Do I Frighten You?

Chapter 4

Niall's POV

I didn't care what she said. I grabbed her hand and dashed downstairs. I set her down at the table and winked, making her blush.

"I wanna make you something to eat, any ideas, Love?" I asked opening the fridge scanning the food.

"Niall, I'm okay, I can get it." She said walking over to me.

"I know you can get it, but I want to get it for you." I said putting my hand on her shoulder. She giggled.

"Okay, um I will have a bottle of water and an apple" she said simply. What? That's it? That is not even a snack.

"Ella, that is not enough, what else do you want to eat?" I asked more serious. She looked embarrassed.

"Niall..." She whined.

"Why won't you eat?" I demanded to know.

"It's my way of dealing with the situation I'm in" she said looking down.

"Starving yourself isn't fixing anything. Whatever situation you are in we can find a different way to deal with it." I said giving her a smile.

"Niall, I've been forced to live with an obnoxious creature that I believed only existed in stories, I'm living in the middle of the bloody woods, and I have no control of it at all! But I do have control over what I do with my body and it makes me feel better." She said taking a drink of water.

"That's a stupid excuse. It still doesn't fix anything." Her excuse for self deprivation was frustrating.

"It might not make sense to you but it makes perfect sense to me!" I snapped.

"Don't get snappy with me, Ella! You'll regret it!" I warned her.

"What are you gonna do, drink my blood until I'm dead? It would be a favor!" She raised her voice and my anger.

"Why the fuck does Harry even care about what happens to you? You are just a gloomy waste of space!" I yelled taking a step closer. I saw a tear roll down her cheek, breaking my rage.

"Is everything okay in here? Oh hello Ella. I'm Liam" Liam said walking in the kitchen. She was still scared from me yelling.

"Yes Liam, I was just making Ella something to eat." I said giving him an assuring look.

He nodded and asked, "Do you guys think you can stay out of trouble for an hour so I can take a nap? Harry should be back soon."

I nodded and said, "Yea I'm a big boy. I got this under control, go take a nap." I said ushering him out of the kitchen.

I looked back at Ella, she was still quiet and scared. I felt bad. I walked over to her and placed my hand gently on her cheek, she started to cringe under my touch.

I frowned my eyebrows. "I don't want you to be scared of me." She looked at me.

"I didn't mean to yell, I just didn't like hearing you say that. I don't understand how starving yourself is dealing with it. I'm sorry." I said trying to calm her.

"I'm sorry Niall" she spoke softly, looking back down. I moved my hand to her chin and lifted her face to get her eyes to meet mine.

"I'll forgive you if you forgive me?" I proposed.

"Deal" she smiled.

"Your beautiful" I whispered, making her blush.

I finally got her to tell me her favorite food. Chicken Alfredo. I loved chicken Alfredo too. "Your not supposed to put the eggs in the mix until you beat them!" She said laughing.

We were baking a cake for dessert since we both found are favorite cake mix in the pantry. Strawberry. "Why would you beat eggs? What did they so wrong?" I joked. We laughed and laughed until Harry walked in.

"I can see you've met Niall" he said looking at Ella then at me.

"I made her chicken Alfredo. I hope you don't mind" I said grabbing the back of my neck.

"Oh no, I don't mind at all. I'm actually happy to see her eating. And having fun..I guess" he said mumbling the 'I guess' part.

"Where's Liam?" He asked changing the subject.

"In the living area. Napping I think." I said looking in the direction of the living area. He nodded and made his way to Liam. I looked to Ella, she was finishing up preparing the cake, she was about to put it in the oven. I ran to her.

"No Love. Let me do it. I don't want you to burn yourself." I said grabbing the cake from her hands. I popped it in the oven and started to help clean up the mess we made.

She was about to do dishes, lifting the handle to turn on the faucet, I pushed it back down turning it off. "I'm doing dishes. You're going to go take a shower, and clean up." I said poking her nose gently with my index finger. She looked at me like I was wearing a chicken suit, a smile tugging at her face.

"That's really sweet of you to be a gentleman and all, but..." She trailed off. I gave her a nod saying to continue. "I haven't got any clothes to change into" she stated shrugging her shoulders.

Did Harry think she was a pet? You take her in, you don't get her to eat, you don't make her happy or joke with her, and you don't even get her clothes? What a shame.

"Has Harry gotten anything for you?" I asked with a hint of annoyance in my tone. She shook her head, meaning to say no.

"Well then, I guess the dishes will have to wait. We have to get you some clothes, yeah?" I asked drying my hands on the kitchen towel. She smiled and nodded.

"Harry, I am gonna take Ella shopping for some clothes and stuff." I said walking into the room that Harry and Liam were sitting in. Harry laughed. I frowned my eyebrows. Why is he laughing?

"And what makes you think you can do that?" He asked amused.

"Harry, you can't keep her here and treat her like a pet. She is a person, she needs clothes, a toothbrush, shoes, and she needs to be cared for and showed attention." I said getting angry. How could he be so selfish?