Chapter 30

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QOTD: Would you all like to see a dress I bought for an upcoming outing in my next update? (I would incorporate it into the storyline).

And also, I know I'm updating way early considering that we are no where near the goal. So I have a very important message towards the end about my new version of updating! Read on, my Syndromers!

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Alexis' POV

I wake up in a panic. What happened? Is Lottie okay? Where am I?

I try to jump up but I am held down by something. I start to shake in fright.

"Alexis! Alexis calm down.. You're alright it's safe here," I hear a voice say.

My vision slowly starts to clear up and I recognize Niall is sitting in front of me. And another boy with dirty blonde hair and green eyes that I don't believe I have met before.

I look at Niall, confused. Why does my head hurt? And why am I with Niall?

"Jesus Christ how hard did he hit you?" Niall questions to himself.

"Who hit me?" I ask.

He shakes his head slowly in disbelief, "Harry did."

My heart stops. He promised he would never hurt me again for Lottie's sake. My heart starts racing. Lottie.

"W-where's Lottie?" I stutter out, making my head throb even more.

"Don't worry love. She's upstairs in the room that Theo usually stays in."

The name Theo rings a bell. He must be related to Niall in some way?

The green eyed boy holds an ice pack towards my jaw.

"Who are you?" I ask him.

"I'm Levi, Niall's friend. I play derby with him sometimes. I'm also a doctor in training," he informs me in a thick Irish accent.

I giggle for some unknown reason, "So you're Irish too. I like your accent," I say, unable to think before I speak.

"Wow, no offense babe, but you're really out of it," Niall comments, "May I ask what you did to get Harry so mad?"

I groan, "I have absolutely no idea."

Niall looks at Levi.

"I think Alexis here has a bit of short term memory loss from the hard hits to her head. No major damage was done but I do believe she might not get her memories back from this morning. And you're gonna have a pretty gnarly black eye," Levi explains.

I groan again.

"Thanks for coming over Levi. Seeing her in this bad of shape really scared the shit out of me."

Levi and Niall talk for a bit longer until Levi finally leaves.

"Babe, I'm so sorry about Harry. I should've known. It's just been so long since something like this has happened."

"Wait.. Harry has done stuff like this before?" I ask anxiously.

"Well you're the first girl he's kidnapped but.. Let's just say Harry had a girlfriend a few years back. And that did not end well."

"What happened to her?!"

"It was like true love at first, but then, the girl started to irritate him. So Zayn and him would do stuff that would terrify her. And one day, they took it one step too far. They hurt her really bad, Alex. No one knows about this because management paid her and her family a shitload of money for them not to tell. That girl is living down in the Caribbean somewhere now."

So Zayn and Harry have done sketchy stuff together before. I'm more hurt than I am scared, I really thought Harry was a good person on the inside.

"Well what do we do now?" I question.

"Well Harry is not going to allow you back at his place so I guess you have to stay with me, if that's alright. We leave for South Africa tomorrow. I've got everything packed. Most of your clothes are back at Harry's because he was about to kick my ass if I didn't get out of the house. I got most of Lottie's stuff though. I will buy you more clothes in South America."

"That's very sweet of you. Thank you for taking me in. I hope I'm not too much of a burden on you."

"You're never a burden to me, Alex," He winks.

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Authors Note

CRAPPY CHAPTER IM SO SORRY.

But I have decided to change the updating schedule! Rather than updating every 1K reads, I will update every 3-5 days. I will trust that you will keep reading and voting. The more reads you get, the quicker the updates will be. (Thank messyfandom for helping me think of this!)

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Much love Syndromers ! -K xx

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