Underneath My Skin

Ch. 29

He came into my life unexpectedly, like a tornado, and he flipped my world upside down. When I'm around him, I have this adrenaline coursing through me, like I'm caught in the eye of his storm, trying to survive him. But when he left, there was devastation and destruction.

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I sit up and all the air escapes my lungs. Niall looks at us with wide eyes. Tae walks in behind him and she shares the same expression as him. Niall turns around quickly and holds his hands up, halting someone, but I can't see who it is.

"She's not in here. Let's look somewhere else," Niall says frantically.

My heart sinks. I know he's talking to Zayn.  I'm frozen in place, straddling Harry. My heart hammers inside my chest.

"What's the matter? Who's in there?" Zayn asks.

Before Niall can respond, Zayn pushes him out of the door way. At least Niall tried. Zayn looks at us with wide, furious eyes.

Before I can make up an excuse as to why I'm on top Harry, I'm snatched up and thrown across the room. I hit the wall hard before falling on the ground. All the air leaves my lungs in one big gasp. I blink a few times. What just happened?

I stand to my feet quickly. I look up and Niall is snatching Harry off of Zayn. Then it hits me, Zayn just snatched me up and threw me across the room. Not caring if I was hurt. Niall slams Zayn into the wall and fists his shirt.

"You need to calm the fuck down!" Niall yells in Zayn's face.

This is definitely a new side of Niall. Harry stands behind Niall trying to get to Zayn,  but Tae is pulling on Harry's arm for dear life.

"Please stop Harry!" she begs.

Time slows down. I don't know what to say. I don't know what to do.

"Don't you ever fucking touch her again!" Harry yells.

Zayn looks disgusted. Theres so much anger radiating off of him, I can feel it from across the room. Damn, he threw me far. Zayn tries to push Niall off of him, but Niall slams him up against the wall again.

"No! You never touch her again you son of a bitch!" Zayn yells.

Zayn looks into Nialls eyes. I can only see the back of Niall's head, but I see his body tense up.

"You were just going to walk out like you never saw anything!" Zayn yells.

"It wasn't what it looked like Zay!" Niall yells.

My head is throbbing and an ache starts to form in my side where I hit the wall. Tae is pulling on Harry so hard that her feet are sliding on the carpet. I don't think it's a good idea to try and calm him down.

"No! It was exactly what it fucking looked like!" Harry yells.

My stomach twists in knots. What have I done? Zayn pushes Niall off of him, sending him stumbling backwards. He lunges for Harry, but Tae jumps in front of Harry. Zayn stops dead in his tracks and stares down at her with blazing eyes.

"Please," she begs. "It's not worth it."

She is doing the most. Before I know what I'm doing, my feet quickly carry me to Harry's side. He looks at me and his eyes soften.

"Are you okay?" he asks.

I nod. "Just stop, please."

I look at Zayn. He steps around Tae  and grabs my hand gently. I snatch my hand away from him.

"Don't touch me," I say harshly.

He just snatched me up and threw me across the room. Of course I don't want him to touch me. Niall grabs Zayns arm and pulls him away from me.