Harry's POV
I ran as fast as I could. But I kept looking back, dammit Harry. Don't you ever learn. Whenever someone is chasing you, NEVER EVER look back. But what do I keep doing? Looking back. I'm an idiot I know.
Fear filled my body, my adrenaline pumping. I could sense them running behind me.
"You can't run forever!" A man shouted out.
He's right I can't run forever but what will they do to me? I felt my feet getting tired by the second. My breathing changed, I could hear my heart beating in my ears. Then I stopped. I gave up. If they want to fight, let's fight!
"Alright, whaddya guys want from me?!" I yelled out trying to catch my breath. They stayed quiet for a little while and started getting closer and closer. The small group of 4 surrounded me. A man to my right, one to my left, one in front of me, and one in back of me. Shit. There's no way out. "Well?! What. Do. You. Want?!"
"Don't you give us attitude you poor, filthy bastard." The man says as he pulls down his hood. Then one by one each and every one of them pulled down their black hoods. I looked around noticing who they were. Zayn, he's in Biology with me. I've never done anything to him. I have never even tried talking to his girlfriend, Jessica. I'd never wanna ruin their relationship. Louis, he's not in any of my classes but I've seen him around a couple times. He's the popular football jockey everyone loves. He's going out with this chick who's always wanting to show skin. I've never done anything to him either. Liam, another football jockey everyone loves, going out with this girl who can't seem to keep her mouth shut. She's in 3 of my classes and oh God. Sometimes I just wanna slap her straight in the face. But I've never done anything to him either. And then.. Luke.
Luke kicked me in the shins making me trip and fall to the ground. Zayn got a hold of me and took my arms and put it behind my back. I was in a kneeling position while Zayn tied a rope around my hands. Liam took out a roll of duct tape, the same bag where Zayn took out the rope. He put about 6 layers of duct tape around my mouth, making sure I wouldn't make noise. Once the job got done, they took me to a dark alley. It smelled like garbage, cockroaches and rats were roaming the place. They placed me down and circled around me.
"Alright. Who wants to go first boys?" Luke says as he grins. "I'm definitely going last."
Louis comes up to me, I'm assuming he's going first. He throws a punch to my nose and I felt it throbbing. He throws a couple more punches and with every punch comes out a word.
"This! Is! For! Making! My! Girlfriend! Break! Up! With! Me!" Louis says.
What? Louis' girlfriend broke up with him because of me? Impossible.
I felt the gush of blood falling from my nose.
I never made her. Please stop.
I scream in my mind.
Next came Liam. He kicked me in the stomach a couple of times, making me almost nearly throw up. His last kick went straight to my face. Making sure to leave a bruise, he kicked it hard. I felt the warm tears fall down my face, it was actually soothing me.
"That's right. CRY! My girlfriend and I have been together since freshman year! But you came AND BROKE IT! YOU BASTARD!" Liam says as he punches me in stomach. Liam's a senior so they've been together for 4 years.
But it's not my fault. I never did anything for them to like me! Please. Stop.
"Come on Zayn. It's your turn." Luke says.
"Nah man. I just came here to help you guys." Zayn says as he looks at me with sympathy.
"Well, I guess it's my turn." Luke says with a grin.
Luke threw the most punches and the most kicks. His last punch went straight to my left ear, blocking out part of what Luke said.
"Stay away from Janiah! She's mine! You get that?!" Luke shouts out as he kicks me in the stomach. "And if you ever say something about this, you'll be dead.. Just watch." He pushes me to the ground, laying with the rats and all the other bugs around me. "Let's go." He says as he motions all of the other guys to follow him.
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After a good 30 minutes I saw a guy coming up to me. Oh no. Is he here to beat me up to? I'm already in tons of pain. My eye sight was blurry, the blood was drying up.
This random stranger took the tape off of my mouth and a gush of blood came out of it.
"Ugh come on man! I'm tryna help you here!" He says as he backs away from the puddle of blood. Was it that bad? I noticed the voice though. I could barely hear, my left ear was still not able to hear anything.
"Erm Zayn?" I say as I try to stand up. It was impossible. "Please don't try to hurt me." I feel weak. Like I can't do anything. My voice was raspy and my body was numb.
"Hey man. Look I just helped my friends. I didn't do anything to you."
"Then why didn't you stop them?"
"Like I said, they're my friends. Just don't tell them I came back here to help you out." He says as he unties the rope. "Now come on. You can stay at my house." Zayn says as he carries me.
I was unstable. When we got to Zayn's house, he took me straight to his room and called for his sister. I heard whispers outside the room but I couldn't tell what they were saying. Like I said, i'm half deaf at this moment. Zayn's sister, Waliyha, came in the room and I saw her gasping and covering her mouth. Was it really that bad?
"Oh god. Oh god Zayn. What have they done?" Waliyha says as she comes closer to me and cups my cheeks. Her tears falling down on my face.
"I know it's bad Waliyha but please help me." Zayn says.
The whole night I was being cleaned up by Waliyha while Zayn paced around the room. While my bruises were being treated with all kinds of medicine I fell asleep.
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The next morning I was awoken by Zayn's alarm. I stood up and immediately felt the aching pain, all around my body. I went to his bathroom and decided to take a look in the mirror.
Oh god.
Bruises. Bruises all over my face. I had a black eye, two bruises on each side of my cheek, and a cut on my lip. My face looked horrible. I tried touching my face but all I did was wince. How am I going to explain this to my mom? The people in school?
"Hey man." Zayn says rubbing the back of his hair looking tired as ever. "You don't have to go to school if you don't want to."
"I do want to but what am I gonna say to this?" I say pointing at my face.
"I dunno. Just say some guys ganged up on you. Here's some clothes." He says as he threw me some jeans and a plain white t-shirt.
As I put on the clothes Zayn gave me I saw the other bruises that were placed in my stomach. My left ear was still blocked out so I took a cotton swab and dipped it in water. I put it in my ear, I knew it. I pulled the cotton swab out and just as I expected, dried blood. I began to do it over and over again until my hearing got better.
"Hey we're going to school, come on." Zayn says as he knocks on the door.
Great. Let's see how this goes..
It's Harry's birthday today oh my. He's 20 years old, he's not a teenager anymore. Happy Birthday baby! I love you so so much. I find it funny how on this chapter Harry gets beat and I updated on his birthday! Oh god. Well I hope someday you read this, I love you (:
