It Never Ends

*Louis’s POV*

Practice was a blur. It just wasn’t the same.

Something was missing.

illianna was missing.

Sure she would have been with the rest of the girls on their own field, but there was just this emptiness that took over me. It was different with illianna not being here.

I wish I knew where she ran to. Hopefully somewhere safe. No one, not even Zayn or Ariana knew where she went.

Zayn probably doesn’t even know that his sister left.

“Lou, what’s up with you? You didn’t even play right today.” Zayn runs up behind me as I leave the field.

Harry, Liam, and Niall with the rest of the guys are walking in front of us.

This might be my chance in persuading Zayn to get illianna to talk to me.

“Today just isn’t my day.” I shrug.

“Today? The whole weekend wasn’t your day. I didn’t even see you at your party or Saturday and Sunday. What’s wrong?” Zayn questions. “You can talk to me.”

I decide to give in.

“Zayn, when I tell you this, you cannot get angry with me.” I assure him.

He looks at me weirdly, and then nods.

“I like you sister.” I finally confess.

Zayn tilts his head and chuckles. He walks away from me, leaving me behind. He is few inches away from me when I finally call him out.

“That’s all you’re going to do then?” I ask.

“I told you to stay away from my sister Lou. I mean it.” Zayn growls.

“I tried to stay away from her. But she holds my attention without even trying.”

“Louis! My sister called me before practice started and said she ran home. She said there was someone who she couldn’t be around. If that person is you that she’s running from, I’m telling you right now to back off.” Zayn threatens.

“I don’t think I can do that.” I shake my head.

“Is that a challenge?” Zayn yells stepping forward.

I step up to him.

We’re standing a few centimeters away from each other. Chest to chest, face to face.

“You wanted me to stay away from illianna. So I did. But you were the one who called me at the party saying that you were leaving with Ariana.” I remind him.

“That has nothing to do…” Zayn begins.

“You wanted me to take illianna home and stay the night with her. Because you were going back to Ariana’s house to have ‘fun’ with her.” I cut him off. “You left your little sister at a senior party to have ‘fun’.” I say air quoting the ‘fun’ part.

Zayn’s face reddens. He knows what I’m saying is correct.

He just doesn’t know what happened during the party or after the party between me and illianna.

“Louis, I wanted you to take her home because I trusted you. I could have easily asked Harry, Niall, or Liam to take her because I didn’t want you to leave your own party.” Zayn says.

“But I did leave my own party. I was at your house when my party was still going on. I was in your house alone with your sister. In her room.” I state.

“What do you mean ‘in her room’? Did you sleep with her or something?” Zayn shouts.

The whole soccer team turns around due to Zayn’s outburst.

I motion my head towards them to Zayn so he could see the scene that he just created.

“You got laid Louis?” Liam asks, earning giggles from the whole team.

Zayn looks back at me with an incredulous look in his eyes.

I ignore his question and the rest of the team’s glares and smirks.

“I did sleep with your sister. And I kissed her too. We didn’t do what you think we did. We just slept.” I say for only him to hear.

“You slept with my sister in her bed? In her room? Alone?” Zayn gulps.

“Yes. I did. We did.”

“You didn’t try to make a move on her?”

“No. I would’ve been told you that.” I say.

Zayn sighs and steps back. He rubs his eyes.

“I’m asking you right now Zayn. Can I have your permission to date your sister?” I ask him, my nerves wrecking.

“You already slept with her! Might as well fuck her too!” Zayn spat.

“Hey! You’re lucky I’m even asking you. I easily could have done that on Friday, but out of respect to you, I just put her to sleep.” I snap back.

Zayn’s teeth clench. His fists ball up. His veins are beginning to show through his skin.

“Malik. Tomlinson. What’s going on?” Coach says strolling up to us with the rest of the team.

I ignore him. I ignore the team. I focus on Zayn.

Zayn steps forward again. I follow his lead.

“Hey! Stop!” a small voice yells from a distance.

I look away to see if it’s illianna. Bad idea.

A red- haired girl is running towards us and before I can see who it really is, the left side of my face turns numb.

I fall to the floor, filling and tasting the blood coming from the inside of my mouth.

The guys hold Zayn back before I can even register that he has just punched me.

Ariana comes to my side to help me up, but I refuse it.

It took all I could to control myself from going back after Zayn.

“Stay away from her Louis. You already hurt her. She was crying when she talked to me. And I can’t have her hurting anymore. She’s all I have left. I can’t lose her again!” Zayn cries, his voice cracking.

Ariana tries to hold him back. She secures her little arms around his waist.

“I promise you that I won’t. Just please Zayn. Let me talk to her.” I beg, holding my cheek.

“No, no.” Zayn refuses shaking his head.

Ariana gives me a sorry look before taking Zayn’s hand and pulling him away from me.

“What is going on?” Niall asks confused. “Who are you two fighting over?”

I hate keeping things away from them, but I didn’t think I can tell them.

I run to the locker room to clean myself up and to change. I just needed to get to illianna’s house to talk to her. I needed to make things right.

Zayn will have to get over it. He can’t protect her forever. But I will talk with him later.

illianna said that she wasn’t going to fight over me.

But this is a relationship that is worth fighting for.

And I will not be the only one fighting this battle alone.

Notes

Leave your questions if you are concerned with anything.
This is a real event that happened.