How can you love me?
Emily Is Alive
Ana’s POV
I listen as Harry explains things to everybody. He doesn’t go into too much detail, but the point get across just fine. I can sense Zayn watching me, but I keep my eyes focused anywhere but him. When he hugged me, I felt something. It wasn’t fear, which scares me. How can I have feelings for a guy who pretended to put pictures of me on the internet, then brings my kidnapper to the apartment? I know he probably doesn’t have any feelings for me, but there’s something about him that draws me to him. Harry finishes his explanation and everybody comes up and hugs me. Louis and Niall already know the story, but they just really like hugging.
“Let’s watch some TV,” I suggest. I want to get everyone’s attentions turned to something other than me. Louis grabs the remote and starts flipping through the channels when I see a familiar face. I gasp and grab the remote from him. I flip back to the news channel.
“Emily Rowens is coming forward saying Kyle Brutis, beloved chief of police, kidnapped her and another girl, Ana Burnes, and locked them in a basement,” The police anchor says. Everyone looks me as my eyes fill with tears of happiness. Emily is alive! I stand up and put my hands to my mouth. Zayn stands up and grabs my hand. Without thinking, I squeeze it back. Harry looks at me confusedly.
“You know her?” He asks. I nod my head. I don’t trust my voice to not break out into tears. I flashback to when I first met Emily.
“I brought you a friend,” Kyle says as he carries a passed out girl in his arms. She has blonde hair and green eyes. He does the usual while she lays unconscious. I go to my beach and look for seashells. Shortly after he leaves, the girl wakes up. She sees me sitting on the bed, and becomes suspicious. Eventually I get her calmed down and everything explained to her. We both have tears falling down our faces.
“So you’ve been down here for three months,” she gasps. I nod my head sadly.
“I’m so sorry he got you,” I whisper. She puts her arm around me.
“It’s not your fault.”
Kyle comes down the next night. He looks at us both on the bed asleep.
“Get your lazy asses up,” He demands. I sit straight up and nudge Emily. She looks up at Kyle with horror etched into her face.
“What do you want today, Kyle?” I ask. It’s best to just get it over with.
“Hmmmm…” He pretends to think about it. “Why don’t you two familiarize yourselves with each other.” I look at him confused.
“We already met. Her name’s Emily,” I tell him. He throws his head back and laughs. I don’t see how what I said amuses him.
“Do you know what I’m talking about, Emily?” He asks her. She slowly nods her head. “Then what are you waiting for?” She stands up and I follow her lead. Tears are running down her face as she steps up to me.
“I’m so sorry,” she whispers as her lips meet mine. I suddenly realize what he meant. He wants to watch me and Emily. I kiss her back because I have nothing else to do. It’s a lot better than when Kyle did it. It was sweeter and less violent, but it’s still extremely awkward. I’m straight and she told me she is too. When Kyle wasn’t here, she told me about her boyfriend of three years back in Ohio.
“You know I want more than just you two kissing,” Kyle says while waving his gun at us menacingly. He has his dick in his other hand. I shudder and step away from Emily.
“What is wrong with you?” I scream at him. How do you get off on making two people have sex? He stands off with his pants off and comes up to me.
“What did you just say to me?” He asks calmly.
“What. Is. Wrong. With. You.” I slowly enunciate each word. He shakes his head with a chortle and sneers at me.
“Won’t you ever learn, Sweetheart?” He asked. He swings back his arm and punches me in the head. Everything slowly turns black. The last thing I see before I black-out is Emily’s shocked face. When I wake up, she’s gone. I figure he decided to kill her and cry for days. She didn’t deserve to die.
I look up at the boys’ faces. They all seem concerned and I know I have to explain.
“Kyle brought Emily down to the basement one day. After some crap, he punched me in the face and I blacked out. When I woke up she was gone and I thought he killed her,” I choke out.
“What’s ‘some crap?” Zayn asks me. I let go of his hand and sit back down in Harry’s lap. He strokes my hair and I ignore his question. After a few moments of silence, Niall pipes up.
“Well if she’s coming forward, then can’t you?” He asks. My eyes widen. Why didn’t I think of that? I look up at Harry and his expression is a match to my own. I’ll finally be able to go back to my family! I’ll be free.
Harry’s POV
I watch as Zayn and Ana hold hands. Anger grows in me, but she holds Niall and Louis’ hands all the time. I’m only angry now because Zayn is after her.
“What’s some crap?” Zayn asks her after she explained where she knows Emily from. Ana lets go of his hand and sits back down in my lap without looking at him or answering him. I run my fingers through her hair and smile inwardly. She’s still mine. I know it’s selfish to think that, but I love her and I can’t see it anyway else with Zayn around. He’s my best mate, but he can be a real ass some times.
“Well if she’s coming forward, then can’t you?” Niall asks. He can be fucking brilliant at times. Ana looks up at me with shock written all over her face. She looks back at everyone with a smile on her face. We’ll be able to be together without all this sneaking around and fear hanging over us all the time.
“We’ll go to the police station in the morning,” I say. Ana looks sharply up at me.
“I can’t go. They never said they have Kyle in custody,” she reminds me. I facepalm myself. Of course it’s still not safe. It will only be safe when that guy is in prison or dead.
“Then I’ll go and get someone to come here,” I suggest. I know it will still be dangerous, but it’s the only shot we have.
“That could work if everyone is here and it happens to be one of his friends, we can lock him in a closet,” Louis throws in. I laugh and Ana giggles.
“Sounds like a plan!”
“I’ll stay here with Ana just in case,” Zayn throws in. I frown, but it makes sense that someone should stay with her. I don’t like it, but I nod anyway. I just have to trust that I’m enough for her. As soon as I think it, I get nervous. What if I’m not enough?
