Beloved.

Chapter 5: oh no.

i grab a bowl of cereal in the kitchen downstairs and sit at the dining room table with only me and my thoughts. what was that dream all about? This needs to end.

I run upstairs and grab some sweatpants and a sweatshirt. i decided i am going to walk to the park for the day or something. Anything but going to school.

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i walk out the door with my phone and earbuds in. i walk down the dirt path and start walking in the direction of the park.

A fee hours later i'm in the small woods i like to go to near the park. I'm laying down as i look up and stare at the sky and tree tops. I glance at the time on my phone to see its about the time school lets out. if i was at school today, i know i would have a new bruise somewhere on my body. but today, i'm letting me be me, without the constantly judgement.

i here the sounds of the bus and teens screaming and talking, so i think my peace and quiet is over. all of a sudden here a rustle through the bushes and turn around. i quickly get up and hide behind a tree and peak out to see who's there. i see a group of boys, its Zayn and som other guys.

"hey, this the spot Liam?" Zayn asks.

"yeah, this is it." his friend Liam says.

"cool." Zayn responds.

i need to get out of here. so much for a calm quiet day for me. I wait for the perfect time to make a run for it. i look back at the little group of Zayns friends. there backs are all turned. i need to run. its now or never.

I make a run for it but then hear Zayn yell something. Theres crackling of twigs and leaves,. I don't look back. i run past a pack of teenagers at the park and run across the street not looking for cars.

i run into the little town where the coffee shop is at. i turn the corner and hide behind a dollar store, praying to God that Zayn and his friends aren't still following me.

I look to see if any ones there but don't see a thing. i don't hear them either. i bend down and hold onto my knees and take a deep breath. i decide to start walking back home, but then someone grabs onto my arms.

and just when i thought i was in the clear. i close my eyes and take a deep breath. ugh.

"where do you think you're going?" i here zayn smirk as he flips me around.

"Away from you, Zayn. Thought that was obvious." i say with a smart remark. he is probably going to kill me now but something inside me doesn't care at this point. Yet my brain thinks otherwise. Its a constant battle between what i feel and what i think.

"why weren't you at school today?" he asks. he hands me over to Liam and the other guy.

"liam, niall, don't let her go." zayn tells them.

"now answer the question klutz."

"why do you care? all you do to me is act like i am your punching bag and i am done with that." i say.

"that's what you think. But who says i am done?" He says as he knees me in the stomach.

"AH!-" i say, i try hold onto my stomach, but Liam and Niall are holding a tight grip so i cant.

"you can hurt me all you want Zayn. But that doesn't make you any better than me." i say.

"So then why weren't you at school?" Zayn asks again.

"None of your damn business!" i yell at Zayn.

"Don't yell!" he says as he punches my face. my nose is now bleeding and i can't do anything about it. i am forced to stay in Niall and Liam's arms.

I hear someones voice coming from behind Zayns. Zayn turns around.

its Harry.

Liam and niall let me go and walk off. I don't think i have ever been so happy to see Harrys face in my life, and i don't even know why. Hes never talked to me. he's never even bothered to look at me and now all of a sudden he decided to jump in the middle of Zayns game. And in a way, that also makes me angry.

my eyes are getting all blurred from the tears and the blow to the face, but all i see is Harry punching Zayn.

then Zayn taking a hit back.

i try to get up and get in between them.

"Stop it guys!" i yell.

zayn pushes me away and i stumble a bit. harry then gets in front of me so zayn cannot get a hold of me.

Zayn lays off. They stand staring at each other for a moment.

"Harry, get a life and stopped getting mixed up in mine." Zayn then walks away, and Harry turns around to face me.

"You're welcome." Harry says, looking at me kind of coldly.

Are you kidding me right now?

"You didn't have to show up." i say, starting to walk away.

"Uh, i kind of did. you could have gotten much worse than that if i wasn't there." harry says running up to catch up with me.

"why are you doing this anyways?" i say stopping in my tracks and look up at his towering height.

"because, Zayn shouldn't be doing that to you, to anyone." Harry says.

"yeah, you say that now. you never did before." i say.

"Zayn already got you pretty good, didn't he?" he says looking at my nose and eye.

i stand still, glaring at Harry. "I gotta go."

I run off.

this was a longer chapter... be happy :)

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