Chapter 20

                                    

                                          
<<Scarlett's p.o.v>>
                          
Hollow.
                          
I feel hollow inside. I twist and turn, expecting someone to hold me in place, but no one does. Where's Niall? Oh wait.. I'm supposed to be angry at him. I open one eye, and I expect Niall to beside me, but it's Louis. He is still sleeping and I don't have the heart to wake him up; looks like the boy hasn't had sleep in days. Well, at least I know that he sleeps. Niall doesn't sleep, I know that, but where is he?
                          
He surely wouldn't leave me..
                          
Calum approaches me and hands me five unknown berries and a slightly bruised apple. I smile at him graciously. "Had to go so far to get these," He paused and frowned. "Food's scarce nowadays, yunno? With Winter coming n'all" I nod and chew on the berries carefully, savouring the flavours. I look around and he seems to catch on to what I'm looking for.
                          
Before he has a chance to answer, Ashton appears and gives Calum a look. He scatters away, a frown setting onto his lips. Ashton smiles uneasily at me and takes my hands in his, catching me off guard. "Scar, I have disappointing news," He rambles. His eyes dart to anywhere else but me. "Niall.. has left us, has left you"
                          
He didn't emphasize the you, but it sure as hell feels like he did. Niall couldn't have left, he just found me. And to top it off, he told me loved me.. or he could have been lying.. No I tell myself. What you two share is special, and I really want to believe it is.
                          
"What do you m-mean?" I stammer. Ashton shakes his head and puts his hand on top of mine. His hand is way too hot for my liking but I don't have the guts to pull away, so I let my hand burn under his touch. "I mean, He left us and is never coming back." I almost scoffed at him; Niall has always found his way back to me, I'm not going to lose hope in him now.
                          
I nod, just to please him. If he wants me to fucking nod then here, i'll fucking nod. He smiles, believing my poor act. Ashton walks off to Daniel and Luke while I try to wake Louis up. It's been a while and he needs to wake up whether he likes it or not. "Louis," I mumble awkwardly, poking his arm. He snores louder and I almost giggle- but I don't, because no giggling will occur if Niall is 'gone'.
                          
I shove him slightly and he groans, shoving me back. "What the fuck, Bird?" He rumbled. I almost scoffed at what he called me. Bird? Why the hell would he call me bird? Do I look like a bird? He smirked at my reaction. "I have no idea why I called you that, so don't give me shit" Louis added smugly, before I could snap at him. My mouth shut and I put my hands up in surrender. Looking at Louis, he actually seems tired even though he has just woken up. "Here," I slide the hoodie aside so that my neck and collarbone is bare. Louis' eyes widen and he seems to get the wrong idea. "What the fuck? Are you that horny?" He says. I scoff at him, and shake my head. "Drink" I simply comply and realization dawns on his sleepy features.
                          
He leans in and bites a little. I feel him suck slowly, and then he comes to a stop. I'm surprised he can control himself, Niall barely can. "Thank you" Louis mutters, wiping the access blood off of his mouth. I nod curtly and pick on the sleeve of my hoodie, well- Niall's hoodie. It smells a lot like him. I wish it didn't.
                          
"Hey, where's Niall?" Louis rumbles. I turn away from him. "Ashton said he left, but I know he'll co-"
                          
"That's bull and you know that!" He harshly whispers. I shut my mouth because I know he's right. "We have to get -" He stops talking when Calum joins us, sitting in front of us so that we are in some kind of form of a triangle. "You really shouldn't talk that loudly, Ashton is just over there." He jerks his head towards the back of the cave and we nod curtly, not wanting to be noticed by Ashton.
                          
"We're leaving soon, so you two better be in the mood for walking because I have a feeling we're getting as far away from here as possible." Louis and I looked at him with worried expressions; if we leave, Niall may not be able to find us. Especially with the state he's in anyway. 
                          
<<Louis' p.o.v>>
                          
She can't be that fucking gullible. Why would he just 'leave'? Does she not realize how much he loves her; how much he has already sacraficed for her. She has to quit believing everything that Ashton says because if she keeps on doing so, she'll be back in the same trap she's landed her herself in the beginning.
                          
Ashton turns his head towards both of us and he smiles- dimples and everything. I offer a small smile and I look away; but by the corner of my eye- I can see him looking at her.
                          
It isn't just a look-
                          
It's a look of pure lust.