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Chapter 9

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The next day Louis was a mess running around and cursing himself for not packing the night before while the twins were ready to go. He would walk around not getting anything done until Zayn ordered him to sit down and packed everything himself and by the time he was done they only had two hours to get to the airport.

"I'm going to miss you all and I'll see you there in two days max." Zayn said as he helped them unload everything out the trunk of his car.

"Thanks for the ride mate, I'll call you when I get there...preferably when I find somewhere to stay." Louis hugged him while his sons patiently waited and as soon as he let go both of them hugged Zayn telling them their goodbyes.

They walked towards the bag-drop kiosk to drop their bags off since Louis had already checked them in and printed off their boarding passes. They got through security control without any problem then almost half an hour later boarded the plane with Louis sitting on the side letting Elijah sit in the middle and Jonah on his other side by the window. 

Louis couldn't help but notice Elijah frowning ever since they had gotten to the airport knowing it was because he didn't want to go and would rather stay in London. He closed his eyes hoping for everything to go well and for Harry to listen to what he had to say unaware that Harry was minutes away from giving up not knowing where their son could be.

"Why do we have to go back? Dad, I don't want to go there ever again." Elijah whispered as soon as Jonah had fallen asleep.

"Because I have to talk to your dad and he has to know both of you are fine, especially you since you're a runaway now." Louis winked at him managing to make him smile a little.

"I didn't mean to. When- As soon as he knows I'm fine can we go back to London? Jonah is coming with us." Elijah said.

"What about your dad? Don't you want him to come with us too?" Louis asked frowning when Elijah looked away.

"He can stay where he lives, we can be happy without him...we were, and now Jonah too will be happy with us." Elijah finally looked at Louis, "Why did you marry him? He's not nice, he's a bad person."

"Sweetheart, that's not tru-"

"I'm tired, going to take a nap." Elijah interrupted him turning away from him then closed his eyes leaving Louis completely flabbergasted. 

It only fueled his fury towards Harry even more when Elijah seemed reluctant to see Harry again and had the impression that he was a bad person. The only bad person there was himself after all he had done to Harry.

The flight felt like an eternity and when they got to Los Angeles they were somehow well rested after sleeping through the entire flight. Louis sighed in relief when he found a cab as soon as they had claimed their bags letting Jonah give the cab driver the address, he kept feeling dizzier the further away they got from the airport meaning they were closer to Harry.

When they got to the house Jonah who had let Elijah sit in between them was quick to enter the code to let them in quickly putting his arm around Elijah. Louis who was a nervous mess didn't even bother nor care to look at the perfect manicured lawn or the enormous and beautiful house until the cab stopped in front of the house and the driver got out to retrieve their bags after Louis had paid him. 

Time seemed to completely stop when Louis saw him running out of the house followed by his family and three other women and a man he didn't know as Harry tried to look inside to see who it was. He had changed a lot throughout the years, he seemed much taller and broader since the last time he had seen him and his hair was longer. He couldn't help but notice his eyes were swollen and red wondering if it was because of what he had done to their son Elijah and him running away but in that moment he only wanted to give him a piece of his mind.

The moment Harry had seen the cab getting closer he had sprinted out of his seat running outside to see the driver getting out of the cab and seconds later started unloading suitcases from the back. He felt his chest hurting realizing it wasn't Jonah until the door on the other side opened and Jonah got out of the car glaring daggers at him but Harry completely missed them when his eyes focused on the other two bodies inside the car.

He was about to run to his son feeling completely relieved when the other door of the car facing his way opened making him stop in his tracks when the man he thought he would never see ever again got out of the car and stood right in front of him. He was wearing a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses looking directly at him and his hair was swept over his forehead styled in a fluffy yet messy style but that didn't mattered when all Harry had eyes for now was the child that had gotten out on the other side knowing it was his other son.

Elijah

He wanted to go and hug him, have him close to him when he saw a second child getting out as well quickly hiding behind Louis peering at him for a moment before he hid his face as well holding onto the sides of Louis' white shirt. It was as if time had stopped for the both of them as they stared at each other not daring to take their eyes off in fear of the other disappearing until Harry had to look away seeing his mum running to hug Jonah followed by Gemma and Perrie.

