Gone

8

"What goods it going to do" Louis asks.

"I'll be buying you a new phone and number tomorrow, I'm taking your phone as evidence" Harry says sternly.

"Evidence?" Louis asks scared.

"Yeah, just.....don't worry about it okay, I'm putting a stop to this, no one gets away with abusing my boy" Harry says sternly not even realising he called Louis his boy. Butterfly's go straight to Louis tummy.

Harry turns the phone off, messages Scott that if they need Louis call him, that he'll explain in the morning. He then turns to Louis.

"Are you hungry yet?" Harry asks.

Louis shakes his head no.

"Would you like to watch a movie or something?" Harry tries, trying to dispose of his anger.

"No, I'm... I just want to go back to sleep, I'm tired" Louis says.

Harry nods and they lay back down, Harry cuddles Louis close and Louis let's a few tears escape as he falls back to sleep, Harry doesn't miss them and just wishes he could protect Louis from all this.

Harry wakes to the sound of someone throwing up, it brings him straight out of slumber and he sits up in bed. He notices Louis isn't next to him.

Louis wakes from a nightmare again, he races to Harry's ensuite and brings his stomach up, he can't take much more of this. All of the dreams he's having are so vivid and scary, he can't keep his stomach settled and can't stop himself needing to throw up, he's scared, upset and everything is getting on top of him. Harry finding those messages has him worried, what's he going to do with them. If the people who are sending them know he's snitched it will be so much worse for Louis.

"Kid?" Harry asks as he comes into the ensuite.

Louis is sitting on the floor of Harry's perfectly clean luxurious stone bathroom, his head resting on the side of the toilet bowl.

"Mmm" is all Louis can muster.

"You okay?" Harry asks,

"Yeah, sorry" Louis says.

Harry finds Louis a toothbrush and a glass of water.

"No need to be sorry darling" Harry says.

"Didn't mean to wake you" Louis says.

"Well I'm glad you did, I'm here Lou, to look after you" Harry says. As he gets a cold cloth and rubs it over Louis face and neck cooling him down.

"That's all you've been doing, I'm to much of a burden already" Louis whispers after he's finished brushing.

"Don't ever utter those words again, I wouldn't be here if I didn't want to be so enough of that" Harry says firmly.

Louis sighs.

"Are you sick?" Harry asks.

Louis is lethargic and pale, he doesn't have a temperature though, from what Harry can tell, he's just sweaty from throwing up.

"Maybe" Louis lies.

"Are you finished?" Harry asks.

"Yeah" Louis says.

Harry takes the toothbrush off Louis and puts it on the counter, he then picks him up bridal style and carries Louis back to bed.

Harry can see right through Louis, and he needs to have that talk with Scott again about maybe stepping in.

.......

Heading to the City to get Louis a new phone, explain later, do you guys need anything?