Misunderstood
Once You Say It, You Can't Take It Back
~Louis' POV~
"El....." I trailed off. I wasn't sure how to answer this. Especially in front of Maddie. I can't make a woman sad, not even Eleanor.
I looked to my side and Madelyn had vanished. Great, just great.
I sighed as I spoke up again.
"El, we were together 2 years. I can't just make feelings disappear. Of course I still have feelings for you but..... My feelings for Madelyn are just, well, bigger."
I looked up and I saw her staring down at me with that hopeful little smirk of hers.
"Yes, Louis. But do you still love me?" She asked.
There was a long silent pause. I gestured for Eleanor to come sit beside me. She gladly took the seat and we started our conversation.
"Eleanor, you know that when we were together-"
She interrupted me.
"2 years!"
"Yea, yea, I know but. When we were together, of course I loved you. In fact I have never been in a longer relationship."
She smiled at my words.
"Those 2 years, were amazing..... But El..... Some things you just have to let go of."
Her smile then dropped into a frown.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"If you love something, let it free. If it wants to come back, then eventually it will over time." Those words were probably the cheesiest words I could ever speak in my life. But I didn't know how else to explain it.
Eleanor then quickly pulled me into a hug and rested her head in the crook of my neck.
"Lou, I'll always love you. You know I will. But if you really want her, just try and remember the times we had together." She mumbled.
I sighed once again and awkwardly pat her on the back while she hugged me.
We stood here hugging for a while, until I hadn't realized how much time had gone by. It had been an hour and 55 minutes! By then Eleanor was asleep and I rested her on the couch and pulled blankets over her.
Now where the heck is Madely-
I then heard a scream fill the house.
Madelyn!
I ran to our room.
"What's wrong?!" I asked. Seconds later, Eleanor was woken up and in the room with us too.
As I watched Madelyn, she pulled the curtains up to expose the snow. It was covering up more than half the window.
Holy sh-
"How will I get home?!" Eleanor asked, interrupting my thoughts.
Oh, that's right! That means Eleanor can't leave and she is stuck here.... With me and Madelyn.
Awkward.
"Well there is no other choice but to stay inside the house." I said.
I looked at Madelyn and then looked at Eleanor.
It was hard to tell what they were thinking. They both had straight faces on.
"Let's just watch a movie." I say.
Eleanor claps and throws her hands in the air.
A few moments later we were all in the living room. Well, all except for Madelyn. She went to go find clothes Eleanor could use as pajamas.
Eleanor was currently sitting on the floor looking in the DVD rack.
"Hunger Games, Scott Pilgrim, This Is The End." She kept mumbling to herself all the movie names. Just then Madelyn walked in.
Madelyn sat the neatly folded pajamas in front of Eleanor. El turned her head.
"Oh right, thanks." She said quickly before flipping out.
Madelyn sat down beside me on the couch and we watched as Eleanor started flipping out.
"Lou! You remembered! I can't believe you bought my favorite movie!" She smiled as she put it in the DVD player.
I weakly smiled as I nodded. Eleanor started the movie and came and sat herself right on the other side of me.
About 40 minutes into the movie I noticed Eleanor's arm around my neck. What the heck?
I looked to the other side and saw Madelyn. Well barely. Her hair was in her face and she was 3 feet apart from me. Not even touching me one bit.
I grabbed her hand and intertwined our fingers. She didn't even move a muscle. Her hand was limp. She made no effort in the hand holding. Basically I was the only one doing any work.
I watched as Jeniffer Lawrence cussed out Bradley Cooper in the diner.
I watched Madelyn. She wasn't doing anything. Nothing. Just sitting there with her hair in her face.
"Madelyn can we talk for a minute?" I asked. She nodded her head as she stood up and walked to the kitchen.
Eleanor grabbed my arm and then slowly let it go. I turned back around and she smiled at me.
I turned back around and walked to the kitchen, closing the door on the way in.
"Madelyn what is wrong with you tonight?!" She didn't say anything she just kept her hair in her face, looking down.
"I understand Eleanor is over here, but you don't have to be so rude to me!" I whispered as loud as I could.
She just nodded her head.
"What's up with you?" I asked. She just shook her head not wanting to tell me.
She is being so dramatic!
"You haven't said one word all night." I said. She looked up and sniffled.
I looked at her tear stained cheeks and her red, tired eyes.