That's when he broke and without thinking ran towards Jonah who was now standing in front of Louis and their other son. He wrapped his arms around him letting a few tears full of relief escape his eyes but frowned when Jonah harshly pushed him away and went to stand next to Louis grabbing his hand and trying to get Elijah to stand next to him sighing when he couldn't even make him move. 

That's when Harry was forced to acknowledge Louis who looked furious yet still as beautiful as ever, he started getting nervous when all Louis did was stare at him but now he only had eyes for his son he hadn't seen in ten years.

"Eli?" Harry slowly made his way to him stopping next to him and without thinking pulled him towards him into a hug, "Eli!"

He wrapped his arms around him ignoring the fact that his son never hugged him back knowing it was understandable since he hadn't seen him in years. He cupped the back of his head with one hand while he rubbed his back with the other feeling how tense he was until he let go of him and Elijah was fast to go back to Louis wrapping his arms around his waist hiding his face on his side.

"You have the nerve to show up here after what you did...how the hell did you find him." Harry angrily said right on Louis' ear to keep their sons from hearing.

"And you have the nerve to act as if nothing happened after what you did to Elijah." Louis retorted getting angrier and angrier as the seconds passed by with everybody watching them until Harry harshly grabbed him by the arm making him wince in pain and pulled him inside.

Harry ignored the way Elijah clung to Louis dragging him with them until he let go and stayed behind with Jonah, both of them watching their parents with wide eyes. Once they were inside Harry's study he slammed the door closed then locked it turning around to look at Louis who had already taken his sunglasses off and was looking right back at him. His eyes were still the bluest and most beautiful eyes Harry had ever seen even though he could see the anger in them.

"What the hell are you doing here!?" Harry shouted when Louis said nothing.

"No. The question here is what the hell were you thinking when you yelled at our son like that. Who gave you the right to treat Elijah the way you did!? If that's how you treat Jonah then I'm surprised he didn't run away before just like his brother." Louis yelled rolling his eyes when Harry only looked at him with a confused look.

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked watching Louis' every move frowning when Louis scoffed.

"You think telling my son not everything is about him and his stupid ideas is okay? You pushed him, you hurt him and you have your head so far up your ass that you couldn't even take care of him for the few days that you had him here with you. He got on a plane and left the country and you didn't even know. He showed up home crying and thinking that you hate him. You care more about your stupid job than your son." Louis yelled keeping his distance from Harry.

"I never...would you stop and explain what's going on! I never yelled at Elijah, this is the first time I'm seeing him in ten years because you took him away! You took my son away and decided that Jonah and I weren't worth your time." Harry yelled taking a step closer to Louis seeing the way he flinched at his last words.

"Oh please, quit with the bullshit! Man up and admit you're an asshole, you were an asshole to him when all he wanted was to meet you." Louis glared and if looks could kill Harry would already be decomposing.

"I don't know what you're talking about! This is the first time I'm seeing him...Jonah ran away and now he's back with you and him." Harry shouted starting to get frustrated.

"All this time...you mean you didn't know?" Louis asked feeling completely confused.

"I didn't know what? All I know is that Jonah went missing and now he shows up here with you and Elijah."

"The twin you brought home from camp was Elijah, not Jonah. They met there and switched places because Elijah wanted to meet you and Jonah meet me, I didn't figured it out until a few days later and they told me you knew, they told me you wanted to talk to me." Louis explained.

"You're lying. Why should I believe you, what do you want Louis? You want to take Jonah too? And I never asked to talk to you, better for me if I don't have to see you ever again." Harry took a seat on one the sofa rubbing his hands on his face leaving Louis to awkwardly stand in the middle of the room ignoring his hurt expression hearing him clearing his throat.

"Then how do you explain me coming back with both of them, Jonah told me you never told him about me and Elijah except for that picture you gave him. The one you ripped in half and left a half behind. They told me you wanted to talk." Louis slowly walked up to him leaning against the wall a few feet away from Harry.

