One Direction FanFic- Protector of Mankind

Sequel: Chapter 11

Sequel: Chapter 11

May 16

LEXI'S POV

Leo was attacking the creature, and had it pinned down, on its stomach. The creature was snapping and biting the air, trying to get a piece of Leo, and luckily, failing.

It was mainly Harry against Caroline and that had me worried.

It was a disaster, some of us were attacking the creature, and some were pummeling Caroline. Everyone was pushing their powers to the limit.

It was chaos, and I had no idea what to do.

I was standing next to Kayla, watching everything unfold before my very eyes. Kayla was concentrating, trying to focus on both fights at the same time. And what did I do? I just stood there. Frozen, I was frozen like the ice of the glaciers around me.

I just watched as everything unfolded before me. This was the long awaited war of the century, and I was supposed to be the center of it, but instead I was on the outside looking in.

This wasn't like me… the people I loved most in the world were fighting for all of mankind and I was just standing there.

It took me what seemed like forever to finally snap out of it, but all it took was one look at Harry to know I couldn't just stand there and do nothing.

This was my job. I had to do this, not them. Defeating Caroline was my responsibility and my responsibility alone. I didn't think, I just acted and did the only thing I could do.

 Leo still had Killian pinned down, so I ran to him and pressed my palm against the creatures side. It snapped at me, but I trusted that Leo would take care of it. Harry must have seen me dash over to the beast because he was at my side in an instant.

I looked over to Caroline and the others and he glanced over too. "Don't worry, they've got it covered." he assured me.

The corner of his mouth was trickling blood and his right eye was bruised. His curly hair hung in messy locks around his face, his cheeks were rosy and he had beads of sweat dripping down the side of his face, despite the below zero degree weather.

He was always there when I needed him, and now was the time I needed him most. He was my rock, he was my light in a sea of darkness and he was my love in a world of hate.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him into me as close as possible. Which wasn't nearly as close as I would have liked, considering the layers of clothing we had on, but it would have to do for now.

I leaned up on my tip toes and kissed him hard. Our lips molded together familiarly and everything felt right for those few seconds... except for the taste of his blood on my tongue that reminded me where I was and why I was there.

Caroline. She had been ruining my life and hurting the people I cared about for far too long. I rolled back on my heels, breaking the kiss. I looked down at the ground and breathed out heavily.

Harry tilted my chin up and gave me one last kiss. I wiped the blood away from the corner of his mouth with my sleeve and turned back to the beast.

Harry placed himself between me and the beast's mouth and wrapped a protective arm around me and gently kissed the top of my head.

"What do you need me to do?" he whispered into my ear.

"Be happy." I said simply.

I rested both palms flat against Killian and thought of every happy thought I could think of.

HARRY'S POV

"What do you need me to do?"

Lexi replied with a simple "Be happy."

I knew her well enough to know what she meant. I placed one hand on the creature and kept Lexi safely tucked away on the other side of me.

I looked down at her to see her glow was slowly increasing, I could even feel her happiness slowly spreading into me.

I closed my eyes and thought of every happy thing I could think of.

I thought of when Conrad put the boys and I into a group when we were on the x-factor. I thought of our song hitting number one, I thought of all the good times I'd had with the boys, but mostly I thought of Lexi.

I thought of the first time I ever laid eyes on her, in that hospital bed. She looked so peaceful, and I remember thinking 'Damn, that's the most gorgeous girl I've ever seen'.

I'll never forget seeing her beautiful brown eyes open for the first time and I smiled to myself at the memory of what happened after that.

I thought of the time we went to her house after our interview and I got punched in the nose by Nathan. I thought of how she tenderly cleaned me up, and took care of me, I thought of how cute she looked, with her face contorted in concentration.

I thought of the time we went to the carnival and Kayla insisted that we go on the teacups. Kayla, Lexi and I had gotten in one, while the boys found themselves a different one. The ride started and I spun the wheel around as fast as I could. Kayla and Lexi just suddenly burst into uncontrollable fits of laughter. Lexi's smile was so beautiful and her hair was blowing around her face wildly as we spun around in circles. I thought of all the little memories and of the big ones.

I thought of the moment I realized I loved her.

It was one month after her prom and I was really sick, I had a fever and I felt like shit. I'd get the chills one second and then I'd be dying of heat the next.  I was a mess, I had laid around watching T.V. on the couch, in just my plaid pajama bottoms, my hair was a disaster, I had bags under my eyes and the place was a mess. I couldn't keep anything down, my head was pounding, and my throat was dry and raspy, I was just plain miserable.

The boys had left me, by myself to go to take the girls to the zoo.

They had only been gone for a little when there was a knock on the door. I reluctantly got up and I when opened it and there was Lexi. She was smiling shyly and looking up at me through her long lashes, her eyes were soft and kind and warm, just like she was. She had a bag in one hand and hot chocolate in the other. She was dressed in the same thing I was, but she made it look sexy as hell.

She had brought tons of stuff and took care of me the entire day. She could have been out having fun, with the boys and Kayla at the zoo, but instead she spent the whole day with me.

She rubbed my back and pushed my hair out of my face when I puked my guts out. She fed me soup and made sure I took all my medicine. She cuddled up to me when I was cold and switched out my ice packs when I was hot. She rubbed my stomach when it was hurting and ran her fingers through my hair, soothingly when my head ached. She talked to me and told me stories when I was tired, and we watched movies and joked around when I was awake.

After eight hours alone together, Lexi had curled up into my side and fallen asleep on my chest. She'd been up all day, taking care of me and cleaning up the place while I had slept for most of the time. We'd both had a long day.

 I remember lying on the couch next to her and thinking about our day together. I thought of how much I enjoyed spending time with her and how much fun we had had, even though I was sick. I remember thinking to myself how lucky I was to know someone like her. She had done so much for me, just by simply being there.

I remember gazing down at her and thinking that I never wanted this to end. I wanted to stay suspended in time with her, just like this, forever.

Then I remember her crinkling her nose, and then her soft brown eyes fluttering open and her looking up at me.

That was the moment I realized that I would go the ends of the universe and back for her, because I loved her. I loved her like crazy.

I continued my train of happy thoughts, mostly thinking of Lexi. I thought of the first time we kissed, and how she leaped into my arms when I told her we weren't leaving her. I thought of the first time she told me she loved me, and how she glowed brighter than she ever had before when I proposed to her.

 She was so utterly adorable, in every way possible. She was cute, yet still managed to be sexy at the same time. Even when she was being silly, she still looked beautiful. She was sweet, caring, kind, funny, generous and gorgeous. She was everything every guy wanted and she was mine.