Perfect Mistake

Chapter 15

Harry's POV:

My hands shook as the phone rang.

 "Hello?" It wasn't Ty that answered.

"Ty there?" I asked and heard shuffling on the other end.

 "Hello, Styles." Ty's voice said a moment later.

 "I have the money.." My voice shook and I mentally hit myself. I was supposed to stay calm. 

"Good. You know where we are." He said and I started pacing the room with Louis looking at me, a concerned look on his face.

 "Niall better be ok." I said, my jaw clenched.

"Yeah. He's fine, right?" There was silence and then a grunt of pain that was followed by Niall's broken voice.

"Y-yeah.."

 "Ty, I swear to god I will ki-" He hung up and I clenched my phone angrily, tears threatening to fall from my eyes. "Let's go." I said, grabbing the bag of money. Louis and I walked out to my car and got in.

"You ok?" Louis asked as he started the car. I nodded as I put the bag on the floor by my feet and started directed Louis on how to get to Ty's house, the whole time, my hands shaking as I played with the hem of my shirt. We pulled into the driveway and I turned to Louis.

 "Go drive around the neighborhood for about 10 minutes. This won't take long." He nodded and I got out of the car, walking straight inside the house. I took a deep breath and patted my pants, reassuring myself that my gun was still tucked in the belt of my pants. I walked downstairs, knowing that's where they'd be and stopped at the bottom of the stairs, my heart rate quickening and tears burning my eyes once again. Niall was tied to a chair, a gag in his mouth, blood dripping from his nose and a whole side of his face bruised. He looked at me with eyes filled with fear and he was trembling, sweat coating his forehead. Then my eyes landed on the object next to his head; a gun. Ty stood next to him with the gun in his hand, a pleased look on his face as he pushed the gun to Niall's temple. Niall's chest was heaving and tears fell from his eyes, mixing with the blood. I dropped the bag on the floor and pushed it forward a little, my eyes fixed on the gun.

 "It's all there.. Please let him go." I pleaded and Ty stepped forward, the gun still aimed at Niall, and grabbed the bag, throwing it next to the chair. He laughed and pointed the gun at me.

"You didn't think I'd just let you leave.."

 "Ty, I brought the money..." My voice quivered as my hand inched to my back, grabbing hold of my gun. I quickly pulled it out, but instead of shooting him, I used it to knock his hand away. His gun flew across the room, along with mine, and I jumped on him, knocking him to the ground. I held him down by the throat and threw a punch at his jaw. His hands flew up, one closing around my neck and the other on my shoulder. He flipped us over and sat on my chest, pinning my arms down with his knees.

"You're weak, Styles." He spat in my face. "He's gonna watch you die." I struggled under his weight but failed. He threw multiple punches at my face and blood dripped into my mouth from both my lip and nose. Ty suddenly stood up and stood over me, kicking me in the side. I screamed out in pain as I felt one of my ribs crack and I could hear Niall's muffled cried, tears running down the sides of my face. Ty walked away and grabbed a gun, walking back over.

"Stand up." He ordered, pointed the gun at Niall. "Or I'll shoot him." I slowly pushed myself to my feet, grimacing in pain. Ty smirked and pushed me into the wall, ramming the gun against my throat. "I've wanted to do this for a while, you know that?" His eyes ran over my face. "It's just too bad you couldn't protect him." I didn't answer, instead gasping for breath. Weakly, I brought my knee between us and kneed him in the stomach. He stumbled back and I punched him in the nose then again in the temple. He fell to the ground and I quickly kicked the gun out of his hand. He didn't move so I walked over to Niall. Tears streamed down his face as I removed the gag from his mouth and I leaned in and kissed him, my hands cupping the side of his face and wiped his tears away.

"I'm so sorry." I said and started untying one of his wrists with shaky hands.

"Harry.." Niall's voice was weak and I looked up at him to see him looking past me. I spun around, seeing that Ty was trying to get up, the gun back in his hand. I walked over to him and sat on top of him, my hands instantly wrapping around his throat.

"I said I would fucking kill you for touching him..." I growled, my hands tightening. Something poked me under my ribcage but before I could register what it was, Ty pulled the trigger, shooting me.

"HARRY!" Niall screamed. Despite the blinding pain shooting through my body, I didn't ease up on Ty's throat; I tightened my grip and soon he went limp. I slowly stood up and started walking back to Niall, clutching my side. The room started spinning and I collapsed, meeting the cold floor.

"Harry? Harry! Ohmygod, Louis! Help him! Hang on Harry!" Niall yelled helplessly and blackness swallowed me.

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 "I won't run, I won't fly, I will never make it by, without you...without you. I can't rest, I can't fly, all I need is you and I..." My eyes opened slowly and I was blinded with white.  I groaned and tried to move my arm but it was connected to a bunch of tubes.

"Harry! Ohmygod!" Arms hugged me and I winced. "Ah! Sorry!.." Niall said and sat back down, grabbing my hand.

"Where am I?" I mumbled, my voice hoarse.

 "The hospital... Ty shot you, remember?" He said, looking down at our hands. I remembered. I looked around me at the machines I was hooked to as the events of what happened replayed through my mind.

"Was that you singing?" I asked as my eyes landed on his face, happy to see that the blood had been cleaned off and the bruising had faded a little.

 "Yeah..." He nodded, blushing. I propped myself up a little, wincing at the movement.

"You never told me you could sing." He shrugged.

"I don't normally sing in front of people..." His eyes met mine. "You proved yourself worthy enough." He said with a slight laugh, playing with my hand and without warning, tears poured from my eyes.

"I'm so sorry you went through that. It's all my fault. I couldn't protect you..." I cried, turning my head away from him.

"Hey, hey! It's not your fault. You DID protect me. I'm ok, I'm alive because of you." Niall said, cupping my face. I continued crying for a minute but then I took a deep breath and nodded.

"I love you." I whimpered. I meant it. I meant all three of those little words with everything I had.

"I love you too." Niall said, kissing me gently and I sighed.

 "I was going to wait, but I can't." Niall looked at me, confused. "Can you grab me my jeans?" He nodded and handed them to me. I slipped my hand in the pocket and pulled out a tiny box. "Niall, I know it's still early in our relationship... but I feel a connection with you. A special one. I've never loved someone so much before." I opened the box, exposing the promise ring to him and he gasped, tears forming in his eyes. "I promise to protect you, love you and take care of you. And, if you're ok with it, I want to go somewhere and marry you after we're done with Uni. But until that day comes, I want you to have this ring as my promise." Niall nodded frantically, tears streaming down his cheeks, and I took the ring out, slipping it onto his finger. "I love you so much Niall, and I want you to be mine forever." I said, tears falling from my own eyes.

"I love you too, Harry. And I will be." I pulled him in for a kiss and finally, for the first time in my life, I felt truly happy and unstoppable.