Her Sister's Revenge - One Direction

Chapter 27: Changes

Chapter 27 – Changes

I wake to find myself in pain. My wrist is throbbing as I look around and notice that I'm actually in Niall's room. I peel the blankets off me and get up to stretch. I then head downstairs cradling my wrist to see what Niall is up to. Turns out he is making breakfast, I can smell the bacon wafting through the air. I skip a few steps in order to make it to the kitchen faster.

"Good morning." I say to Niall taking seat at the breakfast bar. He turns and replies.

"Morning Elena, how was your sleep?"

"It was good, but I have a small favor to ask." I say lightly rubbing my raw wrist.

"Yeah, anything." He responds, taking the eggs off the burner.

"Could you maybe go out and get something for my wrist? It's really starting to hurt and I don't want it to get infected, well more infected than it probably already is." Niall stops what he's doing and comes around to examine my wound. He grabs a cloth from a nearby drawer and douses it in water then wrings it out. He places it on my wrist and I take in a sharp breath. The cloth is cold but soothing all at the same time.

"We should get you to the hospital is what we should do." I sigh and shake my head.

"What if Eleanor sees me? Then all hell will break loose." He washes his hands and finishes breakfast before he speaks again.

"When we're done eating you should shower and then we'll go yeah?"

"Okay fine." He dishes out some food for me and I take it to the living room as he follows with his.

We eat breakfast wordlessly with the television for background noise.There is some stupid story on the news about a cat that I don't really care to listen to.

"Niall what's up? You're acting off today." He sighs once more and places his food on the coffee table.

"I just, I'm so nervous about Eleanor and her accomplices finding you again. What if they miraculously find out you're here and then come take you away again? I can't deal with them taking you again. I fucking watched it happen the first time and I did nothing to stop it. You don't know what it's like to have something terrible happen right before your eyes and not being able to do anything about it."I stare at him and start to tear up. I've never seen him so worried and helpless before.

"NiallI-" I try to cut in but he stops me.

"No Elena, just stop, I'm sorry you got kidnapped I really am. While you were gone, it was the worst time of my life too. The boys kept ragging on you the entire time. They would not stop saying how stupid and worthless you were. How much of a liar you were. I wanted to yell at them and scream that they were the fucked up ones not you. That you were telling the truth the entire time. Harry was such an idiot to let you go. You are the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me. I know you won't date me and honestly, I don't want to date you. You mean so much to me as a friend and I don't want to fuck that up. So yeah, I had it rough too."