TATTOOED -h.s.

Chapter 25

We stood up and walked back inside. "You know what I just realized...Harry is not really that much of a bad boy when he's around us." she stated. I laughed and stopped by Harry's closed bedroom door. "Oh and Sarah?" "Yeah?" "No matter what happens tomorrow, he really does love you, just remember that." "How...how did you know about tomorrow?" "He told me...just always remember that he loves you..."

Harry's P.O.V

I untangled my arms from Sarah and sat on the edge of my bed. I sighed into my hands before standing up and pushing my hair from my face. I walked out to find Lauren still asleep. I shook her awake and said "Hey, get out." "Ya know a simple good morning would be nice." she grunted. "Good afternoon...now leave." I said as I pushed her through the doors. "Harsh much? Why are you so cranky this morning?" she pushed. "I'm just stressed about tonight. Take care of her okay?" I frowned. "I already promised you that..." she mumbled. "Promised what?" Sarah's voice interrupted us from the doorway. "To lock the door on the way out." Lauren panicked. "I know you guys are keeping something from me, I'm not stupid." Sarah mumbled as her face fell before walking away. "Sar.." I followed after her but Lauren interrupted my pace. "Harry?" she whispered. "Yeah..." "Good luck." I broke eye contact with her as I nodded. "Keep my baby girl safe." I whispered before following Sarah's footsteps. I sat down next to her on the couch as I heard the front door close, signaling that Lauren has left. I grabbed her hand in mine and held our tangled fingers in front of my face. "I love you." I mumbled into the skin of her hand as I placed a soft kiss to it. "You know I love you the same way in return but why are you hiding another thing from me?" "Because it's something you're better off not knowing." "This relationship isn't going to work if everything in it is not worth knowing..." her face fell. I clenched her hand tighter before letting it go and turning her face to look at me. "Don't say things like that, you know more than you even need to know about me, you know things that no one else knows. You will see why tonight, you'll understand why nothing is going to matter after this." I said as I rested my forehead against hers as I rubbed the healing, bullet-wound on her shoulder. "Harry, I don't..." I shut her up by sealing our lips together...something I wish I could do forever.

_____MIDNIGHT (SAME NIGHT) _____

Sarah's P.O.V

"Niall and Zayn are going to meet us there for backup." Harry stated as he kept his eyes on the road. "They're part of this drug ordeal too?" "Sorry to break it to you, babe...but we all are." He said as he squeezed my hand even tighter. We pulled up to a tall, glass skyscraper and parked in front of a short, pitch-black alley. We sat against the brick wall until Zayn and Niall showed up. Harry quickly kissed my lips as the 2 nervous boys stared into the distance. "They're here." Niall gulped as Zayn just gave me a sympathetic look. Before I could look, Stan and 2 other big men walked up to us. "How've you been, Styles?...I really hope you found my money." Stan grinned. I held onto Harry's side as he protectively held me against him. "Stop asking questions you already know the answer to." Harry bit back. "Shall we get this over with?" Stan smirked at me, causing Harry's grip around me to tighten. "But before we begin...Sarah, does your shoulder still hurt?" "N...no." I swallowed with fear. "I'm sorry about that by the way, but as you may or may not know is that Styles here owes me money...fifty thousand to be exact...and that money isn't going to magically reappear in my pocket or grow on a tree. He failed his mission, which means he needs to pay up." he chuckled as he seemed to be enjoying this little game of his. "But it's not only him that's going to pay up...you see, I came up with a little ultimatum, it's actually pretty clever in my opinion..." he continued. "What I'm saying is...I'm not going to kill you guys..." he said making relief spread throughout our bodies. "I'm not going to kill you, Sarah and I'm not going to kill you, Styles...but I am in fact going to kill one of you...only one...which is why you two need to choose." I looked at Harry and he didn't even make eye contact with me, he looked at Niall and Zayn and just nodded. Before I knew it Zayn and Niall were dragging me away as I felt my heart cracking, my world crumbling, my voice so loud it's beginning to break. "No! Let me go!" I said as I tried to break free from their strong grip. Tears blurred my vision as I watched the same gun, once again in Stan's hand. The silver glistened before me as my breath hitched and my throat clenched shut. "Please! Harry, no! Stop!" "Get her out of here!" Harry growled in my direction, still not making eye contact with me. I watched the gun rise and aim directly at Harry. "Kill me! Not him! I choose me!" I screamed and kicked. My words causing Stan to remove his finger from the trigger for a slight second as he looked over at me as everything turned silent. "Hmm let's see...eenie...meanie...minie..." he said as the aim of the gun was now pointed at me. "Moe." was all I heard before the boom of gun power exploding sounded through the streets as I watched Harry fall to the ground. I screamed so loud that nothing was coming out. I slowly fell down to my knees as the boys remained attached to each of my arms, I sobbed, I couldn't breathe, my lungs were being crushed. It felt as though everything left my body at that second, I felt hollow. It felt like everything was moving in slow motion as Zayn and Niall threw my stunned body into the backseat of a car. I tried to look out the foggy, rain covered car window, but my vision was a blur. All I seen was a motionless body laying in a pool of dark blood. "Harry..." I whispered as my hand rested on the cold window.

A/N:....JUST...OH...MY...GAWD! This isn't the last chapter, just letting you guys know that the last chapter will be around chapter 100.