1D) Adopted by Niall Horan *Under Major Editing

Ch. 28 The Escape

Ellie's POV

(One month later)

"November sucks," I whispered as I looked down at my bruised knees. Abused ink. Good song, good song. I so wish that I could get out of here to listen to it! And do some other things, of course. Like hug Niall. And tell him what he means to me. And that he was the only thing that kept me alive. And a ton of other things.

I looked around me for a solution. Something had to work. This man had to get drunk, and I was going to force it on him.

"Good morning, bitch," he said. I frowned, faking saddness. "You seem like you are in a good mood," I said. I began to shake. He smiled. "What could possibly be up, bitch?" he asked. "Y-You aren't going to start d-drinking are you?" I asked. My gosh, I should try out for a movie.

"Oh, but why don't I?" he asked. "P-Please don't," I whimpered. He ran upstairs and grabbed a bottle of booze. He ran it back downstairs with a bag of solo cups. "No!" I cried. He smirked as he pour as many cups as the bottle could hold. He drank them all. "That wasn't enough, was it?" he asked. "Yes it was!" I whimpered. "I'll be back," he said, stumbling out the door. I ran upstairs as fast as I could to see if the door was locked.

Surely enough, it wasn't! I had my free ride out of here. I ran out the door and sprinted down the street, pulling my hair back into my sweatshirt as I went along. I didn't stop until I was into a wooded area.

I stopped and sat down. I was out of breath, and I had no clue where the heck I was. I layed on a log and looked at the sky that I missed so much. I was getting there, just not quite.

I dipped my hands in the stream beside me. It was cold and icy. I drank it but I knew that snow was coming. Not good for someone in my situation. Snow could kill someone in a kind of heavy sweatshirt and sweatpants.

I walked on anyway. What else was I supposed to do, go back. I trudged through the woods, watching everything around me. My leg pain me so badly, but if I stopped, my "dad" would catch up, I knew that he wouldn't give up untiil it was on the news that I was found. And that wouldn't happen any time soon.

I fell down a few times, but hey, I had been whipped by the man. And hit. And raped. And punched. And kicked. You would feel that way too. Luckily, I don't feel like going into detail with the whole rape thing. And I never will.

"Why me?" I asked the sky, "Even more important, why Niall?" Niall had to be broken down at this point. Oh god, if he started cutting, I would die. Not my Niall. He couldn't possibly do something like that. I thought silently to myself about it because I couldn't stop the thoughts.

After a while, it started to get dark. I didn't want to sleep, but I would need energy for tomorrow to keep moving onward to London. I looked around for a place to sleep, but there didn't seem to be a place. Then, I found my answer.

I needed to look to the trees!

I looked at each tree to find the best one to sleep in. I picked a smaller one, about fifteen feet tall. The braches were sturdy, wide, long, and close to each other. I smiled as I looked up at it.

I knew that it would be a really long way up, thanks to my leg. But I had to, or I wouldn't be able to move on tomorrow. I took a deep breath and began to climb.

I winced with every move. As I moved up, I fell back down three times before actually making it to the top. I needed a gym membership, I was out of shape. Or maybe it was the fact that I hadn't eaten in days. Or that I had cuts, bruises, and pulled muscles going up and down my body.

I patted down some moss and layed down on it. It wasn't as good as my fluffy bed at home that I missed, along with everything else. Especially Niall. A tear dripped out of my eye just thinking about him. After all that I had just been through, I was only half way there. That was just the begining. I didn't know where I would end, but whatever happened, I would be with Niall again.

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