Reese

Chapter 41 - Epilogue (Part two)

Niall's P.O.V

"Mark?!" A familiar voice shrieked from the other end of the room. Everyone turned around and something inside me dropped to the pit of my stomach when my eyes lay upon her.

Her bloodshot eyes, and her tear stained face make me feel as though I have failed in being a good boyfriend. She shouldn't be crying, I should sort this out and help her out of this little hole she's fallen into lately.

But I don't know how.

Whenever I go near her she flinches or walks out the room.

I don't know what to do.

As I was looking at her, her faced contorted into some kind of emotion I'd never seen on her. Katie was angry, but all the worry and sadness that had been building up over the past few weeks was visible too.

It's always visible.

Suddenly my ears pricked as I heard Eleanor's breathing start to get faster.

"Oh no.." She muttered under her breath.

I turned to her, "Wha-?"

Harry's P.O.V

I saw Niall turn to Eleanor as Jessie watched Katie, she sent me a warning look - as if to say: something's about to happen.

And in that split second, hell broke loose.

My head whipped around to see Katie sprinting towards Mark, shouting curse words at him all the time.

Zayn had gotten up, calling for Katie to stop as he ran towards her.

Eleanor stood up and dragged Louis to his feet, wanting to help somehow but not knowing what to do.

Niall looked helpless, but ran to Katie anyway.

Then I looked at Liam, who was standing in front of Mark.

What the actual fuck is going on?

Liam was shielding Mark. The very guy who held Reese captive and stopped their communication.

I thought he hated him.

It was all happening in slow motion.

Perrie was up too now, grabbing hold of Katie's arm as Zayn held it in place.

Zayn's P.O.V

"Stop! Katie, stop!" I screamed, trying to get through to the stubborn shell of a friend who used to have her life together. I held her arms tightly,  and spoke in a clipped, deep voice that hopefully would calm her down. She was seething.

She wasn't even looking at me - any of us in fact.  Niall, Eleanor and Louis ran to my aid, doing things ranging from comforting Katie back into sanity, or standing around us to make sure Katie could no longer see Mark.

I know why he's here, and I know why Liam seems to be defending him.

Liam came to mine and Perrie's one day last week. He said it was the first time he'd spoken (in person) to anyone since it happened.  He mentioned that for some unknown reason, once he had gotten over the immediate tsunami of grief, he called Mark. He said he thinks it was because they both shared a love for Reese at one time or another, whether or not they had originally hated eachother.

Liam slowly began to tell us that him and Mark had had an enormous conversation, and that he's beginning to understand the man's motives...

Perrie couldn't believe him. She was there at Mark's house during most of the drama, and to this day still refers to him in someway or another - usually in a negative sense. So for Liam to turn around and suddenly say that he understands Mark's reasoning, that he's not far from almost forgiving him... Let's just say she was definitely shocked.