Andy Calder

The Brander

"You thought you could get away from me?" He snarled.

I pushed my self away from him. Pain was shooting up my leg from my ankle. My small frame trying to curl up in protection.

"You two don't DESERVE a good life!" He raised his voice before shoving a young Eleanor to the ground in front of me.

"Daddy please!" El whimpered as she tried to protect me.

"Eleanor, the child needs to learn what happens when she screws up!" He growled.

I let out a soft whimper.

"But daddy she didn't know!" El cries.

"She will now!" He says as he pulls a metal bar out of a fire.

The end was glowing orange as he move toward me.

"This bitch will always know," he says normally.

I let out a high pitched scream as the metal burned into my stomach. He laughed as watched my pain.

"Andy!" El screamed from behind him.

"Please stop, please," she sobs," please, please.."

I wake up with a scream escaping my lips. Instantly Zayn, Louis, and El are bursting into my room. My vision is blurred by tears.

"Andy, what happened?" Louis asked softly.

His voice sounded almost identical to his.

I couldn't help but back away fast. I didn't feel safe around men right now.

"Andy, it's me, El. What's wrong?" She speaks softly.

I look up and find her eyes. I quickly move into her arms and let out a big sob.

"H-h-he's back," I sob.

"Who's back?" She sounds confused.

"Daddy," I sob.

I can feel her body stiff in my arms. She pushes me away just far enough so she can look into my eyes.

"You had the dream?" She asks in all seriousness.

I nod with a little whimper. The dream is still fresh in my head.

"Louis get the boys together downstairs and someone call Paul. Now," El demands.

I see Zayn start to stand up.

"Zayn," I say to stop him," please stay here with me for now."

He gives me a small smile and sits down next to me. I move away form El and into his arms.

And to just think four hours ago I was in this same position with Tommy, happy as can be. Now I'm just in misery.

"What's going on Andy?" Zayn says after a little while.

"El will explain downstairs. She has to. We are in danger," I say flatly.

He nods silently and holds me a little tighter.

"Zayn, Andy! Time to talk!" El yells up to us.

I take a deep breath and stand up. Zayn stands up behind me and puts a hand on my shoulder.

Once we get downstairs everyone stops talking.

"Why did you wake us up at 3 am?" Liam questions El.

"Because, Andy had one of her reoccurring nightmares that only come around when we are in serious danger," she speaks calmly.

"So what danger is it?" Paul asks.

"Well, we have to start with the nightmare," El begins," A long time ago when Andy was just about 3 and I was about 10, our real dad kidnapped us. He was abusive to me and her. But more so to her. One day, she accidentally knocked over his favorite bottle of whiskey and he got pissed. Fast. He chased her around the house until he cornered her in the living room. I tried to protect her, but her wouldn't listen to me. He grabbed a hot metal poker from the fire place and burned a distinctive design on her side. We were stuck with him for 3 more years until the police finally found us and took us back to our mom. He was known throughout the town as--"

"The Brander," Paul interrupts.

"Yes. After that my mother moved us to a different city. We lived there for a good 4 years. Then Andy had a nightmare about the night he branded her. My mom and I thought nothing of it, until he showed up at our house the next day. He had gotten out of jail on bail and came to get us back. After that my mom took us to the United States. I graduated from high school not long after that. My mother randomly called me half way through my first year of college and told me that Andy had the nightmare again. Later that same night I saw on the news that he had escaped from prison and had disappeared. They caught him the next day. This is the first time she has had the nightmare since then," El concludes.

Everyone sits in silence.

"Where did he brand you?" Liam asks softly, almost as if he was afraid his words would break me.

I lifted up my shirt to reveal a tan terribly drawn circle on my stomach. Inside the circle was the word slut written in all capital letters.

"How have we never heard of this before?" Harry asked.

"Because I don't really go around showing people that my own father marked me as a slut," I hissed.

Harry looked hurt for a second, but his expression soon changed to understanding.

"This is a very touchy subject for me. I'm really sorry if I am rude about it," I say mostly toward Harry.

"It's alright love, we just want to be here for you and protect you," Harry smiles at me reassuringly.

I smile back and go to sit by him.

"So El, how can I help keep you two safe?" Paul asks.

"I really need to know where my father is now. Will it be hard to get that information?" She asks him.

"Not at all! I can have it by the morning," he says.

"Thank you Paul, you truly are the best," she goes over and hugs him.

He then leaves without looking back.

"How can we help El?" Liam asks.

"I need you guys to make sure Andy does not leave this house without at least one of you and a body guard with you," she says strictly.

"But what about when I go to see Tommy?!" I complain.

This isn't fair to me! Sure I'm terrified that my dad might try to come and kill me, but I'm not giving up my Tommy rights!

"He will just have to come over here if you two want to see each other," she gives me a sad smile.

I guess I will have to live with it.

"Now if you all don't mind, I need to warn my mother," she says already typing on her phone.

I stand up and slowly walk to my room. I might as well try to get some sleep.

Just as I lay down on my bed, the boys come into my room.

"Mind if we join you?" Harry asks for the group.

I move over and the boys all squeeze into my bed. I can say that in the moment I have never, ever felt so safe in my life. Ever.

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(A/N)

I'm sorry ik I'm leaving you on a cliff hanger sorry haha so how many of you beautiful readers have twitters? If you do tweet me @gabzy27 with the hashtag #AndyhasTommyrights and I will follow you!!

-Gabby