A Broken Dream (A One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter Nine: Safe

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Tears were rolling down Niall's and Zayn's faces, and threatened to spill onto Liam's. Louis was silent, a ghostly look in his eyes. Harry sat there staring at me, as if there was something interesting.

"L-Leah, how long has he..." Louis finally spoke. Harry started looking angry, protective even.

"Ever since I can remember." My eyes fell onto the grass. Why was I telling them all this? I traced the bruise on my shoulder gently with my fingertips.

"A-and y-you're fifteen?" Louis was the only one speaking. I just nodded my head.

"Dear god... Do you know why?" I gave him a confused look again.

"Why he.... Ya know...."

"God Louis, she gets beaten! It's not like she's a completely different species or something." Harry ranted angrily for a moment.

"I know, but I didn't want to hurt her Harry!" Louis retorted. They were fighting over... Me. This was my fault.

"Please stop! It's fine! Just let it go, please." A pleaded look set its way into my eyes and when I looked back up, all the boys were silent. Everyone wiped away their tears.

"Okay Leah, we'll drop it for now. Lets learn the real Leah, okay?" Liam finally spoke up. I sighed and nodded my head shyly.

"What's your favorite color?" Zayn asked.

"Purple or black."

"What kind of grades do you get?" This time Liam.

"'A's and 'B's."

Where do you live?" Now Niall.

"Georgia." I giggled a bit.

"Have you ever been in love?" Harry smiled at me.

"Only with people who have no idea who I am." I rolled my eyes. Oh, how I would do anything for Ed Sheeran's affection.

"What do you want to do for a career?" I paused. No one really ever asks. People usually assume I'll turn out a drug addict or something.

"Um... I wanna be a singer." Their faces lit up.

"IDEA!!! Boys, can I speak to you for a moment?" Harry stood up and they all shuffled out of the room. I watched the stars until they came back.

"Okay, how about this: You come and open for us on tour?!" All of them looked so excited. A certain apprehension cloaked my being.

"Um... Well... It sounds fun... It's just..." How could I ever leave dad? I know that he abuses me and he hates me, but his whole life depends on me. What if he sucks another poor woman into his trap when I'm gone?

"What's wrong, love? Wouldn't you be happy?" Louis asked, his nose scrunching up a bit. All of the boys looked really confused.

"It's just... What if he doesn't let me go? And if he does, what if he hurts someone else? I don't want anyone to go through what I go through..." My eyes fell down to the dew-dropped grass.

"Boys, are we on the same level?" They all started whispering in each others' ears. Finally, all of their faces became solemn.

"What if we put him somewhere safe? I'm sorry Leah, but your father needs to be behind bars for the safety of everyone." Harry licked his lips at his last word. My jaw fell open a bit.

"But-but where will I go? I don't, I don't have any other family. Ill be an orphan! Ill have no one..." A single tear streamed down my face.

"That's where we come in. What if we adopt you?" Again, there faces became full of smiles. Harry tried to bite his lip to hide his beaming smile. I thought it over a bit before sighing.

"O-okay." I brushed the tear from my face.

"Okay? Boys! She said okay!" They all hugged each other and jumped up and down. Oh how I wished to be in the middle of that.

We decided that during school tomorrow, the boys would file the police report and fill out custody papers. We said our goodbyes and then something surprising happened.

"Hey Leah, I'm glad you're letting us help you. I... I love you Leah." My breath caught in my throat.

"Thanks Harry." I quickly disconnected and set my laptop on my desk. Ugh... Why couldn't I ever let people care about me?!

Harry's POV

She... She didn't say it back. How could I be so stupid?! I shouldn't have said anything. I should've kept my feelings away. I know how much she's going through, and yet I did it anyways.

Ugh, come on Harry!

I shut my laptop and left it on the table. Sauntering over to the bunks, I settled into mine at the middle. No one owned the bunk above me.

That one will be Leah's.

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It was short, but yay :D Leah's getting adopted!

What's going to happen tomorrow? Wait and see :)

*i will update tomorrow*

I love you!!!

Stay beautiful,

Brittany