Ziall-One Shots

Concrete Angel

Prompt from Ziall_forever_lover- Fic based on the song Concrete Angel

Zayn’s Pov:

Abuse, It’s all around us everywhere we look, But it’s hard to see, Some abuse is right infront of your eyes but you never notice it. Some people are lucky they live all there life and never get abused, But others they face abuse everyday, Harsh name calling, Brutal beatings that feel like they’ll never end, Worst of all those beatings are done by the people we love the most, The people who are supposed to protect us and keep us safe from harm, Our own parents. I’d love to say I’m lucky in the sense I don’t get abused but I’d be lying. Each day I face a different beating, Add another bruise to my body, Feel pain I should never have to feel, I love her, Even after what she’s doing, I love her so much, She’s my mum I can’t hate her, I pin the blame on myself, Why shouldn’t I? I have to be the reason she does it. She was in her room smoking, The smell of smoke filled the whole house, The smell I’d gotten used to, I got myself dressed, Packed my own lunch before leaving the house without even saying goodbye or hearing an I love you. I walked to school with my head lowered, Students were staring at me, Commenting about the clothes I was wearing, The same clothes I wore the day before, My long jumper covering the bruises all over my arms, Nobody knows my pain and nobody ever will, I watched closely as a mum kissed her son goodbye, You could see in his face he was embarrassed, He was a victim of bullying but he had the support of his family, He had something I didn’t. I entered school keeping my head down, I never spoke to anybody. While sitting in class I was so focused on my work I didn’t even notice my jumper had rised to reveal my bruised arms full of handprints, Fresh new handprints, I looked up to see my teacher staring at me with pity and sorrow in her eyes, She can guess, I know she can but nobody ever asks they suspect but they stay quiet, Why can’t they just ask?

I have no friends, I have nobody to turn to, During class the loneliness it’s not that bad, But during lunchtime it get’s hard. I sit outside all alone, Looking around at the the crowds, The poplars, The drama group, The music people, The geeks, The normal people then there’s just me. When I’m alone I think, I think of what I’ve done to deserve this, I start thinking dark thoughts, Thoughts like I wish I wasn’t here, I wish I’d died at birth, Better then that I wish I was never born, As I looked around I didn’t notice that somebody had sat beside me, When I looked up I saw a boy, I smiled warmly at him.

“Hi, I’m Niall” He introduced himself.

“I’m Zayn” I replied.

“What’re you doing on your own?” He asked, I sighed for a second.

“I like being alone?” I replied, Niall shook his head.

“Nobody likes being alone” He stated, I sighed once again. “Can I sit with you? You might find you like having someone around” I hesitated. “Oh come on you know you can’t resist my charm” He joked, I found myself laughing for the first time. We found ourselves talking for a long time, Laughs were falling from my lips, I’d almost forgotten what it felt like to laugh, When Niall was around I didn’t have those dark thoughts anymore, I felt a sense of happiness, It was like he was an angel sent to me, To be my one and only friend.

Sometimes when I get home she’s not there, The house is quiet and all the lights are off, She’s out drinking. I don’t mind, I mean I’m used to it, When she’s not here it’s the only time I’m safe, Safe from being hurt, How can that be possible? I get my work done as fast as I can, Because when she gets home I won’t be physically able to. Once all my works done I find myself looking out the window, The house opposite mine is dark, I gaze out the window for a few moments before Niall’s face appears, I don’t question it because well I’m happy when he’s around, We talk, He makes me laugh, I didn’t even hear the frontdoor slam I was only aware of my mums presence when she stumbled through the door, She had that look in her eyes, The look that told me it was time.

“Niall look away please” I pleaded before quickly turning around, My mother walked straight towards me and grabbed me by the arms, I wanted her to hug me tell me she loved me, But she wouldn’t do that, I looked out of the corner of my eye to see Niall still at the window. My mum was shouting in my face.

“Your worthless, Your nothing but trouble, I wish I’d never had you, You were nothing but a mistake!” I tried pleading with her, But she wouldn’t listen, She never listens, I looked straight out the window to see Niall still standing there, I begged him with my eyes to look away but he didn’t.  My mums screams got louder and louder, She began to stand up, Before I knew it I was dragged away from the window, Smacks, Punches and kicks collided with my body, Screams of pain fell from my lips, The neighbours hear me I know they do, But they don’t do anything, They never do anything, The pain was becoming unbearable, Blood was pouring from my head and other parts of my body, I was becoming weaker and weaker, Screams were no longer leaving my lips, My worlds was becoming darker and darker, Life was leaving my body, I gave up, I was done fighting, I was done trying to beat something I would never overcome, So I gave up, By the time an ambulance was called I was already slipping away, When morning comes it’ll be to late for anybody to save me.

I looked on as my relatives stood around my grave, Relatives who never hardly saw me, Who didn’t save me, They cried for me but before this day they’d all forgotten about me, I went through everything on my own, I fought back knowing I wasn’t strong enough to beat it. I watched on seeing Niall stood there with my family, His head was lowered as he looked at the hole in the ground, Laid in that hole was my coffin, He turned around and walked away, Straight through my family, A smile spread across his face when he saw me standing there waiting for him, We were united again, Niall moved forward and we embraced in a tight hug.

“Come on I want you to meet some people” Niall said before taking hold of my hand, I held on tightly as we ran up the small hill together, Stood there was three boys.

“Zayn this is Liam, Louis, And Harry” Niall introduced us, I smiled before giving them all a hug.

“Your safe now Zayn” Niall whispered into my ear.

“Thanks to you, Your my guardian angel you really are, You saved me” I stated, Niall smiled, We all smiled at eachother proudly before running off my hand remained linked with Niall’s, All this time he was my guardian angel.