"Great, what are you crying about now?!" I asked.
She looked shocked as her eyes widened. I then realized what I said.
"Sorry." I mumbled.
"Louis..... You wanna know what's wrong?" She said with her soft gentle voice. I nodded my head slightly.
"Well, first off, that Silver Linings Playbook is the DVD you bought me. Do you remember why?" She asked.
I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I just stood there silently as she continued talking.
"You seriously don't remember?" She scoffed as another tear slid down her cheek.
"It was 27 freaking days ago! You bought that movie for our first date!"
Right when she said that I remembered it clearly. Great, and El thought I bought it for her.
"It's just a movie, Madelyn!" I said as I pushed my hand through my hair out of stress.
"That's not all, Louis! Tonight was supposed to be our night! Last night we never got that movie marathon, and you promised me we could make it up tonight!" She barely managed to get out.
"Madelyn! For the last time it's just movies!"
She looked down at her feet, obviously offended.
~Madelyn's POV~
"Madelyn! For the last time it's just movies!" He said.
That hurt my feelings.
Tonight was supposed to be our night. We didn't get to celebrate our anniversary.Yet he throws the event around like it happens all the time.
I tried not to let another tear out but it trickled down my cheek. Actually more than one came out. They started slowly starting up again. Going down one by one.
He didn't care that I was crying. In fact I feel very offended like a knife got stabbed right through my heart.
He just sighed in anger.
"They are just movi-" I interrupted him.
"Louis you barely even tried to touch me tonight!"
"I tried to hold hands with you but you didn't try either!" He replied.
"Tell me Louis, where exactly would I have room to touch you?!" I asked.
"You could have laid your head on my shoulder!" He said.
"Louis, Eleanor's hand was taking that spot while her arm was wrapped around your other shoulder."
There was a pause.
"Don't forget her hand was on your thigh while she was snuggled up beside you!" I was barely able to say the first part.
He looked down in shame.
"It's like now that Eleanor is here, you couldn't care less about me!" I said.
"Stop it! Just stop! Stop hating on Eleanor! She did nothing to you!" He yelled.
My lips quivered, as I was about to break down into tears.
Eleanor has done everything to me! She has threatened me, intrude me and Louis' privacy, and barged into the house! Let's not forget she keeps seducing Louis through her touches!
God, Louis! If he was even paying attention he would have known that at the beginning of the movie we were holding hands! But soon he let go to hold Eleanor's!
"Louis if you still love Eleanor, just say it." I managed to get out.
The pause was long, awkward, and extremely silent. You could hear the movie in the other room.
I nodded my head as more tears fell. I walked out of the kitchen, Louis following behind me.
"Lou there you are!" Eleanor said. She stood up from her seat and immediately came over to Louis and crashed her lips into his. I sat there and watched as Louis stumbled backwards, obviously surprised. But yet, not doing anything about it.
I quickly went to the room and grabbed my suitcase that I packed earlier and sneaked to the door.
As I opened it, snow came sliding in. I ignored it and crawled over. Eventually I made it to the top. With each step, my feet sunk. My warm body tempature made the snow melt and soak icy cold water through my clothes.
I walked for about 40 minutes until I couldn't feel my hands. My body went totally numb and so did my feelings.
I walked to a nearby house. It was alone on the long road. I walked to it and tried knocking on the door.
I barely had any strength, but I still could not feel my legs or feet. The woman opened the door and gasped.
"My dear child! Come in! Come in!" She rushed me in and had a hard time getting the door closed.
She turned around and sighed.
"Now look at you! You're shaking and your fingertips are blue!"
I looked down and sat my boots Louis got me were soaking wet and so were my jeans, all the way up to my knees.
"Just how long have you been out there?" She asked.
"4-4-40 mi-i-inutes." I could barely say it through my frozen lips.
"You were walking outside in this weather all alone?!" She asked.
I nodded my head in disappointment. But I didn't regret it.
"Come on now. Let's go get you into some warm clothes." She put her soft hand on my back and guided me to her room.
***
I leaned against the doorway holding the warm, fresh cup of hot chocolate in my hands.
"You're very kind. Thank you so much." I said.
"No problem dear, now may I ask, how did you end up here?" She said with her delicate voice.
"Well...."
"El....." I trailed off. I wasn't sure how to answer this. Especially in front of Maddie. I can't make a woman sad, not even Eleanor.
