Through the Dark | LT

Chapter 16

I walked into the club and sat at the table nearest the barista; I wanted to have a night out with Perrie and the boys. Perrie and I both ordered a drink, and I saw a fairly tall, handsome blonde boy checking me out from the dance floor. Perrie must have noticed it, too, because she said to me, "Meg, don't mess around. Louis would kill you." I shivered at the thought. I knew that the boys were in the club, and they were somewhere in the vicinity. I scanned the room for one of the four, because Zayn was sitting with Perrie. Before I had time to notice, the blonde boy who was checking me out had approached me, and his piercing hazel eyes had drawn mine. "Hey, you're beautiful-" He hinted at me to tell him my name. "Megan, and thanks!" I replied, a little too bubbly. "Megan- that's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl! Would you like to dance?" I agreed, and Perrie frowned at me. The blonde, whose name was Drew, roughly tugged me onto the dance floor. We didn't stop on the dance floor though... He kept tugging me through the crowd and finally out into an alley. I began retaliating as my eyes widened in horror when I realized what he was doing. "LOUIS!" I screetched loudly, and Drew's hand covered my mouth. He dragged me out into the alley, and slammed the door to the club shut. "Not so confident now, are we?" He smirked evilly, as he eyed me head to toe, like a predator eyes their prey. He forcefully pushed me up against a brick wall, and he began kissing me roughly. I struggled and squirmed, but the blonde kept me pinned against the cold surface. Just as he was about to take something that could never be given back, I heard the door slam open, and Drew looked over to see who it was.

It was Louis.

Louis swung a hard punch at Drew's jaw, and the impact sent the blonde to the ground. Louis continued to punch him until he was out cold. Louis then turned his attention to a horrified me, and he immediately engulfed me in his arms. I flinched at his touch, moving away instinctively. Louis held onto me and pulled me closer, whispering, "Shh, Megan... It's okay... It's me, Louis... It's okay..." He helped me back into the club as he told a bouncer about what he had witnessed.

Louis began walking me out to the limo that we all drove here, and Liam ran after us, concerned why we were leaving so hastily. "Lou! Meg! Wait!" He yelled, but Louis had his undivided attention on me. He sat me in the limo, and Liam finally caught up, with Harry and Niall not far behind, and Zayn and Perrie holding up the rear. Liam saw me- my clothes ragged and almost torn in some places, my hair matted, and my eyes red and puffy from crying. Liam immediately held me in his grip as the rest of the boys but Zayn and Perrie piled into the limo. They had driven on their own, and they were already on their way to the flat.

I sat in my room, my emotions numb and blank. Some guy at the club had tried to rape me. I couldn't register the past few hours' happenings in my mind. I heard Louis say to the boys in the living room, "... And I opened the door to see that guy about to rape her. I was pissed. I knocked him out and brought Meg back inside- she was petrified..." Louis paused. "She's a virgin... She told me that she's saving her virginity for a special time and for the one that she truly loves... And some arsehole almost took that away from her." He growled angrily. Liam asked, "How did he find her though?" My head fell in defeat as Zayn's voice replied, "He was checking her out all night. He came over and started flirting, and Meg was just being nice and before she could even say yes to dancing, he had grabbed her wrist and had began tugging her through the crowd... And then I lost sight of her." I heard Louis take a deep breath- he was angry. "Did you say, 'Before she could say yes...?'" Zayn paused and replied, "Yeah... She was going to say yes." I cursed under my breath, and I heard footsteps trudging towards my room. I backed away, and I saw Louis staring at me angrily.