Dougie sat in silence in the car on the way to his mums house and his little hands were shaking madly. Harry noticed this and quickly took one of them in his own and squeezed it gently.

'Don't worry Dougs, everything will be fine.' he said comfortingly, putting his arm around the younger boy's shoulders. When the car pulled up outside, Tom, Danny and Harry all got out quickly. Dougie stayed sat down. The car door swung open and Dougie looked up to see his band mates all staring at him.

'Come on Dougie, there is nothing to worry about. We're here to help you.' Tom said kindly, taking hold of Dougie's hand and walking him up to the house. The youngest boy knocked on the door gently and it was quickly opened by his mum.

'Oh Dougie! I've missed you so much! And hey boys, I didn't know you'd all be coming! This is a great surprise, come in and sit down!' she said happily, welcoming the boys into her living room. They went in and sat down whilst she got them all mugs of tea before sitting beside them.

'So how are you all?'

'We're good thanks Mrs Poynter.' Harry smiled at her, sipping down his tea..

'Why are you being so shy babes? You're usually coming out with all sorts of weird stories of what you've been up to!' She spoke directly to Dougie. He looked up at her and blinked a few times before finally speaking.

'M-Mum... I have something to tell you...' he muttered.

'Well what is it? Nothings happened with your dad again has it?' She asked worriedly.

'No.. I.. I-I'm.. I-I'm g-gay mum'. Silence. All of the boys stared at Dougie's mum as she processed what she had been told. Soon enough, the look of shock on her face turned to one of anger. She dropped her mug to the ground.

'Get out.'

'W-What?'

'YOU HEARD ME DOUGIE! I SAID GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!'

'B-But mum, I-'

'No Dougie. You're no longer a part of this family. Just leave and don't come back, I'll send all of the things you left here to you in the post.'

'I-I'm s-sorry j-just please..'

'FOR GODS SAKE! SORRY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH DOUGIE! JUST GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE BEFORE I PUSH YOU THROUGH THE DOOR MYSELF!' She screamed at her son, causing him to whimper loudly before running to the front door and down the drive. The rest of the boys shot a glare to Dougie's mum before following the younger boy. He was long gone by the time they got out of the house. Danny pulled out his phone and called Dougie after 5 minutes of looking around the area for him.

'Dougie, where are you mate?' he asked quietly as Dougie picked up the phone.

'P-Park... N-Near m-my m-mums h-house...'

'Okay Dougs.. stay there, we're going to come and get you.' he sighed, hanging up the phone. The boys all walked to the park down the road and walked through it for about 10 minutes before seeing a small figure curled up in a ball by a far off tree. They ran towards it and crouched down in front of the younger boy when they got there.

'Dougs...' Harry said sadly.

'S-S-She h-hates m-m-me.'

'Oh Dougs, it's okay, you'll always have us.' Harry re-assured, pulling Dougie into a tight hug. The other boys joined him and they stayed like that for a few minutes, just hugging, Dougie sobbing into Harry's shoulder.

'Lets go home Dougs.' Danny said quietly as they all pulled away from the hug. Dougie nodded and Tom helped him to stand up and walk to the car, legs still weak from the running and knees threatening to buckle with shock. They got Dougie into the car and on the journey home, he continued to cry into his hands with his knees pulled to his chest. When they got back, Danny took the youngest member up to his bedroom and lay him in his bed. It was only 8 but with all of the drama that had gone on during the day, Dougie fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow. The rest of the boys went upstairs a few hours later after having dinner and got into Dougie's bed beside him, each one of them slowly falling asleep, keeping their little Dougie safe.