The Girl On The Street (complete)

Chapter 9

Chapter 9- Tension

Zayn's POV.

When you're just a kid, everything is fine. The world seems huge and you can explore it within the comfort of your living room. The world was innocent and always happy. Or at least to most kids it is... It was too Ziara... Ziara, the girl who wasn't bullied, the girl who was a goner to most, the girl who most thought was an amazing thing, or the girl who was just an item- something to be used and then thrown away. To others, she was just a person passing on the street, that it wouldn't matter if one day she was there, and the next she was not.

"Who are you to judge people?" A guy asked me at the interview we where at.

"I'm not, it's just that I have seen so much, and know that it's not the way to treat people." I stated as I put my hand up to my chin. I had zoned out for most of the interview afterwards, only answering questions that were directed at me. I was walking with the lads as we walked back home. The wind was blowing harshly and I thought about others that didn't have shelter... The ones that always had to bear the winter outside.

"When you think of it, Ziara could not be here today, if she hasn't had a couple of people here." I wondered out loud. The boys looked at me strangely at me, causing me to sigh.

"She doesn't wear much. She doesn't have a place to stay in recovery. She could have had a cold and then died from it." I explained as we continued walking. The boys grew silent as we trudged in front of Liam's flat. We reached the door to find it already open and we went inside. The doors were open as we hanged up our jackets.

"Hello?" Louis called out softly. We walked into the living room, finding thew room dark.

"Hello?" Liam repeated after Louis. A light flashed on and there sat a boy about 18 years, only a year older then Ziara.

"Who are you?" Harry asked, staring at the stranger. He had black hair and his pale skin looked as though it had been scarred, he held up his brown eyes that had a sense of amusement in them.

"My name is Derek. Wether you know me or not, that doesn't matter. What does matter is Ziara knows me. I suggest you stay away from her, especially since she'll be out of the hospital soon." Derek grinned wickedly.

"Why should we?" Niall asked. "She's our friend, not just yours."

"No, see that's where your wrong lover-boy. She isn't my friend, or at least she wasn't as she would say." Derek laughed at the last statement. I creeped closer to the guy as Niall and Harry tensed at the word 'lover-boy'.

"Leave, and maybe we will leave Ziara alone." I growled at him. "What we do with our friend is no concern of yours." I rolled up my fingers into a fist as I took a step closer to him. He pulled out a knife out of his pocket and smiled at it.

"You know what this is?" He asked. "This is grim, something Ziara will find very familiar, after all grim is the one who gave her the cuts that put her in the hospital." Harry stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar. Derek dropped his knife and stared in defiance at him.

"If you dare touch her again, I will make sure that your dead within the 24 hours of it. Got it?" He said in a voice so low, that even I could barely hear and I was standing right next to him.

"And I'll be there along side him. Making you suffer as she suffered when you put her in the bloody coma." Niall growled. Harry released Derek as Niall took over and threw him out the front door.

Louis' POV.

We (Liam, Zayn, and me) were looking at the two boys in shock. After all, Harry could be mean, but never that mean as I had seen just then. And Niall, gosh Niall, that was way out of character for him. He never made a death threat to anyone; he was always the innocent and happy one.

"I learn something new about us every single day." I laughed.

"Niall... Where did you all of a sudden get the death threat from?" Liam asked, scratching the back of his neck. Niall looked down at his shoes as mumbled something.

"What? I didn't catch that." Zayn said.

"I didn't say the threat, I just said what he deserved.. He's the one that won't let Ziara talk about the incident." Niall mumbled again. "And he called me lover-boy." We laughed as he blushed.

The boys went to the living room and I pulled Harry into the hallway.

"Didn't know you could make death threats Harry." I told him as he looked at his feet.

"Well, he's the one that hurt Ziara, and he was practically threatening to do it again." Harry said as he looked up at me. "As well as threatening us." I nodded but still...

"But still, no real regular person would throw a death threat like that." I told him, explaining my thoughts.

"But we are no regular persons are we? You boys mean so much to me, and I don't want to lose each and everyone of you." He said as he thought his thoughts through. I couldn't believe it, that Harry.... Our Harry would say something's mean like that. I shock my head and pulled him to the living room. We sat in the living room, them watching a movie while I was texting El. She was on a well-deserved trip and this was the only time that would work between the time differences.

-to El

Hey, how you doing? How is everything over there?

-from El

Hi! Everything is great, really wish that you were here though!

-to El

I wish I was too, need a little vacation after all that happened this week..

-from El

Did she finally wake up? Are Harry and Niall not the sad shells that they were earlier?

-to El

She did, they stopped being the shells that they became.... But we had an interesting meeting with one of her 'friends' tonight

-from El

OMG what happened? And yay! They do need a girlfriend

-to El

LOL, not yet please ;).. But umm, the most interesting part was him threatening us and then HARRY and NIALL threatened him back

-from El

Niall and Harry? Our Niall and Harry? Wow, must have been some threats

-to El

They were, you should have seen the look on their faces... Wow, never thought I could see them like that

-from El

Tell me the full story when I get back, but I gtg... Bye! Love you!

-to El

I will! Love you too!

I sent the last text and shut my phone off. I turned over to Harry and Niall with interest. Why all of a sudden now? Why did the threats come out now? Why did Derek call Niall lover-boy if he doesn't know us? What role does Derek play anyway? There were so many questions and I couldn't process them all... But most of all, why? Why all of a sudden tonight?

Authors note-

Hi again! Hope you like the chapter and I'm so sorry for any mistakes.. I'm tired and I came from play rehearsal.., but anyway I need to have 2! Yes 2! Comments before posting next chap.. Either answer one of Lou's Q's or answer this one: Harry, Ziara? Or Niall, Ziara? Just 2 please! Thanks for reading!!