Scars Don't fade (Niall horan fanfic)

Chapter 32

WE'RE HOME!" Louis yelled flinging open the door.

"Nice to know." Liam said from the couch.

"Yep!" Louis ran upstairs with his bags in hand.

"Hey guys. How was it?" Liam asked looking at the rest of us.

"Good! And we still have time to get ready for the interview." Harry said with a smirk.

"Barely." Liam replied with an eye roll. Now that I looked him over I saw he was ready, his hair was done and he had on a nice outfit.

"Bleh bleh." Harry said wrinkling up his face and making his voice high pitch.

Liam waved him off and turned back to the television. I walked upstairs with my bag followed by Niall and then Harry.

I went to my room and shut the door so I could start getting ready. I wore one of my new shirts along with a pair of pale blue jeans. I twirled my hair into a bun on top of my head, and put on some lipstick and eyeliner.

I slipped on a new pair of heels I had gotten, and walked out of my room.

"Hey you look nice." Niall said coming out of his room at the same time as me.

"Thanks so do you." I said smiling from his compliment.

"Your welcome." He smiled and my heart skipped a beat when our eyes locked.

He grabbed my hand and we walked downstairs our fingers interlocked. Liam raised an eyebrow at me when I reached the bottom. I returned the gesture wondering what he had done it for.

We headed off to the interview which was a short drive of twenty minutes. I stayed quite most of the ride pondering some things. I hoped they wouldn't include me in the interview, they normally didn't so I should be safe.

They took their seats backstage of the studio and waited for the call to go out. I fiddled with my ring that I wore on my pinky. It would be weird and boring without Eleanor to goof around with.

"On stage." A director said pointing towards the entrance.

"Bye love." Niall whispered kissing my forehead.

"Bye good luck." I smiled and waved as he walked out.

The other boys chorused good byes to me and I wished them all good luck as they entered the stage. I pulled out my phone and sent Eleanor a text hoping she could talk.
She didn't reply so I turned on some music. I tuned out their interview and swayed along with the music.

"Can we have her out here?" The interviewer's words jolted me out of my daze. Me? Was he talking about me? Hopefully not.

"I don't think she would like it." Niall said making a sorry gesture, and I knew they were talking about me.

"Please, what about we ask her?" He really wanted me out there for some reason. Probably to bombard me with hate or something like that.

"Okay I'll go back and ask her." Niall stood up and a few seconds later appeared on my side of the door. "Hey the guy wants to interview you along with us. "

"So I heard, can you tell him no?" I asked though I'm sure he wouldn't be happy with that answer.

"Of course, but I'm afraid he'll keep pestering until you come out." He sighed and rolled his eyes." He was pretty insistent."

"Okay fine, but just this once." I agreed. I turned off my music and took his hand that he offered me. We walked out on stage together and everyone started clapping.

"Ahh thank you for gracing us with your presence Jessica." Mike, the interviewer said smiling at me. There was something about him that made me uncomfortable, but I couldn't quite place it. I held Niall's hand tighter and he gave me a reassuring squeeze.

"Of course." I said politely with a smile.

"Now if I may I have a few I have a few questions for you."

"Bring them on." I said and the audience laughed.

"Okay first off how long have you been dating Niall?"

"A few weeks, but we've been friends longer." I smiled at Niall and he smiled back nodding his head which made me feel more comfortable.

"Mhm. How did you meet him?"

"Well believe it or not Simon is my uncle so that's how." I said not mentioning about my mother. I didn't want to especially not in front of hundreds of people.

"Wow. Interesting and you're from the states?"

"Yes."

"Why did you move to England then?" He pushed.

"Umm it's quite personal." I said not answering.

"She'd rather not say." Niall said sensing how uncomfortable I was.

"Of course." He smiled, but sent me a look that wasn't to nice." Well I think that's all the questions we have for me Ms. Jessica." He smiled and curtly nodded his head at me. I quickly stood up and excited the stage. I now recognized the look in his eyes.

It was the same look Jason had given me last time I'd seen him, it was the same look as the guy from the store.

Lust.

I felt disgusted after sitting under his gaze for so long. I shivered at the thought of him coming near me.

I relaxed for the remainder of the interview knowing that the boy's bodyguard was there if Mike tried anything.

"Hey princess." Niall said the first one off stage.

"Hey." I replied blushing at princess.

"Sorry about that." He whispered in my ear while hugging me.

"It's not your fault." I murmured back.

"I know, but still."

He pulled away and placed a gentle kiss on my lips.

"I have to go to the bathroom." I said randomly.

"Okay we'll be waiting." Louis said smirking at me.

I rolled my eyes and walked down the hall where the sign pointed. I had second thoughts once I had gotten a few steps in, it was dark and smelled musty and unused. Maybe I should just go back, but I'd already committed myself. I didn't know if I could wait the whole way home.

I bit my lip and trudged on wondering where the cursed bathroom was.

"Hey honey. You lost?" A deep husky voice asked from in front of me.

I jumped and when I peered closer I saw the shadow of a man a few feet away. I also spotted a faint glow a few feet behind the man indicating the women's room.

"Nope I'm good." I said trying to keep the fear out of my voice.

"You sure? This is quite a dark, forgotten hallway. We could have some fun in here and nobody would know." The voice said just loud enough for me to hear. I shivered at the sentence and suddenly recognized the voice. It was Mike, the creep of an interviewer.

"Umm no thanks. I'm just going to use the bathroom." I said taking a few steps forward. He stayed where he was, but his hand raised.

"I don't think so baby girl." He said chuckling darkly.

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