I BLEED FOR HIM

Chapter 2

**LOUIS POV**

My breath caught in my throat. My hands were trembling badly.

I pushed.

"Noooo!"

I killed someone. I was going to get arrested, and he was going to die.

I watched as he landed. His leg twisted, and blood pooled around him. I rushed to his side. I could see his eyes questioning me.

"Zayn! Zayn! Zayn! Stay with me, please! Don't die on me! I'm doing this for us!"

I screamed like a madman, my hands touching him.

"Why— Why—?" His voice cracked. "I trusted you with my life."

His words broke something in me that could never be redeemed.

Tears blurred my eyes. "Please," I began to plead. "Don't close your eyes. Stay with me."

I grabbed my phone with shaky hands and dialed emergency.

**Emergency Unit:** "Hello, this is the emergency unit. What's your emergency?"

**Louis:** "It's— it's my friend. He fell from the stairs, and he's losing a lot of blood. I don't know what to do." My voice began to shake.

**Emergency Unit:** "Okay, be calm. What's your house address?"

I quickly told them, then packed a few clothes, deciding to flee.

I stood next to him until I could hear the sirens coming. I escaped through the window and ran, still crying. I watched from a distance as they laid him on the stretcher and cleaned the blood.

I watched as my brother entered the house, his face stone cold.

I couldn't stay anymore. If I stayed, they were going to get hurt.

Tears burned my eyes as I walked away, dejected and defeated. My heart wanted to be near my friend.

As I reached the alley, I could make out shadows creeping and stalking me. I ignored them, burying myself in my misfortune.

Then the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I started feeling cold, like I was being watched.

I told myself to ignore it—

When I was struck from behind.

I stared at them with disbelief and fell unconscious.

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**ZAYN POV**

My eyes felt heavy, and I could hear people calling my name. I tried to lift my hands, but it felt like I was tied down with bricks.

I could hear beeping.

*Where am I?* I tried to open my eyes.

"He's responding!" the doctor shouted. They started flashing a light in my eyes. "Can you move your eyes if you hear me?"

I rolled my eyes at him.

They injected me with drugs, and I fell asleep without resisting.

I woke up in the afternoon. I could make out people in the ward. I saw my mom, her eyes brimming with unshed tears. She looked like she hadn't slept a wink.

I saw my dad hugging and petting her. His eyes were red-rimmed too.

I also saw Bryan, Jake, and Louis's parents.

"What happened yesterday?" Bryan asked, his voice deep with command.

"Stop it," his mom cautioned him. "Can't you see he just woke up?"

"Mom, what do you mean I shouldn't ask him what happened? Louis hasn't been found since yesterday!" he shouted at the poor woman.

"Louis," I said. My face changed with anger.

"He pushed me down the stairs!" I screamed with anger.

I glanced at everyone. I could see their faces change.

His mom was the first to ask, "What do you mean? He's your best friend. Why would he push you?"

Bryan walked to me calmly. "I know this is too much, but can you please try to remember what happened?"

I calmed down a bit and tried to remember. "He messaged me asking me to come by 8pm. I went there. He was acting suspicious, but I brushed it off. Then he told me he would give me a gift. I was surprised. Then he blindfolded me and pushed me down the stairs."

I screamed as I tried to move. I couldn't feel my legs.

I tried to touch them, but I couldn't.

I looked up at Mom. "Mom, what happened? I can't feel my legs." My voice was shaking.

My mom couldn't meet my eyes. I stared at everyone, but they weren't meeting my eyes either.

"I'm asking a f*****g question! I can't feel my legs!"

Mom began sobbing loudly. The rest looked at me with pity.

My father looked at me with guilt. "Son, the doctor said the fall down the stairs broke some nerves in your legs. You can't walk again."

He couldn't meet my eyes as he began to sob.

I gripped the bed rail so hard my fingers hurt.

"You're all lying to me! I was still walking yesterday! What do you f*****g mean that I'll be useless for the rest of my f*****g life?"

I couldn't believe my ears. I shook my head in disbelief.

"This is a lie, right? You're joking. This isn't real!"

I started laughing. Then I began screaming loudly and thrashing on the bed. I started hyperventilating.

Mom quickly ran out to get the doctor to sedate me.

I was still thrashing when they sedated me, and I passed out.

In my mind, I made a vow.

*I will make him pay tenfold for what he did to me.*

*Louis, you will regret ever doing this to me.