twenty-three: the search party

"Lou? Are you here?" Harry's voice echoes through the house as he walks in through the front door, shutting it behind him once he's inside. He frowns a little when he doesn't get a response back and his frown only deepens when he doesn't hear any of the kids running around the house. Harry starts to walk towards the stairs and looks up them in case Louis and the kids were up there, but they weren't. 

"Louis?" Harry tries again, looking around the downstairs floor now as he tries to stay calm. Normally Harry wouldn't think much about Louis not being home, but Zayn had called him in a panic saying Louis hadn't answered his phone for over a day now. So when Harry walked into the house and couldn't find Louis... it was safe to say Harry was starting to panic too. Harry bites down on his bottom lip, pulling out his phone as he dials Louis' number. As he listens for Louis to answer, Harry walks down the hall towards Zayn's office. The sick feeling in the pit of his stomach only got worse when he saw the state the office is in, his heart picking up it's pace as Louis' voicemail sounds on the other end. 

"It's a nice little welcome home present for Zayn, that is if he comes home." Harry jumps at the voice, turning around to look at the source to see Liam standing in the doorway. Harry's blood runs cold before it starts to boil, the rage and hatred Harry felt towards Liam come at him in full force. 

"What did you do to Louis?" Harry demands, walking right up to Liam and gripping the front of his shirt. Liam lets out a grunt at the sudden movement, but that doesn't keep the grin off his face. 

"Just scared him a little is all. He's staying with his mother, left his phone here." Liam says, holding up what was indeed Louis' phone. Harry reaches for it only to have Liam jerk his hand away. 

"I don't think so, you're going to help me first. Zayn has something of mine, I know you know where it is. The sooner you tell me, the sooner I give this back and the sooner I leave and don't come back. I have yet to pay a visit to Niall, but don't think I won't if I don't get what I want. How's he doing anyways? Last time I saw him, he was a bit shaken up. Still hasn't moved past the whole me being psychotic thing, but Niall's always been the one to fall for the damaged ones." Liam lets out a dark chuckle at that, shaking his head as Harry just stares at him. Harry didn't like the way Liam said Niall's name, he didn't like the way Liam was talking about Niall. 

"I don't know where it is, Zayn didn't tell me where he put it." Harry says, reaching for the phone again only to have Liam click his tongue. Liam takes a step into the office but Harry sticks his ground. He wasn't afraid of Liam. 

"See, I believed Louis when he said that. I don't believe you, do you want to know why I don't believe you?" Liam asks, earning a look from Harry. 

"Not really, honestly Liam what's the point of all this? What reason do you have to come back and terrorize everyone over some stupid disc? You've done enough, just do yourself a favor and leave." Harry says, shoving past Liam at this point because he was done listening to him. Liam doesn't like that though, grabbing Harry's arm and yanking him back. 

"I tried that but Zayn just won't let me live my life in peace. Did he tell you about how he hired someone to follow me around? I'm not going to go down without a fight, Harry. I don't care if I'm terrorizing Louis or Niall, I'll do whatever it takes until he backs off. So keep that in mind the next time he calls you to come check up on Louis, I might just stop by and visit with my family." Liam's voice is still holding that dark tone to it, the one that would normally send chills down Harry's spine but he wasn't going to let Liam win this time. So Harry shrugs Liam's arm off, shaking his head a little as he folds his arm over his chest. 

"I'd like to see you try." Harry taunts, his voice holding the same tone as Liam's before he walked out of the office and out of the house. He didn't look back, going straight to his car and starting it up before he finally pulls out of the driveway. Harry waits until he's made it home before he lets everything out, hitting the steering wheel as frustrated tears fell down his cheeks. This goes on for several minutes before Harry finally calms down, his chest rising and falling rapidly as he runs his hands over his face.  Harry's hands are shaking as he reaches for his cell phone and he could literally hear his heart beating out of his chest as he dials Johannah's number just to make sure that Liam hadn't been lying. 

"Hello?" She picks up on the second ring, her voice sounding distracted. Harry lets out a relieved sigh when he hears the sound of the boys screaming in the background. 

"Hey, it's Harry. Louis' there right?" Harry asks, his voice cracking. 

"He's right here, would you like to talk to him?" Johannah asks and Harry shakes his head.

"No... I was just checking... Can you tell him to call Zayn? He's going absolutely mental right now, I guess Lou left his phone at the house..." Harry whispers, looking up from his lap and towards the front door of his house. Niall's standing in the doorway with Easton on his hip, a soft smile on his face as both Easton and himself wave over at Harry. 

"Of course. I'm sorry to cut this so short but lunch is almost ready and I have two grandsons to go wrangle up. " 

"That's fine... I'll probably call later to talk to Louis. Thanks." Harry says and with that Johannah hangs up the phone. Harry takes another minute or two before he finally climbs out of the car, taking a deep breath as he walks over to Niall. He wraps him up into his arms almost instantly, burying his face into his hair. 

"Everything alright?" Niall asks, his voice muffled due to the fact that his face was buried into Harry's chest. 

"Everything's fine." 

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i honestly don't know how this chapter happened, like it was really going to be Zayn talking to Louis about what happened but nooooooooo that didn't happen. 

it's like three in the morning, so shit happens. i've also got allergy medicine running through my system cause i went camping this weekend and i got bit by two mosquitoes and I'm very much allergic to that stupid and pointless bug.

so hopefully this chapter was alright cause i'm not gonna edit and i'm probably not going to reread over it until i write the next part and god knows when that is. 

anyways... i am going to write the nathan/ethan spinoff when this story is over. the cover is below. and yes, Jack and Finn Harris play Ethan and Nathan. i haven't decided which twin is which yet... I'm still working on that shit.  hell, if you wanna tell me which twin should be which, by all means please do cause I feel like that's gonna drive me crazy tbh. 

dedication goes to 1DIrwinx

QOTC: do you guys think Zayn will back off if Liam keeps on threatening everyone? 

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