One Way or Another (One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter 31

I was tired of being afraid. I had to stand up to Lucas because I couldn’t deal with the stress he gave me and my friends.

“Hello, Lucas.” I said. Niall squeezed my hand tightly.

“Hey there. I see you’re still with your little boyfriend.”Lucas smirked. He spun the gun around his hand as if it were a toy.

Niall gave him the death glare. “Why are you even here? What is your reasoning to hurt this wonderful girl?” Niall’s voice rose.

“It’s really none of your business.” Lucas walked closer towards us.

I wanted to desperately move backwards and increase distance, but Niall stood firmly in place. I had no choice but to stay.

“Please, enlighten me. Why were you planning to shoot Anna?”Niall asked.

“Do you really think I’m going to let that bitch get away with what she has done? She deserves it!” Lucas shouted.

“First, don’t call her a bitch. Second, what did she do?”Niall took a step forward.

“She had her little friend threaten to stab me, she dumped me, and I wasn’t done with her!” Lucas was practically screaming.

Niall leaned in towards my ear. “Run.” He whispered. I looked at him with a shocked face. “I’ll catch up. Trust me.”

I nodded.

“Get over it! Time goes on!” Niall yelled. That’s when he let go of my hand and I started to run. As fast as I could, I ran away.

I turned my head slightly. Lucas was holding the gun up to Niall’s head. They both seemed to be yelling at each other. I stopped running. Out of nowhere, Niall hit Lucas to the side of the head with all of his power. The enemy hit the floor, but stood right back up. They got into a fist fight. Niall dodged most of the shots, until one hit him heavily across the face.

I screamed at the sight, realizing that that wasn’t a great idea. Lucas’s attention was set on me. Shit. He started to walk towards me with a fast pace. I backed up, getting ready to run.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Niall stand up with a bit of blood dripping from his face. He ran towards Lucas’s back and jumped on top of him. He beat him down. Lucas got his gun out. Oh no. He was going to use it on Niall. I couldn’t watch, but I had to.

Niall saw the gun and grabbed Lucas’s hand with it. They wrestled with each other.

POP!

A shot went off. I screamed, loudly. The other boys ran out of the room and came towards me.

“What happened?” Louis shouted.

I couldn’t speak. “He got shot.” I practically whispered.

I ran towards Niall and Lucas. Both were on the floor. Liam held me back, but I escaped his grasp and ran to them.

Niall was lying to the side of Lucas. I cried at the sight. I went down to my knees and held him in my arms. I observed Niall’s bruised body, but I didn’t see a gun-shot wound. I looked at Lucas, who was lying face down on the floor. There was a bloody hole going through his back.

Niall didn’t get shot!

Tears stopped streaming down my face. Niall’s eyes started to flutter open.

“Did I get hit?” Niall asked in a raspy voice.

I smiled while wiping tears from my face. “No, you didn’t.”