Bully to Bully

Good For Both Of Us

"Lou? Lou shhhh, it's ok."

"No-" Gasp. "-it's-" Gasp "-not."

"It is, it's gone now see- no one was hurt." I tried to encourage him but he just wrapped his arms around his knees and rocked back and forth sobbing.

"I-I, I didn't mean t-to." He choked. I didn't answer because I knew there was no point.

"I-I-I need to be l-locked upp!" He cried.

"Shhh no, no you don't Lou. It was a mistake, it's fine, we all make them."

"When was the last time y-you pulled a knife out on sssomeone, huh?"

"Well I haven't, but you see-"

"See! See! I am a m-maniac I'm not normal, I'm mad!"

"Ahh but all the best people are." I smiled at my Mad Hatter reference but Louis didn't seem to appreciate it as much.

"No they're not." He sulked and then a wave of sobbing crashed through his body and he jolted forward as his tears rained down to the floor.

"Normal's boring." I don't know why I was still bothering.

"I'd take it any day."

"But then you wouldn't be you."

"Exactly." There was a brief moment of silence. "No-one likes me Harry."

"I do-"

"Don't be stupid- y-you can't lie save your life!"

"Niall, Liam and Zayn like you."

"No they don't, they're scared of me not mates with me."

"Fine, and you can't deny it, your sisters adore you!"

"Yeah check the cool guy out- hanging around with his sisters." He scoffed and sniffed at the same time.

"You know what I mean."

He looked up at me, bloodshot and drained eyes stared at me painfully and then he shook his head. His hair didn't wobble or sweep, it was plastered to his forehead soaked in tears and sweat. And then his body shook with sadness and desperation, his mouth blurted out a sound similar to: "Huh!" and then he crumbled down whimpering and bawling in his hands.

Is this what an emotional breakdown is? I've heard people talk about it before but I think that's just to exaggerate the story they're telling me about even though I really don't care. Like, OMG I can't find any shoes that match the dress I'm wearing tonight, STG I'm having a literal breakdown!

This is getting slightlyyyy awkward now. I'm just sitting here whilst a boy, not just a boy, someone who has made a very big impact on my life in just little under a week, is there crying his heart out because he was just about to turn another boy into diced meat. I really need to do something...

"Errrr?" I edged slightly closer to him even though we were only about a metre apart anyway.

"It's-" I bought my arm up and over his head and gently placed it on his shoulder but I flinched.

"It's ok Louis." I slowly lowered my arm around his shoulders and as soon as I was relaxed, he clutched onto my waist and sobbed with all of his force into my chest. It took me by surprise and my right hand had to lean against the floor behind to stop me from falling backwards. Each one of sobs not only tormented Louis but now also charged through my body. Each one felt like a giant hiccup, starting from your heart but then radiating out to your whole body. From my ears to my toes. It was heart breaking.

"Shhhh Louis, it's ok. We both know it was scary, and you say you didn't mean to and you didn't do it anyway. You'd be a psycho if you did do it, but you didn't so you're as imperfectly normal as you ever dreamed you could be." This didn't help. A huge sob thundered through his rib cage and never mind waves of tears, this was a flipping tsunami!