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Chapter Eleven

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I hear another loud bang on the door and it makes me snap out of my shock. Louis' hands are still holding my face. He looks terrified as well.

"Louis, quick!" I panic. "Lock the backdoor!"

Louis rushes over there and locks it. I do the same to the front door.

"Help me close all the windows, babe" I command. Both of us run around the room, closing every opening of the house. I'm so terrified, I want to cry. My chest is tightening. Jack continues shouting and banging on our door. We're safe now, though. He can't come in.

"OPEN UP YOU FAGGOT"

"NEVER" I shout back. "Leave us alone" I feel tears burn in my eyes.

This has always been what I feared most and it's actually becoming real now. This can't be happening. How did Jack even find us? Louis and I were supposed to start all over and be safe and left alone.

It turns out that even moving miles away, doesn't stop Jack from ruining our lives.

Jack has abused me for years. He's made every single day miserable for me. Since the day I came out as gay, my life at home has been hell. Moving to Portugal was supposed to solve the problem, but it hasn't.

Suddenly, the banging on the door stops and I don't hear Jack shout anymore. I look at Louis in confusion, but also in fear when everything goes silent.

It's already dark outside. I can't see anything when I look out of the window. I feel as if I'm in a horror movie. I hear something rustle. The sound is coming from outside around the house.

Louis and I turn around towards where the noise comes from. Then, I hear something behind us, so we turn around again.

I see nothing though.

Louis grabs my hand and I feel him squeeze it. More terrifying sounds surround us, but I don't know where they're coming from. I hold Louis close and we slowly stumble back. We're standing in the middle of our living room now and I feel as if something very bad is about to happen to us at any moment.

Both of us breathe rapidly. It's so quiet and scary, I could shit my jeans.

Then, an awful sound of shattering glass makes my entire body shake.

I abruptly turn my head into the direction of the loud noise. In a flash, I see something big land on our floor and pieces of glass fly everywhere. I watch the shatters fall to the ground, but bounce back up right after.

I think Louis has got really good reflexes, because he covers his head and lowers himself to the ground. He pulls me with him and I automatically hover my body over Louis' tender one. I want to protect him. I need to.

Once the shattering seems to be over, I slowly lift my head up. Louis frees himself out of my hold and he stands up. I do too and gasp at the mess our living room is in now. My eyes widen at the big hole in our window.

I can not breathe anymore as I see two foul eyes at the other side of the smashed window. Jack's dark eyes do not leave mine. His face is becoming more clear to me as he approaches. The light from inside brightens his face.

I shiver.

The window is big enough for a person to climb through. And since the glass is gone now, it's an entrance for Jack...

Louis pulls my arm and begs me to hide. I'm just frozen in my spot again. I watch as Jack crawls inside and walks up to us. His tall figure hovers over me and Louis. A lump forms in my throat, it's keeping me from speaking.

Jack's eyes lock with mine as we stand face to face. I still feel Louis pull on my arm. I know he's desperate for me to run with him. I just can't get my feet to move.

I stay still as Jack moves his arm up.

I know he's going to hit me.

I just close my eyes as I see his hand turn into a fist. I simply can't escape it.

His hand hits my jaw, hard. He does it again, followed by a punch in my stomach.

I waddle back before I collapse on the floor.

I hear Louis shout my name but it echoes and it fades. It's dark for a while but I fight to keep my eyes open. I wrap my arms around my stomach and groan. Another intense pain ripples though my body as I realise Jack is kicking me. I whine and cover my face.

"You're so weak" Jack's laughs.

My eyes are half closed, but I can see Jack lift his foot again. Though, out of nowhere I see him get pushed back by Louis.

"Leave him alone!" Louis yells.

Relief washes over me, but it's soon replaced by worry. Jack starts to laugh at Louis' defence and in a heartbeat, he's hitting Louis as well. I want to help, but I can't get myself up. Maybe Jack's right. Maybe I am weak.

