Unexpected

Chapter ~ 15 ~ you're safe with me ~

" zayn ? "

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It was absolutely silent. If zayn was trying to scare me... it was working. I'm not good with the dark so this is horrible. 

" zayn please " i said my breathe becoming uneven. My eyes started to water a bit from how frightened I was. I tripped a bit from the side table as i was trying to find light.

I started walking faster to the door when I felt a pair of arms hug me from behind. I gasped loudly and let out a quiet scream quickly turning around and hitting my fists against zayns chest.

" gotcha " zayn said chuckling a bit. I was still hitting him with my fists because I havent calmed down yet. I was scared shitless by now and his little "joke" didnt help. Tears were streaming down my face and I was panting. Zayn noticed and stopped laughing. There was a window next to us giving in a little light which was enough for us to see each other. 

" hey hey whats wrong ? " zayn asked worriedly pulling me to his chest and rubbing my back. I couldnt speak I felt frozen, memories fled back which I didnt want to. Zayn saw I couldnt move nor talk so he picked me up bridal style and took me to the couch. I sat next to him with my legs over his lap as he stroked my back. My head was on his chest as I let the tears dry out. 

" nora i'm sorry I was just playing a little joke, I didnt know you'd be so scared baby i'm sorry " zayn said quietly breaking the silence

"  its fine.. just memories fled back " i said in almost a whisper

" what kind of memories ? " zayn asked quietly, My head was down staring at my lap. I couldnt really see since the power was still out but the window gave a bit of light for me to see zayn's face. I looked up and stared at him, symphany in his eyes and saddness in mine. I opened my mouth to quietly tell him 

" .. when I was 16 , I was home alone one night. It was thunderstorming and pouring outside just like now. I was scared and my family was all out at my sister's basketball banquet. I didnt want to go because well.. I just didnt care and loved being home alone. That was until the power went out. I didnt have flashlights or anything just my cell phone. Of course I didnt have signal either from the power outage so I sat on the couch scared as hell hoping my family would come home soon. After a while... I heard a crash. It was the door, it was broken into. My heart completely stopped and I heard loud footsteps storm in. I was young, scared, and helpless. i'd never been in such a situation like that and never want to again. I was frozen. I had no time to think so I quickly got up and quietly ran to my bedroom to hide. I heard footsteps coming in so I hid under the bed... the footsteps  kept coming closer.. and closer.. till they finally came in the room." 

i stopped talking as tears fell down my face. Zayn wiped away my tears with his thumb and looked at me. He had a look of guilt on his face and I couldnt take it. I stopped looking at him and looked back down to my lap. I took a deep breathe and continued.

" .. the footsteps came in my room. My breathing stopped, and my eyes went wide. I was praying in my head that nothing would happen. That my family would be home soon and these burglars would leave. But i was never lucky. My feet were dragged out from under the bed roughly. I let out a loud scream which resulted in a smack. I looked up, there was two of them. I barely got a look of their faces but they looked about 30. The last thing I remember was them hitting me with something and knocking me out. I was found hours later by my family still on the floor in my bedroom. They robbed the house.. luckily didnt harm me anymore after knocking me out. I had a massive headache and red mark on my cheek after that and from then.. I've always been afraid of the dark and being alone. Thats why my parents werent too keen on me coming here on my own. But i felt it was time to get a new start. I'm tired of being scared. Everytime I hear a noise at night or when it's thunderstorming I just.. cant help but think back on that moment. I'm just scared of being broken into again. " 

I let out a sigh and wiped away my dry tears. I've never told anyone that story and though it doesnt seem too big of a deal, it was to me. Zayn looked at me and I could see he didnt know what to say. If i was in his position, I wouldnt have known either.

" .. i- ... i'm so sorry " he said quietly

"  its fine. you didnt know.. i mean how would you know. " i said rather sarcasticaly

" its just hard for me to tell someone about that .. and as of right now.. you're the first one i've told. " i said 

" i guess that makes me special then " zayn said smiling, trying to light up the mood. i smirked back. He put his hand on my knee and the other  on my chin lifting it up to see his face. 

" nora, just know you're safe with me.. i promise you I wont let anyone hurt you.. I'm always here and you know that " 

" but.. you can't always be here to protect me.. "  i said, zayn sighed and looked up staring intently into my eyes and spoke..

" you really dont understand how much you mean to me do you ? "  he asked smiling. i shrugged not knowing what to say

" i .. would risk my life any day, than to see you get hurt. Because.. without you, i- i dont even know what i'd do with myself.. as long as i'm here, you're safe. and i will always be here. "