"We're going to Zayns party and you cant say no" Niall said

"Ni, you know me and partys don't mix well" Louis sighed

"Mate, it's been forever since you've let loose, you're stressed from school and you have to relax somehow, so why not come get absolutely pissed with your friends?" Niall laughed

"I just don't find that fun I geuss, I'd rather spend time watching movies and relaxing at home" Louis shrugged

"I don't care, you're coming"

Louis just shook his head, he knew that Niall always got whatever he wants because hes really convincing

"Fine, when is it?" Louis asked, defeated

"Tonight" Niall said, looking up from his phone

Louis hobbled back to his room and collapsed on his bed. He looked through the medicine cabinet to make sure they had some painkillers for tomorrow morning. He probably wouldn't need them, but Niall definitely will.

He found the bottle and placed them on his bedside table so he wouldn't have to look for them in the morning.

"What do people even wear at parties" he thought outloud

He rummaged through his closet and found a pair of jeans and a blue striped jumper. He shrugged and changed into them before finishing up his homework and driving to school

•

"For the last time Liam, I'm not going" Harry said, getting slightly angry at Liams persistency

"H, please. It's my birthday, do it for me?" Liam begged

Harry sighed and walked into his room

"Mate, I'm really sorry. You know I cant after what happened. I'll take you out for lunch tomorrow instead, yeah?" Harry said

"Okay, I understand. Sorry for asking so much" Liam said, giving Harry a comfortable hug

"It's alright mate, I'll pick you up from it" he replied

"Okay, I'll call you. Maybe I can introduce you to my other friends?" Liam smiled

"Maybe yeah" Harry said, forcing out a smile

He walked to his bedroom and lay down on the floor. He always layed on the floor, it was more comfortable.

A few months ago he went to a party. He was taken advantage of, and now he refuses to go to any more parties, it's just too traumatic for him.

He took a deep breath, washing the foggy memories out of his brain, and he sat up. He would just be staying in his dorm for the night and study a bit.

Liam gave him a hug and said bye before walking out the door and leaving for Zayns party.

Hours passed and it was 2am, he hadn't gotten a call from Liam yet so he decided to drive to the party to make sure he was okay. He probably just went home with someone but he had to make sure.

He hopped in his car and started driving

•

"Come on mate, time to go" Niall called into Louis room. They got into Nialls car and drove to the party

"Niall I don't know anyone here" Louis said nervously

"Don't worry, just stay with me okay?" Niall replied

They had just gotten there and Louis wanted to leave. The thought of getting so drunk that you pass out, and dancing with strangers just put him off. He wanted to leave.

He followed Niall closely, as they walked to the kitchen, Niall saying hello to his friends, but they just ignored Louis.

"Zaynie, Mate! Great party" Niall laughed. He already sounded drunk!

They talked for a while until Niall set his eye on a girl across the room

"Louis, I'm gonna go say hi to the girl over there, you'll be okay alone for 10 minutes right?" He asked

Louis nodded, but really wanted to stay with Niall. He sat down on the couch in the center of the room, but immediately regretted it. It reeked of sex and marijuana.

He stood up disgusted and walked over the the wall, leaning against it. And this is probably how it would be for the rest of the night, him just standing there. This is why he didn't like partys, they just weren't fun to him.

"Heyyyy, I'm Eleanor" a drunk girl slurred, bumping into Louis

"Oh, hi?" He said

"You're hot, wanna dance?" She asked

"Oh, um, no thanks" he said back

"At least come have a drink with me" she said, licking her lips

Louis agreed, he was quite thirsty with all the smoke in the air

They walked over to the bar and sat down

"What would you like?" The bartender asked

"2 shots of tequila please" Eleanor slurred

"I'll just have some water please" Louis said

"Noooo, he'll have 2 shots also"

"I- I don't drink. Just the water is fine" Louis said shyly

Eleanor gave the bartender a look and he turned around to make the drinks. He spun back around with 4 shots

"Wait, I just wanted water?" Louis said

"The lady knows best" he smirked

Louis just stood up and started walking away, pissed off.

