Chapter 10

Louis POV

I was standing outside of Kayla's house. Erika was staring at me. Wait, Erika. She's back! It must have worked. Ariana was nowhere to be seen. But Erika was in front of me. I had hold of her arm

"…just leave me alone. I don't want to see your face, I might punch it." She tried to pull her arm away.

"Erika! You're back!" I shouted, happy to see her again. I didn't care that we were just arguing, I hugged her. She stiffened up but I didn't care.

"Louis, get off me!" She shouted, trying to push me away. I hugged her tighter.

"Louis!" she hit me round the back of the head. I let go of her.

"You have no idea how happy I am to see you." I said.

"I've been in front of you for the past five minutes. I never left." She said, calmer now.

"You have no idea. HARRY!" I shouted. Harry came running out.

"ERIKA! YOU'RE BACK!" He shouted, running over to her and hugging her. Again, I saw she stiffened.

"What are you two talking about?" She asked confused. We weren't making any sense to her. She has no idea what had happened.

"Maybe we should go home." Harry suggested.

"Yeah, I'll go let the other know. I'll be back in a minute." I said. I ran inside. I saw Niall in the living room and ran over to him.

"Hey mate." He said to me.

"Hey, I just came to let you know me, Erika and Harry are gonna go." I said to him.

"Oh, ok. How come?" he asked.

"Not really our scene." I said.

"Alright, you're staying at Harry's tonight, aren't you?" he asked.

"Yeah." I replied.

"Alright, I'll stop by tomorrow." He said.

"Ok, and can you – " I started.

"I'll let the others know. Go on. They're waiting for you." He said, pointing out the window where I could see Harry and Erika talking.

"Thanks mate. I'll see you tomorrow." I said and walked out the living room. I bumped into Kayla on the way out.

"Louis! You're not suppose to be here." She was tipsy.

"Yeah, I'm leaving anyway." And I walked outside.

"You took your time." Harry said to me as we started walking.

"Yeah, I bumped into Kayla. She tried to kick me out." I laughed. Harry laughed too. I looked at Erika. She was deep in thought. Probably trying to work out what we were talking about earlier.

We walked up Harry and Erika's drive. Harry got out his key and opened the door. Erika walked in first. She had been quiet all the way home, still thinking.

"I'm gonna go and get changed." She said to us, walking up the stairs.

"Maybe we should too." Harry said to me.

"Yeah." I said. I followed him into his room to get my clothes out of my bag. I grabbed the clothes and walked out to the bathroom. I quickly got changed and walked back to Harry's room. He was finished changing. I put my other clothes back in my bag and we walked back down stairs. A couple of minutes later, Erika walked down. She awkwardly came and sat on the sofa next to Harry. There was an awkward silence.

"So what were you two going on about?" she asked.

"You want the whole story?" Harry asked.

"Yes." She said.

"It will take a while." I warned her. She looked at the clock.

"I've got time." She said.

"Fair enough." I said. "Well, we were at Kayla's party. We were arguing and you walked off –" I started but she interrupted me.

"Yeah, I got that bit. Funnily enough, I was there." She said sarcastically.

"Do you mind? Can I finish my story?" I asked her.

"Carry on." She said, leaning back in the chair so I couldn't see her. Harry realised and stood up. He stood round the other side of Erika and pushed her into the middle.

"Hey! What's wrong with you?" she asked Harry.

"Nothing." He smiled. "Carry on Louis." He said to me.

"Anyway, where was I?"

"I walked off." Erika said, gesturing for me to continue.

"Oh yeah, you walked off and I followed you. We carried on arguing outside and then you walked across the road." I stopped. This would be weird telling her.

"So. What's that got to do with anything?" she asked.

"Um, well. When you walked across the road, there was a car. You, um…died." Harry said, looking down. Erika looked at Harry, and then turned to me in disbelief.

"Are you hearing this?" she asked me. I nodded. "Oh don't tell me you're going with this story too." She said. I looked down. I should have guessed she wouldn't believe us. "Why would you joke about something like that?" she asked us both.

"Who said we were joking?" I asked her.

"So I died? Yet I'm here now." She said.

