Chapter:- 27

Louis's P.O.V

"Naill! Naill!" I tried to wake him up.
"Naill! It's important." With that he rubbed his eyes and huffed.

"What?" He sat with his legs crisscrossed.

"I am going to Salisbury," I informed.

"Really! That's excellent."

"Make it low. I don't want to announce it. Otherwise I'd be with bundle of questions."

"Fine. But it's good to hear that your finally visiting," he said with a small smile.

****

Streets laid same, but in some blocks  three houses needed renovation. Everything was same, the shops. Teens and their spot of hangout, Mr. Marz was playing Jazz records,as he was doing it since I was young.
"This time I'll gift him some new one's," I muttered.

Jolly's house garden was covered in dry leaves. She's lazy in winters. Everything was exactly the same and people's habits didn't change too.

But what do I expect, I was out for just four months?The closer I was getting to my house, the wider my grin became. And when my car's wheel took its last revolution. I saw Lizy out. She had a spray bottle in her hand.

"Liz!!" Opening the door, jumped out and hugged her tight.

She was taller than me,I had to push all my weight on my toes. But despite that, her giggle eased it. It had been five months since last I saw her. Though we talked on phone but that was not enough.

"I missed you. Mom was talking about visiting you few hours ago," she said with a grin, when we pulled away.

"That's great. I thought she forgot about me."

"Don't say that. I think you forgot us. It had been two week since you last called or even texted us."

"By the way. What are you doing on our wall?" I asked, with a purpose to change the cold topic.

"My boyfriend is a spray painter. I found it interesting so, he taught me," she said and started completing the orange cup, which she was painting.

"Can't you do it later. I am here to spend some time with my sister."

When I was on my way, I had pictured her old with fake pink dyed hair. It was not like, I didn't like it but her natural brown was more attracting. As a big sister she always commanded since I learned to do small stuffs like, keeping clothes and dished back in places. And now I am 24 and she's happily dancing in her 29. Commanding me to cook lunch, boil water for the hot water bottle when she's searching her sanitary pad in the room.

"Lou, I am in the bathroom. I couldn't find those. Please search it for me," she screamed at high.

"Okay," I yelled back.

"Maybe I shouldn't have come," I muttered with a chuckle.

On my way to her room, I prayed that she had not shut the door. It was so hard to twist the knob to open and she being a lazy human would never repair it. Thanks to Jesus! It wasn't but my mouth hung a jar. When the room's condition appeared in front of me; Wardrobe had thrown cloths out. Sweaters on the bed, some jeans on the window pavement. Beside the lamp, laid an open box of Pizza, which I wasn't sure how old its date was? I could see a pantie and a sock trying to show itself under the pillow. She must have removed them last night and treasured them,with a purpose to hump them in washing machine. But the task never accomplished. Since she forgets it every time.

"Louis Tomlinson!! Give the pad to me," she screamed.

"Not an alive person can find things in this wreck."

I turned my way from the night stand to the wardrobe. With a hope to see a packet with a picture of a pad would lay in the drawer. I stretched the drawer, but it wasn't there.

Here I sat on floor, pulling every last dress out of the wardrobe to get the packet and from the bathroom her voice screamed my name at top of the summit.

Pissed my mind,which grew every time she screamed, probably sitting on the commode."Lou!!"

"Wait, you are getting on my nerves now." With that I picked a shirt from the middle section of the wardrobe and it appeared.

The green packet was their, I tore it rough, took out one pad.

"Why do T.V commercials show the blue liquid when blood is red," I said to myself."Open, I found it." I knocked calmly.

"Love you bro!" she said. Peeked her head out, clinching the pad and closed it hard.

"Do you want to break it," I said in annoyance.

"Probably." She replied sarcastically.

******

For lunch, I had made Fish and Chips. Lizy wanted to eat in room, but I was there to spent some time with her. She was tough to bring her to living room's couch but my sarcasm worked.

"At least, serve it," I said.

"Fine." With that she strutted into the kitchen.

The moment she sat down with her plate full of fish, door bell pierced my eardrums. It was a pure shriek.

"Why do you have this door bell?It's so, annoying," I yelled, when she was on the way to the door.

"Lou, it's been days. No months. I saw you this morning talking to her. So, I came here to meet you."Jolly spoke too fast for me to understand.

"Yeah! Have a seat," I said with a chuckle because I couldn't respond to the words, I didn't get.

"Where are others?" She said chewing the fish from my plate.

"They were all asleep. And I was missing her," I said with a wink.

"Jolly, if you don't know how to keep a garden well. Why do you have it. Cut the trees," Liz said while sitting down.

"Lizy, why do you have a room. When you don't know how to keep it clean. Give it on Rent." I was good in sarcasm.

Me and Jolly laughed and the rest noon, walked slow in happiness. Sharing childhood memories,we already had told times to time but it was still righteous in its own way. They told me every little act and controversy flew in street. Tim and Josh had been arrested few weeks ago but Mr. Marz bailed them. He had connections!

