Riley's P.O.V.

Its so dark

I want to go home

I miss my mom

I miss Char

I dont know what's going on, but part of me hopes that I'll never leave, simply because I dont want them to kill Niall. As long as he's happy, Im happy. The cold floor leaves my body shivering. The kind of cold that makes you forget what warmth ever was. He came down again a little while ago and kicked the crap out of my ribs.

How can people be so heartless.

I fear that Niall did really something bad. Its all the guy talks about when he does come. But he never tells me the whole story.

"Niall will pay for what he did"

"Niall stole from me, I want him dead and you're going to help me princess"

I had that name. Princess. If I never hear it again, it will be too soon.

The darkness is pulling me in again. I close my eyes and think about those blue ones looking at me. The way they lit up when he opened the Christmas gift from me. He was so excited to get Anchor man 2. He said that we had to watch it together. It was a plan I intended on keeping.

I wonder if he knows that Im here. Will Niall come for me? Does he know I need him?

I wonder if Char knows what happened. Probably beating herself up for losing me. She would go crazy if she knew they were hurting me.

I wonder if Foster is mad. I never called Chase back. I dont want to be with Chase. I dont. I dont. If I get out of this Im telling him no.

I cant do this. I need someone. Anyone.

Help me.

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Niall's P.O.V.

The whole flight I dreamt about holding Riley in my arms again. The way she kissed me on New Years Eve is all I think about when i close my eyes. I keep telling myself that she's fine, and the minute we knock on her door, she will be there. Harry can go yell at Charlotte, and I can take Riley in my arms and tell her how I feel.

Seeing Roger in that picture drains hope from my soul. He's up to something. If he hasnt already done something

"Where here Ni" Harry says as the plane lands. I look out the window and see the New York skyline. I've always loved it here, and knowing that this is now where Riley lives, I love it even more.

I bound up and we get a taxi to Rileys new place. My heart starts racing. I am trying to figure out what to say to her. If Harry wasnt so distracted, I'd ask for advice, but he's angry and jealous. I understand the jealously. Seeing that picture of Riley and that douche Chase Waldorf made me throw my phone across the room.

We walk up to the door and knock. I hear shuffling and some low voices. Is that a guy? God I hope she's not here with him. Please no.

The door knob twists and what happens next scares the shit out of me

When it flies open, A man in his mid thirties is standing there with a gun pointed right at us

My eyes go wide and both of us raise our hands in the air

"You know these two?" The armed asks Charlotte

"Yes, their friends. You can let them in" She says running to Harry. A look of fear and relief play on her face. I look around the room. There are officers galore. Perrie is sitting with El, and they look to be crying. Their red eyes look at me surprised.

I see Chars band, the girls from Little Mix, other gals, officers, Foster, that douche Chase... but Riley isnt here.

Fear kicks in worse than ever

I hear Charlotte and Harry bickering. What she says next nearly kills me


"Harry, Riley has been kidnapped" Thats all she said. Her voice weak and drenched in fear
I put my hands over my face and lean back against the wall for support. I cant believe this. This is it. I start to cry. Hot tears soak my face and hands

"God I knew it, how could I have been so dumb!' I said, mostly to myself, but they all heard.


"What do you mean you knew?" Charlotte asks

I let out a ragged sigh and looked at the police officers nervously

The man that opened the door with the gun approached me

"Hi, Im detective Ryan, if you have any information that could help us find Riley, you need to tell us." he said sternly

Truth time. I have to save her. This is how.

"His name is Roger." I said. Tryin to find me words.

I heard Harry gasp behind me, but I didnt turn around. I continued to focus on the task at hand.

"When we were first getting started, after our first album really hit it big, there was a girl." I have tried so hard to forget her, but I still feel so awful. God Kaycee... why did this happen?

"She was beautiful, and kind of got me hooked on her. I always wanted to be around her, and started to fall madly in love. Her name was Kaycee." I continued, even tho the word WAS stung my throat.

"Everything went well from the beginning, but she started to offer me drugs. I was having the time of my life, I was young, and stupid... so I started... It turns out that her father, Roger, was the dealer, and had told her to go after us. She came after me and I fell for it. I was heart broken when I heard, and bought some coke from a different dealer. I just couldnt look at her but I needed a fix."

