Loved You First (Prequel Contest)

Niall’s POV:

 “LEAVE ME ALONE!!” I screamed, and then I ran. After everything we’ve been through, after all of the work we’ve put into this, she’d just throw it all away?

 I come back to reality as I collide with something. I look up to see a tree, and I feel liquid run down my face. I touch my forehead, and look at my hand to see blood. Then, I do something I never thought I would do, I punch the tree. I keep going, letting all of my anger course through my body, and exiting through my clenched fists. After several minutes, I start to walk away, but I fall to my knees. Next thing I know, the world around me is spinning. I look at my hands, wondering how much damage I’ve done. My world goes black, and I fade into darkness.

Skylar’s POV:

I quickly shut the door, crying my eyes out. After several minutes I compose myself, trying to keep my mind off of what just happened. I hear my ringtone, and pull my phone out of my pocket. “Hello?”

“Skylar, it’s Maura, is Niall with you?” “No, he isn’t, why are you asking?” “I keep trying to get a hold of him, but he won’t answer his phone.” “I’ll keep an eye out for him, and tell him to call you.” “Thanks, love.” I slowly open the door and slide out of my car as I slide my phone back into my pocket. I start to walk back into the woods, when I see something. I do a double take, looking again and see the ever familiar blonde-haired boy beating the hell out of a tree. Suddenly, he stops, and turns to walk away. I gasp as I see blood running down his left cheek and covering his hands. I slowly pull out my phone, watching his every move. I hit the redial button and put the phone up to my ear.

 Ring…he falls to his knees. Ring…he looks back at his hands, turning them over so he can assess all of the damage. Ring... he falls to the ground. “Hello?” “Maura, Niall’s hurt, you need to call someone.” “Skylar, what happened?” My voice shakes as I recall what I’ve seen. “We got into a fight, and then he ran off. Then I went to my car, and then you called me, so I went to look for him. I saw him punching a tree. He started to walk away, but he fell, and now I think he’s passed out. Please…help me.” I sink down and cry, leaning on a tree, waiting for an answer. “I’m getting into the car now. I’ll call for help, you just stay there. Niall told me where you two were going.” “Thank you,” I whisper into the phone right before I hear the call cut off. I get up slowly and walk toward Niall. The sight of him causes more tears to fall. Did I do this? Is this my fault? “I’m so sorry, Leppy.” I bury my face in my hands and cry.

 After several minutes of crying, I hear something snap. I jerk my head up to see what’s going on, and I see Maura walking over to me, tears in her eyes as she looks at her son. I get up and start to leave, but she grabs my arm and pulls me back. “He needs you more then he needs me,” I start, “and after what happened earlier, he probably doesn’t want me there when he wakes up.” A look of shock spreads from her eyes to the rest of her face as she drops my arm. “Please don’t tell him I’m the one who found him,” I add. She nods her head, but she looks extremely confused. Then I run. It’s my turn to run now, and there’s no one here to stop me. It’s time to start over.