Living Louder - n.h.

Chapter Seven

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Chapter Seven

NIALLS POV

Sarah and her mom have been yelling to each other for more than ten minutes, and I'm starting to get worried. I have no idea why they're yelling at each other, but this doesn't seem right.

"I FUCKING HATE YOU" I hear Sarah yell.

"WELL I NEVER WANTED YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE"

"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL ME?"

"FINE" I hear her mom yell, followed by the sound of a hand hitting a cheek. I freeze but continued listening. All I hear is the sound of skin touching other skin. I can't let this happen. I knew Sarah lied when she was talking about that friend of hers who got him by her mom. It wasn't about her friend, it's about her.

Without even a single thought I open the door to the dressing room and jump in between Sarah and her mom.

"STOP IT" I yell, "both of you"

"Niall, don't do this please" Sarah yells me laying a hand on my shoulder.

“Who is this? Is this your boyfriend, because if he is, you will be dead by the next hour”

“Mom, he isn’t my boyfriend. He is just a friend”

“Oh, ‘just a friend’? Yeah I bet you two made out loads of times”

“MOM, STOP IT”

"NO, STOP, both of you! You, miss Carlson, or Illinois or whatever your last name is, you are not supposed to hit a women. Not even your own daughter" I yell at her as I see Sarah’s questioning look from the corner of my eye.

"And who do you think you are?" Sarah's mom asks.

"I am someone who is here to protect Sarah. A friend, someone who likes her for being just the way she is. I know this isn't the first time you hit your daughter, which is unacceptable" I tell Sarah's mom as she looks at me with big eyes, "Sarah, you are coming with me. I don't want you to risk any broken bones by staying with her"

I grab Sarah's bag, take her hand and take her with me. While her mom starts yelling at both of us. At Sarah for doing what I tell her too, and at me for what I just did.

I take Sarah with me to the elevator and push the button to go to the first floor.

"Niall, let me go" Sarah tells me as the doors close, "this is none of your business"

"It is Sarah. How could you not tell me this?" I ask her while I push the button so the elevator stops, "you lied to me about your ‘friend’ getting hit, it was about you and I know that"

"It was for the best"

"Lying is never for the best! And what the fuck is your last name? That Theodore boy told me it was Carlson, but the bag of pills said Illinois"

"Why did you go through my bag?"

"Because I don't trust those pills. I know how migraine pills look like, and they are in a strip not in a plastic bag with some fake name writing on it"