Audrianne's POV

"Halt! Police!"

"You'll never catch us!" Harry screamed.

"The North have struck again!" They both exclaimed.

The two shot past the officers as they made their getaway.

"After them!" A police officer shouted. No shit...

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It was only later how lucky I was to be alive after running into the notorious thieves of the North Gang of London...

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Soon after, I was taken to the local police station for questioning.

I sat in the interrogation room and mulled over everything that had just happened.

"Audrianne! Thank God you're okay!"

I looked up up and saw my old childhood friend, Mark.

Without warning, butterflies erupted in my stomach. Maybe I was still caught up in tonight's events...

"Mark! What are you doing here?"

"I'm a detective. I work here. When I heard your museum got robbed, well..." I smile at his concern.

"Sorry. I'm just a little bit out of it. It's okay though. I'm fine. They didn't hurt me." I said.

"I know, that's not why I brought you here. I need to ask you some questions." He looked away shyly, failing miserably at concealing his concern for me.

He finally sat down across from me, a pile of paperwork in front of him.

"So I heard you think the burglars were the North Gang, the infamous world-classic group of thieves." I say. He nodded.

"That's right. They usually send a notice beforehand, but this job was done differently. It says here in my notes a painting was stolen?"

"From what I saw, yes." I answered.

"And the statue from the lobby? Did they try to steal that, too?" He asked. I shook my head.

"Oh, no. They knocked it over accidentally. It almost hit me but one of them pushed me out of the way." I smiled a little remembering how Harry saved me.

"Did you get a good look at his face?" I shook my head.

"No, I'm sorry. They had cut the power so I couldn't see." I say.
"All I can infer is that they were two males." I finish.

"How about the guy who saved you? He must've been fairly close." He had a bit of edge in his voice. Like he was jealous?

Now I hesitated.

Mark looked at me sternly but I avoided eye contact.

What am I doing? Tell him the color of his eyes like you remember! Am I trying to cover for the gang?

"You know, I've known you for a long time, Audrianne." He said. I gulped and nodded.

"And I also know that it's uncommon for victims to have emotional ties to their assailants." I gasped slightly. He thinks I'm in a relationship with one of them?

"I don't even know them! Are you accusing me of covering for them?" I ask.

"There's no reason not to. You're hesitating on answering questions." I shook my head in disbelief. I sunk in my chair and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Can I go home? I told you all I know." I said. He sighed and nodded.
"Actually! I had to meet Perrie at the bar half an hour ago!" I say. We rush out, and head to the bar.

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Perrie was angrily waiting outside.

She raised her eyebrows when she saw Mark and I walking up.

"Welp. You're an hour late. Care to explain?" She cast a glance at Mark and sighed. She never liked him.

"Personal problems." I say. Mark had told me to not tell anybody about this, even though it'd be in the news.

We headed inside and seated at an empty table.

We ordered our meals and chatted for a while.

In no time, the waiter came up.

"All right. I have your meals right here."

"Thank you, uhh..." Perrie searched for a name tag, but couldn't find one.

"A hot girl like you can call me... Well, anything. But the name's Zayn." this caused Perrie to blush. I laugh along with Mark. Before leaving, Zayn smiled and winked at her.

"He liked you! You guys would be so cute together!" I gushed. She laughed.

"What do you mean you're out?!" An angry man exclaimed. We looked over and saw Zayn with another customer.

"I mean, that young lady got the rest of the Chicken Parmesan. Sorry sir, you'll need to order something else." Zayn calmly explained.

The man he was speaking to looked at me and glared. Is he really that angry over food?

Perrie leaned over, whispering.

"When you get past the glare, he's actually kinda cute." I agreed silently.

"Niall, make this mans job easier and order something else." His friend said. Niall. His name was Niall.

"You could have mine, if you want to." I offered him.

"I don't know you. Why would I take anything from you?" He rudely replied. I was taken aback by his voice and Mark stood up.

"Hey! Don't talk to her like that."

"And what are you gonna do about it?"

"Careful, he's a cop." Perrie warned. Niall paused and reassessed his actions.

"I wasn't that hungry, anyway."

"Good choice." Mark said. Niall's friend stood up and blocked his view.

"Sorry for my friend. He can be a bit difficult...especially when he goes unfed." He said.

He's good looking, too...

"Hey! Quit making me sound like an animal!" Niall pouted.

"Well you act like one." Mark said. Niall's friend walked up to me and held his hand out.

"I'm Liam. It's always wonderful to make the acquaintance of a beauty, like you." He said. From behind, I can see Mark roll his eyes. I ignore him and smile.

"I'm Audrianne." I reply taking his hand in mine. His eyes shot down to my ring.

"Quite a beautiful ring. I noticed your left hand bare. I can only assume you're single?" Liam asked.

"For now, unless you plan on changing that." Perrie commented.

"Perrie!" Mark scolds.

"Oh! If you ever feel inclined to grace me with your companion, i'd be happy to have you."

"I'm single, too." Perrie said. Zayn walked up, wrapping an arm around her waist from behind shutting her up.

Liam's eyes met mine and we shared a smile I knew was just for us.

"I think I've found the woman of my dreams."

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When I returned home, I slumped onto my bed in exhaustion.

Aside from almost dying, if had to deal with too much testerone.

That guy, Liam was interesting...

Then there was Niall.

And Harry...

Im not even looking for a boyfriend and here I am, thinking about three different guys I met today...

They're all attractive in their own way.

I checked my mail and was disappointed when I only found a pizza flyer, bills, and a postcard.

"Who would've sent me this?" I open it and read:

'Hello my love,

See you tonight;)

-North Gang

I laughed and threw it away. Stupid kids. I've had enough of the North Gang.

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After taking a shower, I curled up into my bed.

Finally, my much needed rest!

I sat up a few minutes later, when I hear footsteps.

"What the...?"

I froze in my bed, convincing myself that if I didn't move a muscle, nobody'd know I was there.

Eventually i I worked up the courage to open my eyes to see three men surrounding my bed!

I tried to scream, but the closest man clamped his hand over my mouth.

"No need to panic, we're not going to hurt you."

Notes

Cliffhanger! What do you think?! Lol I'm having fun writing this! Even though I'm typing from my IPhone, it's really fun:) I was hoping if you guys could check out more of my stories? I only have two other ones, but I might delete one. Please? It'd mean a lot:) oh! And could you guys recommend this story? I want a lot of people to read this:) thank you!

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