Hiding in the Shadows

Breathe

Alright. I do appreciate the comments really however if another argument starts up about the accuracy of asthma and inhalers I'm going to delete it. I did not go to medical school, I know no one who has asthma. I did my best and did ask somebody who does have both asthma and panic attacks to try and get it somewhat correct. It's my own little world so it'll be what I want it to be. Thank you for reading and enjoy.

I know it's short but I will have another chapter up in a day or so.

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Now Niall wasn't stupid. Realistically he knew that the likelihood of management letting him out of his contract was one in a billion. It was still something he wanted. Yes they had let Zayn out of his contract but that was Zayn and he was Niall. If Zayn had gone public about management refusing to let him out the world would have responded, the fans, the boys, everyone. If Niall were to take it public who would care? No one.

All the boys had just renewed their contract after Zayn had left. Management had made it part of the agreement that the rest of them sign a five year contract when they agreed to let Zayn leave. It had been one of the requirements and all the boys had agreed because they were trying to help Zayn. Niall had pretty much signed his soul away to the devil. In truth, he'd done that the day he signed his first contract, he just hadn't known it yet.

If management heard about what he just said he'd have a meeting with Bradford every day for a week. When management found out that he missed another practice he'd have another meeting with Bradford anyway. Really, when management found out about this whole ordeal Niall would be seeing Bradford every day for a month. Inside his own mind Niall was running through all the possibilities of what Bradford would do to him and he was terrified.

Liam and Harry were stunned in frozen fear. Niall couldn't leave. They hadn't driven Niall to leave! How could they have done this to Niall? What was wrong with them?

Louis was also consumed in guilt however at the moment he was taking a closer look at Niall. For just having screamed everything that had been bottled up in him and then declaring that he wanted to leave the band, Niall looked very calm. Well, Louis was assuming the boy was calm but in truth there was no emotion on his face whatsoever.

Louis didn't understand how Niall could be so calm, or emotionless, at this point. He thought back to the last time he saw that look on Niall's face and he got it then. The last time Niall had looked like that was just earlier when they had all walked into the elevator. Niall wasn't calm; he was petrified.

Instantly Louis was over to Niall and had the boy in his arms.

"It's alright but you need to calm down Ni." he tried to soothe. He kept rubbing his hand up and down Niall's back and he noticed something, "Niall, love, you need to breathe."

Liam and Harry jerked out of their revelries when they heard Louis start to beg Niall to breathe.

"What's wrong with him?" Liam demanded as he hurried over.

"He's having a panic attack and he's not breathing" Louis stammered out in panic.

"Well..." Harry stammered, "What do we do?"

Louis was petrified. Niall still wasn't breathing and he had two other boys freaking out on him as well. He wracked his brain trying to remember what it was that the doctor had said earlier. "Um... We need to calm him down and get him breathing but he'll probably need his inhaler."

"Where's that?" Liam asked.

"I've got it." Harry called coming over.

"Well give it to him." Liam demanded.