Five Against One

5 Times and Forgiveness

Chapter 17

The person in the car steps out and reveals Niall. I groan in frustration and put my head in my hands almost about to cry.

Maybe I am pathetic, if I cry at the sight of one person.

He comes up to the porch and sits on the steps. I keep my head down and try to steady my breathing. I feel him staring at the side of my face. I wipe my eyes and stand up slowly.

"Alex, wait." He says from the stairs.

"Why should I?" I spit.

"Because, i-it's really important." he stutters nervously.

"Well if you lose your temper and try to kill me like Harry does, you'll probably succeed." I mumble and he looks up at me with big eyes.

"Harry does what?" Niall asks and I widen my eyes and slap a hand over my mouth.

"I, I wasn't supposed to tell you that. I am so dead. Oh my god." I say tugging on my hair.

"Alex sit down." he says as I feel tears starting to form.

I sit down next to Niall and cry lightly. He rubs circles on my back and hugs me from the side. He pulls me in and I put my head on his shoulder still crying.

"Oh Alex, I am so sorry." he whispers.

"Y-You can't let him know that you know." I say looking up at him.

"Ok, but you have to tell me what he's done to you." He says with a sigh and I take a deep breathe.

"Well. The first time was when you guys beat me up by throwing those lacrosse balls at me. I went home and then Harry was there. I asked what he wanted after we fought and he said 'satisfaction' so I, um, that's the reason I had that bandage on my neck. He didn't do that I did. I tried to slit my neck to give him his so called satisfaction." I say and Niall looks at me in shock.

"The second time was four days after I got out of the hospital. I walked home and Harry was in my house waiting for me. I tried to get away from him by locking myself in my room but he got in. I made him mad and again he started to beat me up. He did it for so long that I was literally on the verge of death." I say and he listens without saying a word.

"The third time was that night when you guys came over. After you left I made him mad again. It was so bad that he had to give me mouth to mouth after I used my inhaler." Niall blinks repeatedly.

"Wait, you had two near death experiences in the same day?" he asks in disbelief and I nod.

"The fourth time was about two weeks ago, when we had that big storm. I told Harry not to touch me and to get away from me. He got mad because he thought he was helping when really I was just petrified he was gunna beat the shit out of me." I say and Niall nods

"And then, the fifth time, and the most previous time, was yesterday. I told Terra his face wasn't a dick so don't suck it." I say and Niall laughs. "Yeah and then I disrespected Zayn and told him off, then I sat in Harry's seat so he made me meet him behind the school where he beat me up. Then he rushed me to the hospital." I say and Niall stays quiet.

He hugs me from the side and I let him.

A familiar car pulls up and I stiffen my lip starting to quiver. Niall looks at me worriedly and follows my gaze. He recognizes the car and pulls me tighter.

"It's alright I'll take care of it." Niall says quietly.

Harry approaches us and I look down at my hands. Niall keeps his arm around me rubbing my arm soothingly. I feel Harry's glare and I duck my head down a little more.

"What the hell is this?" he asks.

"I just stopped by to apologize to Alex." Niall says and I look up.

"Apologize for what?" Harry laughs.

"For being a jerk for two years." Niall says and Harry rolls his eyes.

"Ok Niall, is this some sort of dare or something?" Harry laughs.

"No, I just don't think it's right how Alex is treated. It's wrong Harry. I think we should all apologize." Niall says proudly.

"I already tried." Harry says.

"I forgive you Niall." I say in a barely audible voice.

"You do?" they say at the same time.

"Why didn't you forgive me?" Harry questions with an angry look.

"Because, Niall wasn't as bad. You scare me so much I almost get panic attacks. I-I can't forgive you Harry." I say shaking in fear.

"Well why the hell not?" he yells.

"You know why." Niall says and Harry snaps his head towards Niall.

"Excuse me?" Harry says.

"You know why Harry. You're the reason she just got home from the hospital. I know what you've been doing and it's gone to far." Niall says.

"You told?" Harry says with fire dancing in his eyes.

"I didn't mean to, it, it slipped. Please just, don't hurt me." I cry. Tears drip down my face.

"I'm so stupid." I whisper still crying.

"Alex." Harry says quietly.

"I'm sorry." I say sniffling.

"Alex, do I really scare you that much?" he asks and I nod, not looking up.

"I, I do?" he asks and I nod again.

"See Harry? We've taken it so far that she literally shakes at the sight of us." Niall says and Harry looks at me.

He turns on his heel and leaves without a word. I look to Niall as Harry peels out of the driveway making the tires skid. I hook my arms around Niall's shoulders and sob as I hear Harry speed down the road.

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A/N

Turnt levels= Hella

Because I made field hockey

Can I get yeet ya?

Funny story, in French class on Friday we played this game where you answer a question and if you get it right you get to try and make a basket for extra points. So this kid that is 6'0 stood at the line for 4 points and the ball landed right in front of the basket and I yelled

"Can I get a YEET YA?"

It was a proud moment in my French career, because everybody laughed even the kid that missed and I was pretty proud of myself in that moment.

So yeah, that's the story of the day ma copines/copains (I don't know I think that's how you say it, I forgot. But if it's right that means friends.)