put a little love on me -niall horan-

chapter xxiii

-Jasmine's POV-

He was chasing me. I tried to run faster, but no matter what, Jack was right there.

"Come back here princess, we're not done,"he said in a low voice.

I tried to keep running, my heart beating against my chest. I was running out of air, but my legs refused to stop.

"You can't get away from me,"he chuckled, gaining on me.

I looked behind me and saw his eyes were red and his teeth were sharpened. He was a monster.

Something got caught up in my feet and I fell forward onto my knees. I felt hands on my waist.

"Gotchya,"he whispered.

"Jasmine,"I heard a voice. A different voice.

My eyes shot open and I sat up in the bed. Niall was looking at me with concern in his eyes. I was sweating heavily.

"Hey, love, you're okay,"Niall said quietly, rubbing my back.

It felt like there was no oxygen in my lungs. I kept heaving, but no matter what, the air was just escaping my mouth. All I could see was Jack's face. His evil smile.

"Jas, breathe. You're okay,"Niall assured, but I couldn't look over at him. Jack's coming for me. He's going to kill me.

I felt Niall cup his hands around my cheeks. "Jasmine, I'm right here,"he said, looking into my eyes. "Breathe with me. Come on, deep breath in."

I followed his instruction.

"Deep breath out,"he said.

I let out the breath.

We repeated it a few more times until I felt better.

"That a girl. You're safe, okay? No one's hurting you,"Niall whispered, letting go of my cheeks.

I nodded, feeling tears prickle in my eyes. "I'm sorry for waking you,"I mumbled.

Niall gave me a small smile before leaning over to kiss me. "Don't apologize. It's okay. Just try to get some rest, love. Remember I'm right here,"he said against my lips.

I gave him a small smile and laid down, letting Niall wrap his arms around me. I closed my eyes and immediately I saw Jack's face.

Quickly, I sat up. Niall looked over at me, rubbing his eyes. "What's wrong?"he asked.

"He's everywhere,"I whispered, feeling tears roll down my cheeks. "I can't escape him."

Niall sat up and pulled me into a hug. "I want to help, Jas. What can I do for you?"

"I don't know. I just want to forget everything,"I sniffled, wiping at my cheeks. There was no point though, the tears were still falling.

"Okay, well it's 4am. We could go out and have an early morning. Hopefully that will make you feel better,"Niall said.

I wanted to agree to the plan, but I could see how tired Niall was. I didn't want him to lose sleep over me. "It's okay, Ni. You should go back to sleep. I'll watch some TV or something,"I replied.

Niall frowned, running his hand through his hair. "I'm not letting you deal with this alone."

"Maybe I can see if Harry's up... He wakes up early sometimes,"I said, reaching over to the nightstand to grab my phone.

"Oh, so you'd rather hang out with Harry?"Niall asked in a strange tone. It sounded like he was jealous but he was trying to contain it and make it seem like a joke.

"He's just awake early sometimes, and I don't want you to not get sleep because of me,"I explained.

He laid back down, closing his eyes. "Whatever, go for it,"he mumbled, crossing his arms across his chest.

"What's your problem?"I asked, letting out a small laugh. This seemed so ridiculous to me.

Niall's eyes opened to look at me. "My problem is that my girlfriend would rather hang out with her ex-boyfriend than me, even though I'm trying to help her."

My heart sunk in my chest. This felt unreal. "Ni, I just want you to get some rest... I know you're leaving for London in a few days and you're going to be so busy.."

"Look, I don't want to argue right now. Let's just go back to sleep,"he sighed, closing his eyes again.

"I'm going to go watch TV downstairs,"I mumbled, getting out of bed.

Niall didn't say anything, so I went downstairs and turned on the TV at a low volume. There was a blanket on the couch, so I just snuggled into that, trying to get my mind off Niall. He was being so strange... One second he's hugging me and saying he's here for me; The next second he's mad at me.

As I watched a random movie that I was barely paying attention to, I got a text from Harry.

Today 4:18AM

harry🧸
Hey, how are you? I can't sleep... I just want to know you're okay

hey haz, i'm okay i just really can't sleep tho

harry🧸
Oh... Is Niall with you?

he's sleeping upstairs hahah

harry🧸
I'll come over if that's okay I'm not tired at all

yeah, sure

harry🧸
Okay see you in a bit love x

I put my phone aside and tried to focus on the movie I was watching. But now the only thing on my mind was Niall and how he was acting.

A while later, I heard a knock at the door. I jumped slightly, but then remembered it was Harry. I walked over and opened the door.

"Hey Jas,"Harry smiled slightly, holding forward an iced coffee.

I grinned, taking it from him. "Thank you Haz,"I replied.

Harry gave me a hug before closing the door and walking into the living room with me. All the lights were off, and we just left it like that. It made the atmosphere so much cozier.

"So, how are you feeling?"Harry asked, sitting beside me on the couch. He grabbed a blanket from the nearby couch and put it over our legs.

I sighed, leaning back and looking at him. "Not great,"I mumbled.

Harry said,"I'm so sorry this happened. But remember you have so much support."

I immediately thought about Niall, and how he was upset with me.

"What's wrong?"Harry asked quietly.

"Just... Niall got upset with me."

"What, why?"he asked, eyebrows furrowed.

I explained,"Because he offered to hang out with me right now but I said maybe I could ask you to hang out since you're usually awake sooner. He got mad about that."

Harry shook his head in disbelief. "He shouldn't be doing stuff like that. He needs to be supporting you. Let me go talk to him."

He started getting up, but I quickly pulled him back down on the couch. "No, Haz. There's no point,"I mumbled.

"Jasmine, I really am sorry about what happened to you. You don't deserve it. No one deserves it. It should never happen. But you'll be okay. You're the strongest person I know and I love you so much,"Harry said.

Tears filled my eyes. "Thank you, Harry. That means a lot."

He pulled me into a side hug, allowing me to rest my head on his shoulder. I wrapped my arms around his stomach area and he kissed the top of my head.

Harry and I just watched the movie sitting in that position. Occasionally Harry would make a joke, making me laugh. I was so relaxed sitting there with him that I eventually did fall asleep.