"Can we finish please?" Harry asked.

"Sorry, carry on." She said.

"So, anyway. After you died, it was weird. No one remembered you –" I started again, but got interrupted again.

"Charming. So when I die, nobody will remember or care. Great." She said.

"Erika. Can I finish please?" I asked.

"Sorry." She gestured for me to continue.

"So anyway, then, this girl started our school. Her name was Ariana. She looked exactly like you, except her hair was red." I said.

"We got confused and thought it was you and then we wouldn't speak to her." Harry carried on for me.

"When you say 'we', you mean who exactly?" She asked us.

"Me and Louis." She nodded in understanding.

"So a few months went past and we found out what had happened. We had to get Ariana to believe us first though." I said.

"Yeah, Louis cried." Harry laughed. Erika burst out laughing too, while I just went bright red.

"I didn't cry. Shut up Harry." I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Admit it Louis, you cried." Harry said, still laughing.

"Carrying on with my story." I started, glaring at Harry. "We researched it. You had been erased from history and Ariana had taken your place. We found out what we had to do. We had to recreate what happened when you died to get you back. Kayla threw another party and me and Ariana had an argument." I stopped.

"Where is Ariana now then?" She asked, looking from me to Harry. We both put our heads down. We were going to have to tell Erika what Ariana did for her.

"She, um…she's…s-she's dead." Harry stuttered out. I looked up to see her face. She was looking straight ahead.

"What?" She asked.

"She sacrificed her life to get you back." I said, staring straight at her. She breathed in. she got up, without a word and walked into the kitchen and through the back door. Me and Harry looked at each other.

"Should we just leave her?" I asked him. He looked out to where she was.

"Yeah, I think we should just give her some time." He said.

We sat in silence for about 10 minutes. Erika walked back in and you could tell she had been crying. She had tearstains on her cheeks. I felt guilty. She sat back down in between us. We were waiting for her to talk.

"Why didn't you stop her? Why did you go along with it?" she asked, not looking at either of us, but at the TV in front or her.

"She wanted to do it. We told her she was crazy for wanting to but she wanted to do it. She wanted to get you back." I told her.

"So it wasn't your idea?" She asked, still not looking at us.

"No." Harry answered. She nodded.

"So she was hit by a car and died?" she asked.

"Yes." Harry answered.

"Ok. Can we stop talking about this now?" she asked, finally turning her gaze away from the blank TV.

"Yeah, why don't we watch a film?" Harry asked.

"Harry Potter!" Me and Erika answered together. We looked at each other and started laughing. I missed these times.

"I figured. I'll get all eight of them." Harry said. He walked out the room and went up the stairs.

"Bring blankets and pillows aswell." Erika shouted after him.

"Yeah." I heard him shout back.

Me and Erika sat it silence for a minute. Erika broke it.

"Who was with me when I died?" She asked me.

"Me." I answered.

"What was the last thing I said?" She asked. I was shocked at the question. I hadn't told anyone this. It would be awkward telling her. "Well? You're the only one that knows. Come on, what was it?" She waited for me to answer. I mumbled something that I knew wasn't comprehendible.

"What?" She asked.

"I love you." I whispered, looking down. I waited for her to say something, but she didn't. I looked up slightly. She was staring wide-eyed at me.

"Are you sure?" She asked, slightly worried. I nodded. "And what did you say?" she asked. I went bright red and I could feel my face heat up.

"Um, I…er…I love you too." I said, looking away, trying to hide the blush on my face, even though I knew she had seen it.

"And, did you mean it?" She asked. I looked at her and nodded.

"Yeah." I said quietly. That was when she did it. She kissed me.

I was in shock at first but I quickly responded. I wrapped my arms around her waist. She wrapped her arms around my neck. You know how people always say they feel sparks or fireworks? That's exactly what I felt. Cliché, I know. The kiss was gentle but passionate. When the need for air because to much, we both pulled away. I rested our foreheads together.

"You have no idea how long I have been waiting to do that." I said to her. She smiled.

"I think I do." She replied. I heard Harry coming down the stairs. We pulled away and he walked into the room.

"What did I miss then?" he asked. We both looked at each other and laughed.

