Redamancy

13

The first thing I noticed was that Michael and Bailey aren't in the circle anymore.

Nervousness stabs my stomach as my mind fills with images I don't want to think about.

"She's in the kitchen." Ashton says.

I send him a nod and walk my way towards the kitchen.

Shock and fury flash through me all at once when I turned the corner.

"Michael stop." Bailey says, pushing against his chest. But he's pinning her against the wall, and she can't get away.

He ignores her, and forces a kiss on her lips. She keeps trying to push away, but he won't let go.

Without thinking, I lunge forward and jerk Michael off of my girl. I instantly curl my fist up and punch him in the face.

I grab him by his shirt collar and raise him up, pinning him against the wall.

"I don't know who the fuck you think you are," I seethe. "But you must be a damn idiot if you think that you can kiss my girl when she obviously told you no you sack of shit. Did you not get it through your thick skull? And I know damn well you know we're dating so you pulled a major asshole move in the first place."

Michael tries to talk, but I cut him off. "Now, I'm going to set you down, and your going to fucking leave my house and I don't want to ever see your fucking face again, you hear? And don't you even fucking think about Bailey or so help me I will bash your fucking face in. You better be lucky I'm not beating you to a pulp right now because no guy should ever kiss a girl after she says no, especially when she has a boyfriend you shit piece of scum."

I set him down and push him towards the door. "Now, leave!"

Michael slowly starts to walk away, rubbing his jaw where I hit him. He passes by Bailey who is standing in the doorway.

"Call me." He says to her.

"Oh you fucking piece of shit!" I yell and lunge after him, knocking him down.

I start punching, letting my instincts take over.

This is for kissing her.

Punch.

This is for doing it, after she said no.

Punch.

This is for eye-fucking her.

Punch.

This is for-

I'm pulled off from behind, but I'm still trying to punch him. He deserves it. He deserves every single one of those punches, plus many more.

"Get him the fuck out of my house! Get him out!" I scream.

I struggle to get out of the grip of whoever is holding me, but they're not letting go. I finally calm down once Louis escorted Michael out. I hope I never see him again. I jerk out of Ashtons grip, ignoring the question he asked me, and walk into the living room where Bailey is by herself.

She's sitting on the couch with her head in her hands, and I kneel in front of her.

"Bails." I whisper, but she doesn't answer me.

"Bailey." She shakes her head.

"Princess, look at me please." I beg, and gently take her hands away from her face. She looks at me with red eyes and tear-stained cheeks.

"Niall I'm so sorry please believe me I didn't kiss him he forc-" She rushes to get out.

I lean forward to ever-so-slightly press my lips against hers.

"Baby, I saw the whole thing. I know what all happened. That's why I hit him. Trust me, he's glad I didn't kill him for that."

"You really did see the whole thing?"

I nod.

"Niall I'm so sorry I didn't mean for it to happen I just went to go get a fruit roll up and he came with me and the next thing I know he had his arm wrapped around my waist and I had already told him to get off me but-" She rambles.

I quickly cut her off, not able to take any more. "Bails please I don't want to hear this, or I'm going to go find him and really kick his ass. I can't handle what he did to you."

She nods, and another tear slides down her cheek. I wipe it away with the pad of my thumb and ask her "Are you okay?"

She nods. "Yeah. I was more worried of what you saw than anything else."

"I saw enough. Don't worry about it, okay?" I ask, embracing her in a hug.

I feel her nod as she buries her face into my neck. I hold on to her for a little while, knowing that she feels safe in my arms. I feel safe in hers too.

"Are you guys o- Oh man I ruined the moment I'm sorry I'm going to leave now." Louis comes in saying.

Bailey pulls away from my grasp and she laughs.

"It's okay Louis." She says. "But yeah. We're okay." I smile as Bailey takes my hand.

"Well that's good. I'm sorry Michael did that. I thought he seemed pretty cool, I wonder if it was just the alcohol?" Louis questions.

"I don't know but he'll definitely feel it tomorrow." I say. I start rubbing circles on her hand with my thumb.

Louis laughs. "Yeah. Well, it's getting pretty late so Harry and I are going to go. And before you ask, I'm okay to drive. I promise."

I roll my eyes as he walks over to us and gives us hugs, promising to see us soon.

I sit up on the couch beside Bailey and wrap my arms around her shoulders, and she buries her head into my neck.

I start stroking her hair when Ahton walks out of the kitchen. I had forgotten that he was here.

"Do you mind if I stay a little bit longer? I need to sober up just a little bit."

Bailey escapes from my grasp and answers before I can. "Of course! Whenever you're ready to go, you can. I don't mind."

Ashton smiles and walks over to the recliner. "Okay, thanks a lot. Oh uh, are you okay?" He nervously asks Bailey.

I watched as her smile fell, and she quietly answers with an "Yeah. I'm fine."

Ashton seems to get the hint because he just nods, and turn on the TV to some old cartoon I watched as a kid. Courage The Cowardly Dog, I think it's called.

We sit through one episode, and by the end Bailey is curled up against me with her head in my lap. I'm slowly running my fingers through her now short hair, and even though I'm not used to it yet, I absolutely fucking love it. I also fucking love her lip piercing. Holy fuck.

I was so deep in my thoughts that I didn't realize the doorbell rang until Bailey wasn't in my arms anymore. I sigh as I watch her walk away. I hear her open the door and the quiet murmuring of voices. I can't tell who it is though.

I turn to see who walks through the door, and worry instantly takes over my senses as I take in Jaycee, who has bloodshot eyes and mascara - stained cheeks.

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Happy Friday!!!! I'm currently on a bus going to a football game and I think I'm going to kill myself bc I'm tired af lol. Plus I have a really weird cut on my hand :/