Friends Forever.....Right?

Chapter 3

I wake up feeling dazed. It takes me a minute to remember what happened yesterday. I try to wiggle out of Harry's arms but his grip tightens. I feel pretty sore but not to bad.

"Harry let go" I whisper.

"No" Harry says sleepily. I try to crawl away again but his arm pulls me back, this time I feel a sharp pain shoot through my stomach. I must have hurt something when I fell down the stairs.

"Harry, HARRY OWW" I shout, a tear rolling down my face.

I feel Harry's arm move from my waist immediatley just as Louis runs into my room.

"Cass, are you ok? What did he do to you?" Louis says running over to my bed.

"Lou I'm fine, really" I say pulling myself out of bed, I see Louis' eyes look over my bare arms and legs, they look worse then yesterday almost completly black and blue and covered in cuts. My eyes meet Louis' and I see pain in his eyes. I run to my closet and grab a blue tribal print highwaisted skirt that comes midthigh and a black tanktop. I normally wear more conservative clothes but it is the middle of summer and pretty hot. I pull the clothes on and look at myself in the mirror. I don't even believe I am looking at myself, I know I can't go out looking like this.

"Hey Lou" I say peaking my head out the bathroom door.

"Yes Love" Louis says walking over to me.

"Could you grab me a pair of black leggings from the top drawer of my dresser and my blue cardigan from my closet?" I ask.

"Yes, but it is really hot out" Louis says sounding confused.

"Just get them for me" I say impatiently and he scurries off, he comes back a minute later and hands me the leggings and cardigan. I pull them on and look at myself in the mirror, I look almost normal. My eyes drift up to to my face, I frown at myself in the mirror. I look at my black eye, bruised ceek and split lip, I pull my makeup out and gently start to cover the bruise and black eye up, I wince in pain but I continue to cover them up knowing the result will be worth it. I then move to my lip and put some lipstick on covering the cut. I give myself one more look in the mirror and smile, I look as though nothing happened. I open the door and walk into my bedroom where Harry and Louis are waiting for me.

"Cassidy?" Louis asks noticing, well I guess not noticing the cuts.

"Yes Louis?" I ask playing dumb even though I know what he is talking about.

"Why did you go to all the effort to cover your cuts up?" Louis asks.

"Because Louis I couldn't be that stupid girl who fell for the abusive boyfriend again" I spit feeling anger build up inside of me.

"Again?" Louis asks me.

Opps I probably shouldn't have said that, I hadn't told Louis the whole truth about what had happened when he had gone off to try out for the X-Factor, well actually I hadn't told the truth at all. About 2 months after Louis left I fell in love with a guy who I later found out was a drug dealer, I soon became addicted to drugs. As if that wasn't bad enough I couldn't afford the drugs and I felt like I needed them so I unfortunatley turned to prostition. The worst part is that when I didn't make enough money my boyfriend would beat me senseless. It all happened so quickly though which I guess I can be thankful about, I remember the night that I decided I had finally had enough. I was with a guy who had picked me up on the street and he was threatening to kill me and after he finally let me go I checked into a rehab center and I was there for 2 months. Everything happened within a year. I had finally been able to trust again and then I met Ryder, maybe my luck with guys is just really bad.

"Cassidy? What do you mean 'again'?" Louis asks me again.

"Nothing Lou it doesn't mean anything" I say turning and heading downstairs. I sit down on the couch beside Liam.

"Hey" I say to him.

"Goodmorning, how are you feeling?" Liam asks looking at me suspiciously noticing that I had covered all the bruises.

"I'm fine thanks Liam" I respond.

"Hey Cassidy are you sure 'again' meant nothing?" Louis says after coming down the stairs.

I just nod and chew on my bottom lip, I always did that when I lied I couldn't control it.

"Cass your lieing" Louis says walking over and sitting beside me on the couch.

"Lou it really doesn't matter" I look down at my hand in my lap and crack my fingers, another habit I often do when I'm lieing.

"It does matter Cass, I love you with all my heart and I care about you more then you know" Louis grabs my hands and holds them.

"Lou I really can't tell you" I say feeling ashamed.

"Cass you can tell me anything, in fact you can tell all of us anything" Louis points to all the others boys who are watching tv.

"Lou I'm embaressed, you will hate me" I whisper as a tear runs down my cheek.

"I will never ever hate you" Louis wraps his arms around me and pulls me into him.

"Lou it's a really long story" I whisper in his ear.

"I want to hear it" Lou pulls back and looks at me still holding my hands.

"Fine, well about 2 months after you left I fell in love with a guy who I later found out was a drug dealer, I became addicted to drugs. Soon enough I realized I couldn't afford the drugs and I felt like I needed them so I turned to prostition. The worst part is that when I didn't make enough money my boyfriend would beat me senseless. It all happened so quickly though which I guess I can be thankful about, I remember the night that I decided I had finally had enough. I was with a guy who had picked me up on the street and he was threatening to kill me and I after he finally let me go I checked into a rehab center and I was there for 2 months. Everything happened within a year." I say taking a deep breath after I finish.

I look up at Louis and he looks as though he is about to cry, I look around to see all the boys eyes on me they looked like deer in the headlights.

"Cassidy I should have been here for you" Louis whispers.

"No Lou I don't think it would have made a difference" I say tears running down my cheeks.

"I need to go for a walk" Louis says standing up and walking out the front door. I watch as he walks out the front door.

I pull my knees up to my chest and start to sob.

"Cassidy what's wrong?" Niall asks moving over to sit beside me.

"I knew he would be ashamed of me" I sob again.

"No he's not Cassidy he feels bad that he left you" Niall says pulling me into a hug, it hurts but I let him pull me into his chest.

"Are you sure?" I whisper. He nods and wipes my tears away.

"Niall do you think I was stupid?" I ask knowing that the answer is just going to be no but I ask anyway.

"No Cass you are not definatley not stupid" Niall says kissing me on the forehead.

I feel a familiar flutter in my stomach and I wonder if that means I have feelings for Niall. No that can't be right.