Bad Influence

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We ended up watching a movie with the other boys, Louis decided this time so we ended up watching Point Break. I snuggled close to Liam and Harry tried to cuddle with Nikki, but she refused, so Harry cuddled close to Louis instead. I looked over at Nikki. "Are you getting tiered?" I asked. She nodded. I smiled. "Me and Nikki will be off to bed. You're sleeping at your boyfriend's right?" I asked Matt. Matt had his arms around Niall and Niall were resting his head on Matt's shoulder. "Yeah, I'll be at Niall's." Matt said. I nodded. "Alright, good night guys." I said before I gave Liam a good night kiss. "I'll be right in if you get a nightmare." Liam said. I smiled and gave him one more kiss. "I know, good night baby." I said. Liam smiled. "Good night babe." He said before I walked into my bedroom with Nicole.

"Nikki, can we talk? I want to ask you something." I asked. "Of course, you can ask me anything." Nicole said. I smiled a little. "You seems so jumpy, so not Nikki. But as soon as Chad was out of the picture then you seemed alright. Mind telling me what's going on?" I asked. Nicole froze for a minute. "I'm fine, me and Chad are fine." She said. I raised an eyebrow. "Nikki, I've known you since we were like five, you've been my best friend since I was eight, I can tell when you lie." I said. Nicole looked at me before she broke down and started to cry. I rushed to her side and gave her a hug. "Shh Nikki, it's alright, it'll be fine." I told her. Nicole pulled away from, scared of my embrace. "Nikki, what's wrong?"I asked her. She looked so scared and sad. "C-C-Chad he-he." She started before she cried again. I wanted to hug her, but I didn't want to scare her. "Is is okay if I hug you and then we'll sit down?" I asked. Nicole nodded. I quickly pulled her in for a hug as I started rubbing circles on her back. I pulled away and led her over to the bed before I sat us both down. "You can tell men whenever you're ready." I reassured her. She nodded and took a few deep breaths before she looked at me again. "C-Chad he-he b-beats me." Nicole said. "WHAT?!" I yelled. Nicole jumped. "Oh, shit, I'm so sorry Nikki." I said as she slowly started to cry again. I gently put an arm around her.  "Shh, it's okay. I'm here, nobody's going to hurt you." I reassured her. She calmed down after a little bit. "How long?" I asked her. "T-The p-past two m-months." Nicole said. I was shocked. "Two months? Nikki, why haven't you talked to the police?" I asked. "C-Chad won't l-let m-me go a-a-anywhere without h-him." Nicole said. I could tell that this was hard for her, but honestly, I would have been surprised if she wasn't. "Alright, here's what we'll do. We're going to the police tomorrow and you're living here for now." I said. Nicole looked at me. "But what if he finds me?" She asked. "He won't. Trust me." I said. She nodded. "Do you have any marks?" I asked. Nicole looked at me before she took her top of. Red and blue marks were covering her body. I gasped before I gently touched one of them. "That's just crazy. I knew he was crazy. He's going to pay for this. I should have known he'd be abusive to you after what he did to Lou." I ranted. Nicole looked at me. "I-I'm so s-sorry." She told me. I looked at here before I shook my head. "It's not your fault. You have nothing to apologize for." I said. She nodded. "I won't let that psycho anywhere near you, not ever, I swear." I told her. Nicole looked at me and then she smiled a little. "Thank you." She whispered. I pulled her in for a hug.

I woke up before Nicole the next day. We'd been up all night talking about everything and nothing. She told me all about how at first it only happened when Chad was drunk(as it usually does), but then it had gotten much worse and how she had gotten to afraid to leave him or tell her parents. Nicole didn't even want to move to London, but Chad had threatened her into it. I had never seen Nicole cry as much, and I don't think I've ever been more angry. I wanted him dead, for hurting her and for hurting my brother. I stood up as quietly as possible, I didn't want to wake her, Nicole looked so peaceful and I wanted to let her sleep. I had a feeling that this is the most sleep Nicole had gotten in a while. "Good morning babe." Liam said when I came out into the kitchen. I smiled and gave him a kiss. "Good morning Liam." I said. "I made you and Nikki some pancakes." He said. I smiled and gave him another kiss. "You know I can't resist your pancakes. They almost beats my mum's." I said. Liam laughed a little and kissed my nose. "Is Nicole still asleep?" He asked. I pulled away from him and nodded. "Something happened last night." I told him. "What? Are you okay? Is Nikki alright?" Liam asked. I told him everything, I had to pause a bunch of times just to stop myself from crying. Liam quickly pulled me closer to him when I was halfway through the story. He was very quiet as long as I talked. I met his gaze when I was finished. "We're going to the police with this, I'm not letting him hurt another person." Liam said. I nodded. "I said so too, to Nikki last night. But we need to wait until she wakes up. I have a feeling she don't want to go." I said. Liam nodded. "I know, but we have to tell the police, we just have to!" Liam said. "I know." A voice behind us said. We both turned and Nicole was halfway smiling at us.

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