Hostage

Chapter 9- Mistake #2

Reagan POV

"WHAT. What do you mean they got arrested?"

"I mean just that. I saw Harry get put in the cop car, then Zayn followed.”

My heart was beating out of my chest. Zayn told me that they weren't prepared. They should have listened to him. Before I knew what I was doing, I was lunging at Niall.

"I HATE YOU", I screamed.

He was confused, but he wasn't trying to restrain me.

"What is happening back there?” Liam asked, trying to keep his eyes on the road.

I was punching Niall in every crevice that I could. He was groaning and trying to get me off of him.

"What is the matter with you?!"

"This. Is. All. Your. Fault.”

"What?” he asked, "How is this my fault?! Louis, what aren't you stopping her?"

I hadn't noticed that. Louis and Niall were the only people in the back with me, and Louis hadn't even moved. I heard him sigh, still not moving from where he was.

"She has a point", he said, "Plus if I get anywhere near you, I'll be punching you much harder than she is.”

I finally tired myself out and stopped my attack. Honestly, I did more damage to myself than Niall, but it felt nice to let it out. In response, he glared at me.

"Why do you think this is my fault?"

Liam pulled up to Zayn's place, turned off the car, and turned to us.

"You were the one that forced this robbery to happen in 2 days! Zayn said himself that you guys weren't ready, yet you did it anyway!"

"Whoa", Niall raised his hands in the air, "I didn't force them to do anything. They decided this on their own.”

"Oh, come off it. You know that they love you, and they would do anything for you. They know that if Emily died, you would go off the deep end, and they were trying to prevent that.”

"Reagan, don't-.”

"No, I'm going to. You knew in your gut that this wasn't going to go well, yet you let them do it. What kind of friend are you?"

I turned to Louis for backup.

"I'm staying out of this", he said, "I'm not going to say something I'm going to regret.”

Niall sighed and ran his hands through his hair.

"You're right. Louis, I'm sorry for Harry. Reagan, I'm sorry for Zayn. Harry was trying to get more money for Emily, which is why he was in there for so long. Zayn stayed back to help Harry. It's my fault they were arrested.”

"Niall, don't blame yourself", Liam said.

"No", he looked at the ground, "Reagan, Louis please stop me if I'm saying something wrong.”

I didn't mean for this conversation to go down this road, but I couldn't help but think he was the reason that Zayn was in jail right now. I looked away and Louis stood up.

"Sorry, Niall. I can't", he said, "I promised our mum that I would keep him out of trouble. I promised Harry that he would never go back to prison. Thanks to this whole robbery, I've broken both of my promises. So, go ahead. Keep talking..because everything you're saying is true.”

He got out of the car and slammed the door. I got up too, opening the door.

"I'm sorry, Niall. But, now we have to figure out how to fix this one. But, at least Emily's going to be okay, right?"