All in the Past

Dangerous Love

Chapter 14: Dangerous Love

*Two weeks later*

Lauren

“I can’t wait to be in my own bed.” I smiled across at Clark from the passenger seat.  

“I can imagine.” He looked straight ahead at the road.

I smiled at him before looking out the window and counting down the minutes until I was finally home with the girls. They had come to visit me almost every day and so did Clark. The only person that didn’t visit as much as I would have liked him to was Niall. Harry would call every now and then to ask how I was doing and he would update the guys.

I tried calling Niall a couple of times but he didn’t answer. He told me he loved me and then sort of just disappeared. I wonder why.

As we pull up into the driveway of my house I get excited. When we come to a stop I take my seat belt off and hop out the car. Clark goes to the back and grabs my bags.

When we get in the elevator I start to get nervous. As if he could read my mind Clark asked me if I was nervous.

“Kind of.” I said smiling, “I just want everything to go back to normal.”

“They will soon. I promise.” Clark gave me a small hug.

Once I walked through the door the Little Mix girls and my group members were waiting for me.

“Welcome Home!” They all shouted.

Camilla, Normani, Dinah, and Ally came rushing to me and gave me a big hug. I hugged them all back; I had missed them so much even with them coming to visit me every day in the hospital. Clark set my bags by the door and he told me that he would see me later and I gave him a quick nod.

“I missed you guys so much.” I stated.

“We missed you too.” They all said in unison.

Once we stopped hugging we joined Little Mix in my living room and we all laughed and talked about point-less things.

“Hold on; I’ll be right back.” I said getting up from my seat.

“Where are you going?” Camilla asked.

“To the bathroom. I promise I’ll be right back officer.” I said in between laughs causing everyone else to laugh.

I walk to the bathroom and use it then I wash my hands. When I look up from the sink I see Drew. I jump but hold my screams back. When I turn around no one is there. I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding in and I continue to wash my hands. Afterwards I turn off the water and look at the small bruises on my face. They aren’t as purple and blue as they were the night I got to the hospital but they’re still there.

When I’m heading back to the living room I hear Jade talking about Niall and I decide to ease drop for a second.

“Seeing Lauren makes me feel even worse than I did the night that she went missing.” Jade said.

“You didn’t know that she was missing. You just wanted to be Niall.” Jesy shrugged, “Not to change the subject or anything but have you and Niall slept together since then?”

“Yes, we have.” Jade said.

My heart felt as though it had been torn in half and then crushed into a million pieces. Niall slept with Jade after he told me he loved me. How could he?

“I just keep thinking that our first time together would have been the same day that that psycho kidnapped Lauren.” Jade stated, “I don’t want to sound selfish but I’m glad that we got the call before…you know.”