"Nothing Haz." Erika said to him. He dropped the pillows and blankets on the floor and walked over to the DVD player. He put the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in and then sat next to Erika. Me and Erika had spread the blankets and pillows out. We sat there for the next few hours watching the Harry Potter movies. That was until we all fell asleep. Erika was the first to fall asleep. She ended up resting in my shoulder. Then Harry fell asleep, closely followed by me. It was the first proper night's sleep I had had in ages because I knew Erika was safe and alive.

Erika POV

I was standing outside of Kayla's house. Louis had crossed the line now.

"No Louis. You made it clear that you did, just leave me alone. I don't want to see your face, I might punch it." He had hold of my arm. I tried to pull it away.

"Erika! You're back!" He shouted. What? Did he think I would forget if he tried to change the subject? He hugged me. I stiffened up but he didn't let go.

"Louis, get off me!" I shouted, trying to push him away.

"Louis!" I hit him round the back of the head. That made him let go.

"You have no idea how happy I am to see you." He said with a big smile on his face. Ok, I knew his memory was bad, but this bad? Really?

"I've been in front of you for the past five minutes. I never left." I said to him calmer.

"You have no idea. HARRY!" He shouted, deafening me slightly. Harry came running out.

"ERIKA! YOU'RE BACK!" He shouted, running over to me and hugging me. Are these to crazy?

"What are you two talking about?" I asked. I was really confused now. They weren't making any sense.

"Maybe we should go home." Harry suggested.

"Yeah, I'll go let the other know. I'll be back in a minute." Louis said. He ran inside. There was a silence between me and Harry.

"What are you two talking about?" I asked him.

"We'll tell you when we get home." He said to me.

"What about if I don't want to leave yet?" I asked him, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Then you won't find out what were talking about." He said, also crossing his arms over his chest.

"Whatever." I said. Just then, Louis walked outside.

"You took your time." Harry said to him as we started walking.

"Yeah, I bumped into Kayla. She tried to kick me out." He laughed. Harry laughed too. I was deep in thought, trying to think what those two could be on about.

We walked up the drive of our house. Harry got out his key and opened the door. I walked in first. I hadn't said a word all the way home.

"I'm gonna go and get changed." I said to them. I walked up the stairs. I walked into my bedroom and opened my wardrobe. I decided I would just wear some tracksuit bottoms and a t-shirt. Once I was changed, I walked into my en-suite bathroom and wiped my make up off. I put my hair up in a ponytail and then walked out of my room and down stairs. I awkwardly came and sat on the sofa next to Harry. There was an awkward silence.

"So what were you two going on about?" I asked, deciding to break the silence.

"You want the whole story?" Harry asked.

"Yes." I said.

"It will take a while." Louis warned me. I looked at the clock.

"I've got time." I said.

"Fair enough." Louis said. "Well, we were at Kayla's party. We were arguing and you walked off –" He started but I felt the need to interrupt him.

"Yeah, I got that bit. Funnily enough, I was there." I said sarcastically.

"Do you mind? Can I finish my story?" He asked.

"Carry on." I said, leaning back in the chair, waiting for him to continue. Harry stood up and went round the other side of me. He then pushed me into the middle and then sat down in my seat.

"Hey! What's wrong with you?" I asked him.

"Nothing." He smiled. "Carry on Louis."

"Anyway, where was I?"

"I walked off." I said, gesturing for him to continue.

"Oh yeah, you walked off and I followed you. We carried on arguing outside and then you walked across the road." He stopped. What is wrong with these two? Can't they finish a story?

"So. What's that got to do with anything?" I decided to ask.

"Um, well. When you walked across the road, there was a car. You, um…died." Harry said, looking down. I looked at him, and then turned to Louis in disbelief.

"Are you hearing this?" I asked. He nodded. These two can't be serious. "Oh don't tell me you're going with this story too." I said. He looked down. They are unbelievable. "Why would you joke about something like that?" I asked them both.

"Who said we were joking?" Louis asked me.

"So I died? Yet I'm here now." I said.

"Can we finish please?" Harry asked.

"Sorry, carry on." I said.

