Into The Woods - Harry Styles

18.

I watch as Harry removes his shirt, exposing his chest to where I can see the gash that starts in the middle top half of his upper body and runs down near his belly button. He winces when I pull the skin, checking to see how deep it really is. After examining him, I come to the conclusion that he will need stitches.

"It'll heal, just put a bandage on the wound." I begin shaking my head, knowing a cut that deep will not heal properly without stitches.

"Where is a needle and thread?" I ask, raising my eyebrows. I know he doesn't want me to sew him up, but there's no way that will not get infected without being cleaned and stitched. I've never actually sewn up a real wound only fake ones that the maids created in this stuffed doll. I have no idea how bad it will hurt, but Harry acts tough so he can handle it.

"Rose, this isn't necessary." He tries to convince me. I cross my arms, watching as he groans before walking over to a cabinet. He looks through the cabinet, shutting it back then walking back over to me saying,

"Here." He hands me the needle and thread, with an almost annoyed expression. I take them and walk over to the fireplace, letting the needle get hot to kill any germs and sanitize it so it won't cause an infection.

"Hurry up and get this over with." Harry says, laying down on the kitchen table after I instructed him to. I place the cool rag on his wound, gently wiping away the dirt and grime. He shuts his eyes, balling his hands into fists. If he thinks this hurts I can only imagine what a sharp object will feel like stabbing him repeatedly.

"This is going to hurt..." I say, preparing the needle once the gash was cleaned. He makes eye contact with me, clenching his jaw saying,

"Just do it quickly." I nod and place the tip to the gash. "Son of a bit-" He yells out, gripping the table as I pull the first loop through. Even though Harry gets on my nerves I still feel sorry for him, because I know this must hurt. I continue my sewing, surprised when he grabs my hand when the pain seems to become unbearable.

"I-I can stop." I say, glancing down at the tight hold he has on my left hand. He quickly retracts his fingers, saying, "No... Just finish it." I do as I'm told and when I am almost done the front door opens, Ellie comes barging in, startlingly me in the processing causing me to stab Harry an unnecessary time.

"Harry, oh my God what happened?!" She screeches, running over to him. I take a step back, allowing her to stand by his side.

"I'm fine, Rose is sewing me up." He explains, glancing in my direction. She turns to face me and I smile, taking pride in my handy work, but she doesn't seem too pleased by the expression on her face.

"Are you insane? This brat can barely hold a baby without screwing that up, and you allowed her to stitch a gash?" I am suddenly offended by her harsh words, wondering why she can't just be grateful.

"Well, excuse me. You weren't here to sew up your little boyfriend so I thought I would save his life, but obviously to you that wasn't necessary." I fire right back, feeling anger boil up inside of me. She can't just talk to me like that, I won't tolerate it.

"Ellie, you know I would have had you to do it, but you weren't here." Harry tries to explain, but that only earns him an eye roll from the blonde biddy. I pick up the needle and thread, shoving them into her hands. She looks surprised while I'm turning around to head out the door.

"Rosalie, you can't leave." I hear Harry's voice shout, as I begin to shut the door.

"Watch me." I mumble to myself, slamming the door. I head to the center of town, hoping to find Mathias. I can only hope he hasn't been seriously injured. I have no idea who that Ellie girl thinks she is, she was so ungrateful. Maybe she was jealous, but just about everybody that knows me has already come to the realization that I don't like Harry, hell I can barely tolerate him at times.

I'm careful when maneuvering my way around the village hoping I don't run into one of the Barbaric's. I know they could still be out here, just waiting to slice through me.

I search the camp for several minutes, almost giving up hope of finding Mathias, but just as I am about to head back to Harry's, I spot him helping an injured woman.

"Mathias, you're okay." I run into his arms, embracing him in a tight hug. He squeezes me back and I can't help but be grateful that he did. I don't know what has gotten into me today, I have been hugging everyone. I guess it's because I might never get to hug my family or Daniel again, so I make up for them by hugging others.

"Of course I am, I wouldn't leave you with Harry, your highness." He bows his head, chuckling to himself. I laugh, glancing over at my surroundings. The tables that once sat upright are all knocked over, the food is dumped on the ground and the bonfire is beginning to spread near one of the huts. Men and women run about the chaos, pouring buckets of water onto the blaze.

"T-those people, what do they have against Death Valley?" I stutter, watching as children cry for their mothers. I can't help, but feel terrible for what happened here, why would they do this?

"It's not my story to tell, Rose." Mathias simply says, grabbing my hand. I want to pull it away, but I realize he knows how I feel about Daniel, so I leave it be.

"There's children here and they were so cruel..." I trail off, wondering how those men could be so relentless. I never realized how lucky I truly am until I came to Death Valley. If this were to happen at the castle I would have multiple guards at my side at all times to protect me, yet here these people must fend for themselves.

"I know Rosalie, but that's how it works out here. We fight or we die, even the children... Nobody gets spared here." I suddenly feel overcome by emotions and I can't bare to be here anymore. I turn away from Mathias and begin running in the opposite direction. I don't know where I am going, but all I know is that I can't stay there to watch families be torn apart.

| Authors Note |

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