Tell Me A Secret

Chapter 11: Boundaries

*DREAM*

"THIS IS IT AVERY" Harry says pushing the knife against my throat.

"You think you can just disobey me like that"

"NIALL PLEAS-" I scream for my life

I wake up screaming and I push myself up so that I'm sitting up in my bed. I start gasping for air, refilling my lungs back and forth. My room was dark and no one was in here with me. I calm myself down by lying back down on my soft pillows and stare up at the ceiling. I'm going to have nightmares probably every night that I'm in this house. Harry was pure evil and I needed to get myself out of this house. But his gang and himself was too smart for me and strong. It needs to be the right moment and time to get out.

I hear a soft knock on the door and then the door opens. I look over towards the door frightened of who is intruding my space. If it is Harry I'm going to scream at him, he deserves it. I can't see because of the darkness of the room, so I just whisper yell, "Who's there?"

I hear footsteps coming towards me and I get nervous, "It's Niall", he says standing above me in a light where I can see him now. A relief comes over me to see that it is only Niall. Niall always came to me when he thought something was wrong. I think it was just his body guard instincts but I loved him for that.

"Are you okay, I heard a scream" he says grabbing my sheets and pulling them off me and scooting in the bed. He pulls the covers back on us and looks at me.

I just look at him and start to cry. "I-" I start but Niall pulls me into a hug.

"I know, what he did was wrong" Niall says pulling my hair out of my face and rubbing my back.

"Why is he so evil, Niall" I say gripping him harder, letting my feelings come loose.

Niall stays silent, almost like he is searching for an answer he can't find.

We just sit there in silence listening to each others heartbeat. I think all of my hatred for Niall passed to Harry when he had me on this bed. How could he do that to me, he knows who I am. You don't treat a woman like that. I know he is a gang member, but there is a reason why he captured me, he wouldn't just kill me. I still don't fully trust Niall but he has done a lot for me since I've been here. I know somewhere in his heart there is good.

"Ave" Niall whispers down at me stoking my hair away from my face so it doesn't get wet from my tears.

I just look up at him because I have no words for him. I'm still shaken up from everything, and I had too much on my mind right now.

"I'm sorry" he says while reaching his head down to mine and placing his soft warm lips on my forehead.

I'm in shock that he would apologize to me right now especially. I want him to feel bad, he got me here, he works for Harry. I don't accept his apology but I do have to think about who I have that is closest to me here, and it's him. He has some type of feeling for me and I know it and he is probably my only way out of here.

"Niall" I say up at him looking into his ocean blue eyes.

"Yes" he says looking down smiling at me

"Can you please stay with me" I say cuddling into him

"Of course" he whispers and smirks

He grabs my hips and moves his body so it is more comfortable for both of us to sleep. He grabs the covers and tucks us in and I just lay my head on his chest. I needed the comfort right now, I was at my lowest. He always calms me down and I know he knows it helps me.

I roll over on the bed to see Niall is gone, like always. Every time I ask him to stay I mean actually stay with me. He was my comfort in this hell hole and I needed him.