Love Is For Losers
Up All Night
Niall's POV
I shouldn't have been so sceptical of Alex. I mean yes, it was weird her moving in when only Eleanor really knew her. But now I know what El meant when she said Alex was a lot like her, a female version of Louis! She was hilarious, cracking lots of bad but funny jokes after the film had finished. She had such a nice personality and it was clear that she had connected well with Harry, Louis and I from the word go. I just didn't understand how her father and the people at her school could be so cruel towards her. And she made flipping good spaghetti bolognaise!
I had gotten into bed that night and loads of thoughts were running through my head. I hadn't even known her 24 hours and I had already felt as though she had been my friend for years.
The only thing that really annoyed me was that every time I tried to get closer to Al, like sitting next to her, Harry had to copy my actions. I felt as though he was trying to compete with me for her attention.
I had to get her out of my head so that I could get to sleep. I put my ear buds into my ears and decided to listen to the new Michael Buble album, To Be Loved. it normally calms me down. After about half an hour, I took the ear buds out and was about to fall asleep when I heard someone scream. I immediately jumped out of bed to go to the clearly female screamer's aid when I realised I was in nothing but my boxers. I quickly pulled on a pair of sweats and opened my door to enter the hallway.
The hallway light was switched on and Eleanor was about to open Alex's door. Louis was just behind her but he was facing my way and giving Harry and I sympathetic looks. Harry was leaning against his own bedroom doorway, yawning. His room was right next to Al's, diagonal from mine.
'Harry came and got us about 5 minutes ago,' Louis said.
Eleanor was already in Alex's room, sitting on the bed next to her, comforting her. The three of us boys were standing in the doorway.
'He was chasing me. He was coming after me again,' Alex sobbed before she buried her face into Eleanor's neck. It hurt just seeing her like this.
'Is she okay?' Harry asked Eleanor quietly.
'You're going to have to tell them now,' Eleanor said to Alex.
'Can you please tell them, El? I don't think I can,' Alex sobbed again.
'Tell us what?' Louis chimed in softly.
'Here, I'll tell you outside,' El ushered us out of the room and into the living room.
'Now as you all know, Al wasn't treated well at school and the way her dad treated her didn't help. I know you know what I'm talking about because I told you, Louis, and then you told Harry and then Al told me that she had told you, Niall.'
'Yep,' I replied.
'Well about a year ago, one of the most popular boys at her High school asked her out. His intentions were horrible. He seemed pleasant enough when I met him over Skype. For the next nine months he seemed like he was a good boyfriend towards her. But he wanted her to have sex with him and she just wasn't ready. Now, are you all still on track?' El paused as we all nodded in response.
'Right, one day after school, Rick and a few of his friends kidnapped Alex in a transit van and took her to a derelict building. They erm...' El hesitated and Louis jumped up to give her a hug as we all noticed the hurt look flash through her eyes.
She started to continue, 'They tied her up and raped her multiple times. She soon passed out and still doesn't remember much of it. She woke up about 3 days later in the hospital. Her godmother, who she lived with for the last couple of months before she came here, had found her at the roadside, where the monsters must've dumped her, and immediately took her to the hospital. The doctors said that she was so damaged, you know, down there,' she gestured to her lower region,' that she has such a reduced chance of conception, that if she ever wanted children, then she would have to go under a series of IVF treatments, and even then there is a very low chance of the child surviving. Ever since the rape, she's been having terrible nightmares. That's why she was screaming earlier. Now I think we should go back through,' El finished, going back into the hallway and gripping tightly to Louis hand.
She opened Alex's door and went in but gestured for us to stay at the doorway. Lot's of thoughts were running through my head now. One being how anyone could do such a hideous thing to someone as nice and bubbly and innocent as Alex. And another being, 'Where is this Rick so I can go give him a piece of my mind?'
I looked up at Harry and he just mirrored my thoughts through facial expression. His hands were balled into fists at his sides. He looked obviously shocked and by the way he looked at me and the thoughts running through my head, I would put money on it that my face was the same.
