Save You Tonight

Chapter 3 ~

Avery's POV

It's not like I don't want to make up with Mandy, I have tried calling her and texting her and even emailing her. I never get any responses and she avoids me at school. I try to be nice but she blows me off, like I ma her little annoying brother or something. I hated having a life like this. I am abused and bullied, and now my Physics teacher knows about my cutting, but then again, so does the entire school. The popular bitch who tripped me, she was the one who wrote it on my locker, it turns out she was eavesdropping on the whole entire conversation between Ms. Tuso and I. I just wanted to die.

It was saturday morning. I didn't feel like getting up, I hated just being in this house. My phone buzzed and I quickly got out of my bed and ran over to my desk, which had my phone on it. 'New Message' I quickly opened the new message, it was from Mandy.

Mandy- How about we put the past in the past? I miss you. Sorry I snapped, can we talk? I planned something that will definitely take your mind off of things(:

Me- Thanks for forgiving me Manders, I miss you too, I will explain everything to you, can we meet at your house? I think I can escape fast enough before Dylan manages to stand up.

Mandy- Sounds good my friend.

Me- See you in 10?

Mandy- Okay.

Me- Bye.

I quickly ran to my closet and picked out a regular day outfit for myself. Skinny jeans, boots, and a tee-shirt. I wasn't going to dress up for Mandy, she has seen me at my worse. I threw on my clothes and quietly walked downstairs. The stairs creaked a little bit but not long enough for Dylan to realize I was leaving. I opened the door and walked outside. It was good to finally smell some fresh air on a saturday. I hated being stuck at home. I walked over to Mandy's house which was in my neighborhood, just a few blocks away.

I quickly ran up to Mandy's door and knocked on it. The door was immediatly opened followed by a hug from Mandy. I let go, "Glad to have you back Manders." I smiled. "You too Ave. Come in." She led me into her house and we went to her bedroom. I sat on Mandy's bed and she smiled. "Ave, seriously what is going on?" She asked. "Well, let me explain, after my parents died, I started shutting myself off from the world. Dylan chose to go a different way and do drugs and drink. I didn't know what to do about him, he was always stumbling around the house and I yelled at him as much as possible, I kept telling him he had to stop. He always yelled back but it never got to serious, until one day Dylan decided he had had enough of my demanding for him to stop, coping, I guess. He slowly walked over to me and punched me, leaving a bruise on my jaw, and after that, I never saw him the same, he drank and did drugs and the abuse kept going, just like that. I hated having him around and every time I tried to leave he would slap me for trying to 'tell on him'." I let the tears slip from my eyes. Mandy sat down beside me, and rubbed my back trying to comfort me. "It's okay Avery, I am here for you don't worry, I think my parents will be able to make a guest room for you, and we can put Dylan in rehab, I will do everything in my power to help you." Mandy smiled.

"Thank you Mandy. I love you." I gave her a hug. "I love you too." She pulled away. "So, let me cheer you up a little bit, you know that restaurant that we love so much?" She asked. "Nandos?" I asked. "Of course! We used to go there everyday. Remember?" She smiled. "Yeah, I remember, so what is happening there?" I asked. "Well nothing really I just thought that we should go there for a little bit. You know, for old times sake." Mandy smiled. "Are you serious?" I got up and hugged her one more time. For the first time in a couple of years I actually had a real smile on my face. "Well, let's not sit here, We shall leave now!" She smiled. "Thank you Mandy." I smiled. "Anytime, what are best friends for Ave?" She asked.

"Well, I am not exactly sure but I know I have like the best best friend in the world." I smiled again. I loved the feeling of pure happiness in my body, for once I wasn't jumpy or crying, I am seriously excited to go to Nandos. I love Nandos it is like the best restaurant in the history of the world, and I was going there with my best friend. I was excited to finally eat real food again, the only thing I can really afford is poptarts, so I have been living off of them, I don't know about Dylan, sometimes I think he is dead, but then he shows up again punching me or slapping me.

We walked into Nandos and the smell of the restaurant just overwhelmed me and brought back so many memories from when Mandy and I were 13. I smiled at Mandy and she walked me over to a table. The waitress came by and she seemed like a nice person, she was a brunette with hazel eyes with a darker outline around them. She was pretty. I wish I looked like her. I wouldn't consider myself pretty I mean considering the scars and bruises all over my body. I had caramel brown hair that went to my upper back and it was naturally wavy, not necessarily curly but I liked it. My eyes were blue and they had a little bit of green near my pupil. I thought that my eyes were pretty. I think I would consider myself decent, not pretty and not ugly, but I was okay with it, atleast I wasn't a troll. She took our orders and left.

I looked over at the door and saw these five guys walk inside and one blonde one was really excited, he was like a little kid buying their favorite toy or something. I thought that it was cute though, they seemed like fun people but they would never go for someone like me, I am abused after all. "I am going to get a drink, want anything?" I asked. "No I am not really thirsty right now." Mandy said looking into the distance. She spaced a lot, I don't know why but she has always been like that.

I filled my whole entire cup with ice up to the top. "I don't think you will be able to fill that up with soda and put a lid on it." The blond boy with the Irish accent and blue eyes smiled at me. "Yeah, maybe not, I don't know, maybe i should just eat ice for my drink." I smiled. "I don't think that will be as good as you think." He smiled. "Well I guess it won't be, do you want some of this ice?" I asked. "Yeah sure, just because you will never be able to fill it up with that much." He smiled. "Yeah I know." I laughed, I poured some of the ice in his cup. "I'm Niall by the way." His blue eyes were like electricity and they were amazing. He reached his hand out and I grabbed it. I felt something shoot up my arm, it was a sensation I never really felt before, so I just shook it off likeit was nothing. "I am Avery." I smiled. "That is a beautiful name Avery." He smiled. I felt blood rush to my cheeks and I instantly knew I had a major crush on this boy. "Thanks." I batted my eyelashes and he smiled again. "Well Niall. I must be getting back to my best friend Mandy, she is probably wondering where I am." I said. "Okay, well it was nice meeting you." He smiled. "You too." I smiled. I turned to walk away and Niall yelled. "Avery wait, one more thing." "What?" I asked. He grabbed my hand and kissed it. "I hope I see you again." He smiled. I blushed a lot this time, I know he would notice it, it was obvious. "Yeah, I hope I see you too." I smiled. "Bye." Niall said. "Bye." I smiled and walked away.

"Who is he Ave?" Mandy asked. "What?" "You know the guy you are blushing over, who is he?"

"He is nobody, it's not a big deal." I blushed. "Avery, I know you are lieing. Look at you, you're blushing like crazy." Mandy laughed. "Okay, he is that blond boy over there, I just don't know he seems like someone I could get used to." I smiled.

"Oh. My. God! Do you know who that is Ave?" She squealed. "Um, no sorry, who?" I asked. "Niall Horan!" She screamed. I looked at her confused, "Yeah and your point is?" I asked. "From One Direction!" She screamed some more.

At this point I just realized, I just flirted with Niall Horan, from the most famous boyband out there. Oh. My God.