Previously, Louis and Laura confessed their feelings for each other, and Laura shared the story of her life with Louis.

New chapter begins here -

3rd Person's POV :

Louis couldn’t help but worry about his girlfriend as he sat on the couch with her head in his lap, him slowly running his fingers through her curly blonde hair.

The night before, Laura called him at 3.30 a.m. As the piercing sound wakes him up in the middle of the night, he immediately thought it was one of his friends, probably Zayn, calling him for some completely meaningless reason.

"Seriously-?" He said as soon as he picked up. Although, he stopped halfway, as he heard suppressed sobs and shaky breaths from a very familiar person.
"Laura?!"

"Sorry, I don't know what I was thinking-"
"Is everything okay?"
"Umm....I dunno..Well yes," She stopped, trying to catch her breath, "I just had another had nightmare, and I'm scared."

Louis didn't know whether to be relived or worried.
"I couldn't fall back asleep, whenever I close my eyes I feel like there's - there's blood everywhere-" She went on in a subdued tone, her voice broken.

"Hey love, just focus on my voice and try to take deep breaths. You're alright. I'm here."

"I'm sorry for waking you up at this hour-"
"Shh. It's completely fine. I'm always here." He said slowly, stopping her mumbles.

She finally fell asleep that night as he slowly sang her favourite song through the phone, and the next morning, he decided to skip school and told Liam to drop him in hers on their way to school.

"Baby?"
Laura fluttered her eyes open to look at Louis's face properly.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Do you- do you have nightmares frequently?"
"I started having nightmares frequently ever since Scarlette died. It decreased after getting treatment from the mental hospital.... But it didn't really stop."
"Laura, I was thinking...umm...."
"What?"
"What if you talk to someone. I mean, someone professional, maybe- maybe a therapist ."

There was a sign of fear in her eyes for a second, but soon after, she calmed herself down.
"I don't know....Will - will you be there?"

 "Of course, if you want me to."

"And I can choose any therapist? Whoever I want to?"
"Yes. And if you don't like them you can always say no."

And that was how Laura ended up stating to take therapy. Some sessions were extremely hard and painful, as they dug up memories from her past, but soon enough, she started to feel better than she did in such a long time.

Time flew by, and before they could realize, their last year at high school was coming to an end.

Each and every day in their past month, every senior student had been waiting with bated breath for their college acceptance letters. The previous week, when they were at school, in the middle of the lunch time, the results of NYU came out, and Laura got her dream subject in her dream University.

It was a typical spring afternoon, and they were gathered in Niall's brother's garage, waiting anxiously for their acceptance emails from the Brooklyn College.

"Oww man!" Niall sighed, gesturing at Zayn and Lily, "I still can't believe you two are moving to California. We won't be able to see you guys other than holidays."
"I know right. The rest of us are staying here, in New York."
"Don't remind us," Zayn and Lily smiled sadly.

"Hey, come on you all.....look at the bright side. How many high school couple gets into the same University and gets the same subject together?"
"Honestly, gonna miss you two....but happy for you guys," Louis smiled. To Laura he whispered wistfully, "How I wish I got into NYU as well....."

The New York University was Louis's first choice, but he only managed to make it to the waiting list.

"Don't worry about it. Who knows, maybe you will get in after all.....and even if you don't, there's so many universities so close to NYU-"

"GUYS!!! The Brooklyn College just tweeted, results are out," Liam shrieked as he snached Louis's phone to check his email. Even Liam's hands were shaking as he opened the email from Brooklyn College.

❝Mr.Tomlinson,
Congratulations! The selection committee of The Brooklyn College has approved your application to........ ❞

"LOU YOU GOT IN!!!" Liam screamed as Laura pulled him in a bone crashing hug while Louis was still trying to adapt the information.
"I- I got in?!" Louis let out the breath he was holding as a smile automatically crept up on his lips.

And as everyone else congratulates him and pulls him in a hug, he could swaer he had never been happier.

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