I looked to my side and Madelyn had vanished. Great, just great.
I sighed as I spoke up again.
"El, we were together 2 years. I can't just make feelings disappear. Of course I still have feelings for you but..... My feelings for Madelyn are just, well, bigger."
I looked up and I saw her staring down at me with that hopeful little smirk of hers.
"Yes, Louis. But do you still love me?" She asked.
There was a long silent pause. I gestured for Eleanor to come sit beside me. She gladly took the seat and we started our conversation.
"Eleanor, you know that when we were together-"
She interrupted me.
"2 years!"
"Yea, yea, I know but. When we were together, of course I loved you. In fact I have never been in a longer relationship."
She smiled at my words.
"Those 2 years, were amazing..... But El..... Some things you just have to let go of."
Her smile then dropped into a frown.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"If you love something, let it free. If it wants to come back, then eventually it will over time." Those words were probably the cheesiest words I could ever speak in my life. But I didn't know how else to explain it.
Eleanor then quickly pulled me into a hug and rested her head in the crook of my neck.
"Lou, I'll always love you. You know I will. But if you really want her, just try and remember the times we had together." She mumbled.
I sighed once again and awkwardly pat her on the back while she hugged me.
We stood here hugging for a while, until I hadn't realized how much time had gone by. It had been an hour and 55 minutes! By then Eleanor was asleep and I rested her on the couch and pulled blankets over her.
Now where the heck is Madely-
I then heard a scream fill the house.
Madelyn!
I ran to our room.
"What's wrong?!" I asked. Seconds later, Eleanor was woken up and in the room with us too.
As I watched Madelyn, she pulled the curtains up to expose the snow. It was covering up more than half the window.
Holy sh-
"How will I get home?!" Eleanor asked, interrupting my thoughts.
Oh, that's right! That means Eleanor can't leave and she is stuck here.... With me and Madelyn.
Awkward.
"Well there is no other choice but to stay inside the house." I said.
I looked at Madelyn and then looked at Eleanor.
It was hard to tell what they were thinking. They both had straight faces on.
"Let's just watch a movie." I say.
Eleanor claps and throws her hands in the air.
A few moments later we were all in the living room. Well, all except for Madelyn. She went to go find clothes Eleanor could use as pajamas.
Eleanor was currently sitting on the floor looking in the DVD rack.
"Hunger Games, Scott Pilgrim, This Is The End." She kept mumbling to herself all the movie names. Just then Madelyn walked in.
Madelyn sat the neatly folded pajamas in front of Eleanor. El turned her head.
"Oh right, thanks." She said quickly before flipping out.
Madelyn sat down beside me on the couch and we watched as Eleanor started flipping out.
"Lou! You remembered! I can't believe you bought my favorite movie!" She smiled as she put it in the DVD player.
I weakly smiled as I nodded. Eleanor started the movie and came and sat herself right on the other side of me.
About 40 minutes into the movie I noticed Eleanor's arm around my neck. What the heck?
I looked to the other side and saw Madelyn. Well barely. Her hair was in her face and she was 3 feet apart from me. Not even touching me one bit.
I grabbed her hand and intertwined our fingers. She didn't even move a muscle. Her hand was limp. She made no effort in the hand holding. Basically I was the only one doing any work.
I watched as Jeniffer Lawrence cussed out Bradley Cooper in the diner.
I watched Madelyn. She wasn't doing anything. Nothing. Just sitting there with her hair in her face.
"Madelyn can we talk for a minute?" I asked. She nodded her head as she stood up and walked to the kitchen.
Eleanor grabbed my arm and then slowly let it go. I turned back around and she smiled at me.
I turned back around and walked to the kitchen, closing the door on the way in.
"Madelyn what is wrong with you tonight?!" She didn't say anything she just kept her hair in her face, looking down.
"I understand Eleanor is over here, but you don't have to be so rude to me!" I whispered as loud as I could.
She just nodded her head.
"What's up with you?" I asked. She just shook her head not wanting to tell me.
She is being so dramatic!
"You haven't said one word all night." I said. She looked up and sniffled.
I looked at her tear stained cheeks and her red, tired eyes.
"Great, what are you crying about now?!" I asked.
She looked shocked as her eyes widened. I then realized what I said.
"Sorry." I mumbled.