"So it was Eli? The twin I've had all this time here with me, that was Eli?" Harry looked up at Louis with wide teary eyes .

Now it all made sense to him, the way he had reacted to the news about him getting married when Jonah never showed emotion. The way he had been so sure of himself when he had told him Louis still loved him. The way he had bothered to bring him water when Jonah always stayed as far away as he could, and the way his son had reacted when he yelled at him. It all made sense now and Harry felt like the worst parent and the biggest idiot in history. 

All his little boy wanted was to spend time with him and he had tossed him aside as if he was trash realizing that that's how he had been treating Jonah all along and now he chose to stay away from him. Something that Elijah hadn't done remembering all the times he had asked him to spend time with him.

"Elijah is a sensitive boy and you really hurt him, if I came back with both of them instead of keeping them it was because I didn't want you to think Jonah dead or something." Louis said getting ready to leave.

"How convenient." Harry muttered, "Now you're the hero in their eyes."

"I don't treat them like they're not worth a thing, I spend time with them and listen to what they have to say. I make sure they know they can trust me and will always be there for them no matter what I'm doing or how busy I am. In that short amount of time I spent time with Jonah I got to know him, I got to know what he likes, what he hates and what are his favorite things to do and what his favorite food is." Louis said then continued ignoring the pained expression Harry was giving him.

"I show them and tell them I love them as much as I can. If you failed to do something as simple as that then that's not my problem but I swear if you ever hurt one or both of my sons again you'll never see them again." Louis said and just like that he opened the door and walked out looking for his sons seeing their bags by the door.

He found them sitting on a couch together with the rest of Harry's family around making conversation with Elijah and Jonah but quickly quieted down when he walked in thinking it was Harry. As soon as Elijah's eyes landed on Louis he got up and ran to him hiding behind him while everybody else looked at Louis and if Gemma's looks could kill he would be dead and buried.

"Dad, can we go now?" Elijah shyly asked hiding his face as soon as he saw Harry coming out of the study making his way over to him.

"Yeah love, get your stuff." Louis said trying not to look at Harry only focusing on his son.

"You're leaving?" Jonah asked making everybody look between him and Louis when the older man nodded.

"I'm staying here in LA for a few days and I promise we'll come see you as much as we can." Louis opened his arms and Jonah didn't waste time running to him letting his father hug him resting his head on his chest smiling when Louis kissed the top of his head.

Louis was still hugging him letting Elijah join in who was quick to hide his face on his chest when he heard the most obnoxious voice calling Harry's name and seconds later he saw him walking up to the father of his children kissing him right in front of them noticing the ring on his left hand. His eyes quickly filled with tears feeling a dull ache on his chest seeing Harry kissing him back ignoring the fact that Harry really didn't want to kiss him too focused on the ring until Jonah started talking using an obnoxious mocking tone.

"Hello Nicholas, did you miss me?" Jonah grinned almost looking psychotic when Nick turned to look at them with wide eyes, "I hope you did 'cause I did and you have no idea all the things I have planned for you."

"Jonah!" Nick squeaked while Louis held onto his sons tighter when Nick glanced his way, "Louis!?"

"Nick. Nice to see you again." Louis spoke hating the way his voice trembled and if it wasn't because he felt like he was being stabbed on the chest multiple times then he would have laughed at the face Nick made as soon as he had seen his sons.

"Harry, why am I seeing two Jonah's?" Nick asked holding onto Harry like the leech everyone but Harry thought he was.

"Umm, let me introduce you. That's Elijah, he's my other son...Jonah's twin and Louis...Louis is their father." Harry slowly introduced them to Nick.

"Let me get this straight, you have another son and Louis is their father. Louis is your ex husband." Nick slowly said then grinned like a hyena making chills run down Louis' spine, "Welcome back Louis, so glad that you brought my fiance's son, now he too can be at our wedding. Right love?"

"Dad lets go." Jonah pulled both Louis and Elijah towards the door getting stopped by Harry.

"Where do you think you're going?" Harry asked him ignoring how his son looked at Nick rolling his eyes before looking at him.

"I want to go with my dad and Eli, I don't want to stay here. I want to go with them." Jonah said raising an eyebrow as if challenging him.

