She's Not Afraid

Chapter 6

Kennedy's P.O.V.

"Kennedy is that you?" my mom yelled from the top of the stairs.

"Yeah! Sorry! I was out with my new dance partner."

"New partner?" She ran dow the stairs. " I thought Kate had picked your partner. Weren't you paired with Zach last time?"

"Kate had a new boy come. But don't worry! He's danced for years. He started when he was fve." I looked down at my shoes as a blush started to form. Wait blush?

"Honey, is there a chance you are falling for this boy?" My mum grinned at me.

"What? Me? No way. Mum, it's Harry Styles from that famous band."

Her jaw dropped. "Anne's son?" Anne? Who? "Well be careful! You never know with those famous boys." I groaned.

"Mum, I don't like him like that. I repeat. I. Do. Not. Like. Him."

"Right" She just smiled.

"Well.. I'm going to bed. Goodnight Mum." I kissed her on the cheek and ran to my room.

I couldn't sleep for awhile. I just kept thinking about Harry. I told my mom I didn't like him. But was there a chance I was falling for the curly haired boy?

Harry's P.O.V.

I found Zayn lounging on his bed texting.

"Hey Zayn. We need to talk." I heard him groan, and he put his phone down. "Zayn, what happened with Kennedy?"

"Harry, it isn't really my place to tell you." Of course it wasn't. We just loved keeping secrets in our sweet house.

"Zayn. I seriously think I'm falling for Kennedy! I need to know why she's so guarded." Wait. What did I just say?

His face lit up. "You like Kennedy?" I nooded. "YES! This will be perfect for her."

"So will you explain?"

Zayn's P.O.V

*Flashback*

I smiled at the pretty girl standing in front of me.

"Nice to meet you Zayn! I'm Ken." She smiled at me as Tristan pulled her closer. He whispered something in her ear, and Ken looked shocked. I looked at her closer.

If I hadn't been looking closely, I would have missed it. Makeup. Covering almost every inch of her body, almost making the blue tint invisible. Bruises.

"Hey T, I'm going to steal Ken away for a bit. I need to get to know her! I can't believe you didn't tell us about her for three months!" Tristan looked at me warily, but agreed. I put my hand on Ken's shoulder and led her away.

"Zayn, I know you lied back there. You have a question for me." Ken looked at me "through her eyelashes.

"Ken, I need you to be completely honest with me," she nodded "Why are you wearing makeup to cover bruises?"

She looked at me in fear. "It's nothing Zayn. Just put it from your mind."

"You're lying to me Ken. I know we just met, but please."

She took a deep breath before she began. "You can't tell anyone Zayn. Tristan came to my Dance Company, and became my partner. I thought life couldn't get any better. About a month after we started dating, my friend got seriously ill, but she was in America. I had started making plans to go visit her, but Tristan didn't want me to leave. I thought it was cute at first, until I realized he really wouldn't let me leave. I had everything packed and ready to leave, when Tristan.. when he first hit me. He told me he wouldn leave me if I left, so of course I stayed. Everytime since then, if I wanted to spend time apart, he hits me. I argued to be able to come here tonight, and he hit me until he realized it was to be with his friends." Ken had tears running down her face, showing the purple bruises.

"And that is exactly why I don't want you leaving my side." Tristan emerged from the shadows, eyes glued on Ken.

"Hey T, lay off. She did nothing wrong." As I said that I watched Tristan walk towards Ken.

"Perhaps yo uneed a new lesson?" Tristan hissed at Ken.

"No, NO please Tristan, leave me alone! Just let me go!" I stood frozen, watching Ken struggle against her boyfriend.

"Well since Zayn already knows our secret, this won't matter." I watched as Tristan's hand came in contact with Ken's face, over and over again, until she collapsed. He looked back at me. "You tell no one."

*End Flashback*

I looked at Harry, and he sat in shock. "He.. hit her? Why didn't she ever leave him?"

"I never understood. I think she tried to leave multiple times, but he would just hit her again. I'll tell you more and more of the story as you two get closer. Now get your sorry behind to bed now, or else you'll be tired at dance." I chuckled saying dance.

Harry hit me with a pillow. "Night Zayn"

"Night Haz." After Harry left I replayed meeting Kennedy over and over again. Why hadn't I done anything to help her? I could have stopped the whole thing before it got worse.

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Don't hurt me guys, school always comes first! At least this is longer than my normal update right? Learning about Kennedy is shocking right? It makes me sad. And I created it! Well I'll update asap. Love you! I got a new cover! I made it, it isn't the best, but I like it more.