Styles -On Hold-

After I left I had to do some errands because even though I really didn’t need to go to college, I had to be there, just to make sure Anna was safe, I did have to pull a few strings for this but I was sure it wouldn’t take that much convincing. I only needed to be in music, this reminded me of what my mom had said when we first met the Lewis’s, she told me I was attending already but I hadn’t seen any evidence that I was actually enrolled there.

I quickly called my mom just to be sure I wasn’t missing anything. “Mom am I enrolled at Oxford?”

“Yes, I already told you this but I don’t think your History teacher is ready to teach yet.”

“But isn’t he Anna’s dad?”

“Yes but he isn’t back is he, I think Bradley did something to him but I don’t know what.”

“How do you know this?”

“Well the cab that picked him and his wife up, let’s just say I recognized the driver but I wasn’t really sure about it.”

“Why didn’t you tell me this earlier? Forget it I will check this out, bye mom.” I hung up and called Michael immediately. “Mike, I have to talk to you, you think you can drop by without being spotted?” He told me he would meet me in two hours, I kept my eyes on Anna’s house and it was just messed up that I missed her but I couldn’t help my feeling and I couldn’t wait till she was mine. I checked her Facebook and twitter but they were quiet for some time now and it made me feel sad that she didn’t post anything anymore.

I know it was my fault but there was nothing I could do to change it because there would be more occasions that I would have to be hard on her even if it’s just to keep her safe.

The two hours passed really slowly and after thirty minutes I decided I needed a distraction and I quickly made my way back to the basement, this is where I had my work-out room. I put on my gloves and started punching the punching bag, this cleared my mind and I only stopped because I saw someone appear at the bottom of the stairs. “Michael.”

“Harry.” Michael smiled but the smile didn’t reach his eyes, this worried me. He didn’t look like the lad I hired to spy on Bradley by becoming a member of his gang. This looked like he had killed a hundred men.

“How are you?”

“I’m fine, what do you want to know Harry.” He wasn’t messing about and I quickly told him about winter’s parents and I saw he knew exactly what happened.

“Bradley has them and I know they are telling Anna, they won’t be coming home for quite some time.”

“Why does Bradley have them?”

“Well he fancies Anna and he doesn’t want to kill her if she steps on his turf again so instead he will kill her parents but she will never know this, not until he wants to.” Michael shrugged as if this wasn’t a big deal.

“He can’t do that.”

“Who is going to stop him Harry?” He was right but I had to stop him but how was I going to that without bringing a lot of lives in danger. “shit.”

“If that’s all.” Michael started to make his way to the stairs but I had to talk to him. “Michael wait, are you sure you can handle this job because if not, I will replace you.”

“I said I’m fine and yes it’s hard to see Bradley torture women on a daily basis but he also trusts me completely, so I’m fine, I will contact you if I know more.” With that he disappeared and I just stared after him. “I had made a mistake putting him there but there was nothing I could do now especially since Bradley trusts him.

When I got back from the basement, I was surprised to see it was already dark outside. I checked to see if there was light burning next door but it was completely dark but I still ringed Anna, just to check but she didn’t pick up, which wasn’t that weird as it was already past midnight but I still felt the need to check on her and I was a bit surprised to see that she had left her balcony door wide open, this was dangerous, I mean what if a burglar tried to get in?

I made my way over and climbed her balcony and luckily she was fast asleep. I tiptoed my way inside the room and took a seat in one of the comfy chairs, this way I could study her. She looked really peaceful in her sleep as if there was no cloud in the sky, she drooled and snored softly and it made her even more endearing and beautiful. I checked my phone and saw it was already six am and I knew her schedule so I knew she had to wake up as she had to train today and in light of the new information, it was wise that she didn’t skip it.

I sat down on her bad carefully and shook her gently, this didn’t work though and that’s when I started to say her name softly. “Anna, wake up love.” And the funny thing was that she thought I was her mom and after she told me to go away I had to keep the chuckle inside. “Anna, you’re late.” I said again in a low voice but she again told me to go away, which made me love her even more. She wasn’t a morning person, that much was clear. She suddenly went all tense and as she opened her grey eyes, I saw the shock in them, this quickly turned into anger.

“ARGH Harry, what are you doing here?” she tried to move away from me and without realising she actually fell from her bed., the only thing you heard was a soft thump on the ground, which was followed by an “ouch.” She reached for her phone and I could feel the anger radiating from her when she saw the time, I may have woken her up a bit too early but this way is better because now she has time to get herself some breakfast and a shower if she wants to take one that is.

“Why are you here for crying out loud?!” she demanded and you could hear her restraining her voice and I couldn’t help but tease her a bit for her mood. “Whoa, you fell out on the wrong side of the bed.” I teased her, which made her even angrier but she was also fighting a smile but that smile was gone before you knew it.

“That’s because I fell out of bed, you idiot!” She yelled at me. I felt my temper rise and I know she saw the change as well because she looked afraid suddenly. “What did you just call me?” I know I sounded angry and I saw her flinch but I didn’t care right now because no one called me an idiot, not when there isn’t a reason to call me that. She mumbled “nothing” to me but that didn’t calm me down.

I'm here because you practically invited me by letting your balcony door open" I scolded her but the fear was again replaced by anger but not as much as I saw earlier.

"The only reason I did that was because you would've come in even if I closed it and it was way too hot in here" she defended herself and she saw that my eyes wondered down and when she noticed what she was wearing she yelped and practically ran towards the bathroom, leaving me standing here, feeling good about the fact that I hadn’t hit her this time.

I left her room and went to bed myself after that because staying up an entire night to look after a woman was more exhausting than you would think.

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