Exit Wounds- A Niall Horan Fan-Fiction

Chapter 48

Niall's POV:

Nani kissed my cheek gently, her hand playing with the back of my hair. "Niall sweetheart, why did you leave me alone at that house?" She whispered and snuggled up close to my chest. I pulled her closer into my arms.

"You left me... You ran away and you didn't even say goodbye." I whisper sadly in her ear. Memories of everyone in my life leaving me flashed in my mind. Everyone always left and no matter what I did I couldn't make them stay.

"Niall I did it because I didn't want you to get hurt... But then I realized that you would fight him no matter what so I tried to come back. That's when I fell in the ditch an hit my head. Niall I love you so much, please come home and save me. Be my hero... You know jake is going to be here soon." She says, drawing circles on my stomach.

Before I could say a word, Nani faded away. I sat up quickly and searched for her frantically, calling out for her. I heard her scream ad then i heard a mans laugh. My stomach suddenly burned and I felt like acid coursed throughout my intestines. I screamed in agony and doubled over, forcing myself to crawl against a wooden floor, splinters digging themselves under my skin slowly but forcing myself to go forward anyway.

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"Niall wake up!" Louis screamed in hysterics. He plunged his fists into my stomach again and I felt my eyes fly open. Gasping, I flailed my arms and rolled to my side to avoid another blow. It was only a dream.. Why the hell was louis punching me though?

I groaned and coughed, the world spinning still as my vision blurred in and out of clarity. As I rolled over to give Louis a piece of my mind I saw he had been crying. "W-why are you crying?" I groaned, confused and slurring my words.

Louis wraps his arms around me and hugs me tightly. I grunt and faintly tries to push him off but unable to because in this moment he was much stronger. "Niall you fucking asshole you were unconscious and screaming and you scared me to death!" He laughed a bit an pulled away from the hug.

"Screaming? The hell... What was I screaming?" I say softly, rubbing my eyes and remembering the last few drunken hours. I glanced at the clock and was shocked to see I was only out for a half hour.

"Something about that Nani chick. You wanted her here.." He says hesitantly. I nodded and realized I had been an idiot. I was still mad that she left but I should have given her the chance to explain. That dream was my sign that I needed to go home to her. Now.

I faintly tried to stand up but stumbled over my own feet. The taste of vomit lingered on my breath and I felt disgusted. Louis stood up quickly and helped me sit back down. Great, I was on the whore bed. I struggled to get up again but Louis held me down.

"Niall stop you need to rest. You drank too much alcohol, you can't go anywhere." He tried to reason with me.

I grunted and pushed his hands off of me. "I have to go to her before its too late! I lost her once, I am not going to let that happen again!" I shouted. I immediately regretted doing that because my head felt like it had been impaled with pressure . I wince a my hands fly to my head.

"Niall do it in the morning when you're a little more sober." He says calmly and gives me a wet rag for my forehead. I take deep raspy breaths, trying to figure out a plan as my eyes scan the room.

"Louis I have to go to her before its too late. Her ex is coming to claim his trophy soon and I have to save her!" I explain frantically.

"I don't want to hear it Niall! She caused you to get this wasted in the first place and she probably is ready long gone anyways!" He shouted loudly. His words made my head ring with pain. I wince and narrow my eyes.

"No, I know she is back home. I just know she is Louis. I love her!" I argued.

He sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. "Niall, just because you love her doesn't mean she loves you... You drugged and kidnapped her, you scared her, and you screamed at her. The only reason she would stay at the house was if she was a complete idiot. You're delusional if you think there's even a chance she would stay for you."

My blood ran cold at his words. I clenched my fists and I sat up, quickly swinging it and catching him off guard as my hand made contact with his face. I narrowed my eyes and stood up over him, shock in his eyes. "The hell man?!" He shouted angrily, holding his face.

"You're just like the rest! You all think you know everything but you don't! Everyone my entire life has done nothing except say it isn't possible for anyone to love me. They say I can't love anyone but I can! I love Nani and I know she loves me! It's a feeling not a fact but that's what love is! It's giving someone the chance to destroy you and trusting them not to! I'm not a monster, I'm just a man. I can love and be loved just as much as anyone else can. I'm sick of pretending to be this emotionless self-mutilating beast that everyone sees me as!" I say, taking a wobbly step back.

Louis looked pissed but you could tell he was trying to resist punching me as he stood up. "Niall you're drunk, you need to sit your ass down before I make you." He growled as his eyes locked on mine.

"You and Harry both have been there from the start. You have sheltered me from the world by submerging me in all of its hatred. You never let me see the beauty of it all because you both knew that it would change me into something you couldn't control. Hatred and envy are my chains and Nani has set me free of them and you can't stand that can you?" I snapped at him.

"That's it!" He shouted, and I knew I had hit a sensitive spot in him. But that's exactly hat I wanted. He lunged at me and tackled me to the ground, easily knocking the air right out of my lungs. I gasped and felt the alcohol rise in my throat but I forced myself to swallow it. He swung a punch at my face but I managed to dodge it.

I mustered up every ounce of my strength and pushed him off of me roughly. I scrambled to my feet and grabbed a wooden chair nearby. As I turn around I make the chair connect with his face hard enough to make the chair break. He falls to the ground and I kick his face, almost making me lose my balance.

Louis groans but falls limp. I make sure he is still breathing and I run out of the room and dash to my car. I needed to get out of here before he woke because if he caught me, he wouldn't want me to stay out of the goodness of his heart. It would be to make sure I never could walk again. I started my truck quickly and panted as I pulled out of the parking lot. I felt like throwing up and I groaned at the pounding in my head.

But no matter how much my brain told me not to go, my heart floored the gas pedal towards the house. I would not let Nani slip through my fingers this time.