My Princess Next Door 》》 Niall Horan

Chapter 31

ZAYN'S POV

My best mate's voice echoed in my ears. Come back. He'd said. I thought about what had happened as I walked through the streets of Mullingar.

*Flashback*

I was absolutely happy with how my life was. I had the most incredible family that always supported me, my dream job, four best mates and an amazing and beautiful girlfriend.

But happiness will never last will it? Nope.

All the five of us had gone to enjoy at a pub. Paul had some work to do so he couldn't come with us. Even then we are twenty year olds, can't we take care of ourselves?

The answer again is N-O-P-E.

They all got wasted pretty fast.

Please don't call me anything, but I had to obey my girlfriend. Yeah, Perrie had told me "No Drugs anymore Z. Please!" So this time, I didn't drink.

But the other lads did. And that's how they........ got drugged....

I was just coming out of the toilet only to realise the lads where nowhere to be seen. I searched them around the whole pub. I was getting nervous. Did they leave without me?

Wait a sec..... Is that Harry?!

"Haz!" I called out to him. No reply. I dashed towards him, absolutely terrified.

Then I realised I had come out of the pub. But where were they?!

And then I heard maniacal laughter from behind me.

I turned to see...... our manager laughing at me.

"How pathetic! We got only four!" He exclaimed with a fake cry.

"What do you want?" I asked him, desperately trying to hide the growing fear in my voice.

"I want to break you all..... I will break you all and you will remain broken forever" he said with a malicious tone.

"Leave them alone" I said through my hard breaths.

"As if I will! Hahaha! I thought you had something inside that skull, Malik" he said through his laughter.

All my fear turned into rage.

"HOW DARE YOU LAUGH AT US! I THOUGHT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING US! I SAW YOU AS MY ELDER BROTHER YOU DOGSHIT!" I yelled at the top of my voice.

"STOP YELLING!" My manager exclaimed.

"Or what?" I asked him with all defiance I could muster.

"Or....." he slashed his knife at...... Harry's throat...

"DON'T HURT HIM!" I defensively yelled again.

He trusted the knife in a bit deeper and I swear I felt bile in my mouth.

"If you don't listen now, your friends are in grave danger. All I ask you is, leave the band." He stated it as a fact.

No.... I have to choose between my best mates and my dream job. I have to choose between the people who loved me to death and who would die if I asked them to.

My mates are more important to me.. their lives are now hanging on a thread. I realised that my choice can take their lives or save it because I saw that I was badly outnumbered and all of the goons were having a gun.

"Let them go" I said, teardrops falling down my cheek.

*End of Flashback*

I dashed through the roads of Mullingar, remembering how I got involved and how I involved my mate's girlfriend in this.

Even she chose to protect them. Even if it meant breaking their heart. That's why she'd kissed me. Knowing that Niall will be heartbroken when he sees that. And us being famous, it was easy for him to find out.

And now Niall is hurting that he'd doubted her. Niall is hurting that he couldn't protect her.

Niall is hurting because I dragged them both into this mess.

It's high time to sort it out now.

And the only way I see now.... Go back to 1D