Rachel's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes and was met by darkness.

There were arms wrapped around me and my face was buried in someone's chest.

"Brad?" I called out without thinking.

"No, babe, it's me" Niall answered as I pulled back a little.

"Wh-what happened?" I mumbled rubbing my eyes.

"You weren't feeling well so we lay down for a while.. I guess we must've fell asleep" he replied, burying his face in a pillow.

Shit.

I felt my whole body tense up.

Brad was gonna go mad.

He'd get the complete wrong idea about me and Niall.

"I-I need to go home Niall. Could you give me a lift please?" I asked him nervously.

Niall sat up giving me a confused look.

"Rach, its 4am" he told me checking his phone for the time.

Great.

"Just stay here tonight, yeah?" he added, pulling me back into his arms and lying down again.

"Brad will be worried" I told him.

I heard him sigh loudly.

"He'll be grand. Just go to sleep Rach" he mumbled into m hair.

I knew I really should go home but there wasn't much I could do.

And there was a part of me that wanted to stay here in Nialls arms anyways.

He made me feel safe.

"Okay, Night Niall" I whispered.

"Night Rach" he replied.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I woke up alone the next time.

I instantly felt a coldness sweep over me.

Where was Niall?

I got out of the bed quickly and made my way down stairs.

I found Niall and the others in the kitchen eating.

"Theres food for you on a plate on the counter there" Harry told me as I walked in.

I took the plate of eggs, waffles, beans & toast and carried it to the table, taking the spare seat between Zayn and Liam.

"Why didn't you wake me?" I asked Niall.

"You looked really tired" he replied shrugging.

"Sleep well?" Zayn asked quietly when the others broke into conversation.

"What do you mean?" I answered.

"I checked on you last night. You two looked pretty comfy" he told me, smirking.

I blushed a little.

"Shut up" I muttered.

After breakfast, I went back up to Niall's room because he said he would
give me something to wear instead of wearing the same clothes form yesterday.

He handed me a t-shirt, hoodie and pair of football shorts to wear.

I felt a sinking feeling in my stomach.

If I wore shorts Niall would see my bruised legs.

"Can I have a tracksuit bottoms instead Ni?" I asked attempting to sound casual.

He raised his eyebrows.

"Why? Its not cold out" he replied, sounding confused.

I bit my lip.

"Please? I'd feel more comfortable" I told him.

"We've seen you in shorts before.." he argued.

I was starting to panic.

"Niall, please?" I asked, sounding positively desperate.

He nodded.

"Sure.." he mumbled, now looking very suspicious.

He handed me a pair of track suit bottoms.

"Thanks, I'm gonna go get changed changed in the bathroom in the hall" I told him.

I quickly made my way to the bathroom.

I pulled off my top quickly and instantly grimaced as I looked down at my bruised stomach.

My stomach was covered in large purple marks, some of them nearly black.

The door opened and I jumped quickly.

"Oh shit, sorry Rach, I didn't mean to - Whoa, what the fuck happened to you?"

Notes

Heyy guys!
So heres an update :)
I hoped you liked it :)
Sorry if it was awful.
Im in a rush.
Please comment, rate and/or subscribe ~ Lee xxx