The Secret Lives of One Direction (A Paranormal Fanfic)

Fear

Chapter Seventeen

Curled up on the floor, outside our door, was Harry. He looked a mess! His skin shone from sweat and his hair was matted and stuck to his scalp. He was shivering but felt boiling hot - which was strange, since he was a vampire - and he wore nothing but a badly torn pair of skinny jeans.

Harry slowly tried to lift his shaking hand, but it quickly dropped and hit the ground with a thud. After getting over my initial shock, I shouted to Louis and Lena and began dragging Harry into our room, promptly shutting to door behind me after checking nobody else was out there.

Questions swirled through my head like a whirlwind as I sat Harry on the couch and got him a cold glass of water with ice. Louis and Lena quickly woke up and tried to help Harry, which, in turn, caused Niall, Liam and Jacob to burst into our room and watch with wide eyes and open mouths at the sight before them. As we were attending to Harry, I heard voices outside and soon realised the security guards were discussing the events they heard. I ignored them and focused on our mate.

"Harry, are you OK?" asked Louis, desperately scanning Harry's body for signs of trauma.

"W-w-w-we ha-ha-have to ge-e-et out... n-n-now," he mumbled, almost incoherently. He was shaking violently and, after having drunk seven glasses of freezing water, he was still very hot. "We-e're in d-da-danger." I noticed him snatch a glance of Lena. He opened his shaking jaw to say something but thought better of it and closed it again.

I'd ask him about that later.

"What is the danger?" Niall asked.

Again, Harry glanced at Lena. Then he beckoned for Niall to come closer to him. He whispered something and then Niall addressed the group.

"He wished to speak with Louis alone," mumbled Niall, hurriedly making his way out of the room. We all followed him, save for Louis, who I glanced at closely before following Lena.

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Louis' P.O.V.

I smiled at all the others in turn as they left. I'm not gonna lie, I was nervous. Harry had just returned from God knows what, and they were leaving me alone with him! He was a vampire; I know Harry and I love him, but I'm scared of vampires, ergo, I'm scared of him. What if he tried to bite me? So, I readied a defense spell - just in case.

I sat on the bed and watched Harry closely as he stared at the floor. His eyes were wide open and fear was obvious in them - as if he had just witnessed a murder and knew he was the next victim. He was shaking rapidly, and he was saying nothing, so I was forced to push him.

"Harry," I whispered. He flinched at his name and looked up at me, fear momentarily replaced with wariness and threat, but quickly returning to fear.

"W-w-we ha-a-ave to lea-eave," he stuttered, his voice trembling.

"Why?" I asked, sitting forward and staring at him intensely.

Harry looked away from me and looked down at the floor again. He kept silent for a long time, and that's when I noticed terrified noises coming from him - a cross between grunting and whining. He glared at the door to the room next door for a while before turning to me and hissing, "Lena. She's dangerous." This came out clear, with no stutter, which unnerved me.

I sighed. "Harry, I told you; there's nothing wrong with Lena!"

"Look at me!" Harry shouted, standing up and showing me his bare chest. I scanned it for signs of anything. It was clear.

"What?" I asked. He looked down and his eyes widened even more - if that was possible.

"N-no," he muttered. "They we-ere here! W-where'd they g-go?" He began frantically hitting his body all over, mainly on his chest.

I stood up and tried to stop him whilst asking, "What? Where did what go? What's gone, Harry? Harry!" Once I touched his arm, he lashed out and pushed against my chest. I went flying across the room and hit the wall at the opposite end of the room painfully before falling onto the edge of the bed and then crashing against the floor. It happened so fast I had no time to cast a landing spell, so I felt an incredible amount of pain. I must have hit the wall pretty hard because I heard the door open to the room.

Next thing I knew, Niall was helping me up as Liam, Zayn and Jacob were trying to restrain a flailing Harry. I jumped as the door to the room was thrown open and a security guard holding a syringe dashed to Harry and injected him with some clear liquid in the next. He instantly calmed and lost interest in fighting; within a minute he was asleep.

Another security guard entered and they removed Harry from the room and took him to the guards' room next door - supposedly, to ensure our safety. I didn't argue, but I wasn't happy about my best friend being taken away so soon after he just got back.

I turned to Niall, who was looked at me as if he was expecting an answer. I flashed him a confused look before I realized that he had just asked me a question.

"I'm sorry," I blurted hurriedly, "can you say that again?"

"What happened?" repeated Niall.

I looked back at the couch and answered Niall without turning, "He was talking about danger. He mentioned something about Lena... and then he flipped out, saying his body was covered in something but there was nothing there. I thought he might hurt himself so I tried to stop him but... I don't know, I think he hit me or something...?"

"Hmmm," Niall mused. "Sounds odd."

Our conversation was interrupted by Liam speaking up, "OK, I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired. I say we all go back to bed and deal with this in the morning."

We all nodded, mumbling phrases of agreement. I was soon back in my bed, staring at the ceiling, preparing myself for a long night of no sleep.

A/N So sorry for the tardiness of this update! It is inexcusable!

Since I'm back at school now, I'm gonna aim to update every Saturday with no more early update requirements for the time being. I'm in my final GCSE year now so I have to spend a lot of time on homework and revision.

This chapter is dedicated to @lucy_sewmy for being my sixth follower! Thank you :D

Enjoy the update, guys! I haven't edited yet but I will soon! And remember, at a total of 50 votes on my story, I'll update the cover!!