The Help - (Zach Aplin and Niall Horan)

Chapter 4

Niall's POV

I groaned loudly as I laid down on my bed, still in my work attire feeling my head pound a bit remembering what happened earlier this day.

"shh.. It's okay, love. I'm here for you" when I said those words to him, I meant it. I would be there for him anytime, anywhere, anyplace just for him.

I knew nothing of him. All I knew was what I was suppose to know was a therapist. But I wanted to know more about him, just the little things. His favourite colour, food. film and more. I just wanted to know him more than a client.

I ran my fingers through my bleached-blond hair, cursing under my breath. 'I can't like this boy' I thought to myself, but that little voice inside my head telling me that is getting quieter as I think about his beautiul green-bluish eyes and light brown hair that look so soft and perfect to run my fingers through while cuddling. These little things just make me love him even more but his scars are the things that are making me more intrigued about him. I want to know why he has those scars and I want to put a stop to them. A beautiful boy like him should be happy and care-free, enjoying life and not having to worry about whatever is making him sad.

I have to find about more about this boy.

Zach's POV

I carelessly tapped my finger to the beat of the music that was playing on the radio of Maddie's car. She hasen't asked me anything since we left the building. It stayed quiet until I asked a question.

"Do you think I can stay over, Maddie?" I asked quietly, looking over to her, seeing that she was focused on the road, her dark brown hair perfectly falling to her shoulders.

"Of course, Zach. But remember last time what happened when you stayed over.." she trailed off. I sighed knowing what she meant about 'last time'

I laughed loudly as Maddie and her sister where playing 'Just Dace' but doing a terrible job at it, missing all the moves and hardly getting any points. I laid comfortably on the couch, exused from all the activities we did today. Its been a long time since I have laughed or just been generally happy. I stayed over at Maddie's house for the day and planned to sleep over here as well too because I was feed up from all the harsh beatings from Richard. I was having an amazing time until there was a hard knocking-- it was too hard to even be knocking, more like banging. "OPEN UP, ASSHOLE. I KNOW YOU'RE HERE. OPEN THIS DAMN DOOR" that all too familiar voice made me cringe. Maddie and Abby froze from their dancing and looked at the door with fear in their eyes. The room was quiet and no one moved an inch, the only sound that was heard was the banging of the door. I slowly stood up from the couch and walked to the door. Maddie looked at me with wide eyes and shock her head, "Just stay here and be quiet. He'll go away eventually." half-whispering it so Richard wouldn't be able to hear. "I can't if I stay here longer the beating will be longer too.. I'm sorry." I said as I slowly opened the door. Before I can even say anything a fist hit my jaw with force-

"ZACH!" Maddie shouted at me, both of her hands on each side of my shoulder. I looked around confused at just what happened, feeling sweat trickle down my forehead. "W-What happened?" I said quietly, looking at her, seeing that she pulled over because we were parked at a sidewalk. "You probably had another memory.." she said, letting go of my shoulders, wiping off the sweat from my forehead, "Oh.." that's all I said and the ride back home was quiet again.

// wowza.. long time since i updated ! If you want me to continue, please, please vote and comment! (If you do want me to update I probably wont update until AFTER christmas) Have an amazing and safe Christmas! Lots of love. x