The Notebook

You and I forever ,,,,,,,, part 4

The Notebook- Chapter 4

Sophia’s POV

I take a few sips of my chocolate before I am interrupted by my phone. I take it out and look at the screen. “Hello Ry.”

“Where are you?” he asks.

“I couldn’t sleep so I decided to take a walk, I’m at a little café right now.”

“Soph, please don’t just go out like that, it’s dangerous. Tell me where it is so I can pick you up.”

“Ryan, I am ok. Go back to your place, I am safe. I’ll be careful.” I put away the notebook and pick up my drink and head out. “Bye Ryan.”

“No, Soph-” I press the end button and put away my phone. “Thank you for the drink.” I pay the barista and walk outside. It’s a bit chillier than before so I decide to take a shortcut to get to the hotel faster.

“Hey pretty lady, where are you off to?” I hear someone ask me as I pick up my pace. I hear him following me though, “Why is a doll like you alone at night.”

I try to reach my phone but he grabs my arm and forcefully turns me around, “Let go of me!” I yell ferociously.

“Nah, you see, I want to do some other things to you.” he says as he pulls me towards him.

“Get off!” I push him off me and try to run but he grabs me by the hair and pushes me against a wall. “Help! Help!” I desperately yell as my fear heightens when he starts ripping my clothes off.

Niall’s POV

“You said you’d be ‘on your way’ Zayn!” I remark sarcastically as I walk through the streets, trying not to get noticed. I walk down some alleys and take out my phone and dial Zayn’s number.

“Hello.”

“Mate, where the hell are you?” I ask impatiently.

“I’m almost there, look, I see the flat.” he replies.

“Great…” I mutter. “So I came all this way for nothin.” I kick some rocks in frustration.

“Where are you?” he asks.

“Doesn’t matter, see ya there.” I hang up and turn around to head back.

“Help! Help!” I hear someone scream. I look around but see no one, I start running to where the yells were coming from. I want to call out to her but that could make the situation worse.

“No, please don’t!” I hear, this time closer. I run as fast as I can and see some bloke crouched over someone. My heart’s beating in my ears and I can’t react. I hear her screams again and it snaps me out of it. I run to him and forcefully pull him off her and when I have him in my hands, I punch him as hard as I can. He staggers a little before falling to the ground; he looks up at me and then runs away. I look to make sure he is gone before running to the girl. She tries to scurry away, “No, I’m not guna hurt ya.” I tell her, trying to calm her down. I pick up her hoodie, “Here.”

She slowly takes it, “Thank you.” she mumbles. I look at her and see the horrified look on her face. I reach for her and take her in my arms. She stiffens at first but then wraps her arms around me and cries. She grasps my shirt as she shakes, and all I can he is hold her. After ten minutes her sobs subside to small hiccups. I look at her. “I’m sorry for crying on you.”

I look at her bewildered, “No, that doesn’t matter. Are you ok?”

She looks at me, tears running down her face, some scratches on her face and arms. “Yea. I just want to go home.” she slowly gets up. I see a bag near her and pick it up, “Thank you.” she says as she takes it.

“Let me walk you home,” I suggest.

“No, you’ve done enough for me already.” she begins to walk away but I follow her. I see her limping a little and I wrap my arm around her waist, forcing her to lean on me.

“I’m gonna walk you home.” I say in a firm tone. She tells me where to go and I take her.

“Thank you for helping me.”

“I’m sorry you had to go through that.”

“SOPHIA!” I hear someone yell. I look ahead and see a lad at the end of the hallway running towards us. Before I can react he is already by her side, taking her from me.

“Ryan, I’m ok.” she says in a shaky voice. He isn’t buying it and gently picks her up bridal style.

“No, Sophia, you are not ok.” he says in a cold tone. He looks at me with rage in his eyes.

“Ryan, don’t look at him like that, he helped me, he rescued me.”

“Leave.” is all he says to me.

“Sorry, but I want to make sure she’s alright.” I remark. “So I won’t leave.”

Had he not been carrying her, I know he would have attacked me. “Thank you for everything but you should go before things get worse.” she tells me. I look at him and then at her and give a small nod. She grabs my hand. “Thank you, I owe-” she can’t finish because the bloke takes her away. I watch them until he goes into a room.

I take a deep breath, “Who does she look like? Why do I feel like I’ve seen her before?” I walk back to the elevator. “Where?”

…

“Niall, where the bloody hell have you been?” Louis walks up to me, “What happened?” he asks concerned.

“What?” I look at what he’s looking at and see some blood on my shirt. I pinch my shirt so I can see it better. “Oh…”

“What happened mate?” Liam comes out and pretty soon everyone is gathered around me.

“I went to go look for Zayn, like you all told me to, and when I was coming back I heard someone screaming for help and so I went and there was this bastard trying to…to rape a girl and so I got him off and helped her. I took her back to her flat and I guess some of her blood got on me.” Zayn starts looking at my face and inspecting my arms, “Whataya doin?”

“Just need to-” I push him away and he just laughs. “I gotta make sure nothing happens to you.”

“Oh, like it happened to you?” I  ask jokingly. He punches my arm. “I’m alright…” all of a sudden it hits me and I feel as if someone threw a bucket of cold water on me.

“What is it” Zayn asks. I look at him and drag him to my room, ignoring the lads and their looks of confusion. I slam the door, “Niall, what’s wrong? Looks like you’ve just seen a ghost.”

“It was her…she- I…it was her.”

“Mate, that made absolutely no sense. She? Who is she?” he asks confused.

“That girl that you told me about, the one that you drew and the one from the drawing. It was her; she’s the girl I saved.”

He pales after hearing what I just said, “What?” he chokes out. “How- Wh-” he paces around. “Is she ok?”

“Yea, this lad took her.”

He looks at me, “What! What if he-”

“Don’t worry, she knows him, she’s safe.”

He calms down but then looks at me, “What’s her name?” I smirk at him, “Well, what is it?”

“Her name’s Sophia.”

“Sophia…” he says with a sigh. “Sophia.”

“Yup.” he looks at me with a mischievous glint in his eye. “What? Zayn, what are you thinking? No, I am not going to-”

“C’mon mate, I just want to see her. Take me to her flat.”

“No. Especially cuz we have to leave early tomorrow- today! It’s late already.”

“Please.”

I want to say no but I cave in, “Fine. But you will take all blame if anything goes wrong.”

“I will.” he says with a smile on his face. He grabs his coat and we make our way to his car.

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