Hitman |n.h|

25

I opened my eyes slowly as I saw Liam's eyes closed shut and Niall watching my reaction.

"Empty." Is all he says and throws the gun on the ground.

I let out a choked sob and cover my mouth.

"We start tomorrow."

He leaves us all standing there dazed,and Amy finally wakes up.

"Fuck,Amber-" Zayn scolds.

"Hurts like hell." He complains about his arm.

"I'm sorry," I say and shake my head.

Louis is limping to the house and I help Liam off of the ground.

"Are you okay?"

"You need to work on strategy.You need to think fast." He says and stands,going home.

Amy is sitting up and shaking her head.

"Amy,I didn't know what to do," I sigh and grab her arm,letting her stand.

"I know.At least you knew how to keep yourself safe,knocked me out." She chuckled.

"Everyone is mad at me."

"No.I just think they're disappointed.Especially Niall.He thought of you to be more smart."

"I thought it was real," I whisper and wipe my eyes.

"That's what he wanted it to feel like.People are going to lie and pretend to be your friend to get to you.You always have to be on your guard."

I nod and she touches my arm softly.

"I'm not mad.Don't worry about it."she says nicely and we walk back together.

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"You're being so naïve.Get your head out of the clouds," Niall shouts and I bite my tongue.

"You don't go with him,even if he threatens to shoot me.You don't go."

"And if he does?Your blood is on my hands-" I shout and he sighs.

"No.Its my own fault for not being aware enough to protect myself."

I shake my head and close my eyes,breathing.

"You don't go head on into a hostage ring.It has death written all over it.You don't do that if it's the last thing you do."

I open my eyes and and he looks at me.

"We're leaving soon."

"Where?" I ask and stand up from sitting on the balcony floor.

"We're heading to New York.We can't fly,because,well,Harry can find us easily if we check in and all that.So we're driving."

"Driving?Do you know how long that is?"

He nods.

"I do.Thats why we're leaving tomorrow."

My eyes widen.

"Tomorrow?Niall,"

"Just go with it.Follow me and you won't get hurt,"

I swallow my rebuttal and storm out of the room.

He is expecting us to drive from California to New York City with no problems?

It's September 1st,and I know that it's going to start getting cold.

42 hours driving in a car is going to be hell.

I quickly sighed and sat on the bed after I showered and put on my pajamas.

Niall came strolling from the closet with his shirt off and with sweatpants,his hair fluffy.

The only thing odd about his appearance is the black ink covering is arms and top of his chest.

He goes into the bathroom,humming a tune,and turns on the tap.

He starts to brush his teeth and look at his face in the mirror.

It's odd that I'm watching him,and he sees me at the moment,giving a toothpaste filled smile at me,making me shake my head and look away.

When he finishes he comes and jumps on the bed,groaning.

"Bed time feels so good after a long day," he groans and shuffles around so his back is on the mattress and his arm his behind his head,his other reaching for the T.V remote,turning on a football game.

He watches intently and I try to watch it too,but my thought kept wandering.

What was I going to do if I pulled the same thing as I did yesterday with Styles?

We would all be dead,because of me.

I lay down finally on my side,my back to Niall as I think about all the things I would do to myself if something ever happened to anyone here-because of me.

That's when I hear the TV shut off and feel Niall turn his body on the mattress.

I feel him touching my side lightly,and then I feel his breath on the back of my neck.

"Relax.You'll do fine." He breathes.

"You said it yourself.Im not ready.I will get everyone killed." I whisper and turn to face him.

"I would kill myself if something happened to you guys,and I was the reason."

Niall grabs my waist,pulling my body into his.

"Don't say that," he says and closes his eyes,breathing out.

"Niall," I say quietly and he answers with a muffled noise.

"It's been a while since you've actually killed someone,hasn't it?" I ask and he opens his eyes slowly,showing his blue irises.

"No." He replies evenly.

"What?When?" I ask and he shakes me a little to tell me to quite down.

"All those times I went out with the boys,was to check if anyone was on to the operation.So if anyone followed us,we had to kill them.Its just what we had to do."

I sigh and close my eyes.

"Tomorrow is going to be hard," I say and groan.

"Why?"

"We have to move again,after all that's happened.Its just not stable.I hate it." I whisper and he pulls me so close,I nuzzle my face into his neck,breathing him in.

"Don't worry,Darlin',"

I slowly become wary,and start to drift off.

"You call the shots around here too,you're the queen."