TORN (A Niall Horan Fan Fiction)

CHAPTER TWELVE~ Holiday

-Niall's point of view-

We got into the car and I immediately backed out and drove to the grocery store down the street from Drew's flat. "Are you okay Lia? You have any scars? How is your throat feeling? Are you having any breathing troubles? I swear to god I wanna go back there and kill him. That son of a bïtch! He better not show his face around us again or I swear to god I'll kill him! I swear if he ever hurts you again I'll-" I trailed on with tears running down my face.

"Niall why?" Lia asked unexpectedly and my gaze shot to her. Her tears were dried and she was back to her normal self.

"Why what?" I grabbed her hand and rubbed it with my thumb.

"I've been putting up with this since you guys left for tour. I never told anyone. Even when the police asked about it I said nothing. I just protected him because I was afraid. I feel so stupid all I had to do was-"

"Wait wait wait Lia you've been letting him do this to you since we left? Last year?! Why didn't you tell-"

"Niall I told you I don't know okay!! Just don't tell Liam" I shook my head and hoped that I would wake up and none of this would have happened. Did she just ask me not to tell her brother?

"Lia I don't understand. Why won't you tell him? He's your brother he'll fix this for you! Why would hide this from him Lia?!"

"Because he's gonna think I'm stupid like everyone else! I remember when my best friend was in a situation like this and everyone thought she was stupid for protecting him. I didn't because I knew how it felt to be reeled right back in like she was. He would beat her and afterwards tell her that he loved her and that he would make it up to her and that he would never do it again. They always do it again. They never stop. They always do it again."

Tears started to flow from her eyes again and I wish that I could make everything go away. All of her problems...everything that hurt her...gone.

"C-can we go now? I just wanna get away from this place." I nodded then started driving to the airport.

I never let go of Lia's hand and I didn't want to. It made me think that she was safe with me. I looked at Lia and she was staring out of the window. I didn't know what else to do so I texted Liam.

To: Leeyum

we r almost at the airport. u can pick up the car around 6 something. Ttyl. Lia said hi and she loves u

I put my phone away and turned on the radio. I heard Lia humming along to the tune of 'Lego House' by Ed Sheeran. "And its dark in a cold December but I got you to keep me warm" I sang along with the radio and I saw Lia smile.

After the song went off I popped in the 'Take Me Home' CD. "Said I'll never leave her cause her hands fit like my T-shirt. Tongue tied over three words, cursed. Running over thoughts that made my feet hurt, body's intertwined with her lips" Lia sang and her voice sounded similar to Liam's just a Girlier version.

"Now she's feeling solo since she went solo. Hole in the middle of my heart like a polo and its no joke to me. So can we do it all over again?" I sang and Lia giggled placing a kiss on my lips.

"If you're pretending from the start like this, With a tight grip, then my kiss Can mend your broken heart I might miss everything you said to me. And I can lend you broken parts. That might fit like this And I will give you all my heart. So we can start it all over again" While we were singing the chorus I pulled into the airport parking lot.

I got out of the car and went around to open Lia's door. "You have an amazing voice Lia. Why didn't you try out for the X Factor along with Liam?" I asked helping her out of the car.