I apologize for any mistakes

~enjoy <3

The next morning, Darcy woke up to someone shaking her. She opened her eyes slowly, finding a woman with glasses on her nose and a clipboard in her hand.

"Hello Darcy." She greeted. "I am your father's lawyer, my name is Carly." She introduces herself.

Darcy immediately sat up, she looked around the room. There was two cops standing next to Harry, questioning him, writing down what he remembers from the crash.

"L-Lawyer?" She frowns.

"Yes, we are here to pick you up." Carly smiles. "Your father is outside the hospital room waiting for you."

Darcy's eyes widen, she watches as the cops exit the room. When the door opens, she caught a glimpse of Jake sitting down by Louis' room. She didn't think it was going to happen this soon.

"H-Harry they're taking me away. Say something!" Darcy stood up from her seat as tears begin to take over her vision.

Harry shakes his head. "I'm sorry baby girl, I didn't file for guardianship. I can't do anything about it, I'm so sorry." He sniffles.

"No no no." Darcy shook her head vigorously. "File for guardianship right now, Haz, please."

Carly clears her throat and fixes the black framed glasses. "Mr. Tomlinson will have to agree with that. He is not in stable condition to take care of you or your brother, let alone sign a paper." She informs.

"I fucking know that.." Darcy grumbles.

"I will give you two a moment." Carly exits the room, leaving Darcy and Harry alone.

The teenage girl runs into Harry's arms, careful to not crush his ribs. "What if he hits me or J? What do I do? Will you keep contact?" She asks.

"Yes dove, call me for anything. If he hits you, I want you to do anything to defend yourself. Don't call the cops or cps, please.." Harry pleaded.

Darcy removes herself off of Harry. "What? No, I'm not going to be like my dad. I have to call the cops if he ever does anything to me or J." She exclaims.

"You'll go to a foster home, dove."

"What about uncle Niall? Can't I go with him? Did he sign the stupid guardianship shit?" Darcy argues.

"Darcy," Harry spoke sternly. "I need for you to calm down, okay? You go out there and take care of yourself and your brother. I will figure this out once I get out. I will come back for you and Joesph." He says.

The teenage girl nodded her head and said her goodbyes to Harry. They cried for a minute but she had to go. Darcy leaves Harry's room with fresh tears rolling down her cheek. Jake stands up from seat when he sees his daughter for the first time in months.

"Hi Darcy." Jake smiles wickedly. Carly, his lawyer stood up from her seat next to him and locked hands with Jake. "We have a little catching up to do."

Darcy couldn't believe her eyes. Jake was holding hands with his lawyer. She glanced down to their intertwined fingers, noticing a band and diamond.

"Oh hell no.." Darcy shook her head.

"Let's go home now." Jake says.

"I want to see papa. I haven't seen him." Darcy chews on her lip, growing nervous.

"Doctors are still working on keeping him alive. You can't go in there, now, let's go home." Jake growls. He yanks Carly as he takes fast steps out of the hospital.

Darcy glances at Louis' hospital door once more, and follows after her dad and possible wife?

The three of them fit in the car, Darcy's eyes lit up when she saw her little brother sitting in the back seat with his stuffed animal in his lap.

"Give me your phone." Jake demanded, holding his hand out. Darcy rolls her eyes and leans over to hug her little brother, completely ignoring her dad.

"Give me your fucking phone." Jake snarled as he glared back at his daughter. A feeling of fright washed over her, she does as she's told.

The four of them stay in the car for the next two hours until they reached a small home with other houses nearby. Darcy cringes when they pull into a driveway. There was another car, a red small old one to be exact.

There were vines crawling up the sides of the house, the garden was a dull green, dead flowers everywhere. Even the mailbox wasn't nice, it wasn't standing up straight.

The four of them hop out of the car, Darcy holds her little brother close to her. They enter the dark house, Darcy immediately covers up Joesph's nose from keeping him smelling the toxic air.

"We're home kids!" Carly shouted.

Darcy glances at Joesph, confused. Kids? The only kid she knew that was going to be in the house was Noah since the bastard left them to be with Jake.