"So, anyway. After you died, it was weird. No one remembered you –" Louis started, but again, I interrupted him.

"Charming. So when I die, nobody will remember or care. Great." I said. Life's great isn't it.

"Erika. Can I finish please?" Louis asked.

"Sorry." I gestured for him to continue.

"So anyway, then, this girl started our school. Her name was Ariana. She looked exactly like you, except her hair was red." He said.

"We got confused and thought it was you and then we wouldn't speak to her." Harry carried on.

"When you say 'we', you mean who exactly?" I asked.

"Me and Louis." I nodded, understanding.

"So a few months went past and we found out what had happened. We had to get Ariana to believe us first though." Louis said.

"Yeah, Louis cried." Harry laughed. I burst out laughing too, Louis went bright red.

"I didn't cry. Shut up Harry." He said, crossing my arms over his chest.

"Admit it Louis, you cried." Harry said, still laughing.

"Carrying on with my story." He started, glaring at Harry. "We researched it. You had been erased from history and Ariana had taken your place. We found out what we had to do. We had to recreate what happened when you died to get you back. Kayla threw another party and me and Ariana had an argument." He stopped, yet again.

"Where is Ariana now then?" I asked, looking from Louis to Harry. They both put their heads down. Why do I think I know what they are going to say, and it won't be good?

"She, um…she's…s-she's dead." Harry stuttered out. I didn't look at either of them when he said that. I looked straight ahead.

"What?" I asked.

"She sacrificed her life to get you back." Louis said. I could feel his stare on me. I took a deep breath. Then, I got up and walked into the kitchen and through the back door.

I needed to be alone for a few minutes. I had to process what they had just said. I died and then some girl, I had never met, takes my place in this world. And then she sacrificed her to get me back. Why would she do that? She had never met me? I felt tears in my eyes. I'm not sure why but I think it was for this girl and what she had done for. And I could never pay her back.

After about 10 minutes, I decided to go back inside. I sat back down in between them. I knew they were waiting for me to talk.

"Why didn't you stop her? Why did you go along with it?" I asked, not looking at either of us, but at the TV in front or her. They were the first questions that I wanted answering.

"She wanted to do it. We told her she was crazy for wanting to but she wanted to do it. She wanted to get you back." Louis said to me.

"So it wasn't your idea?" I asked.

"No." Harry answered. I nodded.

"So she was hit by a car and died?" I asked. I had to get that cleared up.

"Yes." Harry answered.

"Ok. Can we stop talking about this now?" I asked, turning my gaze away from the TV.

"Yeah, why don't we watch a film?" Harry asked.

"Harry Potter!" Me and Louis answered together. We looked at each other and started laughing.

"I figured. I'll get all eight of them." Harry said. He walked out the room and went up the stairs.

"Bring blankets and pillows aswell." I shouted after him.

"Yeah." He shouted back.

Me and Louis sat it silence for a minute. I broke it, like always.

"Who was with me when I died?" I felt the need to know this.

"Me." Louis answered. I thought it would have been Harry.

"What was the last thing I said?" I asked. He looked shocked at the question I wanted to know. He didn't answer. "Well? You're the only one that knows. Come on, what was it?" I waited again. He mumbled something that I couldn't understand.

"What?" I asked.

"I love you." He whispered, looking down. I stared wide-eyed at him. Did I seriously say that to him? How embarrassing. This is going to be very awkward now. I mean, it's true. That is something I haven't told anyone, not even Niall. I didn't want it to be awkward between us two. But I guess now it will be.

"Are you sure?" I asked, slightly worried. He nodded. Damn, I thought he may have been joking. "And what did you say?" I asked. This could make or break our friendship. He went bright red. I could feel the heat radiating off his face.

"Um, I…er…I love you too." He said, looking away, trying to hide the blush on his face, even though I had seen it.

"And, did you mean it?" I asked. He looked at me and nodded.

"Yeah." He said quietly. So I did it. I kissed him.

He didn't respond straight away. I thought that maybe I shouldn't have done that, but then he started kissing me back. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped my arms around his neck. Those cliché fireworks? They were there. It was gentle but passionate. When the need for air because to much, we both pulled away. Louis rested his forehead on mine.

