Two Directions?

Judges House

Nia's POV

    This was the only time I feel safe. I didn't know why. I thought after that happening that I would be like others who shy away from a man or a woman's touch. But I was just the same. Just a little more quiet. We had to go perform at the judges house tomorrow and I was beyond scared. My nerves were all over the place. 

    The only thing or person who kept me grounded and made me feel safe was Harry. I smiled at his name. He had saved me yesterday. He had beaten up my father. Yes, seeing him be so violent scared me a lot but the circumstances made what he did a little less scary. I was snapped out of my thoughts as I heard a husky voice. 

    "Morning Nia." Harry said. I tried to turn around so I could see him but his grip on my waist only tightened, making me unable to move. I sighed. 

    "Good Morning Harry." I whispered. He moved his arm from my waist and went up to my hair. I felt him take a strand and slowly twist it in his fingers. 

    "How are you feeling?" He asked quietly but I could hear the anger in his voice. 

   "Fine. Not as good as I was a week ago but better than I felt yesterday." I replied. His grip on my waist tightened. 

    "I should have kept an eye on you. I shouldn't have taken a shower at that moment, I should have went downstairs with you." Harry grumbled. I finally turned around and placed my hand on his chest. To my dismay he had a shirt on. 

     "There was nothing you could have done. He would of gotten to me eventually. If not now then in a few more days, weeks, months. It would of happened." I said. "There was no stopping it." I whispered. His eyes turned cold and dark. 

     "If we had known we could of set up a bodyguard to protect you. We could of set up precautions to avoid this!" Harry ground out. I lightly put my hand on his cheek. 

   "The key word in all of those is could of. We could of, but we didn't and it happened anyway. There is no point to keep talking about it, It's done and over with." I reasoned. He sighed and his eyes softened a bit. 

    "I just want to keep you safe. I can't lose you." He whispered before he pressed a soft kiss to my cheek. A knock was heard and both our heads turned towards the door. "Come in." Harry said. The door slowly opened and Louis walked in. 

    "Come on Haz, you guys have to get up. It's almost one o'clock. Liam made breakfast." Louis said. Harry nodded. 

    "We will be out in a minute." He said. The rest of the boys had stayed here along with the girls when I was brought back from that place. They hadn't left since. For this I was glad. I really didn't want to be alone. I wanted to be surrounded by people I knew and people that would protect me. I wiggled my way out of Harry's arms and stood up. 

    "C'Mon Harry." I said before I walked out. I made my way to the kitchen and the first thing that hit me was the wonderful smell of bacon and cinnamon rolls. I walked over to the counter and shoved two pieces of bacon down my throat followed by a cinnamon roll. I moaned from the taste. 

    "So good." I said with food still in my mouth. 

    "That's attractive." A voice said from behind me. I turned and saw Zaylnn. I shoved her arm playfully and soon enough the rest of the girls entered the room. LiLi looked serious. 

    "So tomorrow we have the judges house to do. This determines something big for us guys. If we win we get to go on tour with a big artist or artists as their opening act. So what song are we gonna sing?" She asked. I wrung my hands together as I looked at the rest of the girls nervously.