"You're not going anywhere." Harry took a step forward getting angry the moment Louis pulled both of their sons behind him.

"We're going to find a hotel and as soon as we settle in we'll come see you and if your dad lets you you can spend some nights with us." Louis hugged him while Elijah clung to him.

"I'm coming with you, I know where the best hotels are at. We could all room in together and have a movie marathon like the one we had the other day. Right Eli? Tell dad I have to come with you." Jonah looked at Louis then his brother in an almost desperate manner.

"Dad, he has to come with us. We can bring Cocoa too...we can't leave him behind." Elijah begged getting desperate just like his brother just wanting to get out of there.

"If you let me," Perrie who had been quiet the entire time walked up to them standing next to Jonah, "You could stay at my house, I have rooms for the three of you." She offered as she wrapped her arms around Jonah's shoulders then reached to hug Elijah surprising everyone.

"Thank you but I don't want to intrude, we have someone who will join us later." Louis said feeling Harry's eyes on him.

"You're not, I would love to have all four of you there. I insist." Perrie smiled wrapping an arm around each child.

"Aunt Perrie knew who I really was, I accidentally told her." Elijah explained looking up at Perrie with a smile on his face as he hugged her then looked back at Louis.

"She won't mind having uncle Zayn there." Jonah continued.

"Perrie you knew he was Elijah and you didn't think about telling me, why?" Harry glared at her.

"I promised him I wasn't going to tell you and I keep my promises." Perrie glared back making Harry look at his feet, "Jonah will be fine."

Harry felt Nick's arms tightening around him just wanting to push him away seeing the way Louis avoided looking at them then watched his sons clinging to him and just like that he gave up.

"Fine, but I want you to call me as soon as you get there." Harry told Jonah.

"Wait here dad, don't go anywhere, I'm gonna go get my stuff. Come on Eli, you can help me." Jonah smiled pulling his brother with him calling for Cocoa on their way up.

As soon as they were gone the atmosphere turned extremely uncomfortable and awkward for all of them especially Louis who wanted to get out of there. He could see Anne and Gemma glaring daggers at him and couldn't help but realize that he had no one but Zayn and his sons. He had been stupid and thrown it all away and now someone else was going to enjoy the family he had had but now he could never have.

"Its nice to see you again Louis." Liam took a step forward to shake hands with him, "This is my wife Sophia. How's Zayn doing?"

"Its nice to see you too and nice to meet you." Louis shook hands with both of them ignoring Harry and Nick.

"Nice to meet you too." Sophia gave him a warm welcoming smile.

 "Zayn's been doing great, he's back in London but will be joining us in a few days." Louis finally answered Liam.

"How's your family?" Liam continued asking.

"I...I don't really know, haven't seen them in years." Louis said trying to smile but it was more of a grimace.

"Good to see you again, Lou!" Niall reached to give him a side hug surprising him because after all he had done to his brother, Niall was still as friendly as always, "My wife Barbara." He widely smiled introducing the tall and pretty brunette standing next to him.

"Nice to meet you!" Louis smiled turning around when he heard a dog barking, his sons laughs and a suitcase being rolled down the stairs.

"You too!" She smiled and Louis knew why Niall had married her. She had a bubbly personality just like him.

"We're ready!" Jonah announced and as soon as Elijah's eyes landed on Harry he hid behind his brother holding the leash tighter in his hand.

"Okay, lets go." Louis said then after taking a deep breath he turned to look at Harry trying to ignore the way Nick was clinging to him, "Don't worry about him, I'll bring him back tomorrow night."

Harry only nodded watching how Louis lifted his arms up wrapping them around their sons shoulders seeing the way Jonah pressed himself against Louis' side looking at him like he hung the moon and stars, something he used to do with him when he was little but not anymore.

"Actually," Harry spoke up making them stop, "Could I talk to Elijah, in private?" Harry hesitated detaching Nick's arms from around him taking a step towards his son who like Jonah, was pressed up against Louis' side.

Louis hesitated for a few seconds then looked down at his son who only tightened his hold around his waist, "Eli, love. Do you want to talk to your dad?" He asked him wanting to be sure that that's what he wanted.