"You have no idea how long I have been waiting to do that." He said to me. I smiled.

"I think I do." I replied. We heard Harry coming down the stairs so we pulled away just as he walked into the room.

"What did I miss then?" He asked. We both looked at each other and laughed.

"Nothing Haz." I said to him. He dropped the pillows and blankets on the floor and walked over to the DVD player. He put the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in while me and Louis went and got the pillows and blankets and sorted them out on the sofa. Harry came and sat next to me. We sat there for the next few hours watching the Harry Potter movies. That was until we all fell asleep. I think I was the first to fall asleep. I don't remember much after about half an hour into the Chamber of Secrets.

Harry POV

"Ok. Can we stop talking about this now?" Erika asked, turning her gaze from the TV.

"Yeah, why don't we watch a film?" I suggested.

"Harry Potter!" Erika and Louis answered together. They looked at each other and started laughing. It was great to have Erika back.

"I figured. I'll get all eight of them." I said. I walked out the room and went up the stairs.

"Bring blankets and pillows aswell." Erika shouted to me.

"Yeah." I shouted back.

I walked into Erika's room and got the box set we have of Harry Potter. I then grabbed her pillows and walked out and it my room. I grabbed my pillows and the ones Louis was using. I walked out of my room and over to the cupboard and put all the stuff on the floor. I grabbed a couple of blankets and then picked everything else up and walked back down stairs. I could hear them talking but I could hear what they were saying.

I walked into the living room.

"What did I miss then?" I asked. They looked at each other and laughed.

"Nothing Haz." Erika said to me. I'll find out from Louis tomorrow. I dropped the pillows and blankets on the floor and walked over to the DVD player. I put the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone DVD. While I was doing that, Erika and Louis went and got the pillows and blankets and sorted them out on the sofa. I went and sat next to Erika so she was still in the middle. We sat there for the next few hours watching the Harry Potter movies. After a while, Erika fell asleep and then I did.

When I woke up the next morning, it was only me and Erika on the sofa. I got up and walked into the kitchen to see Louis making a cup of tea.

"I'll have one too mate." I said to him. He turned around and jokingly glared at me but made on anyway.

"So, what happened between you and Erika last night while I was out the room?" I decided to ask him. He stopped what he was doing and then turned around.

"What do you mean?" He asked. Oh really? He was going to play dumb.

"Seriously Lou?" I asked him.

"Well, she asked me a question, I answered and then you came into the room." He said to me.

"And we both know that's not true, don't we?" I asked him, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Ok, she asked what her last words where and I told her and –" I interrupted him.

"Which were?" I asked.

"Three words Haz." I knew exactly what he was on about. I nodded. "And then we…kissed." He said, blushing. Aww, how sweet.

"Ok, well, I'm going to be the responsible big brother –"

"You're like, 10 minutes older." He interrupted.

"I'm still older. Anyway, you hurt her, and I will hurt you." I said, trying to keep a straight face.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." He said to me. I laughed. Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it." I said, getting up. I walked over to the door and opened it. It was Niall, Zayn, Liam and Brittany.

"Hey guys." I said, moving out the way so they could come in. I got a chorus of hellos in return. The walked into the living room and I shut the door.

"Ow!" I heard and I knew that Niall had jumped on Erika to wake her up. I walked into the living room to see Erika chasing Niall around with a pillow and the others laughing. Erika jumped on Niall's back, causing him to fall over the back of the sofa.

They finally stopped play fighting. I saw Louis look to Erika and I knew they were going to tell everyone now.

"Guys, we have something to tell you." Louis said. Everyone looked at him. He sat down next to Erika and put his arm around her. "We" he said, gesturing to himself and Erika, "Are going out" He said, smiling. They all cheered and clapped. Niall went crazy and started jumping round the room and ended up on both of their laps. So of course, they pushed him off. I was glad everything was back to normal and I knew everything would be ok. I couldn't wait for the next few years ahead with these guys. They really are the best.

So here is Chapter 10. I can't believe it is over. The last chapter :( I hope you all like it. I will be posting more stories in the near future.

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