Breathe

“ Our month anniversary is next week babe,” Harry whispers, lying on the floor beside me. He turns over to me and wraps his arms around my naked stomach like a vine, pulling me close.

“ We should put clothes on, or a blanket, if someone walks in it’s going to be awkward” I chuckle, ignoring the pain forming in my stomach from the laugh.

“ When do we leave for London?” I add

“ In 5 days, so on Friday”

* Knock knock *

“ WHO IS IT” His face falls into frustration

“ It’s Zayn and Louis” I could hear Louis say in a fake girls voice.

“ Alright give us a minute” Harry jumped to his feet, pulling me up with him. Quickly he moved around the room, throwing me a blue sundress and re dressing himself.

“ Come in” I call after we’re decent; Harry strides across the room to me, placing his arm around my waist.

“ Oi lovers, what took you so long?” Louis cocks his head to one side suspiciously.

“ Come on Lou you know what they were doing” Zayns head turns to Louis winking.

“ Annnnyways, management called, they want us home sooner, the paps are going crazy and the headlines are brutal” Louis tosses some magazines on the bed.

“ One Direction breaking up?” I read one aloud to the group

“ Yeah we need to go back to London as soon as possible” Zayn glances between Harry and I.

“ But Nina’s not completely healed” Harrys eyes find mine, and I squeeze his hand gently

“ I’m fine” I suppress a small smile

“ No you’re not,” He whispers down to me

“ I’m not your guy’s problem, you don’t have to stay,” I snap, and the group stares at me wide eyed

“ Babe” Harry warns

“ You’re coming back to London with us aren’t you Nina?” Louis narrows his eyes at me

“ Yes, but I don’t want to be the reason for all this” I gesture towards the magazines

“ You’re not love, there’s always going to be magazine headlines about us” Zayn smiles revealing his teeth

“ But there’s only one Nina” Harry talks down at me slowly and quietly, butterflies grow in my stomach.

“ El was looking at flights and there is one tomorrow night,” Zayn says cautiously.

“ I’ll talk to my parents, I’m sure it’ll be fine” I reply quickly, no it most defiantly wont be fine, my parents had a hard enough time letting me leave in a week, I haven’t healed and all this is a bad idea, regret and fear find its way into the pit of my stomach.

-

“ Hey babe what’s going on?” Tia calls as I walk out to the backyard to meet her, I sit on the plush lounger beside her and sigh loudly.


“ Harry and the boys want to leave tomorrow”

“ What?! Why?” She shoots up and stares at me

“ Because of the headlines and everything”

“ How are you feeling?” her eyes grill me

“ Good” I lie

“ Nina, no you don’t. I can tell when you lie”

“ Hey girls” I look to see El walking towards us

“ Hi” I whisper

“ What’s wrong” She looks from Tia to me

“ Nina can’t leave tomorrow, she needs to heal” Tia explained softly

“ Tia I’m fine”

“ No Nina you’re not” El’s eyes softened and her face relaxed

“ I’ll talk to Louis, I’m sure management will listen to him, we don’t want to leave, its management not us” El explained before placing her arm around my shoulder.

“ I don’t want to be the reason management is upset, or the headlines or anything” I spoke quietly

“ You’re not, we’ll fix it I promise” She squeezed my hand gently and a smile grow across my face.

“ Who’s that?” Tia says extending her arm and pointing into the distance at a figure that was
slowly getting closer. I narrow my eyes in hopes to see the identity of the figure, I see a snapback hat and it hits me too fast.

“ Tom, that’s Tom, oh my god that’s Tom” I call out scared

“ What” Tia yells and jumps to her feet

“ Should I get the boys?” El starts walking backwards

“ No” I start walking forward in the same direction Tom’s in, aware that the girls are directly behind me

“ Tom” I say crossing my arms in front of him, and then smell of alcohol hit me.

“ Hey you’re alive” He spits out at us

“ I’m going to go get Harry” El brushes my arm with her hand before walking away

“ Hah Harry, go get the little bitch” Tom snaps at her

“ Tom you need to leave now” I hiss through clenched teeth

“ Make me” He steps towards me, bringing us almost face to face, he abruptly grabs my jaw with his hand and squeezes tightly

“ Let go of her” Tia screams and hits his arm repetitively; a wining nose emerges from my throat when his grip tightens.

“ HARRY” Tia screams helpless

“ Tom let go of me” I can barley talk, his hand is holding my jaw so tightly

“ I fucking loved you, and you don’t even tell me you were in an accident”

“ I WANT YOU BACK,” he shouts in my face

“ Nina you’re mine, not Harrys” I try to struggle out of his grip, and Tia attempts to get him off me, with the swift movement of his arm Tia hits the grass.

“ Dumb bitch” He whispers and I hear Tia moaning from the floor, I fight back even harder pushing my arms against his stomach

“ Don’t you dare touch her” I spit in his face and he releases me, pushing me backwards, I stumble to my feet and see the boys sprinting from the house to where we are.

“ Harry” I try to get his attention but he runs right past me, and tackles Tom to the floor, Zayn and Louis follow the same pattern.


“ Nina’s mine you stay away from her,” Harry shouts in between punches, his teeth clenched, and face red, anger boiling out of him.

“ Harry stop you’re going to kill him” Louis pries Harry off Tom

“ Never come near here again, don’t ever touch my girlfriend or her family again” Harry hisses barley contained by Louis arms; Zayn walks over to Tom and pushes him to leave. Harry falls to his knees breathing deeply, eyes wild, face crimson.

“ Baby” I whisper and his eyes find mine, Zayn stares at me with one hand on his cheek. Louis eyes locked on my jaw, I can feel the welts forming on the spots Tom’s fingers dug in.

“ I’m taking Tia inside” El informs me, I look at Tia who has tears in her eyes, I wrap my arms around her neck and hold her close. I choke back the urge to cry but it fails me.

“ I love you so much” I whisper in her ear

“ I love you more” Her voice is barley audible. I release her and she follows El inside. I walk over to Harry and fall to my knees on the ground beside him, he looks up at me and brings his hand to rest on my cheek, his eyes scanning all over my body before fixing on the marks on my jaw line. I lean into his fingers and his look softens, he pulls my head gently to his mouth and plants a small kiss on my forehead, I wrap my arms around him and put my head in the crook of his neck as he holds onto me tightly, I see Zayn and Louis shadows walk away from us. I let the tears fall freely, crying gently into Harry. He squeezes onto me tighter as the crying worsens, he says nothing but says so much at the same time.

“ I love you,” He whispers into my ear

Notes

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