Zoe's POV:
Four days.
It took us four days to finally work up some courage to talk to Liam.
By then, Perrie was also involved and we had formed some sort of friendship.
Day one Louis and I just studied him all day long. We kept a notepad and we each wrote every little thing he did, from when he would nod off in sleep from how long he stayed out.
At the end of day one, Harry was involved.
Day Two we scoped his room while he was out, and we found empty plastic bags, leading us to believe he was smoking marijuana. This calmed Louis down some but he knew Liam had an underlining problem. We also found more melted spoons, which Harry thought was odd seeing as he despised spoons.
Day Three Zayn came to us, telling us of his worry for Liam. Niall was eavesdropping, and Perrie had snuck in the house. Liam didn't come home until three a.m that day.
Day Four is today, and we have planned to speak to him and maybe involve a professional. So now we were just going over our plans, and Perrie was getting even more worried as she now realized the drastic weight loss in Liam.
"Liam, could you come down a second?" Louis yelled up the stairs.
"Coming!" He yelled, a fog over his voice.
He ran down the stairs, tripping twice and falling at the end. He grinned at us, his once perfect smile turning yellow. He really looked horrible, and I was wondering how we didn't notice before.
"What is this? An intervention?" He chuckled as he lowered himself in a seat. When none of us laughed at his joke, he frowned. I was glad Jay had offered to take Honesty shopping, or else Liam would be on her enemy list from his horrible appearance. I know he didn't look like that last week.
"Liam, what's the matter?" Louis started it out. Liam made a growling sound similar to a dog.
"There is nothing wrong with me." He defended.
"Why is Perrie here? You gotta drag your body guard into this, huh Zayn?" Liam taunted. Perrie stayed quite, everybody did. This was a bad idea.
"What kind of drugs are you doing?" Harry bluntly asked, going against everything we said.
"What?" Liam hissed.
"What kind of-"
"I heard you." He stood up, and clenched his fists tightly. I stood up to intervene.
"Liam." I calmly said.
"Sit down, Zoe. It's your fault!" He screamed the end. I was shocked at his sudden outburst, that I sat down.
"I am not doing anything that would concern any of you. Screw you all." He growled as he ran back up the stairs.
"That went lovely." Zayn said into his palms. Niall wiped his year stained face and Perrie had brought her knee to her chest, burying her face into her arms.
"We need some serious help with him." I announced.
"Who do we go to so this won't get out?" Louis asked, desperate.
"Simon could help." I mumbled.
"Simon would be too disappointed." Louis frowned. Zayn held Perrie close, wiping her tears away. None of us wanted to lose Liam.
But the truth was... we had already lost him. I was holding onto the sliver of hope we could find him again, though.
"Zoe, I'm scared." Louis admitted. I looked at him, and scooted over on the couch so he could sit beside me.
He quickly took the offer, and he wrapped his arm around my shoulder even though he was the one frightened.
"We really do need to do something about him." I whispered.
"You guys still can't tell anybody." Louis demanded, looking everyone over. We all agreed to keep it a secret. We all cared about Liam and we wanted to solve this ourselves before we being outside sources into this. We don't even know for sure he was doing drugs. He could just be stressed out, he had denied the fact he was using drugs so swiftly, he might be telling the truth.
Or he could've practiced it.
"I need to know how to handle this." Louis' voice cracked at the end of his sentence, and I chewed on the inside of my cheek.
"We need to get him to admit it." Harry shrugged, chewing on his nails.
"Do you think those men were his drug dealers?" I gasped.
"Maybe, but why would they go after you and not Liam. Liam has enough money to pay for the drugs, I'm sure." Harry turned it down. I frowned, and crossed my arms.
"Let's just go get something to eat." Niall suggested. We all snapped our heads towards him suddenly. He was only worried about food?
"Really mate?" Louis asked. Niall chewed on his lip, and nodded.
"Well, we could get something to eat. It would help this stress." Perrie smiled warmly. Zayn squeezed her thigh, and I caught the diamond sparkling on her finger. She was exactly the same age as me, and Zayn was younger than Louis.
I shook away my jealously, and we all stood up to get some dinner.
"Harry, Zayn and I are going to go to the sports store after dinner, okay love?" Louis asked as we piled into the SUV. Paul caught us loading up and gave us a disapproving glare when he realized we were trying to sneak out. It just wasn't as fun with a guardian around. We were all adults, for heavens sake.
Zayn once again took a loving gaze towards his Fiancee, and I had to turn away from their intimate moment, which only made me crave more from Louis.
