Samanthas POV
Beating.

Beating.

My heart thudded against my chest as though there was nothing else in the world to do. It’s strong pulsating rhythm passed through my body like a drum beat signalling his last breaths. A death march. He lay withered on the stage as the spot light shone down upon it. His head was bleeding open where the bullet had eaten his skull. The hair he possessed looked disheveled and wind struck, and even though his face was hidden I could still imagine the expression it held. A small pool of blood was forming underneath him as he lay perfectly still. His mind completely blank, whilst the waves of heaven took him away.
I couldn't stop shaking. My eyes drifted over to his un-moving body as the gun lay sprawled out to the side next to his open hand. Then slowly and hesitantly my eyes widened when they caught Harry’s.
Max was dead.
Harry was alive.
The men around him stood away, looking perplexed and confused as to what had happened. Glares of rage fell onto their faces when I saw them looking straight past me. But I didn’t care. My body ached for Harry’s. Slowly he stood up and made his way over to me. I saw his green eyes bright with adrenaline, his golden tattooed chest rising up and down with relief. I was about to run to him when I felt the arms around me tighten and I was spun around to face the killer.
Donny stood there, his hand was shaking as he held the gun. It was still facing the direction in which Max had been stood in. His eyes were wide and un-blinking. He looked like he was dead. Frozen in time. I noticed his finger still holding the trigger down almost as though he didn’t dare let go in case he killed someone else. Donny had never killed anyone. He would never do that. And here he was. Holding the weapon which had killed his best friends brother.
My heart wavered under my chest and I could feel a sting of tears within the corners of my eyes.
“D-donny put the gun down.” I heard myself speak quietly and shakily as my lip wobbled. His whole body was shaking in front of me and I so desperately wanted to wrap my arms around him. To comfort him. He’s lost so much. I didn’t even realise that before now.
Tom’s grip on me tightened and I was thrown onto the floor. A pain shot up through my body and invaded every nerve I had. Clenching my teeth so I wouldn’t cry out, slowly I pushed myself off of the ground to see Tom’s gun pointing at me and Donny’s gun pointing at Tom.
Harry ran to me from the corner of my eye and I was picked up into his hold. His arms wrapped around me protectively and I felt a wash of tears as I buried my head into his shoulder. The familiar touch of his ran up and down my back soothingly and his head fell against mine. We were breathing heavily together as though we were one and I felt like nothing else in the world mattered. Other than he was alive. “You almost died.” I cried into his neck and he ran his large hand through my messy hair.
“I would’ve done it for you.” His velvet voice whispered into my ear. Suddenly a voice interrupted us and I turned to look for who spoke it.
“Why can’t you just leave Tom? Max is dead. You don’t have anything to do with him anymore. You have nothing to do with them anymore.” Donny spoke clearly and almost spat as he said these words. I could tell he was about to lose it. He’s had enough of everything.
“You know what it’s like to lose a best friend…don’t you Donny? Don’t you remember Chris killed himself?” Tom said with a mock expression of shock before tightening his hold on the gun pointed towards me and Harry. Shadows flicked in the corner of my eyes and the rest of Max’s men curled around us.
I could feel Harry’s brown curls brushing against me and even though his body conveyed its usual warmth, somehow I still felt frozen. Donny’s face screwed up with anger before he lunged towards Tom.
“Donny!” A girlish voice screamed which I recognized to be Tanya’s. She stood in the entryway of the huge room holding a purple shirt in her grasp. The guys ran in behind her and once they saw the fight they joined in too. My body shook from nervousness and I felt Harry’s eyes pierce into mine.
