BEHIND THE HATE, US • Elounor •

11 ⊱ Braver

BRAVER

Eleanor's POV

That night in Doncaster was definitely special. I not only recovered my life and my smile but also learnt a valuable lesson... nightmares always come to an end, no matter how long it takes.

After a long and deep conversation with Louis, we solved our problems and we promised to go back to our happy days, those days when Ian was just a bad memory and all that mattered was us. The only difference was that this time I was not going to be that scared and weak girl anymore. Going through such pain had helped me and I was glad to announce to the world that a new Eleanor had been born.

Eleanor J. Calder was about to conquer the world... well, maybe I was exaggerating but she was about to face her reality.

"Family, I'm home." Louis said opening the front door of his house.

"Louis Tomlinson, where were you?!" Jay came out of the kitchen with baby Doris in her arms. "I had to ask Eleanor to help me find you!" Her voice was getting louder as she came closer. "I know you two are going through a tough situation but-"

I entered the house walking slowly until I reached Louis' side and timidly stood there, intertwining my hand with his.

"Hi, Jay. You can calm down, I found your son." I told her smiling and pointing at Louis as if he was a missing child.

"El! Oh my Gosh! I cannot believe this! Thank you so much, honey! But are you – are you together again?" she asked us very carefully not to mess up.

"We never really broke up, mum." Louis said holding my hand tighter.

"I'm so happy to see this, I really am, but first, El, could you hold Doris for a second?"

"Sure." I left Louis' hand go and held Doris, which was enjoyable. That baby girl was a doll.

"HOW DO YOU DARE TO DO THAT TO YOUR MOTHER, YOUNG MEN!?" Jay's voice was louder than ever before and her eyes were wide open as she grabbed Louis by the shoulders and shook him.

My mother in law was shouting, smiling and getting nervous all at the same time, but in the end she kissed Louis on his forehead and hugged him tight. It was a cute and funny scene. I've met many lovely families but the Tomlinsons are by far the sweetest and strongest, after mine, of course.

We joined the rest of the family in the living room and as soon as we walked in the twins made me sat between them to assure me they had missed me a lot. Louis hesitated but finally sat next to Lottie and tried to talk to her but she simply ignored him.

Like ten minutes later Jay's voice made us turned to the door again.

"There are my men."

Dan was walking in fast holding Ernest in his arms. The baby was smiling but Dan's face was quite different. He looked extremely worried.

"Honey, I'm sorry but I couldn't find Louis." Dan apologized with a frown on his face.

"Guess what!" Lou turned his head and waved, smiling.

We all laughed and Dan blinked twice before he quickly went to greet Louis. They hugged and Dan ran a hand through Louis' hair like scolding a child. No doubt the ways to show affection in that house were peculiar