Secrets In The Dark

Survive

Car horns honk and people scream at one another as you and Niall sit in LA traffic with the driver, Sean. Niall groans and leans back harder into his seat. He's been trying to get ahold of Harry for the last half hour but Harry isn't answering his cell phone. You even attempted to contact Issy but she didn't pick up either. Of course that's not surprising though.

"What the hell are we going to do? That psycho bitch could've kidnapped him for all we know..." Niall says as he shakes his head and looks out the window.

"Niall, don't be so dramatic. I'm sure Harry is fine..." You say as you take a deep breath and look over at him.

"You see, the problem is that Harry trusts anyone and everyone..." Niall says as he looks over to you.

"He's a big boy. He can take care of himself." You say as you pat Niall on his knee lightly.

"I'm not so sure..." Niall says as he looks back out the window, watching as traffic moves slowly ahead.

"How close are we to the hotel Sean?" You ask, trying to change the subject away from Harry and his well being.

"We're only a few miles out but this traffic is horrendous..." Sean says as he looks at you in the rearview mirror.

"Great..." Niall groans.

"It will be fine Niall. Calm down..." You say leaning away from him.

"Hey, where are you going?" Niall asks as he turns his head towards you.

"Over here..." You say, leaning your head against the other window.

"Why?" He asks, raising an eyebrow lightly.

"Because I want to be over here...?" You say, raising your own eyebrow.

"Fine, be that way..." Niall says as he smiles a crooked smile and leans his head against his window.

"I will be..." You say teasingly, looking out your own window.

For a few seconds there's complete silence, until Niall breathes out heavily. Clearly on purpose. You smile to yourself and keep your focus on the row of cars on the side of the SUV that you're driving in. Niall clears his throat and looks over at you.

"Kelly?" He whispers.

"Hm?" You ask, looking over at him.

"We need a new plan for Issy..." He whispers, looking to Sean in the front seat.

"Like what Niall?" You ask, shaking your head.

"We're going to have to tell someone..." He whispers, looking back to you.

"No! I'll lose my job and probably have to pay everything back..." I say, trying to keep as quiet as possible so Sean can't hear.

"No you won't. I'll explain everything and they'll listen to me..." He says, grabbing your hand in his.

"I don't know..." You say, taking a deep breath and looking away from him.

"Kelly, we have to end this! I'm stressed out all the time because of this girl..." He says, keeping his hand tightly around yours.

"I can't risk losing..." You begin, not wanting to catch yourself saying you can't risk losing him.

You don't want to like Niall. You're here to get a job done, not fall in love. That's probably somewhere in your contract. You're just supposed to go with him to events and create enough rumors to keep his name in all of the gossip columns. Everything was just a pr stunt and that's what it was going to have to remain.