The Game

Forty-three

"YOU PROMISED!" Zara screams.

I try and gesture she calm down before the boys hear her.

"You fucking promised. You said we were both getting out! You made me believe I was getting out with you but all along you were planning an escape without me. You're going to leave me here to die" she cries as rests the knife on her wrist.

"You are! It's me and you! Both of us are leaving here. I have always, ALWAYS had you in my plans. I've never left you out. I would never leave you here!" I cry watching her breakdown.

"After I told Louis I didn't know anything, when he promised to keep me safe but instead noo I said nothing to keep you safe and because of that we had to play that stupid fucking game!" she waves the knife at me.

"Oh come on Zara!" I roll my eyes "Louis will never keep you safe! He would get the information he wanted and then he would of fuck you up! Don't be so stupid to believe you've missed out on a chance to be safe with him!" I shout.

"It was a chance I was willing to take if it meant the slightest chance of staying alive or leaving! You are just looking out for yourself and the baby. You've forgotten who has been on this journey with you, who's stood by you from the moment you got thrown into this hell. IT'S ME! ME who has been there the whole fucking time. The shit we've been through I thought we had a bond, like sisters" she shakes her head as if everything has been a lie.

I take a step towards her only for her to push the knife into her arm and I see the anguish across her face as the knife starts to break the skin.

"We are!!.. We are sisters. Yes Niall said he couldn't promise anything about getting you out. But I said I'm not leaving here without you! I promise, I promised you we would walk out hand in hand and I will not break that. I'm a woman of my word. Baby or no baby, you were here first, we started this together and I'm sure as hell ending this together. Whether that means we leave alive or we die together. Please fucking trust me, I'm not leaving you" I wipe my tears.

She won't believe me but she means the most to me right now, even more than this baby. She is my sister, my friend for life. We will have each other for the rest of time because no one will ever know what we went through together. No one will ever understand anything we've been through apart from each other.

"He raped me! NIALL FUCKING RAPED ME and YOU are running off into the sunset with him?" she moves the knife slowly. The blood starting to ooze.

"I know!! I know he did! They all have and don't think I'll forget that! I'm using Niall that's all! I'm using him to get us out and trust me he won't be getting away with anything. None of them will. Together we will lock them away for a very long time" I watch as she moves the knife further along her arm.

"Prison isn't enough for them" She shakes her head "They've ruined me. I will never forget this" She looks around the room. "I will never forget this time in my life and they've ruined everything for me, every boyfriend I have, every sexual experience will only remind me of them" She cries.

"No you're right prison isn't enough but I'll tell you this. We will ruin everything for them. Everything they have now, the fame and fortune will disappear with a click of the fingers. That's where it will hurt them the most. Please, please trust me. I won't leave you. We will get out of here. Maybe we can get away for a while after? Me and you we could fly to the Maldives or something to get away"

"I wish I could believe you" she moves the knife away to show the cut she's made. "It's just too much now, I have no one. You've got the baby after this, I'll be dumped like rubbish"

I watch as she falls to the ground her head flopped down, I take this as my chance to rush over. I put my arms around her "You have me, you'll always have me. Zara please believe me. I will get you out" I kiss her head.

"I can't do anymore of this" she buries her head into me.

"I know you can't, you've been strong. I just need you too be strong for a little longer. Don't give up on me" I whisper as I take hold of the knife and slowly pull it out of her hand.

"As long as you don't give up on me" she whispers back.

"I never will" I push the knife across the floor out of reach and take my top off wrapping it around her arm. Thankfully she didn't cut too deep, I hope the bleeding stops so we can attempt to hide it from the boys.

We stay in this embrace for a while, I couldn't tell you how long but my knees start to go numb.

I stand up and help Zara up, "I'm sorry" she holds her arm.

"You don't have anything to be sorry about, let's sort this out" I look down to her arm. The boys dropped alot of clothes off in the room the other day. Because it's getting colder thankfully there are a few long sleeved tops, we both changed into the same clothes as to not look suspicious that one of us has changed and not the other.

Minutes after we change the door unlocks and swings open, "Evening" a tired looking Harry walks in.

"It's dinner time" he ushers us out the room and downstairs.

"You're in for a fucking treat tonight ladies!" Louis sits down at the table, looking equally as tired as Harry and the boys.

"It's been a long day in the studio working on the album, so we can't be bothered to cook" Niall rubs his head.

I look at Zara who looks at me, we catch Liam walking out of the kitchen with a huge tray of takeaway dishes. Both our eyes widen and we suddenly feel alot more hungry than before.

"It's Chinese, if you don't like it then tough" Liam places the tray on the table. We wait for the boys to dish up what they want and then we get the go ahead to have the left overs, thankfully they've really over ordered and there is so much left. Me and Zara pile our plates high so much so that Harry smriks "If you both eat all that, then I'll give you the night off"

"Well I am looking forward to a night off then" I say as i pick up my fork and dig straight in.

We all eat in silence until all plates are empty, "Well I'm shook" Harry looks over to our plates and rubs his belly. "I guess no nookie tonight lads"

I smile at Zara who looks beyond relieved.

I look over to Niall who is staring at me, I know he's got plans going through his head for tomorrow. I move my eyes to the side at Zara and he shakes his head as in he can't promise anything about getting her out. He shrugs not seeming bothered when I do it again before turning to the side to speak to Louis.

I take a deep breath, I take Zaras hand under the table. I need to do something that makes Niall know Zara is not an option, she is coming.

I take another deep breath and close my eyes "Slow, slow hands, Like sweat dripping down our dirty laundry.
No, no chance, That I'm leaving here without you on me"

Niall's head snaps towards me as I start singing his song, as best as I can remember. The boys all look at me as if I'm fucking crazy. Even Zara looks at me in bewilderment.

"What's that?" Harry laughs at my outburst.

"Just a song" I shrug. I look over to Niall and again use my eyes to gesture Zara.

With a roll of the eyes he nods.

We are both getting out bitches
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