Gone

"Learning Secrets" 9

I only ever told 2 people I loved them. My mom, and my sister. My mother right before she left for Wyoming. Right before she got in the really bad car crash.

"Oh Linda!" my mother sighed loudly, and gave me and Adrianna a sparing look. Adrianna tightened her hold on my shoulders. She lowered her jaw onto the top of my head before sighed along with mother. I was 6 and a half, I had no idea what had possibly happened. "I'll start driving down tomorrow morn. I'll be over soon. Linda, calm down." 

I heard moaning from the other end. Linda was my mother's long time friend. They have been best friends since she was a younging. "I'm so sorry, I'll be down, he'll be fine, Linda calm down." 

And Adrianna many times. Many times after my mother and father left for Wyoming, hardly ever before that happened though. She never really took care of me until no one else could. She always left it to my mom and dad, her mom and dad, our parents. She never wanted to take care of me. She always left it to our parents. 

I inched my way more into Niall, covering the blush that was my face. Now I had ever said 'I love you' to 3 people, and food - food many times. 

"You guys will come with us or get shot? Understand?" I didn't even notice the men were even in here until he spoke. Liam went first, Louis, Harry (with a lot of help), me, and then finally, Niall. We were all in a van, and they shut the door. I leaned my shoulder on Niall and used my eyes to determine we were moving. Niall laced his arm through mine, and smiled at me. He lightly kissed my forehead with care.  

The floor had grates in it, and scratches everywhere. "Hey," I said really loudly to the man. 

"What do you want?" He slapped the glass with his palm. 

"I need to use the bathroom." 

He groaned and parked the car. He opened the back, while Niall's grip on me lightened. His touch slid across my arms, and left my body once I climbed out of the car. He grabbed my arm, while I was busy looking around for a sign. I had no idea where we were. It was pitch black outside. It had to be after midnight. He took me behind a bush, and I quickly took a leak. It was the first pee I did in a week. I lost the urge.

I climbed back into the van, sad my little plan didn't work. I had no idea where we were. I didn't know where we were going. There was no cars any where around. We seemed to be driving through the desert.

He pushed me, while I fell into Niall's lap. He laid back, his head and neck on the car's wheel part. He pulled my body down, and I laid my head on his hard chest. Harry and Liam sat right down at our feet, while Louis sat across Liam, on our side. Niall's hand snaked around my waist, holding my hip.

"Get out of my head," Harry whispered. That was all he said. He never said anything besides get out. I felt sorry for the boy. If he had schizophrenia before, he hid it very well. The poor boy went through so much. "Get out of me. Get out of my mind!" 

Louis and Liam weren't in the best shape either. Liam still rocked himself in a weird way. Louis looked scared for everything. Niall seemed to be the only one acting normal. Perhaps I was acting normal, too. I began pondering on the idea of us being the only normal ones, and I began thinking maybe we were keeping each other sane. I liked the idea. 

"But if I kiss you, will your mouth read this too," Niall sung Little Bird by his friend Ed Sheeran, "darling how I missed you, strawberries taste how lips do." He brushed a loose strand of hair to the back of my head. His voice was low and raspy; he hadn't been practicing. When Niall sang, even during this timing, he made my heart slow down. He calmed me down. "It's not complete yet, musn't get our feet wet, cause that leads to regret; diving in to soon." The song was so cute, and made me fall asleep to the nice sound.

"You, c'mere," one of the men howled. My hand was sandwiched between Niall's hand on top pinning it above his heart, which was so peaceful, he had to be asleep. I heard someone get up, and climb out of the van. "Get out. Run. I don't care where. Get out of sight. Tell them we want a billion more now that they waited. I'll kill the rest if I don't get it before next week." 

"Mmhm." Someone took off running, it was easily heard. I kept my eyes shut until the door closed. Simultaneously as me, Louis looked up. We looked around until we realized the one who left was Harry. He ran away, and got away. We started driving again, while Louis sat and cried. His Hare Bear was gone, and he felt torn between feeling happy for him and missing him. 

I cuddled back into Niall, and heard the men up front talking. "Hugo says the girl is staying longest cause she's not as expensive as the boys." There was a deep throaty cough. "Master plan is slowly get rid of all the boys. Get that lover boy out next."