Louis POV
"Louis, what is taking so l-?"
Niall walked in to see me standing there, frozen.
"What's up?"
"I just, um...got a little caught up".
"What's that in your hand?". he asked.
"Catch".
I threw it up, and Niall's reflex was to catch it.
"What is it?"
"A positive pregnancy test".
"EWWWWW. WHAT T-? WHY WOULD-? LOUIS, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? Someone peed on that!"
He immediately threw it down and wiped his hands on his pants.
"Why would you throw that to me?"
"It's Mikayla's", I told him.
He paused right where he was.
"Oh".
'Oh' was right. Mikayla was pregnant. And, what a crappy way to find out.
"What are you going to do?", he asked me.
It took me a minute to answer him, but I finally found the words.
"I'm going to wait for her to tell me".
"For one thing, how are you even sure it's hers? There were 3 girls in here. Why are you assuming that it belongs to her?"
He had a point, but something in my gut was telling me that he was wrong. Mikayla was pregnant. We're not even in a good place right now. She wants to add a baby into the equation?
"Is there anything that I can do?"
I shook my head.
"No. Just grab Maria's purse and walk outisde. I'll deal with this later".
"Lou, are you sure? I'm here if you need me".
"I appreciate the concern, but it's unnecessary. Let's just go".
I threw the test down and stormed out. Just how long was it going to take Mikayla to tell me?
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"So, how is everyone?", Liam asked when we got to the table.
We were all out to dinner together after the show. Mikayla still had said nothing, and I was getting tired of being patient.
"I'm great!", Harry said, "how are you?"
"I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to the ladies".
"Well, you can still know how I am".
Liam rolled his eyes and turned to the girls.
"I'm great as well", Maria said, "you boys had a good show".
"Yeah, thanks", I interrupted, "Mikayla, how have you been doing?"
"Um, Louis I was talking. You kind of just cut me off a little".
"I'm sorry", I told Liam, "but I need to know how Mikayla is doing. You know? Girlfriend troubles and all".
Mikayla look confused, as did everyone else, and she turned to me.
"Is there a problem, babe? You look troubled".
"No, Mikayla. I don't have a problem, but I think you do".
"Excuse me?"
"Is there something you want to tell me?" '
"Uh, no. But, there's clearly something that you need to tell me".
"This just got extremely awkward", I heard Zayn whispered to Ana, or at least try to, but I ignored him.
"No, I'm fine".
"Okay, good".
She grabbed my hand and kissed my cheek. What is going on? Not only was she not telling the truth, but she was acting like everything was okay. I know she was mad, and something inside of her is preventing her from telliing me what was really wrong with her.
Mikayla POV
"Well, that was an interesting dinner", I said to Louis when we walked into my living room.
"Yeah", was all he said.
"What is wrong with you? You've had an attitude all night".
"I'm fine", he rolled his eyes, "don't you worry your pretty little head about me".
I rolled my eyes.
"That's what I'm talking about, Lou. You've been snippy with me since before the show. What is going on with you?"
"The better question is what is going on with you? What aren't you telling me?"
"NOTHING. Why do you keep accusing me of stuff?"
"Are you, or are you not pregnant?"
"Wh-, what?"
"Mikayla", he said, his voice breaking, "are you pregnant?"
I was shocked to say the least. How could he think something like this?
"No! I'm not pregnant! Why would you ask?"
"I saw the test! I found your test in the trash".
"Okay, first of all, what were you doing going through my trash?"
"That's a separate issue, and I don't believe you. If the test wasn't yours, then whose was it?"
"Probably Ana's. She has sex with Zayn constantly, whereas you and I are having a dry spell".
"Yeah, I wonder who's to blame for that?", he said under his breath.
I was trying my best to be cordial, but Louis was pushing it. I didn't appreciate his attitude.
"Oh, I'm sorry for not jumping you every time you walk into a room. You just recently started back speaking to me, and I have a job to do. It's not my job to coddle you when you're horny".
"Just so I'm clear", he said, "we're having a fight, correct?"
I rolled my eyes. Boys were absolutely clueless sometimes.
