Abused | Niall Horan

Chapter 21- It's my Fault

AN: Ahhh over 800 reads I love you guys!

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Niall's POV

"Oh my god." I said as I made my way towards Alex in the dark room.

She was laying on the ground facing the wall- hopefully only unconscious.

I'm going to kill Josh.

"Alex?" I choked out.

She didn't respond, not even a flicker of her eyelashes. Or a twitch in her fingers.

I could see her chest rising and falling, she was still alive.

I untied her wrists, ankles and chest from the wooden chair and massaged them gently to get the blood flowing to them.

As I turned her face over to peel the tape off the mouth, I see a cut.

It's a large one that stretches from her eyebrow to lip- the blood is still drying so it's very recent.

I don't remember this happening so it must have been while we were on our way.

Why would anyone do this to such a beautiful girl?

I slowly peel the tape from her mouth, to reveal a sore red mark.

How many times did he rip it off?

I pull her onto my lap and rest my chin on her head, hiding my face in her hair as the tears stream down my face.

Only then do I notice all of the bruises.

All the way down her arms and legs, at least 20 of them.

I reach across the floor and grab her jeans, pulling them closer to me.

I slide them onto her, careful not to provoke the cut on her leg, she said it was fine, she must not have wanted me to worry.

Only then do I question why Josh took her if they were over.

I scrunch my eyebrows and pick Alex up, standing to my feet.

I walk towards Josh and the boys, with her in my arms.

Louis sees her and gasps before looking away.

"Why?" I simply ask Josh.

"Why what?"

"Why would you do this to such an innocent girl who fell in love with you?" I question, my voice wavering at the end.

"Why not?" He shrugs.

'Why not?' Is he serious?

"But Alex said that you hadn't even contacted her since the party, and you didn't care about her anymore, and couldn't care less." I say confused.

He just laughs, "You're cute."

"What?"

"That was obviously a lie."

What?

"So you did talk to her?"

"Duh."

"Why would she tell me you didn't then?"

"Because she doesn't like you, you thought that she was lying when I sent you the video, and that I made her say it, but the pieces are fitting together. She told you that I didn't call her because she wanted me to come get her away from you. She went back to her flat instead of staying with you. It's no mystery." He smirks.

Is that true?

No, of course not.

She hates Josh and was sat crying to me for hours about him, she even had a nightmare about him.

She didn't tell me, but I could hear her screaming and crying in her sleep, and mentioned Josh's name a few times.

-I'm pretty sure she said my name too, but I didn't want to ask her about it if she didn't want to talk about it, besides I probably just misheard her-

I could hear her all the way from the living room and when I ran into the bedroom she was sweating and panting.

So it must have been a really bad dream.

"That's bullshit." I say angrily.

"You keep thinking that."

Then I realise why she lied.

She wanted to protect me, even though she didn't need to.

She did it on Friday too, when I met her and started fighting Josh. When she asked me to leave because she didn't want me to get hurt because of her.

If I had insisted that she stayed with me then this wouldn't have happened.

I can't help but feel this is my fault.

I look at her frail body and a wave of guilt floods over me, I should have stayed with her. She wouldn't be hurt and unconscious if I had.

I look up and see Josh smirking cockily at me, he can tell what this is doing to me.

I pass Alex into the arms of Liam and storm towards Josh.

Without thinking, I let the anger get the best of me and my fist collides with his face, he stumbles, but Louis and Zayn keep hold of him.

"Niall! What are you doing!" Zayn shouts at me. "Don't sink to his level."

I run my hands through my hair and groan in frustration, "He fucking did this to her!" I yell, pointing to Alex's injuries. "He deserves it!"

"Niall, I know you're angry, but honestly, if you punch him, you're going to be just as bad as him, don't let your anger make you do something you regret." Liam tries to reason with me.

"What!" I shout, "You're comparing me to him! Did I kidnap someone? Did I try to rape them? TWICE?" I'm practically screaming at Liam by the end.

"Niall, you know that's not what I meant." He tries to defend.

"Maybe you should make it clearer next time!"

He stares at the wall and I know that I've won the argument.

"Instead of shouting at me, shouldn't we be taking Alex to the hospital?"

It's a scary thought, what if she never comes out?

No, don't think like that.

"Yes, we should. But we need to wait for the police."

When I mention the police I see Josh try to get out of Zayn and Louis' grip, but they keep him there.

It's a good job they came, I probably wouldn't have been able to do anything without them holding Josh back and stopping him from running away.

I hear the police sirens in the distance becoming louder until I hear the tyres screeching as they turn the corner and park up outside.

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AN: Sorry for the couple days wait, compared to my usual updates. Sometimes I update a few times a day :o thanks for being patient.

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