"It doesn't really seem like your happy with him" he added.

"That's because I'm not" I mumbled.

My eyes widened.

Did I just say that out loud?


Rachel's P.O.V.

There was a silence that seemed to last forever until eventually Niall broke it.

"I KNEW IT! I knew you weren't happy with him" He blurted out.

My eyes were still wide and I couldn't bring myself to say anything.

His brow furrowed and he continued.

"If your not happy why are you still with him?" he asked.

"It's complicated" I was surprised at how steady my voice was, considering how nervous I was.

He looked confused.

"No it's not. You just tell him your finished and leave.." Niall shrugged.

I nearly chuckled at Niall's bluntness.

He thought everything was so simple.

He saw everything black and white.

"I can't do that Ni" I whispered softly.

"Why not?" he asked. Then his expression darkened slightly.

"Is he threatening you?" he asked, his eyes widening at his own words.

I bit my lip.

This was my chance.

I could tell Niall everything.

It was the perfect time.

All I had to say was three simple words, he hits me.

That's all and Niall would know about everything.

It would mean that all the barriers I had been building since I met Brad would finally be down.

But what if things went wrong.

What if Niall went after Brad and Brad hurt him?

My dream popped into my head and the image made it impossible for me to think straight.

If Brad hurt Niall I could never forgive myself.

This was my problem, not his.

I hadn't even realised I was crying until Niall wiped under my eye softly with his thumb.

"Rachel, c'mon, just tell me what's going on please" he whispered.

I took a deep breath before replying, but instead of the three words I had planned, there was only two.

"I can't" I replied.

And with that, I took off.

I couldn't take the hurt look in his eyes.

I ran out of his room and down the hall.

He caught up with me quickly and caught my wrist when I reached the top of the stairs.

He turned me around easily, so that we were face to face, so close our noses were nearly touching.

"Rach, please just tell me what's wrong.." he pleaded.

I had never seen him this upset.

And I felt sick, knowing I had done it to him.

"Im so sorry Niall" I whispered.

I pulled out of his grip and ran down the stairs and out the door, leaving it open behind me.

Niall yelled my name but I ignored him and ran to the car.

When I got into the car I burst into tears.

I had officially fucked up my friendship with Niall.

I was such a screw-up.

It was no wonder Brad hit me.

I deserved it.

I couldn't do anything properly.

It was at least an hour before I got home.

It was a wonder I made it all, considering I couldn't stop crying the whole time.

My mind was on Niall the whole time.

I hurt him, I had been hurting him this whole time with Brad.

Keeping things from him and lying to him.

When I got home Brad wasn't home, which wasn't surprising or unusual.

I lay on the couch in the sitting room, crying.

How did I manage to mess up every good thing in my life?

Brad was right. I really was useless.

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Zayn's P.O.V.

"RAAACHHEELL!"

I jumped at Nialls loud yell from the hall.

The four of us ran out to the hall to find the door wide open and Niall standing at the top of the stairs looking distraught.

"What happened?" Louis asked, obviously confused.

Niall ignored the question and went back to his room, slamming the door behind him.

I looked around at the others.

"I'll go talk to him" I told them quickly.

Before they had a chance to respond, I set off up the stairs to Nialls room.

I opened the door to find him lying flat on his stomach on the bed.

"Hey what's going on?" I asked as he looked up to see who had come in.

"Go away" he mumbled.

"C'mon Niall, what happened?" I tried again.

He sighed, sitting up.

He began explaining the whole story about Rachel and Brad and about how she wasn't happy and that she wouldn't tell him why.

"I don't understand it Zayn, she's never kept things from me before.. I'm not really sure how to handle it" he finished.

He looked so broken, it made me feel horrible.

"Maybe she just needs a bit of time" I told him softly.

He sighed loudly.

"Maybe.." he whispered back.

"C'mon look, how about we go watch tv or something and you can call her later when you've both cooled off a little" I suggested.

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Rachel's P.O.V.

I just lay there crying for what felt like forever.

"What's the matter? Neil broke up with you?"

Brad's question made me jump, I hadn't heard him come in.

"Niall" I corrected absent-mindedly.

He grabbed my arm, pulling me to a standing position.

I was prepared for the the punch in my stomach but it didn't ease the pain.

"Don't fucking contradict me!" he yelled, punching me again so that I fell to the floor.

"Your a good-for-nothing, cheating, lying, bitch" he yelled, kicking me so hard that I thought I would pass out from the pain.

The next few minutes passed in a blur of harsh words and pain.

"It's a wonder I put up with you" he muttered, kicking me one more time before leaving.

I could feel my shirt sticking to my stomach, due to the fact that I was bleeding.

I tried to sit up so that I could see how bad the damage was but I was dizzy and my vision blurry.

I had never actually been in this much pain.

This was bad. I needed a hospital.

My eyelids were heavy but I forced them to stay open as I extracted my phone from my pocket and searched for Zayns number.

C'mon Zayn, answer please...

It rang at least three times before he picked up.

"Hello?"

I mustered up as much sound as I could and said the only two words I could think of.

"Help me"

Notes

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