God Sent

18- Then it All Went Dark

Forcing my new key into my apartment door I fumbled with it a bit, frustrated I signed. Harry stepped in and took over, opening it I walk in and delete the angry voicemail from my father. He was pissed that my landlord called him about the break in, he instructed that I should be more careful, yeah okay like I managed someone breaking into my apartment to be my fault.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Harry asks sitting on my couch. Shaking my head no I stand there, thinking about Lincoln, I know he feels bad but I don't understand why he didn't talk to me about it.

"I'm sorry he did that to you Zara" he said, confused he called me by my actual name I look up at him, "I'm sorry that every man in your life chooses to put you aside, it hurts me to see you like this... and the truth is, I've fallen in love with you Zara Mendoza."

Standing there I go to say something but Nova Jane comes bursting through the door, "I'm here- oh God, sorry did I interrupt something?"

Standing there shocked Harry clears his throat and shakes his head, "Not at all Nova, you girls have fun" he says smiling down at me, "Call me when you get home safe" he says kissing me on the forehead and saying his goodbye.

"I totally walked in on something right?" she asks once the door shut behind him.

"He just told me he loved me" I say still dazed by it.

"So what are you doing!" Nova exclaimed, "Run after him."

Thinking about it she had a point, I rushed out my door but just as I was about to walk out the elevator doors at the end of my hallway shut, with them the boy that just confessed his love for me.

"Couldn't catch him in time" I say walking back into my apartment.

"Sorry for barging in like that" she says biting her lip, sitting on my couch.

"You're fine, after you called and asked if I wanted to hang out I was so stoked. We haven't hung out in forever."

"How about we go out to your favorite bar and listen to college students preform their poems?" she asked talking about Rio's bar. It was a hipster little joint, no one ever bothers us and students either sang or share their poems, its quite cute.

"Sounds great" I muster, leaving my apartment we catch a taxi, on the way I couldn't help but feel for Harry.

"Should I text him?" I ask as Nova nods, bringing down the bottle of liquor from her lips, one she swiped from my alcohol cabinet. 

"Yeah, tell him you'll crash at his tonight" she advises, "... and you can put on the lingerie I got yo-"

"Nova!" I exclaim catching the taxi drivers eyes on us, feeling creeped out I give her a look. She laughs and offers me a dink, I gladly take it and text him.

Mind if I stop by later tonight?

Within seconds I got a response

Not at all princess.

Smiling I notice we had arrived, I give the taxi driver his money and Nova and I hopped out, making our way into the bar.

Five beers in and a couple of poem performances Nova and I are drunk and laughing.

"Do you remember the time Luke and Jai handcuffed themselves together for a day?" she asks laughing.

"Oh God yes" remembering the incident, "Cameron messed with them the whole time."

The clock was nearing eleven and Nova and I decided quits, but before going she got a call from Niall stepping aside to take it I decide to finish my drink and text Harry, hoping he's still up.

As I take my phone out I feel my vision go hazy, confused I feel my face start to burn up. My body reacting to the state I was in, I feel someone sit down in the chair next to me and put their arm around me, pulling me close.

Trying to take their hand off, my arms feel like they weigh a thousand pounds each. Taking in shallow breaths I begin to panic, unaware of what was happening to me, and who this person next to me was.

"You don't look so good Z" the person whispers into my ear, his voice deep, "How about I take you home?"

 My heart sped up and my palms got sweaty, why would he do this to me. He's here, he drugged me and now he wants to take me home, my mouth became heavy, its as if I wanted to scream out but I couldn't because I was too tired. Too tired to do anything, trying my hardest to get away, I manage to stand up on my own two feet.

"Here I'll help you out honey" he says as I feel my eyelids get heavier, before they completely shut I  look up at the man and manage to say his name.

"Jai?"

Then it all went dark.