Hostage

16. "I gave you a choice sweetheart, you just picked the wrong one"

"One thousand two hundred fifty seven"

"One thousand two hundred fifty eight"

"One thousand two hundred fifty nine"

"One thousand two hundred sixty!!"

I laid on my side on the bed, counting the number of brown hairs on Cupcake's back. "Hear that Champion? Cupcake has twelve less brown hairs on her back than you do!"

Cupcake suddenly scrammed off the bed and darted up the stairs. I watched as she sat at the very top of the steps and pawed at the door. "LOUIS!!" I yelled.

Champion jumped off the bed at the sound of my voice and scrambled after Cupcake.

I waited a couple more minutes before shouting Louis' name again, and this time he poked his head through the door and muttered a rough "what?"

"The dogs have to pee" I replied flatly, not moving from my position of flat on my back, arms crossed over my stomach and legs crossed at the ankles.

Louis opened the door wider and let the dogs sprint past him before slamming the door closed behind him. As soon as he was gone I jumped up from the bed and walked over to the bathroom, sitting down by the toilet and working on undoing the screw that was bolted in the cabinets to my left.

Every time the dogs had to pee I'd come in here and work on undoing this screw, as I had been for the past couple of days. I found this after Harry had left that night. That night he practically dry humped me into the wall.

When he left I'd locked myself in the bathroom wondering what I could do to get myself out of this situation.I couldn't stand it anymore. I was starting to enjoy Harry's company. ..And that meant I was going crazy.

"C'mon C'mon" I muttered desperately as I heard the patter of the dogs feet above me. The screw was lose, extremely lose. It was going to fall out any-

A smile broke out onto my face when the screw fell into my hands. It wasn't one of those tiny ones, but it wasn't huge either. It was the perfect size for me to be able to hide it, but also to be able to do some damage.

I sprinted and jumped back onto my bed, hiding the screw in my bra quickly before closing my eyes and pretending I was resting. The door opened and the dogs rushed down. Champion had a bone with him so he was chewing it contently on the ground while Cupcake cuddled up next to me.

"You alright?"

I jumped at the sound of Niall's voice. I hadn't even heard him come down.

"Uh yeah. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, it's just -earlier I was watching you on the camera and I saw that you were counting the number of brown hairs on the dogs backs. I just wanted to make sure you were okay" He spoke hesitantly.

"Oh um yeah I'm fine" What if he saw me with the screw?

"Okay. Just checking you know. If there's anything you need just-"

"Can you get me a boombox? Or just something that plays music? I'm bored out of my mind Niall. I'm going insane!" I pushed myself up from the bed and walked over to him.

"Please Niall"


~*~

I huffed in exhaust as I continued scratching at the wall with the screw. If I wanted to turn this into a weapon, then I needed to shape it like one. I'd been rubbing the screw against the wall for at least two hours now, and it was lowly beginning to turn into a knife. It was a little deformed, but it would work.

The next time I see Harry, I'm stabbing him right in the leg.

~*~

I jumped up and down happily at the sight of a pink boombox sitting on the table along with a bunch of discs I'd recommended to Niall. At least he was a decent person and actually gave me this entertainment.

The TV gets boring after watching it for 48 hours straight.

I pulled out Beyonce's self titled album and hit play. I skipped to her song Flawless and took a deep breath.

I know when you were little girls
You dreamt of being in my world
Don't forget it, don't forget it
Respect that, bow down bitches

I let the song guide the rhythm of my hips as I moved them to the beat. I thought of all the people who told me I couldn't dance to artists like Beyonce and Niki Minaj. They all assumed I belonged in some kind of uppity and pristine school. But I loved to dance to hip-hop.

My body moved in sync to the beat as I danced around the room. At one point I even got crazy and dropped down to swing my hips low. I let my eyes fall closed and just let the music take me.

God, I missed this.

I missed just being free.

I gasped, my eyes snapping open in astonishment and embarrassment when my radio suddenly cut off. My eyes landed on Clyde who had just yanked the plug out and was watching me with dark eyes.

My mouth stayed shut as I slowly stood up straight, my eyes watching his movements carefully.

"Listen, Raleigh I came down here to apologize and- "

"Fuck you" I spat. "You -You played me and I-I hate you. Don't come near me!" I cried in hysterics when his angry eyes locked on me and he took a step forward.

"I came down here because I owe you an apology. Now you can either accept it and we can move on and everyone's happy. Or, you can be a bitch about it and I can make your stay here very painful"

"FUCK YOU" I screamed. Champion perked up from the ground upon noticing my distressed state, and he began growling angrily at Clyde.

My smile of relief was wiped right off of my face once Clyde snapped his fingers and muttered a command to the dogs and they both scurried up the stairs and took a seat at the top.

Fuck.

