You Could Save Me

Chapter 2

I was still in slight shock. One Direction. Liam was busy trying to figure out a way to get me home without something happening to me. I could tell that he still wasn't quite sure if he believed me, but the other boys had taken a liking to me, so he gave in. 

"So.. Sara..." He looked at me with a quizzical expression. "Why are you walking the London streets... Alone.. In the middle of the night?"

"I  don't know.. I needed to clear my head. I didn't know that I was going to be attacked." I sighed. "I left my boyfriend today because he cheated on me. I didn't know about it til last week, but he had been acting weird for about eight." I stopped, but all of them sat there silently. Zayn was urging me to speak again. His eyes bore into mine and I smiled at him. They all seemed genuinely curious about the crazy, blonde girl that fell into the middle of their football game. 

"Is that all there is to the story?" Harry asked slowly, giving me a confused look. I admired him. You could tell that he radiated confidence. 

I sighed again, waiting. "Do you actually care? Because I don't want to waste my time." Niall chuckled and Josh elbowed him in the ribs.

"Yeah, we want to know." Josh said. Niall cleared his throat and nodded.

"Okay, well it all started when I moved in with Jake, my ex-boyfriend. He seemed like a dream come true. I never wanted us to end. He would bring me flowers, jewelry, and little gifts like that constantly.  Or at least, he did, until about 7 months into the relationship. This is when I assumed that he started cheating. Both of my parents had died in a car accident and I wasn't in the mood to go party with him. He didn't seem to understand that I needed time to understand what I was actually going through. I had never lost anyone before.  And they were my parents." I closed my eyes, willing the tears not to come. "I expected too much from him, though, and he went off and slept with some other girl. He would sometimes send me the messages meant for her, and sometimes she would leave bits of clothing at our flat. She knew about me, knows my name, what I look like, but I have no idea who she is." I took a breath in and looked around at all of the boys. Zayn moved close to me and slung his arm around my shoulder in attempt to confort me. 

After what seemed like an eternity, Niall finally said, "You deserve better, Sara. You shouldn't have put up with that as long as you did."

"Thanks, Niall." I squeaked out. He looked at me, and Harry raised his eyebrows.

"Please, for the sake of all of us, don't start crying." Zayn whispered in my ear. I know that I haven't known these boys for very long, but they were already starting to feel like family. I smiled and looked Zayn in the eyes. His brown orbs searched my blue ones for some sort of clue as to how I was feeling. 

"I'm all cried out. Couldn't cry another tear even if you wanted me to." Now that I had calmed down, I was starting to act like myself again. I heard Louis chuckling as Harry whispered something into his ear.

They were talking about Zayn and I.

Liam hopped up, "How about we all walk you home?" He looked at all of the guys, then back to  where they had their nets set up.

"How about Louis, Zayn, and I walk her home while you finish cleaning up this mess, Daddy Direction." Harry smirked and everyone laughed. 

"Sounds good to me, Harry. Thanks!" Liam grinned, oblivious to Harry's remark.

"You guys don't have to do that. Really, I'll be fine." They all looked at me with the same look of confusion and humor. 

"If you got attacked because we let you go off on your own, Liam would have a fit and we would hear about it for the next lifetime." Louis rolled his eyes and smiled at me. "Silly girl."

"Plus, it's really no problem." Zayn said, helping me to my feet. I grinned at all of them.

"What's the smile for, Sara?" Louis asked, walking up to join Zayn beside me. He linked arms with me and watched my face. Harry stood behind me, and I could feel his eyes on me as we walked towards the woods.

"You guys. I don't know. I feel like I've known you my entire life." I looked around, enjoying the comfort that these boys brought with them. This would be the start of a beautiful friendship.