follow my good times. Through the gap between Louis' body and Harry's arms, I could see a pair of wicked eyes staring at us. It was a figure camouflaged in the plants. His face was covered with a mask and his appearance looked familiar. I could say it's not Sam or the ones at the airport, someone I've met recently. My brain shut again.

"Guys" I pulled away from the hug. "I see someone there," I pointed to the plants.

"There's nobody there, D" Louis said while walking closer to me.

"No, Louis-"

What? There was no one. Where did he disappear? Oh, God! I was standing there until Louis pulled me back to the group.

All of us said our goodbyes to Gemma. We, three girls, agreed upon meeting sometime in the upcoming days.

"I Think even we should leave. A tight schedule is tied for tomorrow" Liam spoke. We were standing as a circle near the entrance to the gallery.

"Also, it's been a long day'" Zayn added.

"Yep, Let's leave," I said.

"Will text you after going home. Okay?" Harry asked.

Louis has become silent all over again. Something is up, I gotta ask him once all of us are free, I thought.

"Earth to Louis" Zayn waved his hand in front of Louis's face. Zayn handed over the car keys to him. We waved at each other and headed in two opposite directions, not knowing when we'd see each other's faces.

"Did I do the right thing by allowing them to come along?" I started a conversation with Ryan, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"I think it's fine. Please, don't overthink" she warned me.

"But dude, they have no clue on how things work in India. They've got no idea about the people, places or anything" I tried to convince her.

"Don't you sense how much they love helping you? They can stand all the obstacles in the way" she reasoned it out.

"You sure?"I looked at her.

She looked disgusted, her expressions said it all. She turned partially to me and started, "Bro it's damn clear. Suppose Liam. He supports you to the core and helps you make the right decisions. Zayn is literally like your protective elder brother. He'll make sure nothing will happen to you. Niall will help you get past rough times. You'll laugh away the pain when he's around. If you're able to believe in yourself or deal with negativity, then it is only because of Harry."

I cut her off by asking, "What about Louis? As she was about to answer my question, I opened up my heart.

I focused on the road ahead and started, "A problem to me is like a problem to him. He's been suffering in the past days as much as I've been during the past months. He still doesn't open up. But I'm glad that he makes me smile and feel strong and he's always there for me."

Some weird sound interrupted my beautiful speech. It was Ryan's notification sound, great.

"Speaking of Louis, I've got a text from him. He's asking you to call him right after we reach," she said.

"Reply with a 'Sure. We'll reach in 10 minutes'" I said. I never knew that it would take forever to reach home. Everything around me blacked out. The last thing I could see was a man sitting in a car across ours with the same wicked eyes and now they are accompanied by his wicked smile. After several minutes of passing out, I struggled to open my eyes. Ryan lay unconscious in her seat. With a paralysed hand, numb feet and unclear vision, I rested in the car hoping for help.