"Babeee nooo don't leave" she hiccuped

"Just have one shot with me. Pleaseee" she begged

Louis knew she wouldn't give up, so he sat down again and picked up the glass between his thumb and forefinger. He lifted it up to his lips and tilted his head back. The liquid slid down his throat, a burning sensation filling up his mouth. He put the glass back down and started coughing.

"Thatta boy" the bartender smirked. Louis looked at the man and noticed his name tag read "Nick".

He looked back at the girl and saw her slip him a $50 bill. That's alot of money for 4 shots....

She easily took the rest of the 3 shots and smiled at Louis.

"Feeling okay?" She asked with a smile

"Yeah?" He said back

She shot a look at the bartender who have her a reassuring look

"I should go look for my friend now" Louis said, standing up. The loud bass of the terrible music made his head start spinning and his stomach started to hurt too.

"Niall? Niall?" He screamed. He walked around a bit disoriented until he found Niall making out with some girl on the couch

"Eww" he cringed. He is 20, but seeing people make out like that just grosses him out.

He spun around and saw Eleanor leaning against a wall, watching him

He started to get nervous with her, so he walked into the hallway, trying to take a breather. He felt off.

He stepped into the hallway, there were a few drunk couples, but he made his way around them, bumping into the walls and stumbling over his feet. He started to pick up the pace when he looked back and saw her still following him

He tried to scream for Niall but all that came out was incoherent noise

He looked back again, stumbling around a corner, when he slammed into another girl

"Pleasehelp mmeee" he slurred, slumping to the ground

"Shhh" she said, rubbing her hand over his chest

"You won't even remember this in the morning babe" she whispered as he drifted out of consciousness

The last thing he saw before blacking out was 4 or 5 girls crowding around him, and pulling off his shirt

•

Harry got to the party at about 2:30am, he just wanted to peek in and make sure Liam was safe

He walked into the front door and turned left into the hallway he knew Liam always hung out in

"Hey mate, have you seen Li?" Harry asked Ed, Liams friend

"Yeah he left about an hour ago, he went home with some girl" he nodded

"Ah, alright, thanks Ed" Harry smiled

He really didn't like it how Liam slept with alot of people, but its not his body and Liam is an adult, so he can do whatever he wants.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and spun around to leave, when he heard a muffled noise

His eyebrows shot up and he took a few steps forward, peeking his head around the corner.

He was met with several girls piled ontop of a boy. His shirt was ripped off and he was passed out. One of the girls had already taken off her shirt, she was was unbuttoning the boys pants

"What the fuck are you guys doing? Get the fuck off him!" Harry shouted, making them look up, but they just laughed

"Don't worry bubs" a girl said

"He's unconscious, he hasn't consented to this!" He spoke sternly

"Get the fuck off him" he said

The girls rolled their eyes and looked back at the small unconscious boy on the floor.

This is what happened to Harry. Except there wasn't anyone to save him

With rage, he pushed through the half naked girls and took Louid into his arms. He lifted him up and quickly ran out of the house

"Aye, Har mate" Ed hiccuped

"I've gotta go Ed" he said. The scene of a man carrying a unconscious person across the lawn of a party, and putting them in a car probably didn't look the best, but he had to get the poor boy away from those girls before they did anything worse to him.

He carefully layed him across the back seat and jumped into the driver's side

He started driving. It was deadly quiet, all he could hear were the deep even breaths of the vulnerable boy in his car

A single tear fell from Harry's eye, he thought how it was so unfair how people did this to other people. Its disgusting and wrong. All he could feel was pity for this boy.

He drove home in silence, tapping his fingers on the cold leather steering wheel as he pulled into the dorm parking lot.

He got out of the car and opened up the back door. The boy was still unconscious.

Harry felt sympathy for him, knowing that was the exact same position and level of vulnerability that he was at before.

He carefully slipped his arm under the boys knees, and the other around his back, lifting him up bridal style. He closed the car door with his hip and started to walk inside.

They were about half way across the parking lot when a big gust of wind came, making the boy make a sad noise and push his nose into Harry's chest. He immediately calmed down once Harry held onto him tighter.

