Missing Pages (Book 2)

Safe In My Hands

Harry's POV~
My eyes flutter open as the sun shines through my old curtains. I apparently slept all through yesterday, missing dinner. Not that I really cared. I wasn't hungry.

I checked the time on my phone, 8:13am. I looked over to the sleeping body next to me, his hair sticking out at weird angles from sleep. His lips were parted slightly, & his eyebrows were furrowed together slightly.

He looked stressed..which was weird because he's sleeping. Suddenly his eyes open, & he's looking at me with his warm chocolatey eyes.

I feel my stone walls begin to crumble around me..with just one look. "I'm sorry." He whispers, cupping my cheek in his hand, caressing it with his thumb.

"What?" I ask confused, feeling the warmth flow through my body from my cheek down to my toes.

"I should've ran after you.." He says softly.

"Why didn't you?" I ask, trying to hide the hurt in my voice.

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Zayn's POV~

"Why didn't you?" He asks, hurt clear in his voice.

*Flashback*
"-Happy Holidays Everybody!" Donny shouts smugly, before he's being dragged off the stage by professors. That fucker..I'll kill him.

The laughter filling the room was unbearable. I was so filled with rage I didn't notice Harry's hand had slipped out of mine..until some jock shouted "Yeah, run away you freak! And don't come back!"

I look over at where the voice came from before looking over at where Harry had been only moments before, only catching a shadow of him as he ran out the door of the gymnasium.

That's it. No one talks to my Harry like that. I storm over to the douche bag, grabbing him by the collar and slamming him against the wall.

"Don't ever fucking talk about him like that, you hear me?" I spit through gritted teeth.

"What's wrong? You embarrassed to be dating a freak?" He spits back.

"Don't fucking call him that, bitch." I growl, punching him in the gut.

Before I can hit him again, Louis pulls me off. "He's not worth it. C'mon."

I shrug him off, & storm out. The rest of the boys trailing behind me. I didn't care anymore..Donny was gonna get what was coming to him.

*Flashback over*

"I kinda punched a guy.." I say finally.

"You..you what?" He asks, eyes wide.

"He said something about you & it pissed me off so I punched him. Then Louis pulled me off & we went to wait for Donny in front of his dorm room." I explain.

He doesn't say anything so I continue, "Then the boys beat the shit out of him, & then well..I realized how big I fucked up by letting you walk out so I ran off to find you..but you weren't in your room, or mine. Then I thought of the roof & there you were.."

"Oh.." He says softly.

"Yeah..I love you..I hope you know I don't give a shit what anyone says, you're not a freak. I promise to protect you okay?" I say sincerely, before kissing him.

He pulls away, blushing. "I have like horrible morning breath right now."

I laugh, "So what? You think my mouth is minty fresh?" I lean in again, but he covers my lips with his hand.