'Guys, come in if you want,' I heard Alex's tiny, vulnerable voice call, much more different from the loud spontaneous one I heard this morning.
'I'm so sorry waking you guys up. I normally take my medication before bed to stop the nightmares but sometimes it doesn't work and the nightmares are too strong. I'm sorry again for disturbing you.'
'It's okay, Ali. It's not as if you can control them,' Eleanor said.
'Doesn't mean I don't feel bad.'
'Right, well, I think we should all get back to sleep, because we kind of have a busy day tomorrow...' Eleanor trailed of at the end.
'Why?' Louis chimed in suspiciously.
'Well..............I might have said to my mum that she should visit tomorrow because I have a surprise for her................'
'What surprise?'
Eleanor gave a big smile, 'ALEX!'
'She doesn't know that I moved in,' explained Alex.
'Oh.....OKAY!' Louis said cheerfully.
'Kay, night Al,' Eleanor said as she stooped down to give Alex a hug.
'Night-night, Alex,' Louis said as he also hugged her and left the room.
'Good night, See you in the morning, Lexi,' Lexi was the name that Alex said harry could call her when they were discussing nicknames earlier.
'Night, Harry,' she replied.
Once Harry had left the room, I walked into the room and knelt beside Alex's bed.
'Are you sure you're okay?' I asked her cautiously.
'Yeah, I'll be fine,' she gave me a soft, small but genuine smile.
'Alright, but I'm just across the hall if you ever need a cuddle buddy,' I smiled as she let out a few small, quiet giggles.
'I'll keep that in mind! Goodnight Nialler.'
'Good night, sweet dreams,' I said as I stood up to give her a hug. I buried my face into her neck like I had earlier, and she did the same to me. Well, as much as she could, her eyes were about level with my mouth. As I pulled out of the embrace, I lightly kissed her cheek (even though I wished it was another feature in her face that I could kiss), which caused her cheeks to tint slightly pinker. The blush just made her even more beautiful. I left the room before she could see my own cheeks flush scarlet. I went into my own room, wondering how the hell I was going to get to sleep.
I shouldn't have been so sceptical of Alex. I mean yes, it was weird her moving in when only Eleanor really knew her. But now I know what El meant when she said Alex was a lot like her, a female version of Louis! She was hilarious, cracking lots of bad but funny jokes after the film had finished. She had such a nice personality and it was clear that she had connected well with Harry, Louis and I from the word go. I just didn't understand how her father and the people at her school could be so cruel towards her. And she made flipping good spaghetti bolognaise!
I had gotten into bed that night and loads of thoughts were running through my head. I hadn't even known her 24 hours and I had already felt as though she had been my friend for years.
The only thing that really annoyed me was that every time I tried to get closer to Al, like sitting next to her, Harry had to copy my actions. I felt as though he was trying to compete with me for her attention.
I had to get her out of my head so that I could get to sleep. I put my ear buds into my ears and decided to listen to the new Michael Buble album, To Be Loved. it normally calms me down. After about half an hour, I took the ear buds out and was about to fall asleep when I heard someone scream. I immediately jumped out of bed to go to the clearly female screamer's aid when I realised I was in nothing but my boxers. I quickly pulled on a pair of sweats and opened my door to enter the hallway.
The hallway light was switched on and Eleanor was about to open Alex's door. Louis was just behind her but he was facing my way and giving Harry and I sympathetic looks. Harry was leaning against his own bedroom doorway, yawning. His room was right next to Al's, diagonal from mine.
'Harry came and got us about 5 minutes ago,' Louis said.
Eleanor was already in Alex's room, sitting on the bed next to her, comforting her. The three of us boys were standing in the doorway.
'He was chasing me. He was coming after me again,' Alex sobbed before she buried her face into Eleanor's neck. It hurt just seeing her like this.
'Is she okay?' Harry asked Eleanor quietly.
'You're going to have to tell them now,' Eleanor said to Alex.
'Can you please tell them, El? I don't think I can,' Alex sobbed again.
'Tell us what?' Louis chimed in softly.
