When the Last One Falls

Chapter 3

Niall's P.O.V

Reese sat on the floor inside the stable,but all I could see was from her waist up,she breathed heavily,the barn was dark and because of the tiredness I didn't notice stuff.

"Do you need help?" I asked and yawned,I felt my eyelids become heavy,I fell asleep standing.

"No...Just,just go,I'll come home soon." she mumbled,I scratched my eyes,trying to wake myself up,I didn't know why she was there,why she isn't at Zayn's house like she said and I didn't know why she sounded so scared. I wanted to ask her so many things but not now,I couldn't,I was too tired and I know that in this situation,everything she will say will enter one ear and come out from the other. I nodded and walked out.

I sat on the bed,my bag was already unpacked,but the room had an empty feeling,like it was belong to someone before,and it still felt like someone was there. there were albums and empty frames on the shelf,I got up from the bed and heard steps behind the closed door.

I opened the door and saw Reese slipping into her room at the end of the hall,I saw a long scar on the side of the thigh and opened my eyes in fear.

I walked to her room a peaked inside,Reese lay in her bed,I didn't know if she fell asleep or not. I looked at her for a few minutes,she didn't move and she looked like she was sleeping.

Reese's P.O.V

I lay in my bed and I still wore my dress. My body hurt,the tears flood my eyes and only now I started to feel the pain,after I finally lay without moving. The door creaked and I heard footsteps,"Reese?" the Irish accent whispered "are you awake?" he asked and got closer,I closed my eyes,forgetting from the fact the I'm not covered and my legs are exposed. "Fuck." he whispered and I felt a finger touching my leg gently,it was too late. "What happened to you?" Niall asked himself,after a moment he grabbed the blanket and pulled it,covering me. "Goodnight beautiful." whispered and walked out.

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"Good morning!" I heard Niall and opened my eyes,he stood near the bed and held a tray,"g...good morning" I mumbled,sleepy. "Your dad is waiting for me,he asked that I'll help him build a fence or something,but I decided to make you breakfast before. You don't have to eat,it's only cereal." he laughed and put the tray on the nightstand. "How thoughtful! Thank you!" I giggled and sat,I stretched my arms to the sides and realized that I'm still wearing the dress. "Niall...What do you remember from last night?" my smile disappeared,I mumbled and grabbed the tips of the blanket."You ask it like we were drunk." he giggled and sat next to me,I raised my eyebrow,desperate to know what he remembers. "I want to kno-" "Oi Niall! are you planning to help me or not?" my father opened the door and leaned on the doorframe,he crossed his hand,beads of sweat covered his forehead and it seemed that he started to work alone "Yeah...yes I'm coming" Niall looked at me and got up from the bed. "See ya' " said before closing the door behind him.

I took a deep breath,"what am I supposed to do with myself now?"  I got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom,started to take off the dress when my eyes caught the swimsuit that was hanged near the bath,there is a lake in the grove near our house,no one can see me over there,no one can see the wounds.

I took off the dress and breathed a sigh of relief,the feeling of the tight fabric only hurt me more.  After staring at it and thinking,I took the yellow bikini from the hanger and wore it,trying really hard not to press on any wound. "my body looks really bad." I said and and touched a blue mark on my waist.

I got back into the room and finished dressing. I looked outside the window to make sure that my father and Niall weren't there anymore. The blue truck wasn't in the parking,I smiled satisfied and walked out of the room. "I'm so stupid." I mumbled while standing in front of the stairs,going down maybe hurt even more than the hitting and beating themselves. step by step,slowly,I went down until I reached the last one and came out from the house. "A house with two floors it's cool daddy said,choose a room upstairs he said." I grumbled and walked to the stables.

 "Hey sweetheart." I said to the mare that stood inside the stable and waited for me to take her out. "Do you want to go for a ride?" Melody shook her head,like she understood. I took her out and climbed on her bare back,without a saddle,I counted on her enough to know that she won't do anything.

I grabbed the rope with one hand,the other held her mane and I steadied myself. "Slowly today beautiful. I'm not in the mood for running" I petted her neck and she started walking.

Niall's P.O.V

The heat made the work harder,we worked only for ten minutes but it felt like hours. "Yeah...yes..I get it..sure...I'm coming..." I heard Jacob,Reese's father, talking,I looked at him and saw that he hang up the call and looked at me "I need to drive to the city,I have a meeting,it will take a few hours so we'll probably finish the fence in a few days." he winked and walked to the truck,"C'mon,pop in" he opened the door and patted the sit,I saw a familiar figure and a black mare walking far from us "no,thank you... I want to go for a walk,thanks anyway!" I smiled and closed the door,Jacob drove away and I started walking after Reese, who already got close to the big grove.

Reese's P.O.V

I got off from Melody's back,tied her to a tree that grass grew around it and got close to the lake.

I took off my shirt and shorts and stepped slowly into the water,letting my body get used to the cool feeling of the water. I continued until the water was deep enough and I didn't touch the ground,I closed my eyes and a grin appeared on my face when the shiver climbed up my body.

Something touched my leg and I jumped,a few fishes swim around me,I giggled and started to swim toward a tire that was hanged with a rope to a big branch and used as a swing.

At the first time I brought Zayn here,he immediately thought about it,at the second time we came and I saw the swing,I was happy,it was two years ago and I was a sixteen years old girl who got excited from a tire tied in a rope. But I came here a lot,all the time,mostly at the last year,I was sitting here for hours and swinging,thinking about everything,trying to calm down and arrange my thoughts.

I held the tire,pulled myself up until I sat on it,steadied myself and started swinging.

Niall's P.O.V

 I saw the mare tied to a tree,I continued walking until I saw a big lake,Reese was sitting on a big tire and swinging,she wore a yellow swim suit and her body was exposed,I could see every scar and wound that she had. I didn't want to interrupt her so I sat under a tree and looked at her,she was happy,I've learned to know her as a scared girl,and that was a change,a change that I liked.

Reese got off the swing and swim back,I got up from the ground and waited that she come out of the water,at that moment I came toward her.

Her eyes opened in shock and fear,she picked up quickly her clothes from the ground. "Wait" I catched her hand and she looked into my eyes. "I don't know you. Go away." she said coldly and tried to release her hand "just tell me about it" I released it,she straightened up and wore her shirt. "About what?" she sent a threatening glance to me,a glance of 'go away and never come back' "about your dark side." I said and looked at her body,scanning every injury and wound.

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