“Go to Tanya. Get out. Now.” His hands cupped my cheeks carefully as the blur of bodies punched and kicked behind. Tears sketched my waterline and I quickly blinked them away.
“No. I’m not going. I can help Har-“
“I’m not risking it. Get out now.” He said sternly, I noticed his tongue running wetness over his lips with ease and I pressed my mouth against his hot one hard. I heard a small grunt from his lips as he pushed me away in the direction of Tanya.
Quickly I ran to her away from the fight and grabbed her arm carefully. She was completely rigid from shock and it took a lot of effort to try and haul her from the scene. My eyes trailed over her appearance as I realised she looked exactly the same as when I had last seen her. However now her hands were on her curved tummy more often. I didn’t dare think about how she was handling everything.
“Tanya come on we need to get out of here.” Her eyes were constantly flicking towards behind us as I pushed her out into the car park. Suddenly a load of black vans started entering and different bands were pulling out their varying instruments from the back doors of them. My heart thudded hard under my chest and I tightened my grip on Tanya pulling her behind a huge trash bin.
“But Donny’s in there! All the guys, if they walk in and find them with guns…they will get arrested.” She said as her voice wobbled and she clung onto Harry’s shirt even more. My shaky hand rested on hers and I stroked it slowly, trying to reassure her everything would be fine. But I knew it wouldn’t. Quickly I spoke up.
“Tanya. You stay here. I’ll tell them to get out the back way.” She looked completely horrified by my decision but I knew I had to do something. “I’ll run past them quick. They won’t see me. Stay here.” I said as the tension built within me.
“No Sam-“
“Stay.” I interrupted her and found myself crouching to the edge of the bin. My eyes caught a few guys smoking cigarettes and laughing over something amusing. Clenching my fists I saw the door wide open where we had left it. A few feet from their open van. One of the men now had a guitar in his hand and was strumming it whilst taking drags of his cigarette at the same time.
“Be careful.” I heard Tanya whisper behind me uneasily and I smiled at her with thankfulness. Tanya needed Donny. If something happened to him she would lose everything. Picking up courage my bare, short legs ran across the car park and I hid behind another bin. I could see the purple sky now turning black with swirls as the stars started to peek out from behind the clouds. There were no shadows anymore. Just the darkness creeping up around every object. I had to get back quick for Tanya. Two men from a different van started to walk my way for the entry and I quickly seized my opportunity.
I ran into the door way before they could and turned the corner into the big hall. Tom and everyone else had gone and the guys were left on their own. I saw Niall on the floor and everyone else was crowded around him. Losing all trade of thought I ran straight for them. Zayn was crouched beside him hastily wrapping his shirt around a bleeding wound through his jeans. Niall grunted with pain and as soon as Harry saw me he grabbed me into his arms. A slash could be seen on his arm and it was bleeding heavily. My mouth fell agape with shock and I ran my finger over it slowly. I noticed his breathing hitched up as the pain shot through him.
“Max’s men just ran. No reason. Probably because they stabbed Niall in the leg.” My heart fell and my legs quacked beneath me.
“You have to get him to a hospital now!” I screamed urgently but Harry only cuddled me into him more, shushing my deep terrifying thoughts.
“We are. Calm down.” Slowly I noticed the guys picking him up and running towards the entry way. As Nialls moans echoed around me.
“NO! You can’t go that way!” I whispered frantically and they looked back at me perplexed. Their eyes suddenly furrowed and they realised the voices from other people filling up in the hall way. A numbing feeling flushed through my body and I felt like the world was tipping. The guys ran past us the other way without hesitation through the back door next to the stage. Only darkness poured through it. Harry’s chest rose frantically and I put my hand against it before I knew what I was doing.
“Come on.” He said sternly and I felt my eyes pricking with tears. Why was he being so sudden? Not accepting me? My feet tumbled and tripped after his running long ones. He pushed down on the metal bar as people started to come in. My eyes trailed over to the stage and Donny was stood over Max’s dead body.
“What about a Max?” I said nervously and Donny’s eyes met mine with rage.
“I’m sorting it out. Get out now.” He spoke with a hiss in his voice and my eyes widened from how scared I suddenly was. Harry gripped me tighter and we were thrown into the ally way behind the building.
“Down there to the van now.” He said quickly, I watched his eyes trail over me with sadness before he lifted his hand to my cheek to touch it. Quickly he dropped it and jogged past me into the direction of the others.
“Hurry up we gotta go!” Louis screamed before sliding the side door shut when Harry jumped in. My heart raced and I found my legs pelting me towards them. Drastically and un-expectedly my whole body froze and the image of Tanya behind the bin flooded my thoughts.
“Tanya…” I whispered under my breath and ran back into the warehouse.
“What the fuck is she doing?” Louis shouted as Niall cried out from the pain he was encountering.
“I forgot Tanya!” I screamed back as my throat burned from it. My legs ached from the continuous running as I dodged around the moving shadows in the darkness. When I looked to the stage Donny and Max’s body were both gone. A pounding drizzled in my head and I ran my hands through my hair with frustration. However it just fell over my blurring eyesight again with ease. Pressing my back against the wall I saw people starting to make their way in. Girls in short dresses, faces covered completely in makeup. Guys slung on their arms smirking as the bar lit up. Drink’s being passed out everywhere.
I looked down at myself. I was wearing Harry’s t shirt still and underwear. At least it was dark and no one would probably care about it. So without hesitation I ran through the crowd to the door. The bouncer stood accepting money and I quietly crept around him as people gave me confused looks from the queue.
I ran past down the side of the building to where the bands had been and me and Tanya had hidden. My eyes caught her brown curls huddled behind the metal trash bin. Quickly I paced to her and pulled her out from behind it.
“Come on we gotta go. Niall’s been hurt. He needs to get to the hospital.” I said breathlessly and she looked at me as though she was going to faint. My hand tightened around hers and we made our way straight down past the bands to where the ally way was. Suddenly a grip was on my hips and I was thrust back into someone. His hands ran down my bare legs and slowly pulled my t shirt up above my waist. My elbow jammed into his ribs but he held onto me tighter after the loss of air.
“Aren’t you feisty?” He snickered and I saw Tanya also being felt up. The cold palm he had pressed against my tummy as he slowly slid it into my underwear. I shouted out for help but he covered my mouth with his other hand. My eyes drifted to Tanya as the man holding her was smiling whilst feeling breasts up. I had to help her.
My legs kicked as hard as possible and he started struggling to hold me. His hand left me but I was pushed away from him with haste as a fist was sent into his features.
“Don’t you dare even think about doing that again you fucking dick.” His tall frame towered over the guy and Harry took his cigarette from his mouth. Threw it on the floor and pressed it out with his foot. I noticed that Tanya had now been released too as the other man cowered away from Harry’s threatening glare.
“We were just having some fun. Lighten up dude.” The one who had held me smirked and Harry hit him hard in the face again. Pushing myself off of the ground I ran to him and pressed my hands on his chest. Moving him away from the guy. Harry’s gaze was still fixed upon him until we had now rounded the corner away from their view.

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Tanya was stood shaking next to us, her eyes glancing around for any sign of comfort. But there was none. Both our feet were bare and ached from the gravel cutting them open.
“What do you think you were doing that for? Trying to get raped? You never think about things do you? You never even care about your life. You could have died and now you are doing this.” Harry gripped my arm and forced me to face him.
“Yes. Because I wanted these things to happen!” I shouted back. Why was he being like this?
“Guys I wanna go home.” Tanya cried and we both turned to look her. She was stood shaking, tears streaming down her cheeks as her bony shoulder stuck out from under her small brown tousled hair. I swallowed the pain in my mouth and moved away from Harry. Trying to hide the fact that I was crying too. I took her hand in mine and we walked down the alley.
“We are taking a taxi back to Tanya’s. I got some money off of the bartender. I said I would pay him back. We know each other.” Harry said and I looked at the floor before following behind him. We made our way out of the ally and towards the town. A busy street faced us. I felt myself becoming extremely self-conscious due to my lack of clothing. As Tanya saw this she tied Harry’s shirt around my hips so it looked like a skirt.
My eyes pricked with more tears but I decided to ignore them. I was done trying anymore. Harry didn’t even want me. What was there to live for now? My eyes noticed his hand open next to me as he tried to get the attention of a taxi driver. On the opposite side of the road, clubs loitered and small takeaways were packed with bodies.
Slowly I ran my finger against his thumb, I saw it twitch a little before he grasped my hand in his. It wasn’t passionate. It was him trying to pull me into the direction of the cab we had just stopped.
He helped me and Tanya in first before sitting down and shutting the door behind him. He gave the driver some money through the plastic screen separating us and announced the directions to Tanya’s.
A shaky breath left my lips as we drove down the twisting town roads. Everything ached. Everything burned within me. I felt my fingertips shaking and my eyes stung from the threatening tears. My body was desperate for the warmth of a bed. Anything. Something to hold, lie on.
Harry had almost died because of me. Everyone had almost died because of me. I looked down as the lights from lampposts outside sent small rectangles of orange on my legs as the car drove. More tears fell and my eyes closed shut. Slowly my aching neck fell to the side and I felt Harry’s strong hands helping me to rest it against his bare shoulder. I doubt he actually wanted to do that.
This was all my fault. I knew now why Harry didn’t want to talk to me. I had done it again. Ruined something perfect.
The broken girl broke everything. Even the reckless boy.
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We made our way inside through the big oak doors. The smell of polish and perfection drifted around me and I felt home at last. The grand staircase in Tanya’s front hall was already being used by her, as she ran towards the bathroom. I could hear small sobs escaping her lips and I felt my breathing become even more un-even.
“Sam…” Harry’s velvet voice spoke behind me. I didn’t dare look at him. Holding my head up I walked up the stairs. Although every ache in my body caused me to whimper out from each step.
His strong hands were on my hips, helping me up the winding stairs. I gripped tightly on the bannister as every movement became even harder.
“Let me carry you.” He said strongly but I declined as fast as I could. Clenching my teeth I cried out when my broken ankle twisted slightly causing me to crumple backwards into his hold.
“You’ve always been stubborn.” He whispered into my ear before I was picked up into him. My legs dangled over his arm as it held me up under my knees. His other was strongly supporting my back. I could feel my body shutting down from the tiredness it supplied. My stomach rumbled loudly as the familiar portraits of Tanya’s family moved past my eyes in the hallway.
We came to our bedroom and Harry kicked the door open wider so we could get through. My neck hurt so much it kept hanging back now and again. Causing Harry to quickly prop me up on his knee whilst helping me to find a place for it on his shoulder.
“Do you hate me?” I said drearily as fatigue washed over my mind.
“I could never hate you Sam. I love you.” He said quietly whilst helping me take his t shirt over my head. I fell as soon as my feet touched the floor and he wrapped one arm around my back with ease. Pulling me against him.
“Is Niall going to be alright?” I asked another random question before realising I was completely naked in front of him. But I didn’t seem to care. I hurt so much I didn’t even have the power to care about whether my breathing was okay.
His arms helped me to the bathroom and he turned the water on quickly before pouring bubble bath in.
“Niall will be fine Sam.” His velvet voice surrounded me and I slumped back into his body.
“I’m naked again.”
“Yes you are naked again.” My eyes caught his green ones and I realised the tears he was trying to blink away.
“Harry-“ I said confused but he was already picking me up and placing me down into the warm soapy water.
His strong hands caressed my bruised, cut and withered body as he ran a sponge across my skin. A jug of water was being washed through my hair as he shampooed the brittle strands.
“Close your eyes beautiful.” He spoke dreamlike as my whole world disappeared. The water soaked my cold, pale body.
“Why are you crying?” I croaked out as my voice started to become lost in the aches and pains.
“Because you almost died because of me. I don’t want that to happen again. Sam…I don’t think we can be together. I can’t keep hurting you like this.”
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Notes

Sorry it's so short. But yeah hope you enjoyed :D

Next chapter out soon :) x couple of days max.

Also there is two more chapters left.
You guys will hate me because of the ending of this story :P haha

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