Not So Typical

Chapter 13

I opened my eyes slowly as the pain in the back of head surged. My eyes adjusted to the fluorescent light and forms took shape leaning over me. I fluttered my eyelids a few more times and I realized that the faces belonged to Elsa and Kate.

"Mel, are you okay? Were you out of your bloody mind, you've only made it worse" Elsa whimpered through her tears. She was absolutely terrified.

I nodded slightly but the pain that shot through me caused me to almost scream out loud. I swallowed and took a breath, hoping that talking was painless.

"Where has he gone? Did he hurt that man in the hallway?"

"He is sitting over there, he refused to take you to the hospital. He...he hoped you would die Mel. We have got to get out of here and you definitely need a doctor" Kate said quietly. Their whispers made it obvious that he had no idea I was awake.

I grabbed her hand that was resting on my stomach and gave it a squeeze, that was the most I could do without wanting to burst into tears. I laid there on the hardwood floor trying to muster the strength and endurance to sit up when a loud knock came on my door.

"Mel! Mel, are you in there?! Answer the door Mel!"

It was Harry, they must have gotten worried when none of us answered our phones or showed up at Electric. Why did he have to come here, Andrew could squash him like a ripe banana and he probably would considering the state he was in.

He jumped from the armchair and his footsteps vibrated through the floor sending shock waves of pain through every inch of my body. Silent tears started to fall down my face as the door swung open and bounced off the wall.

"Who are you and what the hell do you want with her" Andrew bellowed, I could practically feel Harry's shock all the way over here on the floor.

"Harry, just go please. You're only going to make it worse" Kate cried.

"I think the better question is, who are you" I heard Niall pipe up. At least he had brought friends with him, although none of them were quiet large enough to take on the hulk that was standing in the door way.

I got a burst of adrenaline and I pressed my palms into the floor and pushed myself upward. Stars started floating in my eyes and it was the most pain I had ever felt in my life. "Harry, please just get us out of here" I whimpered and I saw his eyes turn angry and his loose hands changed to fists.

"Andrew isn't it? Let her go, now" he growled through his teeth. It was enough to scare me but it only made a drunken Andrew laugh.

"Nice try buddy. Want to come in, have a drink? You look like you probably tired yourself out after giving all that effort." Andrew chuckled stepping away and actually allowing the three of them to enter my flat.

Elsa and Kate had their hands gripping my arms and back, waiting on me to pass out at any moment. Harry went to move towards me but Andrew's arm slammed into his chest stopping him. Ed went pale and Niall stopped in his tracks and they realized just how intense the situation actually was.

"Not gonna happen mate, let the whores take care of her. She deserve what she got anyway" he said through his teeth with venom dripping off of every word.

Blood rushed to Harry's face and those green eyes were ready to pop out of his head. "They aren't whores, and the only thing she deserves is to see your dead body being put into the ground" he yelled raising an arm and bringing his fist into Andrew's jaw.

Andrew stumbled backwards a bit, he was at a definite disadvantage being drunk. Niall rushed across the room, being the smallest, and took to making sure I was alright. "Mel, I'm going to call for an pambulance, yeah? Just keep making sure she stays awake girls, that looks likes a nasty cut she has back there."

I don't know how he was managing to stay so calm with what was happening six feet away from us, I was in tears and utter distress.

Andrew gathered himself and swung for Harry and narrowly missed. Ed stepped forward and took a shot in his stomach but Andrew stood there unaffected. Harry pushed the ginger haired boy behind him and then pushed Andrew against the wall. He grabbed two handfuls of Andrew's too small sweater and got nose to nose with him. I heard angry words coming from Harry's lips but I couldn't make out what he was saying. Whatever it was Andrew didn't like it very much as he swung for Harry's jaw and this time hitting his mark.

Harry stumbled back and fell onto the couch holding on to his face and Andrew took that as his cue to leave. He ambled for the door all the while staring at me with absolute evil in his eyes. "I'll be back sweetheart, make sure your boyfriend doesn't show up next time, yeah? He really knows how to ruin all the fun."

And just like that, the door was shut and it was almost as if he had never been here except for the smell of alcohol lingering and the blood that had pooled on the floor behind me. Ed ran to check on Harry as Niall returned to my side.

"They're on their way Mel, but you know you're going to have to tell the police what happened here right?"

I had never told the police about Andrew, he had always threatened to end me completely if I ever did. That was the only threat that rang true in my head now and then, it was what kept me in fear and that was how Andrew always knew he was safe no matter what he did.

"She would love to" Kate said confidently having gained her poise back. I said nothing as Niall nodded and then walked over to the couch to join the other two boys.

Elsa and Kate managed to get me a glass of water and keep me awake until the paramedics arrived although there was nothing I wanted more than to fall asleep. I only let Harry into the ambulance with me, his jaw was swollen and purple but he kept insisting he was fine. My right hand was gripped tight in his.