'Here, I'll tell you outside,' El ushered us out of the room and into the living room.
'Now as you all know, Al wasn't treated well at school and the way her dad treated her didn't help. I know you know what I'm talking about because I told you, Louis, and then you told Harry and then Al told me that she had told you, Niall.'
'Yep,' I replied.
'Well about a year ago, one of the most popular boys at her High school asked her out. His intentions were horrible. He seemed pleasant enough when I met him over Skype. For the next nine months he seemed like he was a good boyfriend towards her. But he wanted her to have sex with him and she just wasn't ready. Now, are you all still on track?' El paused as we all nodded in response.
'Right, one day after school, Rick and a few of his friends kidnapped Alex in a transit van and took her to a derelict building. They erm...' El hesitated and Louis jumped up to give her a hug as we all noticed the hurt look flash through her eyes.
She started to continue, 'They tied her up and raped her multiple times. She soon passed out and still doesn't remember much of it. She woke up about 3 days later in the hospital. Her godmother, who she lived with for the last couple of months before she came here, had found her at the roadside, where the monsters must've dumped her, and immediately took her to the hospital. The doctors said that she was so damaged, you know, down there,' she gestured to her lower region,' that she has such a reduced chance of conception, that if she ever wanted children, then she would have to go under a series of IVF treatments, and even then there is a very low chance of the child surviving. Ever since the rape, she's been having terrible nightmares. That's why she was screaming earlier. Now I think we should go back through,' El finished, going back into the hallway and gripping tightly to Louis hand.
She opened Alex's door and went in but gestured for us to stay at the doorway. Lot's of thoughts were running through my head now. One being how anyone could do such a hideous thing to someone as nice and bubbly and innocent as Alex. And another being, 'Where is this Rick so I can go give him a piece of my mind?'
I looked up at Harry and he just mirrored my thoughts through facial expression. His hands were balled into fists at his sides. He looked obviously shocked and by the way he looked at me and the thoughts running through my head, I would put money on it that my face was the same.
'Guys, come in if you want,' I heard Alex's tiny, vulnerable voice call, much more different from the loud spontaneous one I heard this morning.
'I'm so sorry waking you guys up. I normally take my medication before bed to stop the nightmares but sometimes it doesn't work and the nightmares are too strong. I'm sorry again for disturbing you.'
'It's okay, Ali. It's not as if you can control them,' Eleanor said.
'Doesn't mean I don't feel bad.'
'Right, well, I think we should all get back to sleep, because we kind of have a busy day tomorrow...' Eleanor trailed of at the end.
'Why?' Louis chimed in suspiciously.
'Well..............I might have said to my mum that she should visit tomorrow because I have a surprise for her................'
'What surprise?'
Eleanor gave a big smile, 'ALEX!'
'She doesn't know that I moved in,' explained Alex.
'Oh.....OKAY!' Louis said cheerfully.
'Kay, night Al,' Eleanor said as she stooped down to give Alex a hug.
'Night-night, Alex,' Louis said as he also hugged her and left the room.
'Good night, See you in the morning, Lexi,' Lexi was the name that Alex said harry could call her when they were discussing nicknames earlier.
'Night, Harry,' she replied.
Once Harry had left the room, I walked into the room and knelt beside Alex's bed.
'Are you sure you're okay?' I asked her cautiously.
'Yeah, I'll be fine,' she gave me a soft, small but genuine smile.
'Alright, but I'm just across the hall if you ever need a cuddle buddy,' I smiled as she let out a few small, quiet giggles.
'I'll keep that in mind! Goodnight Nialler.'
'Good night, sweet dreams,' I said as I stood up to give her a hug. I buried my face into her neck like I had earlier, and she did the same to me. Well, as much as she could, her eyes were about level with my mouth. As I pulled out of the embrace, I lightly kissed her cheek (even though I wished it was another feature in her face that I could kiss), which caused her cheeks to tint slightly pinker. The blush just made her even more beautiful. I left the room before she could see my own cheeks flush scarlet. I went into my own room, wondering how the hell I was going to get to sleep.
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