Louis is trying to protect his beautiful face as he stumbles away from Jack. Louis is so fragile. I'm scared Louis won't be able to defend himself, but then suddenly to my surprise, Louis starts to hit Jack back. Again, I want to help him. I need to protect him from Jack, but I just can't move. Everything hurts and aches, I can't get up.

A forceful kick in the balls makes Jack whine like a kid. I can't believe Louis just did that. For a moment, it looks like he's going to sink to his knees, but Jack manages to keep himself up. Jack's fist connects with Louis' chin, making him fall to the floor.

"Louis" I shout, but it sounds more like a mumble. My mouth is swollen and I feel blood drip down my chin.

Louis falls down next to me and when I look at him, I get lost in his eyes. "It's going to be okay" he whispers. "Let me handle this"

I shake my head no, but Louis lays his hand on my bloated cheek. "But Louis-"

"No Harry. I can do this. You need to hide" I just stare at him. It feels safe, but it doesn't last long. A strong hand pulls Louis back up.

I reluctantly crawl away to hide behind the couch. Jack holds Louis by the collar of his tank top. He decreases the distance between their faces.

"This is all your fault" Jack spits with disgust in his voice. "You're the reason Harry changed. Once, I was proud to be his step dad" He sounds so emotionless, but I know Jack's words hit Louis like a brick. My heart aches for Louis. I hope he doesn't think it really is his fault. Jack has no right to say that.

Jack loosens his grip on Louis and Louis gets back on his feet. I let out the breath I was holding, but I suck it right back in as I see Jack's evil grin. He's enjoying this. Jack enjoys it when people get hurt. And he likes it even more when people get hurt by his words, than by his actions.

Out of nowhere, Jack flips over our couch. Fear takes over me once I see Jack standing in front of me. He looks me straight in the eyes. I'm crying as I crawl back. I know Jack is not done with me yet. I look at Louis. He's running around our living room in panic. My guess is he's looking for something to defend us with. Or at least, I hope.

Jack shadows over me. And just like before, he lashes out to hit me.

In the corner of my eye, I see Louis run towards us and jump. In the movement, he smashes a vase forcefully on Jack's head. My mouth widens as Jack slams to the floor, blood dripping from his head.

Louis' eyes are widened at what he's just done. Did he kill him?

"Harry, oh my God. Are you okay? We should go before he wakes up" Louis kneels down next to me and pulls me in for a hug. When he pulls back he caresses my cheek, but his eyes focus on the man on our floor.

I look behind Louis to see my own reflection in our window. I gasp. My bottom lip, jaw and the outer corner of my left eye are swollen and turning blue. Blood is all over my face. My earlobe is torn a little. I thought days like these were over. I thought I'd never  had to look like this again.

Louis places multiple kisses on the bruises. I wince but relax under his touch.

Just as I feel safe again, Jack groans loudly and he tenses his shoulder.

"Shit. He's awake" I hear Louis curse. He puts my arm around his shoulders and tries to get me up. "I'm sorry, love, but you need to be strong. We've got to get out of here"

We make our way to the front door as fast as we can. Within seconds, Louis had unlocked it and we both hurry out of the house. I see Louis panic when he looks around the street. I kneel to the floor a little as I help to look for our escape. I just can't get myself up. There has to be something that can safe us.

Just when I'm about to give up hope, I see our neighbour drive into the street. "Louis," I say weakly. "There's a car"

To my terror, I hear Jack make a weird noise from inside and I can tell he's getting up. I hope his head hurts a lot, so he won't be so strong anymore.

Louis carefully lets go of me and crosses the street. I watch how Louis pushes the man away from his car once he gets out. It's like in a movie or that game GTA. Louis gets into the car and drives over to me. I try to keep myself standing.

Louis helps me inside. I look back to our house and see Jack through our doorway. He's still on the floor, but I can see him looking at us. I signal Louis to go and in a rush, we drive away. Our neighbour is left alone, yelling and cursing on the side of the road.

I look back and see our house get smaller and smaller, the distance between us and the house increasing. Once I feel like we're far enough, I sink into the seat and feel my eyes get heavy...

A/N: There's a picture of Louis as a shirtless waiter on the sideeee!! :D