Rachel's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes slowly. My vision was blurry. I tried to sit up. Bad idea. A sharp pain shot through my head causing me to stay lying down.

After a few minutes I could see properly.

My stomach dropped when I realised where I was.

A hospital.

I was in hospital. Oh god Brad was gonna be furious.

The door of the room opened and I was surprised to see Harry walk in.

"Harry?" I asked confused.

"Rach! You awake! How are you feeling?!" he rushed to the bed so he was beside me.

"Great" I muttered sarcastically.

Harry grinned at me.

"Hang on just a second. Niall's just gone to get a cup of coffee. He sent me here to watch you while he was gone" he told me, making his way for the door again.

Niall.. My argument with him.

Was he still mad?

"Harry?" I called out just before he got to the door.

"Yeah?"

"What exactly happened?" I asked him.

He sighed a little and came back over to the bed.

"Well after you rang Zayn, him and Niall went to your place and they found you on the floor, in a pretty bad state and they rang the ambulance.." he began.

".. Niall and Zayn came to the hospital with you and they called us and told us what was happening. We came but the doctors said you weren't gonna wake up till today so we went home. Niall wouldn't come with us, he stayed here for the night" he continued.

"Really?" I asked, smiling.

"Yeah. He literally has not left your side. Liam finally convinced him to go get coffee and you wake up. How unlucky" he chuckled a bit.

"Rachel!"

I looked up to see Zayn and Louis in the doorway.

"Hey" I smiled, finally plucking up enough strength to sit up.

Zayn came over, propping up the pillows behind me so I could sit up more comfortably.

"You two, go get Niall.." He muttered, taking the seat next to the bed.

Harry and Louis left quickly.

I cleared my throat before talking.

"So do they all know now?" I asked him.

He nodded.

"I'm sorry Rach, I know I promised I wouldn't tell Niall but I had to.. " he trailed off.

"How did he react?" I whispered, scared of the response.

"As good as can be expected" he replied.

"Is he mad?" I asked.

He frowned.

"At Brad? Yes. Very.. But at you? Of course not" he told me seriously.

At the mention of Brads name, I suddenly felt uneasy.

"Where's Brad?" I asked.

He shrugged.

"No idea. By the time we got there, he was gone. Nialls been too worried to really care about where he is right now" he replied.

"Rachel!"

Our conversation was interrupted by Nialls loud shout from the door and suddenly he was the one sitting in the chair, not Zayn.

"Thank god you're awake!" he took my hand in his as he spoke.

The others left the room quickly, sensing we needed a minute.

Niall broke the silence almost immediately.

"Rach, I'm so sorry. I should've done something sooner" he whispered.

My eyes widened.

"Niall don't be ridiculous. How were you supposed to know what was happening? This is completely my fault" I told him, gripping his hand tighter.

He shook his head.

"I should have realised.. I knew something was going on. I should have confonted you about it properly. I told you I was always gonna protect you, and I didnt.." he whispered, his voice cracking.

He looked so ashamed of himself. It broke my heart. This was all my fault, not his. He shouldn't have to suffer over this.

"Listen to me Niall. None of this is your fault. This is why I didnt want to tell you. You really can't blame yourself for this" I tried convinving him.

"You could've told me. It didnt have to get this far" he told me.
I nodded.

"I know, but I knew this would hurt you. A lot more than Brad ever hurt me" I whispered.

He just nodded.

"So what now?" I asked after a minute of silence.

"Well your not going back to Brad's. That's not an option" he began.

I raised an eyebrow.

"You're gonna come live with me. With us" He finished with a shrug.

"What?"

"Well it makes sense" he told me. "And the boys are all fine with it"

I wasnt given a chance to say anything because the door opened yet again and a nurse walked in to check on me.

Living with Niall would be...interesting. But I wouldnt wanna feel like I was intruding.

I couldn't go back to Brad now though. Niall would never let me anyways.

I felt safe with Niall. And it probably was the easiest thing to do. I didn't exactly have much money so I couldn't really stay in a hotel or get my own place at the moment.

The nurse fully checked me over.

She told me that I had a pretty bad bump on the head and that the cut on my stomach had been rather deep. Niall listened intently though it seemed he had heard this before.

"We're gonna keep you in for observation tonight but you should be able to leave tomorrow" she let me know before leaving.


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I spent most of the day sleeping. I was truly exhausted. By the time the next morning came I was ready to go home.. wherever that was. I hadn't spoken to Niall about moving in with him and the boys since our conversation the day before.

I had decided that moving in with him would be good for me. Brad was the only issue. All my stuff were at his place. Well, our place I guess. There was no way I could go back to get them. If Brad knew I had been to the hospital, he would flip.

There really was no way around it..

Niall had stayed all night with me again. I felt bad that he was sleeping on the chair but I loved that he cared so much.

I got checked out first thing in the morning so we were able to leave straight away.

I was wearing some of Nialls clothes that he brought to the hospitsl for me to wear, since we couldnt get any of mine at the moment.

Once we were in the car I decided to find out exactly what was going on.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"Home" he replied.

"Which is..?" I pressed the issue.

"My place" he told me, giving me a smile.

"What about all my stuff?" I asked.

He shrugged.

"Me and Zayn will go get as much as we can tomorrow. I think we all just need to relax today" he told me.

I nodded in response.

I really didnt want Niall in a house with Brad but I had no better ideas.

The rest of the drive was spent in silence.

It was a comfortable silence though.

We were both just tired.

I grinned as we pulled up to the house.

This was the start of a new beginning for me.

I was finally away from Brad.

Notes

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