We had already had a child, and even though we only recently reunited, it felt right to me. I sighed with a huff, and crossed my arms in a childlike manner.
"Where is Liam?" Paul asked as he pulled away from the house.
"He didn't want to come." Harry's voice was distant, and you could almost touch the tension in the car. It was almost suffocating.
Eventually, we pulled into a restaurant, and we all ate in near silence. Paul had ruined the moment, since we were going to work our problems with Liam out. We were all dying to say something, that was clear in each one of our lingering gaze.
"Well, the check's here." Paul huffed as the waiter dropped the piece of paper off. I was angry with Paul, he just didn't understand we don't need a babysitter. Nobody was even taking a second glance at us. Paul went off to pay the check and we all immediately huddled together.
"We'll have a meeting tonight in Lou's room." Harry whispered quickly. We all nodded, even Perrie.
"Paul will stay with you girls and Niall, and Harry and Zayn are going with me to look at footballs." Louis said, looking to me for approval. I nodded, and sipped my mountain dew.
"Alright mates, let's go before we raise a storm." Paul smiled, oblivious of himself.
"Alright Paul, you stay with the girls and Preston won't be far behind." Louis said for the third time as we finally departed. He kissed me gently on the lips as Zayn and Harry began walking without him.
"Stay safe." He whispered. I nodded, and then went with my group.
"Why are they looking at footballs?" Perrie asked, confusion lacing her gorgeous face. Her bright blonde hair had moved into a messy bun, while my curls still hung down my back.
"I dunno, Louis' got a scholarship into that collage in Doncaster, maybe he just wants to complete his collection." I grinned, hugging my leather jacket closed. Paul was leading us into a shopping center, and I wasn't complaining, besides the fact Honesty wasn't with me.
"So, I don't think Honesty recognizes me as Aunt Perrie, does she?" Perrie laughed as we went straight into Primark.
"Not yet, maybe soon. Technically, you won't be offical Aunt Perrie until November." I laughed.
"Speaking of, we might bump it into June." Perrie squealed quietly.
"Oh yeah?" I smiled. She nodded, and grabbed a floral dress.
"What do you think?" She held it to her. I nodded, and grabbed a similar one. We both tried on clothing, and we eventually got two bags of clothing each.
"Oh look! There's the boys!" Perrie said, and we were reunited.
"Whadda ya get?" Louis smiled, peering into my bag.
"Tons." I laughed. I dug in the bag, and showed him an adorable jumper for Honesty once it got warmer.
"We'll go through it when we get home. We'll get her tomorrow morning when Mum texts me, she said she wants to take her to the new indoor waterpark." Louis informed me absent minded.
"Cool." I said, and gave Paul my bags.
"So, since we're out, how about we go to the movies?" Perrie suggested, poking her head towards the theatre.
"Actually, I wanna walk around London." Louis smiled. Harry whispered something in his ear, and he nodded.
"Zoe, would you join me?" He smiled.
"You're weird." I said as I grabbed his hand.
We walked around London for an hour, before reaching Big Ben. I gazed up at it, always appreciating it's beauty.
"Wanna go check out Waterloo Bridge?" Louis suggested. I was huddled close to him the whole time, since it was freezing outside.
"Yeah, then I think we should head home." I said, looking at him. He nodded, and bent his neck to kiss me. I returned the kiss, and his hands went to my hips.
When we were about to deepen the kiss, somebody said too loudy, "Is that Louis Tomlinson?", so we quickly made our way to the bridge.
We slowly crossed the old bridge, my hand tracing the marble while my other held onto Louis'. He hand his hand in his coat pocket. We stopped in the middle of it, to admire the beauty of the water. I leaned against Louis, and he wraped his arm around me.
"I love you." He whispered.
"I love you too." I smiled. He gulped loudly, and I turned to look at him. But when I didn't see him standing, I got confused.
Louis was kneeling beside me, and my heart began pounding in my chest.
"Louis?" I asked, my voice shaky. He smiled at me, his nervousness playing across his face.
"Zoe, W-We've known each other for five years, and I know this may be too soon or maybe too fast, but we have a daughter, we've been through all the stages, and though we may have only been together for a few months this go 'round, it just feels right, ya know?"
"And why wait for something if you already have it? Why not seal the deal? I think we're both ready for this, and I love you beyond words. I love you so much I can barely contain it, Zoe." He smiled. It began to softly drizzle, though not hiding the tears slowly sliding down my face.
"Zoe Anne Crown, will you marry me?" He grinned.