Unusual Reality (One Direction FF)

Chapter 24 - Another Fight?!

Zara's P.O.V

7:30pm

I was on the comfortable sofa, ignoring the television which was blaring in front of me. I kept staring at the clock, hoping the theory (if you look at a clock, the time goes by more slowly) would be true. I was out of luck. How was I going to tell the boys? Luckily, I knew the way to school, meaning that I would know how to get to my old house.

"Zayn, I'm going to go to the shops," I announced.

"OK, what are you going to get?" he took out his wallet from his pocket.

"I'm going to get... chocolate. I'm going to get chocolate," I said, taking two pounds from him.

"Oh, Zara, can you get me some Oreo's?" Niall yelled from across the sofa. 

"Yeah, but I might take a long time, because I might go to McDonalds."

"Can you get me a burger?"

"Or Nando's."

"Chicken!"

"Or KFC."

"Even more chicken!"

"Or maybe just Sainsbury's," I didn't want Niall's hopes to get up. However, with the twenty pounds Zayn gave me, I may take a trip to Nando's. Before I left, I quickly rushed upstairs to get the baseball bat from my school bag. Although I did have a weapon, I was still pretty terrified of what was to come. 

It was now 7:45pm, only fifteen minutes to get there. I discreetly exited the house, making sure that nobody would see the baseball bat or question me about it, like the humiliating time in the morning. I grabbed the house keys from the counter and started my journey. I closed the door behind me and made my way to the alleyway. I forgot to put my watch on in the morning, so I couldn't keep track with the time. All I could rely on was my speed. 

I finally got to the alleyway, exhausted. However, I tried not to show it. Chloe arrived, at the end of the alleyway. She had an evil smirk on her face. I charged up to her rage bubbling inside me. She put me through a lot for a long time. I lifted the bat in mid swing, and when I was close enough for a big impact, I was ready to swing. However, when I tried to do so, the bat was out of my hands. Suddenly, two hands grabbed my arms, tightly. I tried to squirm out of their grips but it was too hard.

"So, you were going to hit me with this?" Chloe held up the bat in her hands, watching it glow under the moonlight. Her grin grew sinister and she gave me a hard blow in the face. I shouldn't have trusted her. I knew she would bend the rules of the fight: she had two backup people. I cried in agony and she kicked my knees, before digging her nails deep into my exposed arm. Blood was dripping onto the floor. I was about to buckle down, but these two people, who weren't Alyssa and Maisy for sure, held so tightly that I couldn't even do such a thing. They moved their hands to where Chloe had dug her nails, pressing harder. I screamed as blood was getting smeared. I was definitely going to get bruises there.

"Chloe, I think that's enough. Come on, look how small she is," said one of the people, who I was sure was a boy in year ten or something.

"Just a bit more! Anyway, I'm paying you guys a fiver each, so you better do as I say!" she screamed, slapping me at every word. An evil grin plastered onto her face, she bent down and picked up the bat. She was going to knock me unconscious. Bloody hell.

I tried to keep my eyes off the bat, but all I could do was stare at it. It was about to make contact with my face when it stopped, midway. Suddenly, the two boys holding my let go and ran. I was about to crash onto the floor when two hands grabbed me. Again, I saw Chloe run away and I was pulled onto my feet.