The Bakery Girl // n.h

Chapter 37: Flash lights

Bel's P.O.V:

"They have to leave..." The moment those words left his lips, I couldn't help the tears from streaming down my face. I held on my breath, not really wanting to cry out.

"But why?" I asked, my voice never above a whisper, squeezing my eyes shut, trying to erase his spoken words.

"Because they're in danger, they can't stay here. If they stay any longer, it may lead to their last breath..." He explained, inhaling deeply before his eyes glinted with lost hope.

"So, that means they have to leave?" I asked, my voice wasn't stable yet.

"Yes, they'll leave tomorrow morning, that's final" He stated sharply before walking away, closing the door behind him, leaving me all hopeless and a complete mess.

He's right, they have to leave. If they stay any longer, they may die. How can I ever forgive myself if that happened? I can't. I lost my parents, I can't loose them neither now nor never. Because they're all I've got, they have to leave.

How can I tell them that?

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"Niall stop!" I giggled uncontrollably as he kept peppering my neck with kisses. I just came back from the police station, found William asleep and Niall waiting for me.

"Are you ticklish?" He asked, a smirk plastered on his lips. The moment those words were spoken, my eyes went wide.

"Found the asnwer!" He exclaimed amusingly, gripping my sides as tickled me.

"Niall, stop it! Please!" I laughed loudly, trying to escape his hard grip. It's moments like these where everything seems perfect. Him by my side, a smile on his lips. Knowing he's here beside me makes me feel safe. He's my safety. If he leaves, I would never feel safe again. God, how can I freaking tell him?!

My laugh came to an end, as my lips twitched into a sudden frown. That thought made me think hard, that I didn't know he stopped tickling me.

"Babe, what's wrong?" His worried voice spoken, making me flinch at his delicate touch. HOW am I going to tell him?

"Niall, I have to tell you something..." I whispered, my gaze dropped to my hands, playing with my finger as I bit my lower lip, holding back the tears.

"What is it, love? You know you can tell me anything.." He trailed off, brushing a strand of hair behind my ear, making my gaze flick to meet his own. His eyes burnt with curiosity and worry.

"Promise me" I whispered, still holding our gaze, as his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"Promise you what?" He asked softly yet questioningly, intertwining his fingers with mine without breaking our intense gaze.

"That when you leave, you'd never forget about me.." I sighed sharply, shutting my eyes for a moment.

"What? I'm not going anywhere.." He answered me, making my eyes shot open, his eyes held confusion and worry, making my eyes watery.

"I went to the police station today. Apparently, the FBI doesn't allow you nor William to stay anymore. Listen Niall, you can't stay here. I can't allow you to risk your life, not like I allowed them to risk theirs because of myself.." I whispered softly, our intense gaze was broken as he blinked in confusion.

"Who do you mean? 'Them'?" He asked and I couldn't help it anymore. He needs to know, he deserves to know...

"leave them alone!" I shouted as I saw them holding my parents back.

"And what are you gonna do about it, huh?" The one with black mask spoke as he held the knife to my dad's neck.

"Please!" my mom's ear-pierce scream echoed through the dead streets.

"Shut up, woman!" One of them spoke, re-connecting his palm with my mother's cheek repeatedly.

"Stop, I'm begging you here!" I whisper/scream as my mother let out silent sobs.

"Can't do, only one can leave alive" He spoke, leaving an annoying laugh escape his lips. From his voice, I think his in the middle 40s.

"Then kill us don't kill her, she's young" My dad spoke while a few tears streamed down his face.

"Ok, my pleasure" One spoke as I felt two arms drag me away.

"No, please stop!" I spoke as I saw the kinfe get stabbed into my dad's chest.

He winced in pain and fell to the floor, he called my name so I ran to him and hugged him, crying on his shoulders.

"I remember when you were 4, and you always used to hug me because you were scared" He softly chuckled, and I flinched. It's not that it's a bad memory but it just hurt me a lot to see my dad, dying in front of me.

I whimper, "Just remember that we'll always be beside you, forever" He spoke. I didn't wanna leave my dad now, not ever.

I nodded as I kissed his cheek and stayed in his embrace for a while before I got dragged by one of the 3 men.

"No, please!" I pleaded. But non of that ever helped.

And that was the last time I ever saw them. My parents death.

"And since that day, I blamed myself for their death. If they haven't took me out if I haven't begged them too, they'll still be beside me, holding my hand a assuring me that everything's gonna be alright.." Tears fell down my face, I couldn't hold them in anymore. My gaze was on the hardwood floor, not really wanting to meet his gaze.

A few moments past, and their was nothing but silence. I started to get worried, not really knowing what to say or do. Suddenly, his fingers rested on my chin, tilting my head to meet his gaze.

Surprisingly, he was smiling. His eyes glinted with kindness and relief.

"Never blame yourself for something you haven't done, your not a one to blame. Your strong, you have stayed strong for all these years, how? That's because your a one of a kind, and I'm lucky to have you" He spoken softly, smiling at me as if I haven't just told him what he wanted to know since the very begging. Really, this boy drives me mad...

My eyes kept escaping tears as I didn't know what to say.

Instead, I wrapped my arms around his waist, cuddling my head on his chest as I sobbed loudly.

"Shhh, everything's going to be okay..." He reassured, stroking y hair as he kissed my head repeatedly.

How have I gotten so lucky?

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Hey! Drama is back ☺

I guess there would 10 more chapters and then that's it :)

P.S: On 26/6/2014, I'm going to update two new stories:

1) Regrets // [h.s], the summary is up!

2) Look Up // [n.h], will be up soon!

Anddd, my birthday is in 8 days 💕☺

Until next time,

Dana x