Eight

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Louis wakes the next morning, his head pounding. He looks to the clock and it reads 9:13am, even though he's slept for hours Louis still feels exhausted.

He gets up out of bed and goes straight to the shower, Louis feels upset, scared, anxious and just lost. He numbly dresses in grey sweats and a navy sweater. He knows he has to face Harry and Scott, as much as he doesn't want to.

He walks down the stairs and it's quiet. He can see Harry and Scott outside on the porch drinking tea. They are both dressed for work, chatting to Drew and Edward. The four of them look so intimidating, rough, yet handsome and Louis wishes he didn't know them like he used to, like normal people. Kind, caring, funny.

They all turn around as Louis enters the room. They stare at him in sympathy, Louis hates it. He breaks eye contact and heads to the kitchen for some tea.

The boys enter the house and follow after him.

Louis puts the kettle on and grabs a mug. He opens the fridge and sees all of Harry and Scott's food and drinks inside. He realises he has no milk and needs to use Harry and Scott's.

He sighs and grabs the milk and turns around to face the boys.

"Can I use this? I'll replace it today" Louis says quietly

"Louis, of course you can, you don't have to replace anything" Scott tells him gently

Louis nods slightly in thanks

"How are you feeling?" Harry then asks

"I'm fine, just a bit tired" Louis confesses

"Andy said that's normal" Drew says kindly

"You need to eat something, would you like me to make you some eggs?" Harry asks gently

"I'm not hungry" Louis says as he turns around to get the kettle off the stove. He pours the water and makes his tea.

"Doesn't really matter kid, you need to eat something....that's also Andy's orders" Edward says

"I don't feel like eating anything" Louis says timidly

The boys sigh, Harry grabs a pan and some eggs out and begins to make Louis some scrambled eggs.

"Let's make a deal hey, you eat something and we will fill you in on everything we've found so far" Scott says

"You told me you'd let me in on everything anyway, you promised me" Louis says pointedly

"We did, but we aren't above bribing you, so....." Scott smirks as he shrugs his shoulders

Louis smiles slightly and the boys all see it, they don't mention it, but they see it as a small win.

"Come sit down" Drew says and he reaches out to lead Louis to the table. They all sit around the table and watch as Harry finishes the eggs. He brings them over to Louis and sits down next to him.

Louis sighs and picks up the fork, he plays with his food before he takes a bite. He can't deny he's missed Harry's cooking so much.

He swallows and turns to the boys, an eyebrow raised.

They laugh,

"Okay, okay" Scott says fondly

"If it's to much Lou, please tell us and we can stop and fill you in another day" Drew says and Louis nods

"We received the DNA from the clothes back this morning. It was a match to yours, so you were right, those clothes were from when you went missing" Harry says gently

"Do you know who put them there?" Louis asks quietly

"Eat" Scott says fondly

Louis rolls his eyes and takes another bite of his eggs

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