Louis’ POV

They run out of the elevator, her dark sunglasses drop from the sudden movement. I watched them drop, soon looking up at the familiar brown eyes. Could that have actually been her? Walking up to the discarded accessory, I pick it up and let it hang on my collar, knowing that she could be in the large crowd outside. There was no way I could catch up. I find Paul and the rest of the lads, getting into the van silently.

“Okay boys, take ten. We will start where we left off when we get back.” I hear Paul say, not meeting our eyes.

We all nod and exit the stage. Tonight is our first show in America for this tour, and we have so much to do in so little time. I grab a water bottle from one of the people that were handing them out to us and take a seat in one of the first few rows on my own.

“Louis? Are you alright mate?” Liam asks me from the aisle. I nod my head and take a sip.

“I guess, I’m just a bit nervous really.” I say, licking any of the remaining water on my lips before screwing the cap closed tightly.

“Same here. The stage looks amazing, doesn’t it?” He compliments, as the crew were working on special effects with the lighting.

“Yeah, it does.” I look down and play with the sunglasses that still hang on my collar, looking at all the details, but there was only black. Just like the ones in… I scrunch my face, removing them from my shirt and trying to get a closer look.

“Where did you get the shades?” Liam questions after taking a gulp of water. I look up at him, staying silent for a moment.

“Are they from Eleanor?” He asks, raising his eyebrows. I shake my head. “A fan?” I shake my head again. “Did you buy them?” He asks, now sitting up right. I slowly shake my head. “Louis William Tomlinson, did you steal them?!” He shouts, grabbing the attention of Harry, Niall, and Zayn who were already walking towards us. I quickly shake my head and moving my hand to cover his mouth to prevent him from getting any more attention to us.

“No! Please don’t yell!” I whisper harshly.

“Well, has the cat got your tongue? Where did you get them?” He asks, incredibly interested.

“I found them.” I state. He makes an ‘o’ shape with his mouth.

“What’s going on here?” Niall questions.

“Nothing, Niall. Just having a bit of a chat. That’s all.” I say nervously.

“You’ve been acting strange today…” Liam starts.

“Are you sure you are alright?” Harry asks as Liam places his hand on my back, giving it a gentle rub. I sighed, knowing of all people, I can’t hide it from them.

But I have to try.

“I’m fine, gentlemen. Honest. Is it time to go back yet?” I ask, standing up and giving my arms a little stretch.

“No, we have ten minutes. It’s only been four.” Zayn says as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

“Oh.”

“Which gives you plenty of time to explain yourself.” Harry insists by sitting to my right, Zayn and Niall take the seats in front of us, giving me their full attention.

“You aren’t going to like it.” I started. They gave each other confused looks.

“Why? What happen? Is there something going on between you and El?” Niall asks. I shake my head.

“No, El and I are perfectly fine.” I say confidently, but lose that confidence when I look directly at him. “It’s you I’m worried about.” His face scrunches up in confusion.

“What are you talking about? Rebecca and I are doing great.” I curve up one side of my lip.

“Gents, can you give Niall and I a minute please?” I ask them. They look between each other and silently get up, leaving us alone. The look on Niall’s face becomes more scared by the second as one by one the guys head into the aisle and walk away as a group.

“Louis, what is going--” He starts but I cut him off by handing him the sunglasses. He stares at them for a moment, completely puzzled. “These aren’t Rebecca’s sunglasses.” He glances up at me.

“Yeah, I know.”

“You’re being weird as hell man. What are you talking about?” He asks, handing them back to me.

“Look closer on the inside of it.” I sigh, finally saying it. He takes them back, opens the sunglasses and looks were I have instructed him. After a couple seconds his eyes widen, throwing the glasses up in the air.

“No!” He shouts. I glance up, ready to catch the piece to our past. “They're yours, aren’t they? Don’t joke about this Louis, because it’s not funny. Whatever bullshit you are trying to pull it isn’t--”

“Niall!"I stop him. "They aren’t mine, okay? I lost mine way back.” I calmly spoke as I caught them, making sure it wasn’t damaged.

“They’re not yours?” He re-questioned. I shook my head. “So, this means… No, where did you get these?” He said, getting pale.

“I saw her, Niall. Today.” He stands up and jumps over the row of seats between us, taking the seat next to me.

“Tell me everything, Tomlinson.” He says in all seriousness.

“I ran into her this morning, and she was wearing these.”

“Ran into her where? Did you literally?”

“No. She was in the same lift as me when I came down, I was so close to her, Niall. I took one look at her, and asked if I had recognized her from somewhere. She didn’t respond, I am not sure why, but she didn’t say a single word. She was then tugged out by a guy, saying ‘I'm sure she's fine.’ or something like that before I lost them.” I finish.

“Wait, she’s in our hotel?” I nod. “She was tugged out by--” He starts, but Paul cuts him off.

“Boys! Back to stage! Your break is over let’s go!” Paul shouts. Niall sighs heavily, growling even.

“Motherfuckers..." He grumbles in his hand before facing me. "We are not done with this discussion, Lou. Pin this for later.” He pretends to have a pin in his hand, and sticks in the air above him. I chuckle at him, shaking my head.

“Of course.” We both get up and make our way to the stage, and I make sure that I had the glasses on my collar again.

“She’s alive?” I hear Niall say most likely to himself, and I just smile.

“Yes Niall, and she’s closer than we think.” I place my hand on his shoulder, giving it a tight squeeze. We meet up with the guys on stage, mics in hands already.

“Is everything alright?” Liam asks.

“Fantastic. Better than you could ever imagine.” Niall replies to him with a large grin. "Let's finish this you bunch of turds!"

Notes

Much smaller chapter than I anticipated, but I still hope you enjoy:) I am currently into the sequel now, and I will hopefully be posting more often now! I may post again next weekend, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss anything and vote/comment too, that would be very much appreciated! xx