I listen as Harry explains things to everybody. He doesn’t go into too much detail, but the point get across just fine. I can sense Zayn watching me, but I keep my eyes focused anywhere but him. When he hugged me, I felt something. It wasn’t fear, which scares me. How can I have feelings for a guy who pretended to put pictures of me on the internet, then brings my kidnapper to the apartment? I know he probably doesn’t have any feelings for me, but there’s something about him that draws me to him. Harry finishes his explanation and everybody comes up and hugs me. Louis and Niall already know the story, but they just really like hugging.
“Let’s watch some TV,” I suggest. I want to get everyone’s attentions turned to something other than me. Louis grabs the remote and starts flipping through the channels when I see a familiar face. I gasp and grab the remote from him. I flip back to the news channel.
“Emily Rowens is coming forward saying Kyle Brutis, beloved chief of police, kidnapped her and another girl, Ana Burnes, and locked them in a basement,” The police anchor says. Everyone looks me as my eyes fill with tears of happiness. Emily is alive! I stand up and put my hands to my mouth. Zayn stands up and grabs my hand. Without thinking, I squeeze it back. Harry looks at me confusedly.
“You know her?” He asks. I nod my head. I don’t trust my voice to not break out into tears. I flashback to when I first met Emily.
“I brought you a friend,” Kyle says as he carries a passed out girl in his arms. She has blonde hair and green eyes. He does the usual while she lays unconscious. I go to my beach and look for seashells. Shortly after he leaves, the girl wakes up. She sees me sitting on the bed, and becomes suspicious. Eventually I get her calmed down and everything explained to her. We both have tears falling down our faces.
“So you’ve been down here for three months,” she gasps. I nod my head sadly.
“I’m so sorry he got you,” I whisper. She puts her arm around me.
“It’s not your fault.”
Kyle comes down the next night. He looks at us both on the bed asleep.
“Get your lazy asses up,” He demands. I sit straight up and nudge Emily. She looks up at Kyle with horror etched into her face.
“What do you want today, Kyle?” I ask. It’s best to just get it over with.
“Hmmmm…” He pretends to think about it. “Why don’t you two familiarize yourselves with each other.” I look at him confused.
“We already met. Her name’s Emily,” I tell him. He throws his head back and laughs. I don’t see how what I said amuses him.
“Do you know what I’m talking about, Emily?” He asks her. She slowly nods her head. “Then what are you waiting for?” She stands up and I follow her lead. Tears are running down her face as she steps up to me.
“I’m so sorry,” she whispers as her lips meet mine. I suddenly realize what he meant. He wants to watch me and Emily. I kiss her back because I have nothing else to do. It’s a lot better than when Kyle did it. It was sweeter and less violent, but it’s still extremely awkward. I’m straight and she told me she is too. When Kyle wasn’t here, she told me about her boyfriend of three years back in Ohio.
“You know I want more than just you two kissing,” Kyle says while waving his gun at us menacingly. He has his dick in his other hand. I shudder and step away from Emily.
“What is wrong with you?” I scream at him. How do you get off on making two people have sex? He stands off with his pants off and comes up to me.
“What did you just say to me?” He asks calmly.
“What. Is. Wrong. With. You.” I slowly enunciate each word. He shakes his head with a chortle and sneers at me.
“Won’t you ever learn, Sweetheart?” He asked. He swings back his arm and punches me in the head. Everything slowly turns black. The last thing I see before I black-out is Emily’s shocked face. When I wake up, she’s gone. I figure he decided to kill her and cry for days. She didn’t deserve to die.
I look up at the boys’ faces. They all seem concerned and I know I have to explain.
“Kyle brought Emily down to the basement one day. After some crap, he punched me in the face and I blacked out. When I woke up she was gone and I thought he killed her,” I choke out.
“What’s ‘some crap?” Zayn asks me. I let go of his hand and sit back down in Harry’s lap. He strokes my hair and I ignore his question. After a few moments of silence, Niall pipes up.
“Well if she’s coming forward, then can’t you?” He asks. My eyes widen. Why didn’t I think of that? I look up at Harry and his expression is a match to my own. I’ll finally be able to go back to my family! I’ll be free.
Harry’s POV
I watch as Zayn and Ana hold hands. Anger grows in me, but she holds Niall and Louis’ hands all the time. I’m only angry now because Zayn is after her.
“What’s some crap?” Zayn asks her after she explained where she knows Emily from. Ana lets go of his hand and sits back down in my lap without looking at him or answering him. I run my fingers through her hair and smile inwardly. She’s still mine. I know it’s selfish to think that, but I love her and I can’t see it anyway else with Zayn around. He’s my best mate, but he can be a real ass some times.
“Well if she’s coming forward, then can’t you?” Niall asks. He can be fucking brilliant at times. Ana looks up at me with shock written all over her face. She looks back at everyone with a smile on her face. We’ll be able to be together without all this sneaking around and fear hanging over us all the time.
“We’ll go to the police station in the morning,” I say. Ana looks sharply up at me.
“I can’t go. They never said they have Kyle in custody,” she reminds me. I facepalm myself. Of course it’s still not safe. It will only be safe when that guy is in prison or dead.
“Then I’ll go and get someone to come here,” I suggest. I know it will still be dangerous, but it’s the only shot we have.
“That could work if everyone is here and it happens to be one of his friends, we can lock him in a closet,” Louis throws in. I laugh and Ana giggles.
“Sounds like a plan!”
“I’ll stay here with Ana just in case,” Zayn throws in. I frown, but it makes sense that someone should stay with her. I don’t like it, but I nod anyway. I just have to trust that I’m enough for her. As soon as I think it, I get nervous. What if I’m not enough?
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