Chapter 4

I opened my eyes then regretting it when I saw the blinding light of the sun. It was a beautiful sunny day, I wasn't feeling the "beauty" of it though … it's too early. It was weird that it was sunny, it's very rare to have a sunny day in the UK, some people even calls this country the dull world, it was always cloudy, rainy and cold.

"Blagh"

I jolt up, what was that?

"Blagh"

Sounds like something is hitting a wall, I lift myself up and went straight to the bathroom, I fixed my hair and changed my clothes quickly, I'll shower later, I want to check out where that sound is coming from first.

I walked out of the bathroom and walked out slowly from my room, I closed the door behind me carefully, I walk down the stairs and roamed around the kitchen, the living room and also the hallway leading to one of the rooms I haven't checked out yet… there is no one here.

I realized that the house is pretty big when I first got here but I felt like it has gotten smaller, maybe I'm just feeling a little comfortable more than I was before.

"Come on Harry!!"

I heard Liam shout, I walked quickly to the way where the sound is coming from and suddenly realized I was near the backyard. I open the door slowly and peeked, It was Liam and Harry playing football, I opened the door all the way and admired how it was very warm outside.

What is it like to roam the streets today? I wish I knew.

"Louis!" Liam shouts I look at the both of them, I smiled and waved.

"Let's play!" Liam shouts once again,

"No thanks," I said, I suddenly felt very conscious I felt like someone was staring at me, I realized it was Harry. He was wearing sweatpants and no shirt, I got to see his tattoos up close for the very first time. I realized, I now know something about him and what he thinks of me, it kind of changed a lot of things in my perspective of him.

I remembered putting a glass of milk near him last night … did he notice that? I'm sure he did… but does he know it was from me? I felt nervous thinking about it and eventually shrugged the thought off.

"Come on, Harry and I are going to play 1 on 1, whoever loses gets to sit at the bench, you'll be next player okay?" Liam says

"Okay" I smiled, I looked at Harry one more time, this time I was surprised he was suddenly smiling.

He looks good when he smiles … maybe because it's the only thing that gets his shield down and banishes the everlasting wall of his high ego.

That is the most accurate thing I described harry with, I should write that down.

"Dude …" Liam whines

"Better luck next time Payne, Tomlinson you're up!"

I gulped, hopefully, there is no funny business going on here, wishing this is the start of my lucky days in this place.

I walked towards him, picking the ball up with two hands and tossing it to him, he catches it with ease, and with a smirk, honestly, what's with that smirk?

"The first one to hit the opposite wall to each other wins," He says

I nod, this is going to be easy.

He kicks the ball straight and aimed for my wall right away, I stole his move and kicked the ball away from him, dribbled it towards his wall, I felt his presence towards me and it made me feel something I didn’t understand, I kick the ball one more time and it landed straight at the asphalt.

It wasn't that hard, thank god.

"That was awesome," He says,

I turn around confused, did I hear that correctly or am I hallucinating?

"Thanks," I said with a smile,

He smiles and backs away from me slightly, turning around and walking inside, I was left there dumbfounded and thinking about what happened.

"I didn't notice he had a dimple at the side of his cheek" I mutter

Louis, you're a fucking idiot, you literally got praised but the only thing that f*cking mattered to you was a dimple

D I N G

The doorbell rings and I felt suddenly anxious, will that be someone I know? Will that be Niall and Zayn?

Will that be helpful? … the real question is, after this great start of the day, do I still want to be helped?

I walked closer to the front door, I immediately saw Liam frantically searching for something at the drawers beside the door, while Harry looks at the peephole of the door, Liam pumped his fist into the air and laughed quietly, He reached for the thing he was looking for and pulled it out of the drawer, it was a gun.

This is when I felt myself sweat from the nervousness, Should I hide? What do I do? Should I try to escape? …. I don't think that will be smart to do, and I don't think there is a reason too … I already know Harry wants me to reason with him and forgive him, and I want him to trust me, so I don't think I'm going to try to escape.

Liam tosses Harry the gun and Harry hide beside the main door, out of sight.

Harry looks at Liam and gives a nod, he looks at my direction and just stared at me for a brief moment, I smiled at him to lose the tension, eventually, he returned the favor and smiled back, which surprised me, turned around and hid away from the door.

Liam opens the door slowly, and I felt my heart race faster than before.

Two rugged manly men in police uniforms stood across where Liam is standing, Liam makes a hand motion to Harry, and Harry puts down the gun slowly away from the door, I tiptoed closer to Liam's place so I could hear better.

"Liam Payne" A man with blonde hair and blue eyes stated

"Yes?" Harry said, I felt his threatening tone once again, This is not good.

"We're here with a search warrant for the main suspect to Louis Tomlinson's missing case, your friend who is said to be living here, he goes by the name Harry Styles is the main suspect, actually," The other man with brown hair and brown eyes said,

They are going to search the house and arrest Harry, that's not good. I'm sticking by my new rule, to reason with Harry and to try and do things for him to trust me, I'm sticking with that, so arresting harry wouldn't help.

"Oh, before you do that officer, would you mind if I ask who reported this case?" Liam asks, interrupting my thoughts.

"It was one of his friends, Niall Horan,"

I smiled, Niall …. Niall, you came looking for me. Is Niall with Zayn, or is Zayn missing? Hopefully not.

I look at Liam and sees he makes another hand motion, Harry picks up the gun and places it near the main handle of the door. He's going to shoot them …. No, I don't want to witness another one of this, I need to do something.

Before I could think of it any longer, I ran straight past the door and into Liam's side.

"I heard you were looking for me?" I asked

I felt Harry flinch, I can almost feel his stare burning at the side of my skull through the door.

"Mr. Tomlinson …." They said astonished

"I can verify that I am not missing, I had some huge problems with people and felt like I need to straighten something out for the time being and went somewhere to someone who I can assure you, won't hurt me, He already was proven an innocent verdict after the last acquittal"

"But, Sir…"

"Please, tell Niall that I am okay and that I am safe, just don't tell him where I am and who I am with, 'cause I don't want him to know just yet," I said

I felt strange, beyond scared of my consequences but also slightly happy that I'll get to stay here once these cops leave.

"Alright, We'll tell him, but if there is a problem, sir, just call us as soon as you can and we will be on our way," They said, they turned around and waved goodbye and left.

Liam closed the door carefully, I took a deep breath and waited for something …. Anything.

I felt a huge pair of hands on my shoulders and I immediately thought "This is how I'm going to die?"

Someone turned me around and gripped my chin and faced it upwards, It was Harry, and he was …. Smiling.

"Thank you," He said and hugged me, "Thank you … I didn't want to go back there, I do not want to go back there" He said shivering, I patted his back "Don't worry, you're not going back there," I said

He pulled away and smiled, he walked away and went straight up the stairs, I looked at Liam who was equally surprised as I am, and it made me chuckle.

"Louis, I --- why did you do that?" He asks smiling

"I honestly don't know, I wasn't thinking straight I guess," I said

"Well, whatever reason you have, I'm glad you did that, 'cause if you didn't, Harry would've done something to you right before you are taken to someplace safe," Liam said

I completely forgot about that, I was really not thinking straight, good thing my instinct was right.

Liam smiles and walks away and enters the kitchen.

I looked around and saw that I was alone once again. I turned around and faced the front door, the door is unlocked, you can escape and find someplace to stay safe for a while and be free, I reached for the doorknob and gripped it tightly.

C L I C K

I locked it, I'm staying here, that's my final decision.