"For the lov-. Yes, Louis. We are having a fight".
"About what, exactly? About the fact that you aren't pregnant? That's not really something to fight about".
He sighed and sat down in the chair, and I sat on top of his lap.
"What's wrong with us, Louis? What is happening?"
"I don't know. We're not in sync anymore".
"So, what should we do about it?"
He shifted so that I was on his left leg and facing him.
"I have an idea".
His hand began to graze my thigh, and I rolled my eyes.
"Really? We're trying to have a serious conversation right now, and all you want is sex?"
"In my defense, I've been trying to get you to be honest with me since yesterday. Well, you haven't cooperated. So, for now, I'm putting that off and focusing on something else".
I flinched away from his hand under my shirt.
"Louis, no".
"No?", he said surprised, "are you serious? What is going on with you?"
To be honest? Nothing. I actually wanted him real badly, but this was how all of our conversations went. Any time a serious subject came up, we didn't talk about it. There was only so many times that we could be put this off. I was sticking to that thought when I was suddenly pressed up against Louis.
"Hi there".
His shirt was now on the floor and his lips on mine, and I could feel my will crumbling.
"Louis...".
"Yes?", he said against my lips.
"I don't....".
"Tell me to stop, and I will".
"S-".
But, he and I both knew that I couldn't and wouldn't tell him to stop. He lifted me up and walked as I wrapped my legs around his waist.
"I actually do think that we should talk about this before we continue".
"Was else is there to talk about?", he asked.
I was out of breath at this point, and the way that Louis was pressing me up against the wall with his mouth was not helping the situation.
"Louis, it's not just me. I know you have something to say".
"Okay, fine", he said, "let's both say it at the same time".
"Fair enough. 1".
"2".
"3".
"I think you should come with me on tour".
"I think we should break up".
I heard him gasp, and I was immediately put on the ground.
"You want to-, you don't-, are you serious?"
I nodded as I saw tears for in his eyes.
"Okay, fine. Whatever you want".
He searched around for his shirt without looking me in the eye. When the door opened, I had to stop him.
"Wait, where are you going?"
"Somewhere where I'm wanted, which is obviously not here".
He slammed the door so hard, my pictures shook. Those words are not what I wanted to come out of my mouth, but for some reason, they did. They just came out like I couldn't stop them. The bad thing was that I couldn't figure out whether or not I wanted to take them back.
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"That is not what I expected at all", Kaulin said.
We were sitting in my office that next Monday morning. I had told him everything that happened. Usually, I would've went to Ana, but her and Louis were close now. She'd probably just take his side. And, I was kinda still mad at her for not telling me that she's pregnant.
"So, you just shouted it out right then and there?"
I nodded, promising myself that I wouldn't cry.
"I didn't mean to. That's not what I wanted to say".
"Clearly you actually meant them, or they wouldn't have been in your head in the first place".
"I can't think like that, Kaulin".
"I don't think you have a choice. If you didn't mean it, why haven't you called him to take it back?"
I didn't answer.
"Mikayla....I think we both know why".
I ignored his comment.
"Sorry that I'm dumping all of this on you. I don't have many female friends".
"But, you have a mom. Why do you never talk to her?"
"I had a huge fight with her and my dad a couple of weeks ago. They said that I was neglecting my family because of Louis. My dad yelled some stuff at me, and I hung up. I haven't spoken to them since".
"Well, I think you're going to be just fine. You see Susie over there?"
He pointed to my secretary who was her usual cheerful self.
"She didn't stay in an unhappy relationship, and look at her now. She's...fine. If she can get through it, then so can you".
I had so many reasons to believe that he was wrong.
Louis POV
"She what?!"
"She broke up with me, Ana".
Ana and I were sitting at the hotel pool. The boys were in the water playing with Maria, except for Zayn. He had just gotten back from the gym and was upstairs showering.
"That can't be possible. You two seemed so happy! Well...not happy, but fine. What could have possibly happened?"
"Nothing. She just realized how unhappy she was".
"I don't think she's unhappy, though. She's just upset", Ana said.
"I don't think so".
"Well, I think you're wrong".
