What A Feeling // 1D AU ✓

Chapter 1

~Through the wire, through the wire, through the wire~

Niall had long since come to the terms that he would be in jail for the rest of his life. He never saw anyone but his two impartial guards and the distant figures in the yard when he was let out. The time he spent in that small cube of territory outside was required by the government, otherwise, he would've spent all day in his cell with no contact with other people.

Louis wrote him, and Niall's parents. But the other boys didn't. Harry blamed himself too much, and Liam was caught up in his own life too much. But Louis included pictures of Fin - his goddaughter, and Harry and Louis on their travels around the world.

To occupy his days, Niall wrote. Not letters, but books. He was given notebooks and pencils and he wrote. He created worlds and wrote fanfiction about his current favorite ship, Ziam, since Larry was already together. But he also wrote original works too. And when you're locked in a cell nearly all day, you can get a lot of writing done. So he did.

And this day was no different. He had breakfast, read back what he wrote yesterday, and waited for lunch. His meals never had a schedule to them, and he hated that. "Hey, what time is it?" He asked, pounding on the door to get his guards' attention.

"Time to leave o'clock." Said a familiar voice from outside the door.

"Louis!" Niall exclaimed, pushing himself up against the window to try to see.

"We're going to blow the door, so pack your stuff and get out of the way." Tears slipped out of Niall's eyes. His friends had come to save him. That's the one thing that he thought they would never do, but what he secretly wanted.

Notebooks upon notebooks were thrown into his little backpack that he kept under his bunk. He went into the corner, using the backpack as a shield, and he closed his eyes.

"Blow it!" Louis screamed suddenly, and then the room fell apart. The door blew open, shattering the mirror and Niall's eardrums. He hadn't thought of that. But while he was dazed and confused, Louis grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him into the dim hallway.

"I love you, I swear to god, I do." Niall said, sobbing and hugging the shorter man.

"Now's not the time for this reunion." Louis said, patting his back. "Now you see Perrie there? Follow her."

"You're not coming?"

"Can't right now. I have things to take care of. Perrie will explain, but you have to trust her, okay? Now go, there's not much time!"

Niall was pulled along the hallway by Perrie, and soon they were outside, running towards the woods. Finally he ran by himself, and slung his backpack on correctly. "We have to rub the smell of the woods on us." Perrie said, smiling slightly. The adrenaline was exciting for her, after also being in prison for several months. "Then we're going to climb a tree and wait for Louis."

"Where are the others?"

"Breaking Luke and Palmer out." Perrie said, handing him a handful of leaves.

Perrie shimmied up a thick tree quickly, and Niall did the same in a tree not far away. The hearing in his left ear was gone, and he felt like he was going to pass out. But he tried to calm himself, because he was going home soon. Everything would be normal then.

Soon he would have his delightful iced coffee.

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Hailee was perched on the top of the car, feet through the sunroof. She held a rifle in her hands, and sunglasses protecting her from the summer sun. She was screaming, however, and from inside the car, Palmer was passing her bullets as she kept running out.

The cops were right on their tails. But that's, of course, what they had wanted. Because they would think that the flashy car, the only car that drove away, would have their high profile prisoner in it. But it didn't. And they thought that Harry could drive fast enough to outrun them.

"Simon's working on a plan!" Liam shouted through the walkie-talkie to Louis, who sat many miles away in the Bed, Bath, and Beyond parking lot with Niall and Perrie. He was also on the phone with Harry, who was freaking out.

"Calm down, Harry. Please, baby, you've got to -"

"Harry, watch out!"

Hailee ducked inside the car quickly, Palmer screamed as he was thrown against the back window, Luke held tightly onto Zayn, who reached for Liam, who was unbuckled. And Harry screamed the loudest, his hands flying off the wheel as the car flipped.

Over.

And.

Over.

And.

Over.

Again.