Forever & Always

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

-Thin Line-

I held on to Louis' hand tightly as we walked out of the terminal. We were both very quiet, maybe because we were both so dead beat tired. I furrowed my eyebrows as two security men stood before us, causing us to stop walking. I slowly edged myself behind Louis as I looked up at the burly men.

"What's this?" Louis asked and looked over them, squeezing my hand reassuringly.

"We have orders from the main office that you were to have some assistance with leaving the headquarters-" The first security man began.

"English, please. We aren't in a spy movie." Louis cut him off.

The man sighed before speaking again. "We were told you needed help getting out."

Louis nodded and looked around. "Well one of you can fetch our luggage and the other can make sure me and El get to the car in one piece."

They both nodded. One of them left to get our stuff while the other one began leading us towards the security point. I tugged on Louis' hand to slow him down. He looked down at me questioningly and slowed down his walk slightly.

"Louis, I didn't like the way you talked to those men." I mumbled quietly as we walked.

"What do you mean?" He asked and furrowed his eyebrows.

"You just- I dunno.." I spoke softly and looked up as I saw the security point pass by, meaning we were approaching the exit.

"Tell me." He nudged my side and squeezed my hand.

"You sounded like you were so full of yourself, like you thought you owned-"

"Stop it there, Eleanor." He cut me off, causing me to frown. "Are you really going there?"

"I'm sorry, but-"

"But nothing. I cannot believe you." He cut me off, yet again.

"Can I talk now or are you just going to keep cutting me off?" I asked, obviously annoyed.

"Why? Does it sound like I'm to full of myself now or what?" He asked, letting go of my hand.

"Louis." I stated in disbelief as I looked up at him and stopped walking.

"What, Eleanor. What?" He replied and turned to face me. "What?"

"Why are you being like this?" I asked softly.

"Do you not like this side of me?" He asked and locked eyes with me. "Do you want me to fucking apologize?"

I shook my head and tried walking passed him. I fought back a cry when he stopped me. "Louis..." I whispered and tried moving passed him again.

"No." he shook his head and grabbed a hold of my wrist tightly.

"Please- Just.. Stop.." I whispered as I felt my eyes heat up.

"We're going home and we're having a talk." He spoke sternly, leading me to the car by my wrist.

The security guy kept his distance, but he was obviously listening in.

"Louis I don't want-"

"Stop, Eleanor, I don't want to argue in public." He replied through gritted teeth.

"I don't want to argue at all!" I protested, following him in the car. Once we were in I tried pulling my wrist from his tight grip again, "Louis, you're hurting me."

He immediately let go. "Sorry.." He whispered with a sigh.

And that was the last thing that was spoken throughout the entire car ride. Neither of us spoke as we unloaded our stuff and took it up to our room. Once we had finished, I crawled into bed, taking off my clothes until I was in just a shirt. I sat in the middle of the bed with my legs crossed and watched Louis sit on the edge of the bed. His eyebrows furrowed as he stared at nothing. He was deep in thought right now. Probably thinking about what he should say. I sat there in silence, not wanting to worsen things. Was what I said really this uncalled for? My thoughts ran wild and I began to grow worried when the silence never stopped. Finally, Louis spoke up.

"Did I hurt your wrist badly?" He asked, not even looking up at me.

I shook my head and watched over his conflicted face.

"I'm- I just-" He huffed and stood up, running his fingers through his hair. He paced before speaking again "Do you know how they say; 'There's a thin line between love and hate'?" He spoke, finally looking at me.

"Yeah, I've heard.." I whispered, dreading of what I thought was coming.

"Well this.. this thin line between us is-"

"Breaking?" I finished for him, my voice cracking.

"Well, yes and no, El.. I mean, I love you with all of my heart... So much it literally hurts.. But I just-" He stopped as I sniffled, walking over to the bed. He crawled over to me and wrapped his arms around me, "It isn't what you're thinking.." He whispered, holding me tight.

"Y-You aren't breaking up with me?" I asked in a whisper, not trusting my own voice.

"No! Of course not, Darling.." He shook his head and sighed. "I'm just saying that things are tense between us, ever since-"

"Since you yelled at me.." I whispered and pressed my face against his chest.

"Yeah.." He whispered back. It was quiet for a moment before he spoke up again. "I just think that we need a date night.. just you and me. We need to move away from that thin line. We need to move far from it. We need to go out and be ourselves and just relax.." He rubbed my back as he spoke.

"A-And we'll be okay?" I stuttered through my tears.

"We'll be better than okay, what do ya say, Eleanor Jane Calder? Would you go on a date with me?"

I smiled softly and nodded, letting out a small cough. "It's a date.."

"Now stop your moping.." He mumbled and wiped my eyes. "Let's get to sleep."

I nodded and moved under the covers with him. Soon enough, Louis' snores filled the empty room. I moved closer to him, resting my head on his chest. He moved slightly before relaxing. Louis wasn't really the sleep cuddler. He simply just slept either sprawled out if it was hot, or curled up when it was cold. It was nice when I would just cuddle up to him and he'd lay there and let me. On some rare occasions, I even got lucky and he'd drape an arm around me. I looked around the dark room, the cabinets only looked like dark squares against the dark walls. I then let my mind drift. Soon, Louis would have to leave me again for tour. He would leave and I'd be left alone in this lonely house. Then I'd have to go back to Jay and beg her to let me borrow at least one of the girls. My mind then started to add in characters of silly films which was when I knew I was basically dreaming now.