Taken

Chapter 24: Leave it All Behind

--Niall's P.O.V--

I continued staring at the door, my mouth hanging open. Louis' words kept playing over and over again in my head. 'She's in love with you, you idiot.' The words wouldn't stop. They just kept playing. Kept repeating. Over and over.

A grin stretched across my face. She loves me. I love her. I stood up. She loves me. I moved towards the door, and right as I opened it, and moved to step out, Tess appeared. I glared at her.

"Baby." She said, grabbing my arm, and pushing me into the room. "I didn't mean anything by it, I swear. It was an accident. You know I love you. Now, I'm willing to give you a second chance, but first you have to get rid of Amberlynn." I scowled, disgusted, and pulled my arm from her grip, taking a step away.

"Do NOT call me that. I am not your baby. Didn't mean anything by it? Yeah, you did. Don't even try to say it was an accident. You can't accidentally cheat on someone. You knew exactly what you were doing." I moved back towards the door, stopping and turning around before walking into the hallway. "We are over, Tess. I love Amber. Not you. Go complain about that, you whiny, spoiled brat." I turned, and walked into the hallway, slamming the door in her face.

I fought through the crowd of people, looking for either Louis or Amber. I didn't see them, but I did find Harry. I made my way over to him.

"Harry!" I yelled. He looked up at me.

"Hey, Ni!" He yelled happily. I smiled.

"Have you seen Amberlynn or Louis by any chance?"

"Yeah, Amber ran through here about ten minutes ago. She was crying. Louis followed about five minutes later. He seemed upset."

"I'm sure he is... Thanks, Haz." I walked away, trying to dodge the people, but still be quick. Finally, I made my way outside. I looked around for Amberlynn, but couldn't find her. Instead, I spotted Louis, standing next to the van, his back to me. "Lou!" I shouted, and ran towards him.

I came to a stop in front of him, getting a good look at his face.

"Lou, what's wrong? Where's Amberlynn?"

"She's gone." He said, his voice quiet as he brushed his fingers against his red rimmed eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"She's going to stay with her parents."

"What?!" I exclaimed. "Why didn't you stop her?!"

"I tried!" He yelled. "Don't you think I tried to get her to stay? She hates me! She said to never talk to her again. She hates me because I told you she loved you. She was going to tell you herself, but you didn't break up with Tess. Do you have any idea why Amber and I broke up? I didn't like the fact that my girlfriend had more feelings for someone else than she did for me."

"Lou, I-"

"I'm not done!" He snapped. "You know that day at the zoo? Amber met Tess there. She was calling Amber names, and saying she didn't deserve you. You know that night she had the panic attack? She saw you and Tess making out. You know that day at the interview where Amber and I admitted to dating? Tess told Amber to stay away from the both of us. You know the night you and Amber made up, and then you went for a ride with Tess? You saw the marks on Amber's face didn't you? And when you asked her about it, she told you it was a carpet burn. Tess slapped her. That same  night, Tess kissed me."

I could feel anger bubbling up inside of me as Louis spoke. All of those awful things that Tess did.

"Amber planned this. She knew Tess would kiss me, so she planned the whole thing to make you break up with Tess so she could tell you how she felt."