Gone

9

"Scott he's cooperating are they necessary?" Edward asks,

"I'm so sorry kiddo, I have to do this" Scott say.

"Harry" Louis tries. But Harry doesn't say anything.

"Louis Tomlinson, you're under arrest for the suspected murder of Jax Burrows" Scott starts and the rest is a big blur as Harry grabs his wrists gently and cuffs them in front of himself, he's then led by Scott and Harry to their car and Edward is telling him to stay calm and that it's okay but Louis isn't listening. He's put into the back of the car with Harry and Scott sitting either side of him as the uniformed officers drive. Edward follows them to the station in his BMW.

Harry and Scott don't even look at him or say two words to him the entire drive. When they get to the station he's taken to an interview room and left alone with no explanation. Edward comes in a few minutes later, all professional suit and tie but he's worried.

"You okay?" He asks Louis.

"No Edward what the fuck is going on?" Louis asks on the verge of tears.

"Apparently a witness has come forward implicating you in Jax's death" Edward says.

Louis eyes widen.

"What?" Louis nearly shouts.

"I'm going to ask you once more and I want the truth from you. Did you leave the house that night?" Edward asks sternly,

"No Edward I promise I didn't go anywhere" Louis says upset.

Harry and Scott then enter the room. They sit down and don't even greet Louis, they are cold and stoic and back to doing their job, they don't give a shit who Louis is to them and it hurts Louis so much.

"Interview with Louis Tomlinson commencing at 13:05pm, in the room we have myself, senior detective Harry styles, senior detective Scott Tomlinson, attorney Edward Tomlinson and suspect Louis Tomlinson" Harry says.

"Louis what was your relationship with Jax burrows?" Harry starts,

Louis looks towards Edward who nods for Louis to answer.

"Friends" Louis says.

"So you weren't in a relationship with Jax burrows at the time of his death?" Harry asks again, coldly.

"No" Louis says.

That's ridiculous to even suggest that, where are they getting this from, Louis wonders.

"Have you ever been in a sexual relationship with Jax burrows?" Harry asks.

"I'm not answering that" Louis says mortified.

"Louis, answer the question" Edward instructs.

"We dated for a month two years ago" Louis says.

"And I'll ask again, was it sexual" Harry says darkly.

"No...I'm..... still a virgin" Louis says embarrassed in front of his brothers.

The boys seem to relax at that confession a bit,

"Forensics found your DNA on Jax" Harry states.

"What does that mean?" Louis asks confused.

"It means your fingerprints, your hair follicles, your spit was found on Jax's body" Harry says firmly.

"Well we hugged goodbye and we made a spit promise that night, so if it was found on his hand then yeah. We also were sitting next to each other on the couch all afternoon" Louis says,

"What's a spit promise?" Harry asks.

"Where you both spit on your hands, handshake and promise something to each other, we do it all the time don't you?" Louis asks and if he wasn't in an interview accused of murder the boys would be chuckling at how cute and innocent Louis is.

"No Louis, I can't say I've ever shared my spit in a handshake" Harry deadpans.

"Well you don't seem like you'd have many friends I guess, you're a bit of an ass" Louis says.

"Louis, shut your mouth" Edward says.

Louis misses the slight smirk of fond from the boys at Louis sassiness

"What was the promise?" Harry asks.

"Do I have to tell you?" Louis asks,

"Yes, its in your best interest" Harry says.

Louis sighs.

"He asked me to not leave him alone with George that night, I didn't ask questions I just agreed" Louis says.

"But you broke your spit promise when you let him ride home with George" Harry says,

"Yeah I know, I already feel guilty enough you don't have to rub it in, Rhys rode home with them too" Louis says quietly.

Harry feels bad but he has to treat Louis like a criminal at the moment, for one he needs to stay on the case, Louis needs them both on this case if he has a chance at getting off and he can't be seen to be playing favourites. He also needs to make sure Louis is innocent in all of this.

"We've had a witness come forward saying that you were seen out the front of Jax's at 9:30 the night of the 10th of April, that you walked into the Forrest together" Harry states.

Louis looks shocked to Edward and then back to Harry and Scott.

"That's bullshit" Louis says angrily.

"Language Louis" Edward says,

"The boys left my house, I got an earful from Scott for lying about my maths homework, I went to finish it, I messaged you about gummy worms and I waited up for you until I fell asleep at 10:30 when you didn't show up!" Louis says upset.

"Okay calm down kiddo" Edward says,

"This is so unfair, I didn't do anything, I would never hurt Jax" Louis says.

"The autopsy report suggests that Jax died from a hit to the back of the head, our theory is that you and Jax were in a relationship, he wanted to end it and you didn't. You left your house that night after you told your brothers you went to bed, you met up with Jax and went to the Forrest to talk. Things got heated, maybe a bit physical, you pushed Jax, he fell, hit his head and died. You didn't know what to do so you hid the body in your old hiding spot and pretended to find him the next day. All the evidence is there Louis and you could go away for a long time. If you plead guilty now, we can downgrade the charge and enter into a plea, it was an accident" Harry says,

Louis is shocked, so utterly upset and hurt and scared. What the hell did Harry just say? He just accused Louis of killing his best friend.

"That never happened, I didn't kill Jax, I'm not saying anymore" Louis says upset.

Harry stops the recording and they all sit in silence.

"Bail?" Edward asks.

"He can go, we'll be in touch" Harry says.

Scott comes over and uncuffs Louis.

"I hate you both and I never want to see either of you again" Louis says eerily calm

He leaves the room and the boys behind to talk.

"He's in deep shit, who was the witness?" Edward asks.

"George" Scott says.

"And you're believing him?" Edward asks.

"No but his mum has changed her times he got home, Louis is the only one unaccounted for at that time" Harry says.

"You think he did it?" Edward asks upset.

"Of course not, Louis couldn't even push Jax hard enough" Scott says.

"Our only hope is breaking Rhys, we will bring him in tomorrow and try to break him into a confession against George. We will also threaten George's Mum as being an accessory. We won't let Louis go down for this" Scott says,

"Well I hope it fucking works, that poor kid is broken, even more so, we are supposed to protect him and love him and all that's happened from the most important people in his life is accuse him of something all of us know he isn't capable of. Fix it before I step in and bring this station down" Edward says and he gets up and leaves.