I Found You {1D Fan Fiction} | Slowly Editing |

Chapter 42

Niall's POV-  Same Day, Same place.

Hayley suddenly shrieked like a banshee, and I turned around to see where she was staring at. 

"There there, I told you I'd be back..... Didn't I?" The guy narrowed in on her. I instinctively stepped in front of her, Louis did so too. Liam and Danielle were waking up, and Danielle has a horrified expression painted on her face. She ran to the back. 

"Don't you dare come near her," I hiss through my teeth, my hand almost daring to plant itself at Mason's jaw, 'What do you want?!"

Mason just shook his head, then pointed at Hayley. I knocked his hand off, and stepped inbetween Mason and Hayley. Hayley was sobbing but she still had a determined face put on. 

"Did you do something to Leah?" Hayley questioned. 

Mason shrugged, "Maybe.. Maybe not."

Hayley was about to slap Mason, but I managed to control her and I settled her down.

"Look, Mason. Can't you see we're not really in the best condition to talk now? Should we meet up another time to.... Discuss things?" Liam the sensible one diverted Mason's murderous gaze at Hayley, now concentrating on Liam. 

Mason took a step closer to Liam, "I don't think we need to discuss THINGS," He grabbed Hayley's arm then continued, "All I need is this little girl here-"

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!" Louis and I shouted at the same time. Louis ripped her arm of Mason's grasp but Mason only chuckled evilly.

He then lunged at Louis, kicking and punching him numerous times, but Louis always got the upper-hand thanks to his strength. I was trying to pry Louis off Mason, even though I wanted to punch him as hard as I could- this was the best decision rather than join in the fight. But in the end, Mason tried to punch me as well, but I blocked his arm just in time, enough for me to punch him right on the nose. There was a terrible cracking noise, probably Mason's perfect little nose breaking. Blood streamed down from his nose and he held up his hands to stop the blood from dripping. He was about to lunge at Liam now, when there was a loud 'PING', then Mason collapsed. Standing behind him was Hayley, Danielle and Eleanor, armed with a fire extinguisher, a security and a... Metal doorstopper.

"Don't ask about the doorstopper. I hit Dan in the head with one  when I was a kid and he got a huge lump on his head for months,' Hayley murmured. We all laughed, then let the security take Mason away. 

"You... Not....Over...YET..." Mason mumbled pointing a finger straight at me.
 

After the police left, Hayley started sobbing again, probably about Leah as well as the son-of-a-bitch appearance of Mason.

"D-Do you think Ma-ason did it?" Hayley mumbled into my chest. I shrugged, but that wasn't making her feel any better. 

"Mason may not have done something to Leah himself, but maybe one of his friends. Up to you what you think," I told her stroking her hair. She nodded and lay there in my arms for a while.

After a bit, everybody calmed down, and so did Hayley.

"Niall? Do you wanna go in now?" 

I nodded and took her hand, as we walked into the ICU Ward. 

Hayley's POV

It was just way too much to handle. Finding out that Leah was abused, and then having Mason bursting through the door in the space of an hour.

There was a little secret I kept from people.... An experience which made me fear Mason even more..

When I was 10 years old, I was holidaying with my family in Switzerland. To me it was a magical land filled top to bottom with snow, and I had a tons of fun mucking around with Danny, as well as throwing snowballs at Dad. It was all surreal for the first week we were there. But constantly, I noticed everyday that a group of teenage boys always followed us out of the hotel. I would spot them in the same shop we just came out from, in the same restaurant, in the same room. Everyday. I had told Mom, and she was certainly getting suspicious as well. Danny didn't think it was all that much when I was complaining to him about it. Mom and I didn't want to tell Dad, because knowing him he'd completely cancel the rest of our trip just for our safety. One day, Danny had insisted we went to the same place we went the day before- large ski slope which he loved. So we went there again, and as I was changing into my ski gear alone, the group of teenage boys hauled me off. Of course I was blindfolded and muffled, and they made me tell everything about Dad and Mom. Their business. But I honestly didn't have a clue. Frightened out of my life, shaking in my bones, they released me after kicking and slapping me and swore to me that if I told, I was dead meat. So I walked back, trying not to fall helplessly to the ground from shaking. I didn't say a word.