They made it to Harry's dorm and he shifted Louis to one arm as he opened up the door.

Harry walked into the dark room and made his way to his room by muscle memory and placed Louis onto the soft bed.

He looked at the small curled up boy and saw how his chest rising and falling. Black ink littered his arms and upper chest.

Harry grabbed a tshirt from his drawer and slipped it over Louis' head. He pulled the covers over him and brushed a peice of hair off of his forehead that was plastered on with sweat

"I'm so sorry that happened to you, I know how it feels" Harry whispered

He went into the bathroom and got a glass of water and 2 painkiller pills, placing them on the table beside him before leaving the room and closing the door.

He went into Liams room and immediately fell asleep.

•

Louis woke up, his head pounding. He pushed his face further into the pillow.

He opened his eyes tentatively

"Where am i" he thought quietly outloud

Suddenly the door opened and Louis shot up

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't think you'd be up yet" Harry said

"Who are you and why am I here. Wait....did we-" Louis eyes widened, seeing that be wasn't wearing his own tshirt

"Nononono, we didn't....do that. You were passed out and there were girls trying to take advantage of you so I got you away from them" Harry explained

Louis closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. His headache made it super hard for him to think. All the memories from the night before came flooding back in. He took a deep breath.

"Are you okay?" Harry said quietly

Louis nodded

Harry stepped into the room and opened the blinds, making Louis cover his eyes

"Oh my god, I'm so so sorry. You're head is probably killing you" he said, closing the blinds

Lousi was close to tears with how much his head hurt, and he was still slightly loopy, and exhausted.

"Theres some water and painkillers beside you" Harry said, pointing to the things on the table

Louis took the pills in his hand and looked at them tentatively. Harry noticed and immediately felt guilty

"No, I promise they're just pain killers. You can take one from the bottle instead if that makes you more comfortable" Harry rushed out

"No, it's okay. I trust you" he said

"You really shouldn't trust strangers so easily" Harry said

"Should I not trust you?" Louis asked, swallowing both pills and downing the entire glass of water

"No, no you can trust me. It's just.....like other people. Like those girls who drugged you" he said, making the last part quieter

Louis nodded with a small frown

"I- I'm really sorry that happened" Harry squeaked out

Louis just shook his head as to say 'don't worry about it'

"Um, I should be going to class soon. Thank you for everything, um. Could I use your bathroom before I leave?" He asked

Harry helped him up and showed him the bathroom, he came out a few minutes later, his face washed making his skin glow.

Louis walked towards the door, still shocked at everything happening

"What's your name?" He asked, trying to keep back tears

"Harry"

"M'Louis. Thank you for saving me Harry" he said, his voice cracking at the end before he stepped out of the dorm and walked down the hall, silent tears dripping down his rosy cheeks.

He speed walked down the stairs and outside. It's raining and all he has on is a pair of jeans and an oversized tshirt. He starts to shiver as the rain plasters his fringe into his forehead.

He walks over to the next set of buildings where his and Nialls dorm is. Louis mind is blank, and thinking about everything at the same time. He doesn't know what's happening and where hes going, ge just let's his feet carry him.

Warm tears contradict the cold rain as the two mix together creating a sticky feeling on his red cheeks. He takes out his key and shakily sticks it into the key hole, opening the door.

He sees that Nialls door is closed, meaning hes probably still with that girl from last night. Louis opens the bathroom door and strips of all his clothes. His Jean's smell like weed and floral perfume, while the top smells like vanilla. He takes off the shirt slowly and feels it in between his hands. The shirt gave him....peace, somehow.

He jumped into the shower, wanting to wash off the night before, all the unwanted touches and uncomfortable moments.

