Anna's POV
I was totally lost in the music. Listening to the beautiful voice of Ed Sheeran, I went up into releve and completed an attitude turn. I gracefully glided across the studio floor, completely forgetting everything that was on my mind and just focusing on the moves.
"Give me love like her
Paint splattered teardrops on my shirt
Told you I'd let them go
Now I just wanna hold ya
Give a little time to me
Or burn this out
We'll play hide and seek
To turn this around
All I want is the taste that your lips allow
My my, my my, give me love
Give a little time to me
Give me love..."
When the music stopped playing, I slowly sat down on the hardwood floor, lightly panting. At the moment, the only thing running through my mind was the dance, trying to remember if I had hit all the right moves at the right time.
My phone buzzed about five minutes later, snapping me out of my thoughts. It was probably Lou.
We had known each other for about two weeks now, and have gotten really close. It's summer break, so I had plenty of time to hang out with him and the lads while they weren't busy.
I got up from my position on the floor and grabbed my iPhone off of the dock. Checking to see who it was from, I quickly unlocked it and saw that it was, in fact, Lou.
"I'm lonelyyyy :( "
Giggling, I quickly replied, "Sorry babe, dance practice and stuff! Can't come over today. Miss you xx"
"Okay :( I guess I'll just have to sit here.... all alone...."
"I said sorry! Don't be a big baby :P"
After I sent the message, I walked across the room and grabbed my bag, took off my dance shoes and put my black converse on, throwing everything else into my bag.
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I slowly unlocked the front door before opening it and looking around to see if my dad was home yet. I didn't see him, but I was still cautious as I started to run up to my room.
Hearing thumping, I swiveled around, only to see my very drunk father. He looked a bit worse than he usually did. I didn't have much time to think before he caught my leg and dragged me down the staircase.
My head hit the ground with a loud thump, making me slightly dizzy. I rolled over just in time to dodge a punch that I'm pretty sure would have caused some damage if I hadn't moved. I stood up, quickly running over to him and kicked him in the side. It's time to fight back. After thirteen years, I finally decided to fight back.
Jumping on his back, I delivered a punch to his face. He rolled over and momentarily smushed me before he cursed under his breath and slapped me.
I tried to get away but he grabbed my wrist and forced me back down on the ground. He cupped his hands around my neck as I struggled to get free, with no success. Letting out a distorted shriek, I started to sob.
I was getting short on air and started to panic as a million thoughts went through my head. One person in particular: Louis. Everything turned around so quickly.
For the past week or so, everything had been close to perfect, and now, it all seemed to vanish.
I was starting to black out, and I knew that I had to fight back. There is no way that I will give up this easily. I lifted one of my knees up and hit him in his soft spot, making him groan and release his grip. Taking the opportunity, I jumped up, grabbed my bag, and ran up the steps as fast as I could.
I locked the door and grabbed my mobile out of my bag, even though I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do. Call the police? No...
When I turned it on, there was a message from Louis, "Hey babe :) Be ready in 5, I'm gonna swing by and pick you up for a surprise.... ;) xxx."
Sent four minutes ago.
I can't let him see me like this.... I can't let him find out. He would find out eventually, but not like this.
I was about to text him back when I saw his car pull up out front. Crap crap crap crap CRAP! It was too far of a jump for me to go out of the window, and the front door wasn't exactly the safest or smartest option at the moment. I guess I could jump... no, I can't... but I have to.
"I'll be right out, be ready to go when I get down there. I'll explain later xx"
After I sent him that quick message, I opened up my window and jumped out, with my bag breaking my fall. It wasn't as bad as I had imagined, but it still stung. I looked over and saw the front door opening and Lou's car right in front of me.
I quickly hopped up and dashed over to the passenger side of the car.
"Lou, please go. NOW," I practically screamed at him. He looked over at me questioningly but didn't say anything, and stepped on the gas. Looking back, I saw that my dad wasn't following us. I sighed in relief and slumped in my seat a bit.
I felt Lou's eyes on me, but I didn't look back at him.
"Anna? Babe can you please tell me what this is all about?"
I sighed, knowing that I'd have to explain sooner or later.
"Can we talk about this later? Please? Just give me a little while to settle down... then I'll explain," I told him. He just nodded and looked back at the road.
When we pulled up into his driveway, he stopped but didn't turn off the car. He just sat there, thinking. "Lou? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," he said and slightly smiled. "It's just... never mind."
"What is it Lou?" I asked, truly curious.
He turned toward me and began to speak. "Before that happened, I was going to pick you up and ask you something... but I might as well do it now. Anna, will you be my girlfriend?"
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Tada! Bit of a cliffhanger and some drama there.... but I hope you liked it! And the link over there is the dance routine in the beginning of the story, feel free to watch it if you want a picture I guess... :P I'll update as soon as I can! Vote, comment, follow, and share with your friends! Love yous! xxx :)