"I'll give you one more chance Raleigh, just because I'm such a nice guy. You can put a smile on that pretty little face of yours and listen to what I have to fucking say to you. Or, we can put that mouth of yours to good use"

He gave me a sickening smile.

"Which one's it gonna be?"

I laughed as I crossed my arms in front of me and rolled my eyes. For some reason, Clyde didn't scare me like the others did. Maybe it was because I didn't see him as this bad ass gang member.

He was just Clyde. Just like I was just Raleigh.

"Alright then. My way it is"

He jumped into action and reached forward to grab a tight hold on my hair, forcing eye contact. "Get on your knees"

When I didn't act he shoved me into the wall and I muffled a sob as I collided with it and fell to the floor. My head throbbed from where it slammed against the wall and I reached up to gingerly touch the spot.

When I brought my hand back into my eyesight I noticed that my fingers were stained with blood. Just as I went to stand back up Clyde reached down and wrapped his fingers around my throat just enough to where I was straining to breathe. I used one hand to pinch at his wrist and I brought back the other to punch him in the side.

Clyde let go of me with a grunt and I took this opportunity to sprint past him and make a dash for the stairs. Just as I reached them Clyde brought his foot around and kicked my ankles which sent me tumbling to the ground.

I cried out in pain as I landed on my back on the staircase, and Clyde smirked as he hovered over me. "You ready for me babe? I know you've been waiting"

Blood trickled down from a split in his lip and onto my face and I cringed in disgust. I filled my lungs heavily before opening my mouth and screaming at the top of my lungs "HARRY HELP ME P-"

I cried out in pain when Clyde backhanded me and my head went flying to the left. Tears soothed the burning sting on my cheek as they trailed down my face.

I looked down and saw that Clyde had managed to take both his and my pants off, leaving us in only our underwear.

"Please don't do this" I croaked. My tears mixed with his blood that was drooping down my face.

"I gave you a choice sweetheart, you just picked the wrong one" When Clyde pulled his shirt over his head I used this as my opportunity to pull the screw out of my bra and clutch it tightly in my hand.

Clyde slipped my underwear off and just as he went for his boxers I reached around him and pushed the screw into his back, sobbing as I did so.

Clyde screamed out in pain and pushed himself off of me, laying face down on the floor as blood oozed out of his new wound. "I'll fucking KILL YOU" He screamed.

I backed up on my hands and feet until I hit the wall, staring at the bloody monster in absolute fear.

The door swung open and Harry and Louis came running down the stairs in a panic, both of them stopping when they saw Clyde laying in only his boxers on the floor with a screw wound in his back and me crying in the corner in nothing but my bra and a t-shirt of Niall's.

"I'm sorry" I cried out. "He was trying to -he was going to...I had to stop him he was-"

I couldn't even get the words out as I choked on my tears and curled my knees up to my chest, locking my arms around myself in a defensive position.

I jumped back and screamed when I felt a cold hand land on my knee. Harry was staring at me with wide eyes and I watched as his eyes trailed the length of my nearly naked body. He closed his eyes in disgust before taking a deep breath and standing to his full height.

I cowered in fear and dug my face bag into my legs when I saw him reach forward. I whimpered in fear of how much damage his large hand could cause, but nothing came.

Instead, when I looked up his features were twisted in confusion to my reaction. He had his hand extended and he raised his eyebrows waiting for me to comply.

"It's okay" He whispered.

My eyes met his and I slowly reached my hand up, allowing him to help pull me to my feet. When he turned to lead me up the stairs I was given a glimpse of Clyde who was glaring heavily at me, with blood dribbling down his chin. He smirked at me and my knees buckled again.

This time I fell into Harry, who caught me easily and scooped me into his arms. I laid my head on his chest and clung to his shirt as he lead us upstairs to his room.

How ironic is it that I feel the safest when I'm in the arms of the most dangerous man in this city?

~*~

Harry allowed me to shower, but it ended up with me just standing there and letting the water wash the blood down the drain. I wished it would take me with it. Wish I could just turn to mush and seep down the drain.

Harry lent me some clothes of his to change into and after silently putting them on I crawled into bed next to him.

We both lay silently in the dark. Our heavy breathing lingering in the air.

Every time the house creaked I would jump and look around frantically, as if Clyde would be there at any moment.

"Raleigh" Harry spoke roughly after I jumped when he nudged me with his feet. I turned to face him and even in the darkness I could make his figure out perfectly.

"Come here"

He opened his arms and I stared up at him in shock. He raised an eyebrow and I hesitantly inched forward. I'm guessing he grew impatient because as soon as I was within his reach he grabbed my waist and pulled me into him.

My head rested against his warm chest and I could feel his heart beating steadily. The sudden exhaustion from today's events hit me like a brick and within minutes I was asleep.

Soundlessly in Harry's arms.