Niall’s p.o.v
Zayn and Perrie left to go out for a meal after I finally convinced Zayn everything would be fine, he wasn’t going to leave me but thank god Zoe managed to get him to take Perrie out.
“so what horror should we watch tonight?” Zoe said holding up five different horror films.
“how about the smurfs” I laughed.
“that’s not a horror pick properly Ni” She said I looked over the five films.
“I have an idea let’s just place them on the table and I will put a blind fold over you then you pick one up after I shuffle them and then what ever film you pick we will watch” I said.
“sounds good” she said we did what I suggested and it turned out to be the woman in black which wasn’t that scary just jumpy but it still had Zoe cuddled into my side she didn’t like the little kids getting possessed by the woman in black to kill themselves it creped her out especially the beginning bit where the three girls are playing with the dolls and they jump out of the windows.
As the film ended I went to get up to turn the lights back on. “don’t leave” Zoe said gripping my top tighter.
“hey I was just going to turn the lights on so it would be less creepy” I said she let go of my top and I quickly ran to turn all the sitting room lights on for her.
“thank you” she said and I sat myself down and she latched herself to me again her hand gripping my top tightly.
“how about we watch a comedy to take your mind off things” I said rubbing her back.
“ok” she said.
“now which film?” I asked.
“the lucky one” she said.
“that wasn’t a comedy but ok anything to make you feel better” I said kissing her forehead and I put the film in for us to watch.
“Ni?” she questioned.
“yeah Zo?” I said.
“can you remember the first time we watched a horror?” she asked.
“yes I do we were idiots to do that” I laughed.
“it seemed like a good idea at the time” she said.
“that’s something Louis says something seems good then he gets involved and it turns out to be a bad Idea” I laughed.
“I’ve noticed that a lot” she laughed.
“I remember we watched the horror but we were in the house ourselves at age 13 your dad was at work and we watched the film and you practically turned into a koala you wouldn’t let me leave your sights because you were so scared” I said.
“yeah I even made you sleep in my bed and sing to me and I wouldn’t let you leave but It was only because you made me feel safe and you helped keep the nightmares away” she said.
“you helped mine go away too” I said.
“I did?” she said.
“well I never really had a home before I met you did I, you made me feel safe and you helped me a lot, if it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t be with the boys, I would most likely be dead because I would have starved in an ally” I said.
“don’t say that I think if I didn’t help you, you would have escaped with Louis and I think Louis would have helped you and then when Louis went out for x- factor I think you would have and I think you would still be where you are just without me” she said.
“I doubt it” I said.
“do you still talk to people from school?” I asked.
“yeah occasionally I usually get asked about you, people often try to use me to get to you and I always just ignore them I’m still close with my small group of friends but we drifted off a little when they left to go to uni” she said.
“you still have me and you always will” I said.
“I know I will and I’m so thankful that I do, If I didn’t have you I don’t know what I would do” she said.
“I remember our days at school mine weren’t that good” I said.
“just think about how those people will feel though knowing they used to bully Niall Horan, they must be feeling shitty just look at you now you may have lost x factor, you may have been bullied but you have so much more you have 4 boys who care for you and love you, you also have the best job in the world and you have thousands of fans that adore you so look who’s laughing now” she said.
“it was still painful” though” I sighed.
*flashback*
I was in year eleven and I was fifteen it was my final year of school but Zoe and I had to move because of Doctor Roberts meaning we had to move house and school and unfortunately compare to Zoe I didn’t fit in well, we both walked through the corridors of the school we had different lessons Zoe had art and I had geography and unfortunately I was lost Zoe on the other hand managed to find her lesson. I knew straight away I was going to be late and as I walked around the corridors I bumped into a teacher and luckily she understood that I was new and she helped me find my way as I walked into the class everyone’s heads turned to face me.
“you must be Niall” the teacher said.
“um... yeah that’s me” I said.
“take a seat at the back” she said. I nodded and sat down but the kid in front of me turned around to face me he gave me a smirk and turned back around I was very confused but as the day got on I never saw him but it was lunch time and I sat in our year groups social area where there were a few tables and chairs to eat our lunch, I on the other hand sat at one of the empty tables and went on my phone and listened to some music. My phone was swiped out of my hand and my headphones were ripped out of my non cat ears (at school I kept them flattened.)
“what you listening to faggot!” the guy said I looked up to see the lad who was sitting in front of me in geography.
“I’m listening to what I want to” I said.
“look boys he likes to talk back, I think we need to teach him a lesson” the lad said.
“James leave him alone it’s his first day for god sake” a girl said.
“no he talked back to me everyone knows not to do that” the guy I assume is James said.
“just give him a warning and lets go “ the girl said I was yanked out of my seat and pinned against the wall he chucked a punch at my stomach and he pushed my head against the wall banging it and chucking me to the floor; where my phone was chucked at me hitting my legs.
And since that lame ass move I became a target since I couldn’t stand up for myself where as Zoe that day was in the dining hall with her friends, after a month or two she finally figured out that I was hiding the fact I was getting bullied and it was only because I one day got so sick of everything that went on with me and what I was that I decided to cut myself and let’s say it didn’t turn out well Zoe ended up walking in about 5 minutes after I did it and she called her dad in and I was bleeding a lot and I passed out because of the amount of blood I lost the next day I woke up in a hospital with Zoe holding my hand and crying at the edge of my bed. Zoe’s dad was out in the hall way talking to a nurse but when I woke up Zoe cried more and hugged me tight like she never wanted me to leave.
It brought too many bad memories back about what happened with her mum.