Save Me (One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter Sixteen

Zayn Point Of View

"I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah." I sang, resisting the urge to chuckle as Louis humped the air in time to the music. The fans weren't as energetic tonight, nor were they as loud as they usually got with the missing band member. I continued to sing as I stepped back towards Niall, who had hardly moved the whole show. "Harry would have found her, Niall. He would have come back by now if he hadn't." I made sure to hold my microphone away from my mouth as I spoke, not wanting the whole world to know about our private problems. Niall nodded softly at my words and I knew that he hadn't really taken them into account. I suddenly noticed a few tears sliding down his cheek and I pulled him in for a tight hug. I heard the fans murmuring but I ignored them, comforting my best friend whilst Louis and Liam tried to keep the atmosphere up.
Seeing Niall cry was like a stab in the heart, a million times over. When he cried he looked so vulnerable. His cheeks would go slightly puffy and bright red, his eyes would go an aqua sort if colour that would otherwise be beautiful if it hasn't been caused by his tears. "Niall don't cry. It's one concert that we-" Niall shook his head, wiping his eyes with the sleeve of his long shirt. "I'm not upset about that... I was just thinking about the abuse case. What if he actually was abusing her? How long had it been going on? If I hadn't forgotten about her she would've been able to get by on her own, not with a douche who hit her." I nodded, barely hearing him over the fans who still managed to be deafeningly loud even when they weren't as excited as normal.

We continued on with the show, waving as we exited the stage, but once we got off the stage we didn't stop. We sprinted past our producers, our managers and even our bodyguards. We ignored their calls and shouts as we sped out of the back entrance and into our tour bus. "Harry?!" I called out, moving through all the rooms on the bus until I came to the back room where Harry was sitting with a sleeping Sandy's head on his lap. It took me a moment to register that Sandy only had Harry's shirt on and Harry was half naked. "You fucking didn't..." Niall trailed off, his hands clenching into fists as he looked between his mate and his cousin. "I didn't do anything. I found her naked with some guy trying to rape her. Why does your mind immediately tag me as the bad guy? None of you went after her." Andy walked in and turned on the lights, but when he did we all gasped. Harry's nose was broken, his eye was black and his lip was swollen. "Holy shit!" Louis cursed, but none of us moved, we just stood frozen in place as Harry gently stroked Sandy's hair.

After a few minutes of silence, Harry stood up and lifted Sandy up in his arms, carrying her past us and lying her in her bunk before joining us again. "Harry, there's this thing on ET and they're saying that they're starting an investigation on Sandy and whether her boyfriend is abusive. That day that you said you wanted to get something to eat, then came back with Sandy... You saw something didn't you?" I looked at Liam, surprised that he had picked all that up when I hadn't been smart enough to piece it together. "Yes. That's why I freaked out when Andy said that she'd called Dan." We all nodded and I could tell that Niall was beating himself up inside over and over. "We need to tell Paul. Him and the guys can protect her and us, he'll do it if we say she's Niall's cousin." Louis chimed in, looking at each of us. I was the first to nod and agree to his idea, then Liam, Niall, and finally Harry huffed and nodded his head. "I don't think she'll go off by herself again, not for a while anyway." Harry spoke softly and I felt bad that he had to see what he did today, I was just glad that he got there in time.


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