Summer of Promises

Chapter 22

Head pounding, I opened my eyes. Nothing but darkness surrounded me. Not remembering what had happened, I went to wipe the hair off of my face, wincing as I had touched a rough spot on my head. I brought my hand down to my face and examined my fingers that now had blood on them.

Swinging my legs to the edge of the bed, I gripped onto the mattress. The room was spinning around me. My head throbbed as the room was moving all around me and the light around me was fading. As soon as the room was still, I got up and made my way towards the door that was slightly open, letting a tiny bit of light in.

I tried to make as little noise as possible as I exited the room. I stopped walking as soon as I noticed the six bodies that were placed all around the hotel room. Five pairs of eyes had shifted in my direction, widening at the sight of me.

Slowly, I made my way over to the blonde boy, whose head was settled in between his hands. Harry had shifted on the couch, leaving me a little space to sit next to Niall.

I placed my hand on his back and started to rub soft circles before I spoke. “Niall.. are you ok?”

He jolted at the sound of my voice and his eyes were boring into mine. A laugh erupted from his throat. “Are you seriously asking ME if I'm alright, Abygail?”

“Uh.. yea?” I said back, it coming out more as a question.

Niall placed a soft hiss on my forehead, causing my to wince. “Oh.. sorry..” He said while shifting awkwardly in his seat.

“Niall..” He looked at me. “What happened?” The small smile that was on his face disappeared.

As Niall explained what had happened, my memory became clearer. I began to remember what had happened and shuttered as the details had become more and more vivid.

“Say something and I will kill you.” A raspy voice echoed through my ears as I began to shake in terror.

The mans grip over my mouth had become tighter, and he placed his other hand over my neck.

“What is a pretty girl like you doing all by herself in this part of the city?” His Italian accent said. A evil smirk overtook his features. “Pretty girls like you no come in this part of the city. Unless they want something..”

His hand left the place it had taken on my neck, and roughly rubbed a side of my cheek. I winced at his touch, and he jerked my face towards him, making sure I was looking at his face. Anger pooled into his eyes as he slapped me across the face.

I could feel the blood trickling down from my lip, and the man began to laugh. “Pretty girl want me to show her the city?” His hand resumed rubbing my cheek, the started down my arm and had a strong hold on my wrist. “Pretty girl like to have a good time?” His hand jerked my wrist, then flung towards my chest.

Looking in his eyes, the anger slowly seemed to flood out, and began filling in with lust. His hand left my chest and slowly began going down. The man laughed as my eyes widened in shock.

I let out a whimper as his hand was getting nearer and nearer to me, and the man stopped. In one swift movement, he slapped my face, causing my head to crash into the building behind me. As my head collided with the hard building, blackness consumed me. I felt the impact of my body hitting the ground, and the sound of foot steps disappearing.

“I called your name, and the man ran away. When I got to you, you were unconscious. I brought you back here, and you've been out for about 18 hours. I called the boys, and they decided to fly down..” Niall said while messing up his hair.

The thought of the whole ordeal had kept replaying in my mind. I hadn't even realized I was crying until Niall wiped the tears away.

“I'm so sorry. I should never had ran ahead of you. I shou---” I cut Niall off by placing my lips over his. The kiss was sweet and short, but defiantly long enough to take my breath away. I rested my forehead on Niall's for a moment while gazing in his eyes.

This is when I noticed how bad Niall had really looked. I doubt he has slept since this whole thing happened. The bags under his eyes were very noticeable, and his skin was paler than usual.

I looked around at the other boys, who also looked exhausted. “I think we should all just get a good nights sleep.” I sadly smiled at all of the boys while grabbing Niall's hand and pulling him towards my room.

I watched Niall as he slid off his pants and shirt, and slowly made his way under the bedding. He rested his head onto the pillow and let out a big sigh. I scooted over to his, snuggling my head into the crook of his neck, and molding my body to the shape of his. The body head radiating off of both of us was comforting in a way.

Niall slid his arm around my waist and sighed again. “Abygail, I'm so sorry.”

“Shhh.” I said while placing another kiss on his lips. “It's not your fault.”

“But Abs, it is. If I was there, this would never had happened..”

“Niall, the only thing that matters right now is that you are here right now. Ok?”

Another sigh left Nialls lips and she pulled me even closer to him. “And I'm not going to leave.”

Silence overtook the room again.

“I promise Abs that I will never let anyone hurt you again.”

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DUN DUN DUN. Hey chickapoos! 

So i feel like this whole chapter is a bunch of poo.. but i knew you all wanted me to update so yea.. im sorry if this is total crap.. idk man.

So 17,000 reads. Can I just say HOLY CARROTS. Maybe I shouldn't say that as Lou's sass might be unleashed on me.. Not that I would mind (;

I LOVE YOU GUYS. You are so amazing. You guys' reviews light up my wolrd like nobody else. See what i did there. And since I only got like 5 on the last chapter, im just going to shouout all of them as they all made me smile. So a great thanks to: w8lessbird, mademmyMT, Bieber1DLover, jessayy27, and kaiwavy123. 

And one last thing. I have been working on another story, and im not going to be updating this one for about a week, so that I have time to finish that one. BUT, if there is enought demand, I might just give in and write another chapter to this one.. so if you would like me to update, keep reviewing. I love you all (: thanks for reading my chickapoos! -Brooke (: