Let Her Go - A Bradley Simpson fanfic

Promises

***** Flashback - 3 years ago *****

Today is July 21st, and me and Brad are going to be 16 in a week! Just a week! We're sooooo excited, and plus our birthday is also our 3 year anniversary. I glance over at Brad, who's swinging my hand back and forth, as we go to meet our two friends James and Tristan. We always hang out together, the four of us. We all love music and stuff, so it works out well.

Brad snapped me out of my trance; "Hayley, I'm just gonna stop in the shop, want anything?" he smiled at me sweetly as he said it.

I opened my mouth to reply, but he interrupted me; "-Hay, I'm kidding! I know exactly what you want", and with that he walked away.

I stood by the ally next to the shop, waiting for him to come out, and was honestly feeling quite scared. Lately, there have been a few girls go missing in this area, all with the same description; brown hair and green eyes - same as me. This really has my 'already strict parents' all strung up, and it took everything to convince them to let me out today.

I looked around, and saw a guy stood across the road, just watching me. He was really tall, and quite intimidating. All of a sudden he started to walk in my direction, so I moved to the side, assuming he wanted to walk down the alley. But I never let my guard down. When you've been doing MMA -mixed martial arts- lessons for as long as you can remember, they always tell you to never let your guard down.

The man soon reached where I was standing, and reached out to grab me. I took that as my chance to lunge for his solar plexus and wind him. It worked, but it didn't stop him from lashing out at me. That worked too. He knocked me straight to the floor, where everything faded into darkness. But I could still hear. I heard the sound of crunching, and presumed he was crouching down next to me. I felt his hand on my face, wiping my hair away. I tried to scream for Brad, but I don't think it worked.

"Hay?!Hayley?! Oi, you, get away from her! HAYLEY!" I heard the unmistakable voice of Brad yell.

"I won't forget about you" the man whispered in my ear, before running away.

I can't remember what happened after that. I couldn't hear anymore.

I could hear shouting. My eyes felt heavy, but I managed to open them. I looked around and saw my parents yelling at Brad, outside of the little room I was in. I presume I'm in a hospital. I was bought back to reality by someone grabbing my hand. It was Brad, smiling at me with tear stained cheeks. I noticed that my parents had also re-entered the room, followed by a nurse.

"How are you feeling Hayley? I just need to do a couple of quick tests and then your free to go" the nurse told me.

An hour later and I was at home and in my room. Packing. I didn't know why, but my patents were really worrying me, so I just did it. I finished loading the last of my suitcases into the car, before being ushered into it by my parents. Then they climbed in and locked it. I rolled down my window when I saw Brad, Tristan and James approach the car.

"Hay, where are you going?" Brad asked, worry filling his voice.

Before I got the chance to answer, my father answered for me.

"Away Bradley, and she won't be coming back" he told him matter-of-factly.

"What?! No, you can't do that! No, let me out, now! I can't leave Brad, I can't!" I started to scream frantically whilst trying to open the car door. It was no use.

By this point, Brad was crying too, accompanied by Tris and James, who were letting only a few tears go.

"Hay, don't forget that I love you, ok? And that will never change, no matter where we are, and if we're apart. I'll find you. I promise."

And with that, my parents drove away. Leaving the three most important people in my life staring after me. My heart shattered as I watched them shrink in the distance, until I could no longer see them.

"I hate you. I'll never forgive you for this. I can promise you that."

***Flashback Over - Present Day***

I wiped away a few start tears that tend to fall when I recall the painful memories of that day. It's hard to believe that just one action of one man can ruin a persons life.

After a few minutes of composing myself, I decided to go out for a walk as it was only 1pm.