His crying quickly turned into violent sobbing as reality started to rush in, and he finally took a moment to understand what was going on

He heard a knock at the door and he turned off the water

"What?" He sniffled

"You okay?" Niall called

"Mhm" he replied, trying to sound okay

"Can I come in?" Niall asked

Louis quickly got dressed and opened the door, wiping his tears

"Where did you go last night? You said you wouldn't leave me" Louis asked, his breath shaky

"I'm really sorry. I got drunk and took this girl home and...wait, where did you go?" Niall asked

Louis just broke down in tears again

"I almost got raped Niall. I was drugged and I passed out" he sobbed

"Louis you have no idea how sorry I am" he said, wrapping his arms around his slender body. Louis just stood there, not hugging back

Louis shrugged him off of him and went to his room, immediately falling asleep again. He wouldn't be going to his classes today

"Louis wait, please" Niall called after him

"What"

"Who brought you home Lou?"

"Lad named Harry. Its nice to know that strangers are kinder to me than my actual friends" Louis said, his voice cracking

"I'm sorr-"

"I didn't want to go to that party Niall, you made me" Louis cut him off

"I kno-"

"And you abandoned me to fuck some girl while I got drugged"

"Louis I-"

"And a stranger, a stranger who I have never met before picked me up and drove me back to his dorm so that I would be safe for the night"

"I-"

"You've never done that for me. Why did you even want me to come if you were just planning on leaving me the first minute we got there?"

"Louis please let me talk" Niall said, breaking down in tears

It was silent for a second

"Well fucking say something then!" Louis shouted

"Louis, I'm so sorry for that. I got wasted and-"

"And you forgot about me. Yeah. Yeah, I know" Louis interjected

"It's not like that-"

"I'm going for a walk" Louis replied

•

Niall watched as Louis grabbed his coat and slammed the door.

Niall grabbed his phone and scrolled to the bottom of his contact list. He hit the button that said "Harry" and brought it up to his ear.

Because Niall was such a party animal, he had everyone's number

It rang 3 times before someone picked up

"Hello?" A deep voice came from the other side

"Hi, um Harry?" Niall asked, his voice still shaky

"That's me, who is this?" He asked

"Niall, um, Louis best friend" He said

"Oh"

"Uhm, thank you for keeping him safe last night" he said

"Yeah"

"W-why did you.....um, help him?"

"Why didn't you?" Harry replied

Niall took a deep breath

"Because I'm a shit friend"

"Yeah, sounds like it" Harry replied

"But why did you help him?"

"Why not?" he said

"Stop answering my question with other questions"

"Stop leaving your friends alone at parties" he rebutted

"Answer my fucking question Harry" Niall groaned

"No, bye" he replied and hung up

•

Louis walked around for a while before his gaze settled on a small cafe down the street. He walked into the door making a small bell chime. He sat down and ordered Yorkshire tea, trying to clear his mind.

•

"Who was that mate?" Liam asked Harry as they were walking down the street. Harry was talking Liam out for lunch as promised for his birthday

"Some crazy dude, don't worry about it" he said, hanging up his phone and stuffing it deep into his jacket pocket

They walked into the cafe and stood in line for lunch

Harry started looking around, when his eyes fell on a boy who looked very familiar. His hair was alot neater, his face went back to a normal color and he had on diffrent clothes, but the look on his face remained the same.

"Li, you can order. I just have to talk to that guy over there" Harry said, pointing at Louis and handing Liam a wad of cash

"Okay" Liam replied

Harry walked over to the table and looked at Louis. He still had his head down and he didn't notice Harry standing beside him

"Hi" he said

"Oh, hi" Louis said looking up

"Can I sit?" Harry asked

"Mhm" Louis hummed

Harry sat down and smiled at Louis

"You doing okay?" He asked, and Louis just nodded

"Hey, Louis. Are you doing okay" Harry asked quieter, looking him in the eyes

"I- I don't know" he trembled out

Harry stood up and walked to the other side of the booth that they were sitting at. He sat down beside Louis and opened his arms up.

He didn't lean in for the hug, instead he let Louis initiate it, incase he didn't want to. Louis fit himself in between Harry's arms, inhaling his comforting vanilla scent. He buried his face into Harry's chest, enjoying the warmth of his body

Harry rubbed his thumb up and down Louis shoulder, comforting the confused boy in his arms

"It's gonna be okay, everything's gonna be okay" he reassured him.

After a while, Louis pulled back and smiled the first genuine smile in a while