Being Security (Conor Maynard and One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 15 - No Time To Waste

Conor’s POV

“I can’t handle you!” She screamed in my face. I’d never felt hurt like it! My stomach dropped, I felt sick. Could Ella really feel that way? Has she had enough? Maybe I was too harsh on her. I mean after all, she isn’t Rosie, she’s not the girl who used me to get up the ladder to the celebrities… I look up but Ella has run off. I can’t believe I’ve managed to push her over the edge! Dammit! I got annoyed at myself; how could I not see the cracks in her life slowly growing? Her sanity becoming less and less? She had to deal with her own problems with the three year anniversary of her sister’s death, Hannah causing problems, my problems, Ben and his 4am starts, her friends in rocky relationships… I’m surprised she held on this long! God I’m so stupid! But now’s not the time to think, I need to find her before she does something stupid… Who can I contact? Jake? Jack? I look up at the building I stand outside of. Don’t tell me I have to go in there! Please God anyone but them? Eurgh, what am I saying? Ella could be anyway doing anything right now! I burst through the door, and ignoring the security guard I run up the stairs, it’s gonna be quicker than the lift!! Running through the familiar hallway I burst through the double doors where the five boys are still sitting. Zayn immediately stands up, ready for a fight.

“I need your help! Please guys?” I shout at them, out of breath.

“Why should we?” They folded their arms and looked stroppily over at me.

“It’s Ella! She’s run away!” I say, and simultaneously the boy’s faces all drop. “She’s in a crazy state of mind, we need to find her!”

“Well where would she go?” Harry asked.

“No idea, I’m gonna ring Jake… And Jack… And everyone I can to try and find her!” I say, stressed to the max, if she does anything stupid I will never forgive myself!

“We’ll call Jake, if it helps?” Niall put forward. I nod furiously and run back out of the room, phone dialling Jack’s number.

“Hey Bro! What’s up? Got a-” Jack answered the phone in his usual cheerful way. I wasn’t in the mood for niceties.

“Ella’s gone missing! She ran off. Call whoever you can, we need to find her!” I shouted, panic obvious in my voice. I knew her, and when something hit her, it hit her hard!

“She what? Ok, Conor, calm down… I’ll get on the phone to some people. We’ll find her!” I hung up without saying bye as I jumped into my car and started the engine, with every splutter the engine made before it started making me more furious. I shoved my earpiece in and dialled Ben’s number, chucking my phone on the passenger seat as I suddenly pulled out and drove.

“Hello. This is Ben-”

“Ella’s gone missing! She ran away and no-one knows where she is!” I shout down the phone. No matter how many times I said it, I still couldn’t believe it! It was like some sort of nightmare. It had to be… I couldn’t lose her, I couldn’t lose Ella! I barely listened to what Ben said to me. I thought about what life would be like if she had done something stupid, if she was in hospital or worse… And I became numb. My sight was tunnelled, my hearing fuzzy, my mind cranking through all these thoughts was the only thing I could hear. I see a number I don’t recognise calling me and I shut ben off with a simple ‘hang on’ before answering that call.

“Conor? It’s Zayn.” Unlike before, when he looked like he was gonna kill me his voice now sounded soft and scared. “I called Jake, he’s got a cop friend. They’re gonna try and get a satellite location from her mobile… He’ll call us when he’s done. Alright?”

“I guess… There’s not much I can do!” I say, blankly.

“Jake said she may have gone somewhere relating to her childhood though. It’s the kind of thing she normally does in these situations…” Zayn said it almost regrettably.