~Niall's POV~
It was a few weeks later when everything went wrong.
Louis still gets angry at me a lot. I get hit at least once a day now. Everything was perfectly fine until my brother Greg, his wife Denise and my Nephew Theo came to visit yesterday. Let's just say that Louis took things it a bit too far.
*flashback to yesterday*
"Why can't you ever do anything right!" Louis shouted at me after he pushed me to the floor.
"I'm sorry, I'll bake a better ones, I swear!" I shouted, tears streaming down my bruised cheeks. I had been baking cookies for my nephew but I accidentally burned them, which made Louis very angry.
"Stop saying sorry! I'm so fucking sick of you saying sorry! Just do something right for once in your life!" Louis screamed at me.
That's when he started to kick me. I screamed out in pain as he kicked my stomach, then my back, my legs and my arms. I curled up in a ball, trying to protect myself as much as possible as his strong kicks continued. I gasped in shock as he grabbed my head by my hair, raising it, then slamming it down against the floor. My vision began to get blurry and I could feel blood running down my face, mixing with my tears. Suddenly I heard a door slamming open and even more shouting. I looked up to see Greg punching Louis and Denise running over to me. I could here Theo crying from somewhere in the house, he was probably hiding.
"Niall! Niall honey, keep your eyes open for me love. Don't worry everything's fi-" Denise tried to comfort me but I just wanted Louis.
"Where's Louis? I need him!" I cut Denise off, trying to stand up.
"Niall, he hurt you! You don't need him! Don't get up Niall you're hurt!" Denise said.
"Greg stop! You're hurting him! " I screamed at Greg who was still fighting with Louis.
"No Niall! He hurt you! You're in love with a monster!" Greg screamed at me as I ran over to Louis who was on the floor unconscious.
"I love him Greg and you hurt him! I love him!" I screamed. I sat down next to where Louis lay, crying into his shoulder.
"Niall, love, you know this isn't a healthy relationship. How long has this been going on for?" Denise asked softly, rubbing my back.
"He started hitting me around a year ago..... It's okay though because I love him Denise. Can you all please go? I just want to be alone with him." I whispered. Was Denise right? Is my relationship unhealthy.
"No way is hell am I leaving you with this monster Niall. You're coming with us, back to my place. Does Mam know what's happening?" Greg said strictly.
"Yeah... but I'm not leaving him Greg. I can't live without him." I said.
"Uncle Niall? Is this what people do when they love each other? Cause if it is then I don't want to be in love." My four year old nephew asked curiously. I didn't even realise that he was sitting beside me. His question made me think though... Is this what people do to the people they love? I could never imagine Theo in a situation like this...This isn't okay is it?
I'm so confused.
"No Theo, it's not. You're Uncle Niall just needs to get some help. Louis is a mean man. Niall is going to come with us and he will be safe. You don't hurt the people you love." Greg said to Theo, sensing my hesitation.
"Come on Niall, just for a little while even. We'll go get you fixed up." Denise said as she helped me stand.
"What about Louis?" I whispered. I just felt completely empty. My heart was breaking. The words 'You don't hurt the people you love' were going round and around in my head.
"He'll wake up soon don't worry, he'll be fine." Greg said as he picked up Theo and walked out the front door.
"C'mon Niall." Denise said. I took one last look at Louis as another tear slowly slid down my cheek. I then limped out the door with Denise following closely behind me.
I knew I had a lot of thinking to do over the next few days.
*1 week later*
After a lot of thinking, I realised that the relationship I had with Louis wasn't okay. Greg rang a charity called Help Ireland and told them my situation. Ever since then I'd been taking to the people over the phone and it really helped me see sense.
It was very hard to understand though. I love Louis so I thought it was okay for him to treat me that way. Liam, the man I was taking to from the charity, told me that I wasn't in a proper relationship. He told me that what Louis was doing to me wasn't okay. I actually met Liam once... He wanted to speak to me face to face so he could help me more. We actually ended up getting on really well and exchanged numbers. I wouldn't give it to him at first though because I started panicking about what Louis would do if he found out. Liam automatically sensed what was wrong and convinced me that it was okay. I was allowed to talk to people other than Louis. It's just going to take a while to get used to I guess. He also helped me to get back into contact with Harry and the rest of my friends. It turns out that Harry missed me and was worried about me. He was still my best friend... I didn't lose him after all.
Today was the day I was going to break up with Louis. Harry offered to come with me but I know that it'll only make things worse. Louis hates him with a passion.
I was shaking as I walked up to our flat. What if he hurt me again?
I got my keys and unlocked the door, and taking a deep breath I walked inside.
I saw Louis sitting on the couch watching TV. It's like nothing ever happened.
The second Louis saw me he ran over to me and pulled me into a massive hug.
"Baby you're back! I'm so sorry for hurting you! I missed you so much!" He said making my heart melt. I quickly pushed his arms off me as I remembered what Liam warned me about.
'He will try to be affectionate to win you back.. Don't fall for it though... He won't hesitate to abuse you when he finds an excuse'.
"Louis, we need to talk." I said.
"I know babe, You need to get Greg to apologise for hitting me! You're brother is a dickhead. Who the hell does he think he is? I mea-" Louis said angrily.
"No Louis!" I screamed in frustration. How did I put up with this for so long?
"Excuse me?" Louis said angrily.
"That's not the issue here. The issue is our so called 'relationship'. I can't stay here only to be abused my the man I love. I do love you Louis, but I can't do this anymore. We're finished." I said trying not to cry. This was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.
"Oh shut up Niall. Come on let's go to bed, it's 9pm already." Louis said grabbing my arm so tightly that it'd bruise. Any other time, I would have just followed him, but not today.
"No Louis!" I said yanking my arm away from him." I'm serious! We're over, done, finished". I said looking him straight in the eye, something I haven't been able to do in years.
"Fine Niall, I honestly don't give a shit. I never loved you anyway. I just felt sorry for you. You've made a huge mistake. I was doing you a favour by dating you. No one else will... I guess you'll just be alone for the rest of your life now." Louis said dismissively waking back over to the couch.
"Well I'd rather be alone than be with an abusive, arrogant prick like you. Bye Louis. Have a nice life." I said angrily, storming out of the apartment.
It really hurt hearing Louis say that he never loved me. I was with him for six years! I was going to spend the rest of my life with him...but now I'm free... and I've honestly never felt better.
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* 1 year later*
It has been a year since I broke up with Louis and I can honestly say I've never been happier. I finally have freedom. I also have all of my friends back who have been more supportive than ever.
It took a lot of help to get over Louis. I ended up having to go to counselling to sort my head out. Six years of abuse can really damage a person, not only physically, but mentally also. I didn't realise how blinded I was to not see how horrible Louis truly is. He's manipulative, sneaky, and he had me wrapped around his little finger.
Liam ended up being my counsellor because I felt more comfortable around him. Our friendship blossomed into a relationship after a few months and we have now been together for three months. We just clicked straight away. It scares me to think of Liam didn't help me that if still be with Louis.
After being in a relationship with Liam for three months, I finally understand what love truly is. He understands me, he doesn't hit me when he's angry, he never insults me, if I drop something he helps me to clean it up after making sure that I was okay, if I burn the dinner he just laughs and orders a take away, and when I'm upset he just cuddles me.
I now know what a perfect relationship is. It's not what I had with Louis, it's what I have with Liam.
The blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine
(A/N Here's part 2! I hope you all like it! I had a lot of different ideas for it but I decided to go with the happy ending since part 1 was quite sad. Thanks for reading! x)
