The Bad Boy

Chapter 15

Stephanie's P.O.V.

When I wake back up, it's still quiet in the house. I crawl off of Niall's bed and open his door. When I go back out to the living room, Niall is sitting on the couch. From the darkness coming in through the windows i can tell its night time. The clock on the door says 11:00. Wow I slept for a long time. Niall is on between the living and the dead right now, he's sleeping so hard. I slip back on the slides from earlier, scrawl Niall a note, and then grab my phone before heading out the door.

I call my mom as I walk down the stairs.

"Hi honey!" She says when she picks up. "Where are you?"

"I'm with Niall." I say. "At his place with Ally. We're probably going to sleep over tonight. Is that okay?"

"I guess, you've been spending a lot of time over there, is there something you're not telling me?" She asks.

"No, he's just a really nice guy and we're having a lot of fun." I lie about the last part.

"Okay... Call me in the morning. And have Ally call her mom, Joanie hasn't heard from her." She says.

"Oh, Ally's phone has been updating IOS8 but then it died, but I'll try to get her to call as soon as possible." I say.

"Okay. My breaks up so I have to get back to work. Love you!" She says.

"Love you to!" I say and we hang up.

I trudge down the street, my hands crammed in my pockets. Eventually I find myself inside a Starbucks, a vanilla bean frapucino with a pump of raspberry in my hand, sitting at a table outside in the back. I don't even realize I'm crying until my drink tastes salty.

I wipe my eyes and then my phone rings.

"Hello?" I say.

"Hey Steph." Niall says, sounding worried. "Harry just called from the airport. His mum's sick. Like really really sick and he's flying back to London to see her. She's had lung cancer for awhile now and they've stopped the treatment because it's not working. They're expecting for her to live a week." He sounds like he's crying now.

"Oh my god that's horrible! When does his flight leave?!" I ask.

"Fifteen minutes ago." Niall sighs. "And he wasn't lying when he said he hadn't touched those drugs in forever."

"YOU KNEW!" I say.

"Yeah I knew. Harry had no Idea he had those in there still. He's been clean for a year and a half." Niall says.

"Oh my god." I cry.

"Where are you?" He asks.

"Starbucks on fifth and main." I say.

"Want me to come get you?" He asks.

"No I think I need some time alone." I say.

"Okay. Come back soon though." Then he hangs up.

I toss my empty drink container in the trash and start down the street. I don't know where I am going until I reach the playground Harry and I were at yesterday. I sit down on the swings, tears streaming down my face, the hurt look in Harry's eyes playing through my mind again and again until I lean over and puke.

I climb out of the swing and start to walk back to Nialls. I want to go after Harry but I can't leave Ally where I don't know where she is or what's happening. When I make it back to the apartment the first thing I say is "we have to tell the police Niall."

"No we don't I found that she had my IPod in her pocket when she left to listen to music and when I tacked it, it shows she is six hours from here in a campground." He says.