She ft. Niall Horan

She

Lily's POV

"It'll be alright" Dean said, with that smile I am so used to. Pity. Dean might as well be family by now. He's always here. If I had a penny for every time he came over, I'd be a billionaire. I bet he thinks my family is crazy. Well, I already know he does.

"We have him in the car now, officer Dean. You can come down now" Luke formed, sounding ruffled from the low quality of the walky talky. Dean could see through me like water. He knew everything about about me, inside and out. From all the dark days to the light ones. He was practically my brother. But at the end of the day, he was just a police officer doing his job. But I knew he saw me than more than just a victim. He saw me as family too.

"Hey, it'll be alright" he repeated. "I know this is hard for you as it would be for anyone. But I will do anything and everything in my power to keep him away from you." I smile through the pain that is clear on my face. Trying to see through my puffy black eye. "I know it will. Thank you for everything" I say, trying not to say much as I know my voice would break.

Except I know everything will not be okay. Nothing has ever been okay. From the day I was born. My life has been shattered since I was six years old. I can't unsee or unhear my mothers scream from the living room. I knew there was something wrong, so I ran as fast as my little six year old legs could take me.

(Flashback, Lily, age 6)

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky." I Sing along with the man on the TV. I was on my bed, in my little pink dress. Having the time of my life. I always loved to sing. Even though I was terrible. Sad that I haven't Sang since.

"Mmmhhh!" I heard a muffled scream coming from the living room. "Momma?" My little confused year old self, shouted. Even at six I knew danger when I heard it. I jumped off my bed and ran as fast as my feet could take me. Slipping all over the place because I was wearing socks on a newly polished floor.

"Stay in your room Lily" she said, as soon as I came into the room. She was pinned to the couch. My fathers right hand around her throat and his left raised high in the air. My mothers wide eyes looking at me, looking at her. Her eyes were red. Veins popping out of her head from the lack of air in her system. Face stained red, from the tears she was crying. I hadn't realised I was just standing there until my big brother Ben, ran past me and tried to tear my father from my mother.

"Stop it!" I screamed, an ear piercing scream. Beginning to cry myself. I ran over to my mother and tried to take her away so that she was safe. Until I felt a hand on my arm forcefully pull me back. He looked at me in the face, a face so evil, it was it was like it impacted me for life as soon as I looked into his eyes with fear. He raised his hand and smacked me so hard that I was knocked out cold.

That man was my father. My own flesh and blood. And I was knocked out. So I'll never know where my brother is. Or where my dad disappeared for 14 years of my life.

(Present day)

I'm so thankful that Dean is in my life. He was older than me, me being 20 and him being 47. He was so funny, yet sarcastic at the same time. I always liked that about him. I remember when I used to make fun of his hair because he has one of those little hair islands on the top of his head. I always found that funny. My six year old self always coming up with scenarios of Barrie's dolls having to survive on the island that was his head.

"Do you remember that day? The day I first met you?" Dean asked me, being careful of what he says. I shake my head. Not remembering as I wasn't even conscious at the time. "I do, I met you when you were six years old. I was eating a doughnut and I got a call from one of your neighbours reporting some screaming. I though that it was just another prank call, because we'd been getting so many at that time," he laughs, trying to lighten the mood. ", but when I'd got there, I knew this was no prank call."

"Can we please not talk about that night?" I beg. I know it's silly but I blame myself for my brothers disappearance. If I didn't go unconscious I could have saved him. Dean looks at me, knowing what I was thinking.

"I know what you're thinking, Lily. None of this is you're fault." He says, reading my mind like the god damn physic man he is. "If I was awake, I could have saved him, or at least knew what happened to him." I tell him. My head low. He gets off the chair Infront of me and kneels down of the floor directly Infront of me so he can see my face. "Well we are close to finding that out. Now that we've found your dad, we are one step closer to finding Ben." He reassures me. His hand rubbing my knee in a comforting gesture.

When Dean arrived at our house when I was six, my dad nor my brother were there. He had run for it, taking Ben with him. The only people in the house was my knocked out self and my hysterically crying mother. Straight after my mother told him my father had run, they went out searching for my dad and my brother. Hundreds of people hunting for them. Putting up wanted signs, locking up my house looking for evidence. But he left without a trace as did my brother.

"Do you need an icepack?" He asked, referring to my freshly bruised eye. "No, it's fine, I'll be fine." I say, not even believing the words myself. Dean looks as me and softly smiles, "That's what I like to hear," he continues ", well, I have to go off to interrogate your dad. But I'll see you soon, okay?" He assures me. I nod my head. I'm not sure how to feel about all this. All I want is to know my brother is okay.

(Whoooo! First chapter done. Sorry if this one was a little boring, but it's just giving you an Insite on Lily's life. Well get to the Niall stuff soon. Hope you enjoyed the first Chapter! Leave a comment of your views of it and tell me what you'd like to happen in the story! 😊)

-"Sarah"💃🏻