Harry’s POV
We spend cooped up in my apartment. I learn where Ana does and doesn’t like to be touched, and what to do and what not to do. She tells me things about The Basement and my hatred for Kyle grows stronger. I hold off on going out to get Ana a disguise because I don’t want her to change anything about herself. I love everything about her, but I know it’s the only way she’ll get to lead a semi-normal life. She saunters up to me in just one of my t-shirt. It falls just above mid-thigh and she has just woken up. She rubs her eyes and runs her fingers through her hair.
“We’re getting my disguise today,” she says casually while making a cup of coffee. I hate coffee but I bought a coffee maker for her along with a cell phone with Louis, Niall, Liam, Brandon and my numbers plugged into it. We still haven’t told Zayn about what’s going on and it drives him nuts. It’s like we’re part of a secret gang and he isn’t.
“That’s what you said yesterday when we were ‘interrupted.’” I put my hands on her hips and kiss her neck from behind. She groans and turns around. I lean down to kiss her, but she pushes me away. I pout and try again.
“Enough! I’m exhausted and I need fresh air,” she says.
“But I’m a breath of fresh air,” I tease, cupping her face with my hands. She sighs and leans her head against my chest.
“We’ve been fucking like rabbits in heat. I need a break,” she replies. I laugh. Certain things she says aren’t something you’d expect from an innocent looking girl with wide eyes.
“Alright. Go get your wig and the new clothes.”
“Yessir,” she salutes me and takes off like a soldier. She comes back fifteen minutes later with a short blonde wig and a purple sundress on. Her scars are covered with foundation and her eyes are a soft blue. I don’t like her this way. I like the way she is, not this scared girl who isn’t my Ana. Without saying anything, we take off toward Niall’s place. Louis told us he would meet us there. We walk in to see the three boys playing a video game.
“Ahem,” Ana says, trying to get the boy’s attention. Her brother looks up, but just grunts in reply. “I will whoop your asses,” she warns them. Again they ignore her. She walks over to the game and hits the power button. The three of them stand up to protest, but Ana quickly ‘ninja’s’ them as I’ve started calling her martial arts. Lying in heap, Niall finally says something.
“Alright. Let’s go.” Ana smirks and helps them up. I stand by the door watching this girl take three guys at once and become a little afraid of Kyle. He must be really strong to be able to keep Ana subdued. I’m all the more nervous about taking her outside, but not just because I don’t want her changing herself. What if he finds us and recognizes her?
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We go to the convenience store first. We walk towards the hair dye and pick out a blackkish brown. We also go and grab a pair of cheap glasses from the rack. Ana doesn’t actually need glasses but we’re going to pop the lenses out and put in fake ones instead. No one will know the difference. We head towards check out, but Ana stops. I look at her and she’s frozen in place, staring at someone who just walked in. He was at least six feet. He was muscular and in a cop uniform. Ana’s face is contorted with fear. If this one guy scares her, then it has to be Kyle. I duck her into a random aisle while the guy jokes around with the cashier. She starts shaking and I put my arms around her. Louis keeps quiet, obviously seeing something is wrong.
“What’s wrong Susan?” Niall asks. We all agreed to call Ana by something a new name. We couldn’t stop at just her appearance. She shakes her head and looks to me. She can’t say anything in case he recognizes her voice.
“You know that person Susan was dating?” I ask, hoping they understand. Brandon’s eyes widen and he looks at Kyle discreetly.
“I’ll take care of this,” Niall whispers. He walks up to him and gets him to face away from the door.
“Hello sir. I just want to think you for keeping our London streets safe,” Niall tells him convincingly. He always was a good liar.
“Aren’t you from One Direction?” Kyle asks him. I lead Ana outside and hail a cab. She climbs in and we wait for Niall to get out of there. Louis sits there holding her hand while I stand at the door. Niall comes out a minute liar with a look on his face like he just ate a moldy lemon.
“Are you okay?” I ask him. I’m not afraid Kyle did anything to him, but having to suck up to that piece of shit would freak anyone out. Niall climbs in the car.
“No. He’s charming,” he spits out the word like venom. Ana nods her head.
“Why do you think I got in a car with him?” She asks. “I wish Brandon was here.” We couldn’t bring her brother in case we ran into Kyle which we just did. Kyle walks out of the store with a bag of groceries. I quickly shut the door and the cab takes off towards Louis’ place.