"Well, what you think is irrelevant because it's not gonna change Mikayla's mind".
"Wait a minute, why didn't she tell me this herself?"
"She's probably a little pissed at you".
"What? Why?"
"Because you didn't tell her about the little addition to the family".
"Louis, what are you taling about?"
Was she seriously going to play dumb?
"Yeah, Louis told us all about it!", Harry said, "we're happy for you and Zayn".
"Yay! I'm going to play with all of the time!", Niall added.
"But, don't worry. We weren't sure if Zayn knew. So, we haven't told him yet".
"Told him what?!"
"Hey, lads! What are you doing?"
Zayn leaned over to kiss a surprised Ana. We stopped talking about the pregnancy as soon as he came over there, but why was Ana being so quiet about it?
"What's wrong?", he asked her.
"Nothing. They just think I have some big secret, and I don't".
"Oh, come off it Ana. Mikayla already told me. You might as well".
Ana sighed and rolled her eyes at me.
"Fine".
Standing up, she eyed all of us.
"It's been on my mind the past few days, and I didn't want tell any of you, but I guess I have to".
"Just let it out, babe".
She grabbed Zayn's hand and sighed once more.
"For the past week, all of your shows have sucked".
"Wait, what?", Niall asked.
"That's my secret! I finally got it off of my chest".
"You think that we've sucked?", Harry pouted.
"No, she's lying! Ana, tell your actual secret!"
"I did!"
"Well, if you won't tell it, I will. Zayn, Ana is pregnant!"
Her eyes got wide, and she gasped. Zayn looked rather pissed off. The next thing I knew, everyone was yelling. It was chaos! The shouting died down when the hotel security guard walked outside.
"I'm sorry. Is there a problem here?"
"No. Can we help you?"
Zayn was very belligerent when he was upset.
"No sir. Just wanted to make sure everything was okay here".
"Everything is fine. Why don't you go make yourself useful and go help a child find his mom? Or go show someone's grandmother where the toilet is. It's not like you can actually do anything. They don't even give you a real gun".
"Zayn, stop it", Ana said, "I'm sorry, sir. He's just mad. Everything is fine".
He nodded towards us, eyed Zayn, then walked away.
"Zayn, I am not pregnant. I'm not sure why Louis is lying to you".
"I'm not lying. Mikayla told me".
"Mikayla is mistaken, and if she had talked to me in the first place, she would've known that. Maria is the one that is pregnant".
All eyes were on Maria, who just smiled.
"Congrats, Maria!", they all congratulated.
I hugged her, grabbed my towel, and walked inside. Then, I heard someone following me.
"I don't feel like company right now, Liam".
"Well, that's unfortunate. You're getting it anyway".
I was highly annoyed when he stepped onto the elevator with me.
"Where is Mikayla?"
"We kind of...broke up", I answered without looking up.
"What? Seriously?"
Liam even followed me to my room, annoying me more. I figured when I got onto my laptop, he would stay away. No such luck. I was scrolling through Twitter when Liam stopped me.
"Wait. Click on that TT".
It read "Pray for the Hatchers". I clicked on it and was horrified by what I saw.
"Jack Hatcher, the extremely popular lawyer, was shot by a disgruntled defendant. Even though Jack won the case, his client was not pleased with the settlement. As he was released from the courtroom, he escaped from the baliff's arms and grabbed his firearm. He was able to shoot Mr. Hatcher 3 times before he was detained. Mr. Hatcher is in critical condition right now. Further details will be announced later".
"That's a shocker", Liam said, "poor guy".
I said nothing.
"Earth to Louis. What's wrong?"
Still nothing.
"Lou, snap out of it. What is wrong?"
"I know Jack, the man that was shot".
"Really?", he asked, "how?"
"Hatcher is Mikayla's parents' last name. The man shot is Mikayla's father".
Ooooooh, it's her father! Is he going to live, or will he die? Will Mikayla get a chance to see him? Will MikaLou get back together? We'll see! Updating 'Hostage' tomorrow since I am officially done with my freshman year in college! *round of applause* Updating this Friday or Saturday! Enjoy! (: