Let Me Show You

27. Blood

"Lara" Niall yells as we walk into the room.

"Dakota" Luke yells even louder than Niall as they both come rushing over to us. I hear Zayn growl as he gets up and leaves the room. "Are you guys okay?"

"Yeah why wouldn't we be?" Lara asks not taking her eyes off Niall.

"Didn't you run into some fans today?" Niall asks taking his eyes off Lara only for a moment to pick up a chip from the food table.

"Yeah how did you know?" I ask surprised by their knowledge on the situation.

"You didn't tell them anything about us right?" Liam says stepping into the conversation.

"No why would we have?" Lara asks sounding just as annoyed as I am by the strange questions.

"Because usually they harass people who know us into telling them information about where we are staying and stuff like that!" Niall says with a mouth full of chips. I catch Luke staring at me but I don't say anything.

"Well I hate to break it to you guys but these girls were looking for US not YOU so calm down everything is fine! They did think Dakota was Luke's girlfriend though" Lara says nudging my arm.

"I told them me and Luke were just friends but I'm not sure if they bought it" I say shrugging as I walk away to look for Zayn. 

"DAMN IT" I hear Luke yell followed by a loud crash.

"Luke calm down it's fine I bet half of the fans don't even know who she is" I hear someone yell back. I block out the noise as I pick up my pace to almost a run still looking for Zayn. 

I hear his voice from inside a closed door followed by another voice.

"Zayn calm down! It's going to be okay" I hear Mo tell Zayn. 

"No it's not! She fucking chose Luke! He's going to treat her like shit! He can barely talk to his own band mates how does she expect him to actually WANT to talk to her?" He's almost yelling by the end and I'm blown away by his strange behavior.

"Listen she is such a young girl, only eighteen and you are over three years older than her! It doesn't seem like that much to you but it does to her! You can't make decisions for her and she can't even control her own feelings so how do you think you are going to?"

"I don't know but sooner or later Luke will do something shitty! I'll make her see how stupid she was to not choose me!" His voice gets louder and seconds later the door is swung open.

"At least Luke doesn't think I'm stupid" I choke out as a small tear runs down my cheek.

"Dakota I'm so sorry I didn't know you were listening!"

"So you were just talking behind my back like a teenage girl then" I spit out now disgusted at him. "And you think Luke is going to treat me like shit but here you are... you're a complete ass hole."

I turn around and sprint off making sure Zayn can't catch up to me. My eyes are now completely dry. I won't waste another tear on him...

Moments later my body collides with another and we both go crashing onto the floor.

"Shit this is just what I need" I sarcastically mumble wiping the blood from my newly cut lip.

"I'm so sorry" Calum says spinning around on the ground to see who he bumped into. "Dakota?"

I groan as I quickly stand up and continue running away.

Running away from everything. 

I hear Calum call after me a few times but I block him out and continue running down the hallway. I reach the end and look both ways for an escape. When I find none, I grab the roots of my hair and fall down do the floor.

"Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!" I mumble. I came here to escape the drama that I had back in my old life from school but here I am stuck in the middle of it. I mentally pat myself on my back for not balling my eyes out right now but I also mentally choke myself for feeling so upset about this situation.

"WOAH WOAH WOAH! BOYS STOP IT! SOMEONE CALL SECURITY!" I hear a strangers voice scream from down the hallway. I brush my hair out of my face and focus my eyes on sharp movement happening from down the hallway.

I hear more screams and arguments as people are frantically running in and out of rooms. Before I even realize what I'm doing my legs are rushing me back down the hallway to see what's going on.

I finally get close enough to see Calum and Zayn throwing punches everywhere at each other. Calum is screaming something like "what's wrong with you" and Zayn has tears running down his silent face.

It's obvious Calum is the one who started the fight.

"CALUM STOP!" I almost cry out as I push through people trying to help. I come up behind Calum and place a hand on his shoulder. He immediately steps out of the way and as he does I feel something cold and hard crash into my jaw.

I see blood splatter to the floor as I fall to my knees unsure what just happened. I suddenly hear Calum's voice yelling swears followed by the sound of his fist hitting Zayn who has now fallen to his knees as he watches me. 

Blood drips down from my lips and my head aches from confusion. Did Zayn just hit me? My skinny weak limbs collapse and I completely fall over onto the bare tile floor. My vision blurs as the sounds of everyone blend together.

I feel hands wrap around my shoulders and I'm carried away. The screams get quieter and by the time I'm put down I think the fight has ended.

"Dakota can you hear me? Please tell me you are okay" Luke begs as I sit in silence and stare off into the distance. "Please" he whispers leaning his head in my lap. His and other people in the room's motion slows down and the noise blends together. 

I fade in and out of reality. I can't think straight. My mind is going crazy trying to process everything that has just happened. But I can't. It's all fuzzy.

"Please just come back" Luke says rubbing my leg. My face itches as I try to not cry. As if without thinking my hand reaches up and pulls out my locket. "What's that?"

I immediately snap out of my trance and throw my locket back under my shirt.

"Oh my god" I burst out breathing heavily. "What just happened?"

"Shh... it doesn't matter! It only matters that you are okay!" He wraps his arms around me and I cry into his shoulder. 

"I can't believe I just did that" I sob into his shoulder.

"It's fine! This isn't worth your tears" he says not knowing what my tears are actually for.

*** So this is super short because OH MY GOD ZAYN AND THEN CALUM AND AHHH! I can't wait till you figure out what the "locket" is heh xoxoxo ***