The Water's Sweet but Blood is Thicker

Rachel's P.O.V.

I rolled over in the bed and hit the ground with a loud thump. My eyes shot open.

"Woah.. You okay?" I looked up to see Louis standing above me with a hand extended to help me up.

I took his hand gratefully and let him pull me to my feet.

"Yeah, I kinda hurt my ass though" I replied honestly.

He rolled his eyes, giving me a quick peck on the forehead then turning back to the large suitcase he had half packed.

"Shit, I completely forgot about packing!" I mumbled.

Louis chuckled slightly, zipping up his now fully packed suitcase.

"Why didn't you wake me?" I pouted.

"It's still early enough.. We have a bit of time. Relax" he replied, side-stepping my question.

"Will you help me?" I asked.

He nodded in agreement.

We went quietly to Harry's room to find my stuff but strangely enough the place was empty.

I shrugged, guessing he must be staying with Austinn.

"Okay well this is my case. And my stuff is kinda just.." I gestured to the whole room.

I wasn't exaggerating. My stuff was literally all over the place.

We began gathering ny possessions, stuffing them into my case. By the time we were finished the case was almost bursting. I guess the souvenirs I had bought took up quiet a lot of room.

"Finally!" Louis exclaimed once we had eventually managed to close it.

We heard Liam panicking from downstairs so we headed downstairs.

Liam shooed us out the door quickly but not before I turned to say goodbye to the house. This had been my home for the last two weeks. A lot of drama had gone down in there, but I honestly wouldn't change a thing.

I slept most of the way to the airport. I only awoke when we got there due to Louis tapping me on the shoulder over and over.

"C'mon Rach, its time to go in" he mumbled, as I stretched slightly.

He helped me take my suitcase out of the boot and we all began walking in together.

I was honestly dressing this now. I wasn't fully sure where exactly the boys were going. All I knew was we were going back to England and they weren't.

Once we got through security checks it was just time to wait around and wait for the flight so me and Louis wandered off a little, just to be by ourselves for a while.

We found a place to sit in a corner where not many people could see us. No one was likely to recognise Louis here.

He slung an arm around my shoulder and I leaned into his chest.

"You know, the only thing I'd change on that entire trip is not getting here sooner" he murmured into my hair after a few minutes of silence.

"Here as in the airport?" I asked back confused, unable to contain a yawn.

"No Rach, here as in you and me here. Getting to the point where we finally became more than friends" he mumbled, sounding completely exhausted himself.

"Oh.." I understood what he meant. Things would have been a lot different we were like this. And it was all my fault too. Everytime Louis had tried to make our friendship more I rejected him.

"Me too" I added softly.

We just sat there in silence. Enjoying each others company for what felt like forever.

"Its coming close to boarding time.. We should go find the others" Louis finally decided.

I groaned in response. That meant getting up..

"Okay.." I mumbled.

Louis got up first and then helped me up.

When eventually we found the group, there seemed to be something going on.

" W-What do you mean your leaving? You can't go! We are a family! We just lost abby and now your going! Please don't go Austinn" It was Lizzie who was speaking.

Going? Where?

Austinn came around, hugging each of us and then finally moved on to Harry who looked heartbroken.

It wasn't long before she left, leaving us all upset and confused.

"Haz.." I whispered, pulling away from Louis to go hug Harry.

There were tears on his cheeks and it killed me to see him upset.

"I hate to break up this little party but that was our flight they just called out. I'm afraid we have to go.." Liam interjected,looking regretful.

I continued hugging Harry tightly.

"I'm gonna miss you so much Harry. You really have no idea" I whispered.

His arms were wrapped around me but he tightened then protectively.

"I'm gonna miss you too Rach. But dont worry, it's not for long. The wedding will be soon" he replied.

I just nodded, now getting emotional.

When eventually we parted, I turned to Louis.

He instantly pulled me into a tight hug.

"I can't believe this is it.. I can't believe we're going" he muttered under his breath.

I pulled back from the hug so that my lips could meet his.

"Rach, im gonna make this work for us, okay? I dont care what it takes.." he whispered, his eyes looking slightly glassy.

I nodded.

"Don't worry. I'll come visit you on tour.. And we'll Skype and talk on the phone all the time. I know its not the same but we'll make it work. I know we will" I replied, letting my tears overflow.

He began wiping my tears away with his thumbs as I hears his flight being called again.

"We gotta go" I heard Harry announce.

I took a deep breathe.

"Goodbye Rachel" Louis whispered, planting a soft kiss on my forehead.

"Goodbye Louis" I whispered as he began to walk away with the other boys.

I can't believe this was it. It was over.

It was officially the end of the vacation.

Notes

So this is the last chapter im writing on this story :p Thanks for reading! Love you :* ~Wrecking_Ball :D.