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"Lou, there's something you came here for. Tell me." Her voice commanding but still embraced calmness of sisterhood.

"Yeah! Umm. Liz! Why did you left your gang and started new?" I asked.

"So, that's the case," she babbled and make closer.

"I was ruining myself and others too. Mom,Dad and even Grandad wanted me to change. Tough! I found it tremendously hard but finally left it. As Police does not have any records of me. So I easily left everything to started new."

"Liz, I don't know what to do?" I confessed.

"What do you feel?" She whispered.

"That's the problems, I am confused." Disappointment took a new step to drown me.

"It's okay. You'll find it sooner or later." She said and stood up.

"Don't worry. It'll be alright. Would you like some crips?" To her offer, I nodded slyly.

Night leafed opposite to noon. Food chewed in serious silence. We talked about other gang things. I shared what happed with Ida and how I feel for Sparrow. Afresh she actually, thought I was talking about a bird but then I cleared I it out. Which turned out super hilarious.

"You,could have stayed," she said while we stepped out of the house.

"But I have some work to do. I'll come with Lads and if time is by my side, maybe Sparrow. I mean Light."

"Drive safe," she said when I was about to start the engine.

"I will," I replied with a smile.

"Lou, we grew up looking up to Grandad but he was watching us right back,"she said. Waving at me she stepped in then closed the door.

***

"Hey! Pigs. I am back,"I announced but no one replied.

I was on my way to stairs when Naill and Liam came out of mini theater room.

"Maybe she had a nightmare,"Naill said.

"But normally people don't react this bad." I eavesdropped Liam's words.

"What's up!" I finally showed myself.

"Umm. Liam why don't you tell him," Naill suggested.

"What's going on?"

"Umm. Don't freak out, Okay! We were watching movie and half of us fell asleep. Included her." He was explaining but I cut him,

"Who? Sparrow?"

"Yeah! But half an hour ago. She broke into her nightmare and out of a sudden she started screaming and crying. It was worst than the other day. Maybe it's a panic attack."

"Where's she?"

"In the theater room, probably curled on the couch but Harry is still there."

"Okay! I'll go and see." With that I strutted to the mini theater room.

She was actually curled but her head laid on Harry's chest.

"Is it fine now, do you want to go out now. You'll feel better." To his assuring words she nodded whipped the tears off and got up. He did too.

Though jealousy was putting weight on me but inside I knew he doesn't felt for her neither did she.

"Oh! Louis. She wasn't feeling good and...."

"I know" I cut him off, shooting a glare and straightway took a big step to her.

"What happened?" I asked her. Her head faced down. Fingers fiddle and loud sniffs invade my ears.

"Don't ask. Pl-ease," she said with a hiccup.

Tired eyes red in a mixture of fear and anxiety. Harry was still there, otherwise I would have embraced her tight."Want to go out? Out means OUT!" I asked and received the answer in a nod.I dug my hands in right pocket to check if my car's key was there or not. I had placed it well so, it stayed.

Liam was cooking so, I told him to keep ours for later. On seeing our finger intertwined Naill shouting,"is it just Lima or Love." Harry went to see his goldfish; if it was still alive or not. He had stolen it from a village bank but didn't take its care. Liam was the one to feed him every morning.

"Naill shut up and check the gravy. Tell me if something should be added," Liam said.

The door broke out with a Thud! Disclosing two men with pistols. We four got out our guns too.

"Where are my drugs?" The one on left said.

And then I realised there were not only two-three men but five-six bundles. Half of them entered from the front door and through the kitchen window I could see an army.

"What drugs? We don't even know you," Naill said.

We could not fight all these men, the moment I grabbed my phone, a shout echoed in room," drop the phone. Don't even think about it."

Liam was about to shoot him but a guy gripped his neck from back.

They were fast!

Then that guy forcefully took his pistol and passed Liam to another.

"Leave him, we don't know anything about your drugs," I said digging back my gun.

"You took my drugs from Linus and sold them somewhere in Bruges. And now I want it back." A member came straight on face with manipulated words

"Linus!" Harry hissed. His jaws clenched. He looked angry.

"Either give back the drugs or the money and it costs 30,000 pounds," he said.

"And by the time you return. I'll take care of your friend and um,this girl."

"Okay! I'll return it but not my friend. Not even her." Anger built up in me and I was going to punch him but three men stopped me.

"No, no, you are less and we are plenty. No matter how much you try. We are gonna win," he said with a smirk.

I heard her muttering my name and fear on her face fell harshly on my heart. Liam was huffing cursed against that rag that defeated his words.

The guy had tied Liam's hands and the other took out the handcuff. Probably for her.

"Give them back." Those words escaped Harry's mouth and he punched the guy who had held Liam.

That person was going to shoot him but Naill jumped hard on him. It was our foolishness that we had started a fight against thirty people. And ended up with bloody mouth, bruises and cuts.

A guy came closer to us, bent down and whispered,"the sooner you give back my stuff, the better it would be for them." He left a smirk and took them Away.