"Eli?" Harry took another step forward feeling his chest burning when Elijah took a step back hiding half his body behind Louis'. 

"Can we go?" Elijah mumbled then started chewing on his bottom lip grabbing fistfuls of Louis' shirt and that's when Louis knew he had to get him out of there.

"Of course, lets go." Louis nodded.

"Louis I just want to talk to him, I'm not going to hurt him." Harry said getting desperate.

"He doesn't want to talk to you, give him a few days and maybe he will." Louis moved to stand in front of their sons daring Harry to keep arguing and when he didn't he grabbed their bags handing a backpack to Harry. Harry opened it seeing all the money then looked at Louis with a questioning look.

"Its the money Elijah took before he went back to London, I put in there what he spent." Louis said then without saying anything else left letting Perrie take them to her car where they left minutes later leaving Harry staring at the backpack.

He then stared at the car until it disappeared removing Nick's arms from around his waist and without saying anything walked into his study closing the door after himself. He stayed there alone for a few minutes until he heard a knock on the door and groaned thinking it was Nick but when the door opened he was surprised to see his mum and Gemma standing there with cups of tea.

"How are you feeling, sweetheart?" Anne asked him giving him a cup.

"I don't know...my own son that I haven't seen in ten years is afraid of me and Louis...he just took Jonah with him. Who does he think he is thinking he can come back after all the things he did to me, he can't just show up again acting like he never fucked me up, like he's the victim in all of this when he's the only one to blame." Harry finally snapped hating himself when his eyes filled with tears and seconds later they were rolling down his cheeks.

"Then tell him! Tell him everything you've been keeping for the past ten years, If I were you I would take Elijah away from him and disappear along with Jonah. You don't need someone like him in your life Harry, don't let him screw you up again." Gemma placed her hands on Harry's desk looking at Harry with so much hate in her eyes that was directed not at her brother but at Louis.

"I'm not gonna do that Gemma, I get that you don't like him but I'm not gonna step down to his level and take my sons away from their father. For all I know he could take Elijah again and go back to wherever he lives and then what? I'll never see him again and Jonah will be heartbroken if Louis leaves him behind." Harry took a deep breath leaning back on his chair. 

"How did Jonah find them?" Anne asked.

"Turns out Louis and I sent them both to the same camp and that's where they met, they figured out they're brothers and...Louis told me they switched places because they wanted to meet their other parent. Eli wanted to meet me and look what I did, I never gave him the time of day and ended up yelling at him and making him feel like he's not worth my time." Harry rubbed his hands on his face.

"Harry you didn't know..." Gemma trailed off when Harry gave her a pained look.

"It doesn't matter Gemma!" Harry yelled making her flinch, "I still treated my son like he means nothing to me and now he can't even look me in the eye. That's how I've been treating Jonah this whole time before he left to camp and I was too stupid to realize it."

"You have time to build a relationship with him." Anne softly said trying to make him feel better.

"How? He doesn't even want to talk to me." Harry said.

"I don't know, invite them over and spend time with them. Try to get to know him better, let him know you love him and will always be there for him." Anne suggested.

"He's not gonna want to come here without Louis, you saw how attached he is to him."

"Then invite Louis too but keep your distance from him." Gemma shrugged seeing her brother nodding.

By the time Harry walked out of his study followed by his mother and sister the only ones there were Robin and Gemma's husband who ended up leaving a few hours later leaving Harry alone in his silent house wondering what his sons and Louis were up to. He showered after the long day and after reporting to the police that his son was back safe and sound and had only run away was when he went to bed unable to sleep.

That night he tossed and turned around dreaming of Louis, of what they used to have, the family they had formed together. By dawn he woke up drenched in sweat with tears in his eyes wondering what had he done wrong to make Louis want to leave him, he stayed frozen in his spot until more tears rolled down his temples knowing exactly why. Louis had said it himself, he had felt stuck with him and to Harry Louis had been his everything but now it was clear that all he had been to Louis was a dead end. Someone he had no future with because like Louis had said years ago, sometimes love was not enough.


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