"Louis..... You wanna know what's wrong?" She said with her soft gentle voice. I nodded my head slightly.
"Well, first off, that Silver Linings Playbook is the DVD you bought me. Do you remember why?" She asked.
I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I just stood there silently as she continued talking.
"You seriously don't remember?" She scoffed as another tear slid down her cheek.
"It was 27 freaking days ago! You bought that movie for our first date!"
Right when she said that I remembered it clearly. Great, and El thought I bought it for her.
"It's just a movie, Madelyn!" I said as I pushed my hand through my hair out of stress.
"That's not all, Louis! Tonight was supposed to be our night! Last night we never got that movie marathon, and you promised me we could make it up tonight!" She barely managed to get out.
"Madelyn! For the last time it's just movies!"
She looked down at her feet, obviously offended.
~Madelyn's POV~
"Madelyn! For the last time it's just movies!" He said.
That hurt my feelings.
Tonight was supposed to be our night. We didn't get to celebrate our anniversary.Yet he throws the event around like it happens all the time.
I tried not to let another tear out but it trickled down my cheek. Actually more than one came out. They started slowly starting up again. Going down one by one.
He didn't care that I was crying. In fact I feel very offended like a knife got stabbed right through my heart.
He just sighed in anger.
"They are just movi-" I interrupted him.
"Louis you barely even tried to touch me tonight!"
"I tried to hold hands with you but you didn't try either!" He replied.
"Tell me Louis, where exactly would I have room to touch you?!" I asked.
"You could have laid your head on my shoulder!" He said.
"Louis, Eleanor's hand was taking that spot while her arm was wrapped around your other shoulder."
There was a pause.
"Don't forget her hand was on your thigh while she was snuggled up beside you!" I was barely able to say the first part.
He looked down in shame.
"It's like now that Eleanor is here, you couldn't care less about me!" I said.
"Stop it! Just stop! Stop hating on Eleanor! She did nothing to you!" He yelled.
My lips quivered, as I was about to break down into tears.
Eleanor has done everything to me! She has threatened me, intrude me and Louis' privacy, and barged into the house! Let's not forget she keeps seducing Louis through her touches!
God, Louis! If he was even paying attention he would have known that at the beginning of the movie we were holding hands! But soon he let go to hold Eleanor's!
"Louis if you still love Eleanor, just say it." I managed to get out.
The pause was long, awkward, and extremely silent. You could hear the movie in the other room.
I nodded my head as more tears fell. I walked out of the kitchen, Louis following behind me.
"Lou there you are!" Eleanor said. She stood up from her seat and immediately came over to Louis and crashed her lips into his. I sat there and watched as Louis stumbled backwards, obviously surprised. But yet, not doing anything about it.
I quickly went to the room and grabbed my suitcase that I packed earlier and sneaked to the door.
As I opened it, snow came sliding in. I ignored it and crawled over. Eventually I made it to the top. With each step, my feet sunk. My warm body tempature made the snow melt and soak icy cold water through my clothes.
I walked for about 40 minutes until I couldn't feel my hands. My body went totally numb and so did my feelings.
I walked to a nearby house. It was alone on the long road. I walked to it and tried knocking on the door.
I barely had any strength, but I still could not feel my legs or feet. The woman opened the door and gasped.
"My dear child! Come in! Come in!" She rushed me in and had a hard time getting the door closed.
She turned around and sighed.
"Now look at you! You're shaking and your fingertips are blue!"
I looked down and sat my boots Louis got me were soaking wet and so were my jeans, all the way up to my knees.
"Just how long have you been out there?" She asked.
"4-4-40 mi-i-inutes." I could barely say it through my frozen lips.
"You were walking outside in this weather all alone?!" She asked.
I nodded my head in disappointment. But I didn't regret it.
"Come on now. Let's go get you into some warm clothes." She put her soft hand on my back and guided me to her room.
***
I leaned against the doorway holding the warm, fresh cup of hot chocolate in my hands.
"You're very kind. Thank you so much." I said.
"No problem dear, now may I ask, how did you end up here?" She said with her delicate voice.
"Well...."
Notes
OMG 2 HOURS I WROTE THIS! 2 HOURS! TWOOOOOOOOOOO!Btw the lady that helps Madelyn out is played by Sandra Bullock ;O
@i_am_fabulouis
I would die too from the excitement lol
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