*Addison's POV*
I slowly opened by eyes to see sun glinting through my windows. I sat up and suddenly remembered what had happened today. Mark practically tried to rape me, and Harry was there. I never thought that Mark would do that to me. I mean I knew he wasn't a good guy, but the fact that I had an over-protective brother seemed to scare most guys off. That's when I remembered, shoot, I had to tell Landon. Footsteps running up the stars jolted me out of this thought process. Wyatt slid into my room looking frightened.

“Harry Styles is here, and umm, Landon just punched him in the jaw. I think you should maybe go down there.”

My jaw dropped. What? Why would he punch Harry? He was the one who actually helped me. I jumped up of my bed and stormed down the stairs. The front door was open and I saw Harry crouched over in the front lawn. I looked at Landon who was standing several feet away from him. He was murmuring to himself, when he saw me he turned around and went inside. He ran his hands through his hair, in that moment he looked like my dad. That was what bothered me the most; not the fact that he ignored me, that he was over-protective, but the fact that he looked like my dad. I shook that thought out of my head and scurried to Harry's side. His hand was held to his jaw and he was cringing from the pain.

“Look, Harry, I'm really sorry. I really am, I don't know..” I started. He interupted me looking down at his lap.

“Would you please just shut up and get me some ice?” He turned his head and looked at me.
“Um, yeah, sorry...” I replied. I looked at his face and saw that one side of his face was already turning black and blue and was beginning to swell up. I ran past him, running my fingers over his back as I passed. Soon enough I was back at his side with a cold ice pack. I moved his hand aside and held the ice against his face. He grimaced as the cold hit his skin. He slowly began to shift around on the ground bringing his legs in front of him.
“Look, he didn't mean to ok. Well, I honestly don't even know what gotten into him lately. I think he's just overwhelmed, and stuff, ya know...”

“Stop. Seriously. It's not your fault. No need to cry,” he comforted. I didn't even know I was crying. I brushed the tears from my face. He giggled and I looked back at him. He gave me a pained smile. His face was really swollen and was still black and blue.

“Um, well, thanks, I guess. Do you want to come inside? I'll get some more ice.” He nodded. I bent down and put my arm around his back helping him to his feet. We walked through the door to see Evelyn and Wyatt sitting on the stairs nervously.

“Hey, so this is Harry. Um, yeah, he's new this year but um I'm just gonna clean him up a little bit. Could you, um, go get Landon please.”

Harry waved. Neither said anything, but Evelyn ran upstairs to find Landon and Wyatt followed. Several moments later Landon walked down the stairs. Harry and I had our backs turned away from him. We were sitting at the counter and I was holding a new ice pack to harry's face. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Landon. His face was red and blotchy and his eyes were filled with tears. I also began to cry. I hid my face in his chest and I heard him talking to Harry.

“Look, man, I'm really sorry. I don't know what got into me. When you told me, I just kinda freaked out. But I really want you to know how much I appreciate what you did. I mean it. I don't know what I would have done if you weren't there. She could have... Anyways thanks and I really am sorry.” He kissed my head after he had finished.

Harry nodded and did his best to grin, “Yeah, well, I kind of freaked out when I knew what was happening too so I mean, I don't blame you. Um, I should get going, but if you need anything, let me know. Honestly though. Here's my number.” He slowly got out of his chair and I heard him hand a paper to Landon. He walked to the front door and turned around just before he left. He winked and I mouthed, “thanks.” Landon and I were still hugging when we heard the back door slam.

“Where the hell are you guys?” It was my dad, this was exactly what we needed.

Landon pulled me away from him for a moment and said, “Go to Wy's room. I'll be right there. I slowly dragged my feet up the stairs and walked into Wyatt's room. He wasn't in his room, he was probably with Evelyn. I pulled the covers back and pulled them up to my chin and slowly drifted off. I was ready for bed, and ready to sleep the day away.

*Harry's POV*
What just happened. Everything was a blur. One minute I was beating up Mark and the next minute I was getting beat up by Addison's brother. I'm just glad she's ok. What would have happened if I didn't have to finish my test. She would have been... I shudder even thinking about it. What kind of guy would dare to do anything like that to such a nice girl. Especially after everything she's been through. I drove home silently playing music and processing everything that happened. I pulled into the driveway and walked up the front steps. I took out my phone to see that I had eight missed calls- all from my mom. Great, any minute she was going to start freaking...

“Harold Edward Styles. Where have you been? You had me worried sick. I called so many, oh my god, what happened to your face.” She hurried to my side and ran her fingers along my chin. I cringed.

“Mom, don't worry about ok. I'm fine.” I started walking away but she grabbed my arm.

“Harry, couch now. I'm not letting you go until you tell me what happened. I sighed and proceeded to tell her what happened, not just about today but Addi's whole story. About her mother, her father, all about her. Several minutes into my story a tear fell down her cheek and she scooted closer to me. She put her arm around my shoulder as I continued to explain today's events. When I had finally finished
she spoke.

“Harry, darling, I can't tell you how proud I am. You did something really brave today. I'm sure that things will work themselves out. But right now it seems like this girl is just going to need a friend. Ok? How bout we invite her family over for dinner next week?”

I nodded. She smiled and walked back into the kitchen after kissing the top of my head. My mom always had a way of making me feel better, even on the hardest days.

Notes

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