Broken // discontinued

Chapter 6

Peyton's P.o.v.

I woke up still wrapped in Harry's grasp. I watched his chest rise and fall for a while until he noticed me staring,

"Good morning Princess," he said in his raspy, half asleep voice. I cringed when he said "Princess" and I think he could tell I was uncomfortable.

"Good morning Harry," I mumbled into the pillow.

"Do you want anything for breakfast? I can make you something if you'd like."

"No, I'm alright. I should probably go see how Niall is doing."

"I'll drive."

"Oh, alright." I gave him a small smile then slowly got out of bed. I was still in Harry's clothes but I figured he wouldn't mind.

We hopped in his car and drove off to Niall's. There was a slight awkwardness.

"How'd ya sleep?" He asked while keeping both of his eyes on the road.

"Fine, thanks."

He slowly pulled to the side of the road until he came to a complete stop. I looked at him in confusion.

"What are you doing?"

"If you tell anyone, and I mean anyone about what happened between you and I last night, you are going to wish you didn't wake up this morning. Got it?"

My eyes were wide. I slightly nodded in response to his question. I was shocked at his sudden mood change.

"Good, now zip it."

I spent the rest of the car ride looking out the window, thinking about what he said and how he wasn't the same person as he was last night. Harry's tone scared me. I don't wanna know what he would do to me if I told someone.

We pulled into Niall's driveway and I hesitantly opened the door. Harry grabbed onto my wrist and squeezed it tight. A tear ran down my cheek and I slowly looked back at him.

"Why are you crying?" he asked.

"You're hurting me, Harry."

"I-I'm sorry."

"For what?" I asked.

"For threatening you..." he trailed off.

"You have to protect your reputation, I get it."

With that he let go of his grip and I jumped out of the car and ran straight into Niall's house without looking back.

"Hey, what's up?" he asked.

"Nothing. How are you feeling? You were pretty drunk last night." I said changing the subject.

"I'm fine. Hey, are you okay?"

A few tears fell onto my cheeks. Niall came and wrapped his arms around me. I held onto him as tight as I could.

"What happened, why are you crying?"

"I'm fine."

"Obviously not. Go sit on the couch, we'll talk."

I sat on the couch and buried my hands in my face. I wanted to tell Niall about what happened with Harry but I know that's definitely not an option. I had to come up with a really convincing lie.

"Peyton look at me."

I looked into his eyes and almost instantly broke down crying again. He rubbed my back to calm me down which seemed to help a little. He traced shapes into my back until I fully calmed down.

"If you talk about it you'll feel better."

"I can't."

"Did something happen while you were at Harry's?"

I froze. I shook my head and looked at my feet.

"I'm fine, I just miss my family."

He pressed his lips to my forehead which sent chills down my spine. I sent him a reassuring smile.

"I think I'm gunna go take a nap." I said taking a deep breath.

"I thought we could go out and do something today? Get to know each other better? You just woke up, you can't be that tired."

"Um. Yeah. Lemme go get dressed." I ran upstairs to Niall's room and searched through his closet to find a pair of shorts and a tee shirt.

"I'll take you to get some clothes and such, sound fun?"

"I guess..." I trailed off.

Niall shrugged his shoulders and we headed out to his car. I couldn't help but think about my friends and the other boys. It was odd that the boys hadn't been terribly rude to us since the first night. It was suspicious. It was even more suspicious that my friends haven't even tried to contact me since the incident with Harry last night. I was taken out of thought when I felt Niall nudging my arm.

"I love this song! Sing with me!" he yelled in my ear. He was so care free. I rolled my eyes but laughed and started singing along once I picked up the tune.

Niall's P.o.v

Peyton was depressed. I could see it in her eyes, I really could. She has been staring blankly out the window for the past 10 minutes. To cheer her up I turned the radio up to full volume.

"It's my song! Sing with me!"

"You're insecure, don't know what for!"

I sang in her ear. She rolled her eyes at me then laughed and sang along.

"You're turning heads when you walk through the do-o-o-r"

"...BABY YOU LIGHT UP MY WORLD LIKE NOBODY ELSE THE WAY THAT YOU FLIP YOUR HAIR GETS ME OVERWHELMED BUT WHEN YOU SMILE AT THE GROUND IT AINT HARD TO TELL YOU DONT KNOW O O YOU DONT KNOW YOURE BEAUTIFUL O O THATS WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL!"

Peyton and I burst into a fit of laughter. I think it's the first time I've seen her genuinely happy since we brought her here. I looked over and couldn't help but stare.

"What are you looking at, keep your eyes on the road you're going to kill us!"

"I don't know I think I like the view over here better."

Her cheeks turned bright red. I thought it was cute.

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AH sorry this was such a crappy and short chapter. I haven't updated in over a month so I'm sorry, I just needed to post something! I'll try to make the next chapter better!

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