Barely Holding On [H.S]

Twelve

A/N- I attached this picture because it's my favourite picture ever and you know you agree so don't judge. *Looks up at the sky and whispers "Thank you, Niall Horan." While slow, dramatic, music plays in the background*

Harry's POV:

I'd been dreading the time she'd ask this question. I knew it wasn't going to be a long time until she realized that Ed wasn't here. How am I suppose to tell her this? She's going to try to leave when she finds out. We better get the bus moving so she doesn't jump out.

"Hey! Liam! Get the bus moving, would you?" I ordered.

"Right. Take your seats everyone! Road trip commencing in 5, 4," He started the engine. "3, 2," put it in drive. "1, take off!" The bus started moving.

"Whoo-hoo!" Yelled Louis from somewhere in the back of the bus. He was already in his bed. Zayn, Liam, Niall, and I all laughed, but Addie still remained serious, her eyes on me.

"Where is he?" She asked again. I sighed, my smile fading.

"Boys, gather around. We're going to tell her." I said.

"Me too? I'm sleeping!" Yelled Louis.

"Get the hell over here!" I yelled back. All the boys came and sat across from me on the couch. Addie stayed where she was, by the door.

"Okay, who's going to start?" Said Naill.

"You," said Liam. "You brought up starting.

"No!" Niall protested.

"I will." Zayn spoke up, raising his hands. He stood up, his head lowered to the ground. He let his hands drop and put them behind his back.

"Okay. Start with last night." Louis told him.

"Okay. Well, after I brought you your pain meds," he said, turning to look at Addie. "I went into the spare room where Ed was. He begged for me to let him see you and apologize. He wanted me to make sure you didn't get hurt. I told him I couldn't be sure of that, because rules are rules." He looked down to the floor again, then back up to Addie.

"Okay, and?" She pushed him to continue.

"Well, he got mad at me and told me that I was a sick man that should be in jail. He also said some other things, but I won't repeat them. What he said made me mad. He hit deep down into the core of my anger and I started to rage. I took him out of the house and made him get into my car. I've been stressed lately and I guess I just snapped. I started yelling at him and he yelled back, which made me even more mad." Addie's face was filled with horror and despair as Zayn spoke.

"Okay, Zayn. Cut to the chase." Said Liam from the driver's seat.

"Alright, alright. I called Harry and told him to come out to the car. When he got there, I told him that Ed tried to attack me. Which, of course, wasn't true. He's a smart lad and he knows what's good for him. Harry believed it though. We drove him out all the way back to that boxing arena. It took a while to drive, which was why we were got back at around noon today."

"Tell her about the gang," I said. Addie's eyes widened and she looked at me, here expression showing fear, anger, sadness, impatience, and curiosity all at once. "And Addie, if you tell anyone what we're about to tell you right now, we'll have to kill you and the one you told. Got it?" I asked. She just nodded, sniffling.

"We were only young when we started it. The gang. Just out of high school. We didn't intend for it to be like this," Niall took over. "We just wanted some extra cash, so we all got together one night. We all agree'd on the bank that was in Harry's home town, hence him being the leader. We took about three days to get it all planned out. It was a big deal for us, we didn't want to go to jail. We all got handguns. Not big ones, nothing fancy. Just so that we could defend ourselves." Addie's face was now pale, she looked at Niall with a face that was filled with cold, plain, fear. He continued anyways.