1D) Adopted by Niall Horan *Under Major Editing

Ch. 6 Awake

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Ellie's POV

I woke up sitting by Zayn. "Hello, love," he said, "How did you sleep?" "It was lovely, thank you," I said, smiling. I looked over to my wrist.

It was covered in a huge, blue cast. "Oh crap," I said. Niall was not going to like this. "Its okay, sweetie," he said, "I didn't tell Niall. He's staying in Manchester." I sighed with relief. "Until then, you are staying with me," he replied. "Okay," I said, looking into his sad eyes.

"Zayn," I said. "Yes, love?" He asked. "Can you please be a little happier?" I asked, "I know that your girlfriend is halfway around the world, but you can't stay like this. Okay?" He smiled. "Alright, Ellie," he said as the doctor walked in. "You are free to leave now, sweetie," he said, smiling kindly. "There are thousands of people outside," he told Zayn, "We would like it if you would leave now." We walked out of the room together.

He sighed as we walked into the elevator. "Has Niall ever ran into the paparazzi with you?" He asked. I shook my head. "There's a first time for everything I guess, then," he laughed.

He handed me a pair of his sunglasses and straightened my clothes. "You ready?" He asked. I nodded as I clutched his hand. "Don't let go," he said. I wasn't planning on it. "Let's go," I sighed.

We walked out slowly. The sound of the screaming girls was enough to make someone go deaf. They screamed questions and comments that I couldn't answer. I didn't even know the answer to half of the questions. After about ten minutes of squishing through girls, we arrived at the car.

"You are very photogentic," he told me. "Really?" I asked. "You smiled and made faces and acted very sassy," he said, "That's good. You're building a good character for them to see." "Okay," I said, "I'll continue to do that, then, I guess." He laughed as we pulled into the driveway. "Just be you," he said, "They like that."

He carried me into the house. "Oh lord, Prada," he exclaimed as we got in, "You scared me half to death!" I looked down at the little cat and looked up at Zayn's face. I fell over as I laughed. "What?" He asked. "You seem all tough," I said, "But then you scream when a little cat brushes against your leg!" "Whatever," he said, "Let's get some food."

He made me a ham sandwich and poured me some soda. "Thank you again, Zayn," I said, "That was to horrible. I don't know what would have happened if you wouldn't have came." "What did happen last night?" He asked. I got ready to tell the whole story.

"Well," I said, "Niall had Katie come watch me because he didn't know who else to ask and he didn't want to bother you. She came over and as soon as Niall left, she started talking on her phone to this dude named Ian and she called him baby. Within a few hours, hundreds of people were at my house. I hid behind the sofa for a while, but I got tired and thirsty after a while, so I got out. I walked over to the bar and asked for a bottle of water. The lady said that there weren't any, so I walked away. Then, some man spilled his drink on me and they all laughed about it as he punched my face. I ran to my room to get cleaned up, but Katie stopped me and told me that she thought that she told me to stay in my room. She punched my wrist really hard and I ran into my room and took a shower. Then, I locked Niall's door and locked mine and hid before calling you." I looked up at him only after telling him everything. He looked horrified. "That little fucking bitch!" He yelled, scaring me, "She deserses to go to Hell!" I curled up on the couch under a blanket as my body shook. I felt it move as Zayn uncovered me.

"Please don't hurt me," I whimpered. "Ellie," he said, "I would never do that, I was just mad. You are beautiful and amazing and so sweet. I would never." I watched tears drip down his face. "Zayn," I said, "What happened between you and Perrie?" "I yelled," he cried, "I got mad about something and drank to much and I blew up in her face." I petted his hair. "She hates me," he said. "No," I told him, "She was just mad. You just need to apologize." "I don't think that she wants to hear it," he said. "Well," I said, "She will anyway." He sighed. "Let's do it now," I told him. He nodded. He went on facetime and clicked Perrie's name. She instantly responded.

"Hi," she whispered. "Hey," he said to her, "I need to talk to you Perrie. I have been depressed for months without your sweet voice. I just wish that we could talk again, Perrie. I love you so much and I'm sorry. I am so very sorry. I don't know why I blew up on you and I can't live with myself knowing that you're mad at me. Please forgive me." Perrie was crying and so was Zayn.

"I'm so sorry, Perrie," he said, "Please forgive me." "Of course, Zayn," she said, "I could never stay mad at you." "Great," he replied, "Because I love you much, don't you ever doubt that." "Me too," she said. He began to sing to her with a voice so nice. However, the best part about his voice was that is was filled with love. It was the voice that Niall used when he sang to me and sadly enough when he sang to Katie. "I'm sorry, but I have to go." "Same here," Zayn said, "I'm babysitting." She hung up and so did Zayn.

"Let's watch a movie," he said, "Any recommendations?" I shook my head. "I just want to sleep," I told him, "Its midnight." He carried me to bed and sang me to sleep.

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Niall's POV

I went to the grocery store to get milk, but I came home with something else.

A magazine.

And guess who the headliners were? None other than Ellie Horan and Zayn Malik exiting the hospital.

That boy has a lot of explaining to do.