Seconds later, two unknown teenage boys run down the steps. Carly and Jake greet them happily with warm smiles. Noah came downstairs slowly, his eyes drifted off to his siblings near the doorway. Darcy made eye contact with Noah and rolls her eyes. She bends down to Joesph's height level, and grips his shoulders.

"You stay with me at all times." She demanded.

Joesph nods his head. "I miss Sage. When do we see Sage?" He pouted.

"We will see Sage soon." Darcy replied. In the corner of her eye she saw Noah hesitantly walking up to them.

"Hi Darc." Noah clears this throat. Darcy stood up, glaring at her older brother who stood in front of them.

"Hi Noah." Joesph beamed brightly. The toddler cuddles up to his older brother. "Can we sit?"

Noah looked up at his sister, Darcy slightly nodded her head. The eldest son leads them to the living room. They take a seat on the brown couches, Joesph sat down on the floor humming happily.

"We'll be outside for a bit. Don't do anything stupid." Jake gave his three kids the snake eyes and exits the living room to attend to Carly.

Noah took this chance to talk to his siblings.

"W-What are you doing here? How are you?" Noah questions. He shyly looks at Darcy with his lips in a flat line.

The tension around them was thick. It made Darcy feel uncomfortable. She glances down to Joesph, who was too busy watching what's on the tv. "Dad's on his deathbed and we practically got ripped away from everyone we know in seconds." She explains.

"Deathbed?" Noah leans in to make sure Joesph doesn't hear their conversation.

"Yeah, Noah, deathbed." Darcy confirms. "I mean, didn't you wish for dad to die? You're getting your wish. I hope you're happy." She laughs humorlessly.

Noah was quick to shake his head. "I didn't mean it. I swear. What happened to him? Is he okay?"

"No you shithead, I just said he's on his deathbed. They got into a car crash and papa slipped into a coma." She rolls her eyes.

"They?" Noah furrows his eyebrows.

"Dad and Harry." Darcy says.

"Dad is still with Harry?" Noah tilts his head. The teenage girl wanted to smack her brother upside his head but before she could do that, Joesph beats her to it.

"Papa and Hazzy have a baby!" Joesph turns around with a smile. "I love Sage!"

"Hopefully we'll get to see him very soon." Darcy smiles and she pinched Joesph's cheeks. The only person that kept her sane was her little brother.

"Dad had a baby?" Noah's deep voice cracked a bit, but he covered it up with a small cough. He knew the answer to that, he just couldn't get it through his head.

"Yep. He's pregnant again, actually." Darcy informs. Noah nodded his head, taking in the news. "What about Jake? Seems like he's got a ring on his finger."

Noah nods his head. "Jake got married a few months ago. Carly has kids and they moved in this house with us." He says.

"Cool." Darcy huffs. She runs her fingers through Joesph's hair, caressing her little brother. When she was overwhelmed, she relied on objects to distract her.

"What- Is dad...will he be alive?" Noah stumbled over his words.

Darcy noticed guilt that flooded Noah's eyes. She wanted to feel bad for him, but she couldn't. Darcy couldn't forget how Noah treated her in the last few years and months, for that matter.

"The worst that could happen is him forgetting his memories." Darcy answers. She wanted to believe it, but the way the doctor looked and explained what happened, it wasn't going to go down like that.

Noah sucks in a sharp breath and runs his hands over his face. "Fuck." He breathed out.

"Agreed. I can't wait 'till Harry gets us out of here." Darcy sat back and focused her gaze to the small tv.

Noah stares at his younger siblings mentally praying that Harry gets them soon. Truth is, Noah had been trying to escape the devil for months, only to get beaten and treated badly while he watched the smile from his face grow wider when he didn't deserve to be happy.

A/N
school is not good for my mental health. yesterday i cried my eyes out bc i didn't understand what was going on in chemistry and lately i have been stressed out and it's all too much.

thoughts?

btw, the pic up top is my new book that i have been talking about. that's the summary soo :)

~LouisSmolBean
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