My breath was leaving me. I had to support meself on me legs. I hate feeling like this. Come on, be strong for her. She makes me strong. Im singing that whole damn song to her when i see her again... if I ever see her again.

The fact that I might not see her again fills me with the worst kind of sadness.

I had to continue.

"She showed up at my hotel that night, bruised up and crying. She told me that Roger, her dad, hit her and kicked her out when she told him that she had real feeling for me. I was so relieved. I forgave her when she apologized, and I told her I would take care of her. She would never have to see him again. She was so happy."

Damn this is hard

Harry walked over to me at this point and rested a hand on my shoulder

"I'll tell them the rest, breath mate" He said

"How do you know?" I asked shocked. No one knew!

"I know everything, how do you think you got to the hospital?" Harry said solemnly

"I... I never knew" That was the one thing I could never figure out. The tears keep coming, I cant talk anymore. Im glad, for once, that someone else knew.

"To continue. Niall and Kaycee did a few lines. Kaycee, being in the pain she was in, did a lot more than Niall even tho he did try to stop her. I was going over to Nialls room to hang, I knew he was upset about something and I wanted to get to the bottom of it. Thats when I found them. There were drugs on the floor next to Niall where he was laying unconscious. When I saw Kaycee she was foaming out of her mouth and was starting to have a seizure. I called 911. They came and got them. I didnt alert anyone else. I knew Niall wouldnt want the guys to hear. Niall made it though the night, but Kaycee didnt. She died before they got to the hospital. Afterward, Niall got help. I watched from a distance to make sure he's stayed clean."

Everyone looked at me in horror, shock... even disgust. Good, they should look at me that way. Im a horrible human being.

"That's not everything" I said, getting down to the wire

"When I was in the hospital, Roger came in and told me that one day I'll pay. He wanted to kill me right then and there, but there were still a few officers around... I'm assuming he has Riley now to get to me. He probably saw our picture kissing from New Years Eve." Im so scared

"God this is all my fault, I swear if he hurts her, I'll never forgive myself!" I started to cry again

"How do you know its him?" The detective asked taking down notes

"I saw him in the TMZ picture standing next to Riley in the crowd looking straight at her. I had a feeling something might happen, so I got on the plane with Harry here" I said defeated

Before I could do anything else a fist collided with my jaw. It didnt hurt as bad as I wanted it to in this moment. I look up to see Chase... not really angry looking, just smug and fake.

"You ass hole! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Chase said in anger? I cant tell if its anger, its almost like he had to punch me to prove a point, but didnt care.

They made Chase go outside. Charlotte looked happy about that. I knew I liked this girl


Just then the phone rang

everyone got on their feet and rushed over to the table. The detective looked at Char expectantly. I took a deep breath and looked at her as well. She was looking at Harry. His eyes were hooded, but he gave her a tight nod. Everyone is silent and the tech turns on the tracking device

"Hello?" She said hushed

"Well if it isnt the little bitch Charlotte"

I felt sick hearing his voice for the first time in years. I saw harry clench his fists and make the angriest face I've ever seen on him. I could tell he's trying to control his anger

"Keep him talking" The dective whispers


"Where is Riley. Why are you doing this?" Charlotte just found this out, but is doing well and pretending not to know a thing. Clever girl

"Oh she's fine. Im looking right at her. I accidentally knocked her out. She's not bleeding too bad" He said laughing the cruel laugh I remembered too well.

I got sick. No. They are hurting her. HE IS HURTING HER! I want to hit something.

I just start sobbing quietly into my hands. Im going to lose it here in a minute

"What do you want?" She whispers, crying. He wants me. Thats what he wants. And if it means I can save Ry, then he can have me

"I want you to send Niall to rescue her. I want to talk to him, and only him. You can send Harry too if you want. I know he had something to do with it too?"

"With what?" she asks knowing full well. He knew Harry found us and called 911 I guess. I wonder why he never told me that he did that. I will forever be grateful to him.


"Dont play stupid little girl or you're next. I'd like to give you some action if you know what I mean." He laughed again

I hate that he just said that to her. I want to kill this ass. Apparently Harry didnt like it much either.
Harry's fist collided with the wall as he walked out of the room. He left a hole.

"Please just give her back" Charlotte slumped in the chair and put a hand on her head. I hate him for this.

"Then send Niall to the address I text you. In fact DO send Harry. Once I've had my chance to... talk.... yea talk to them. I'll set little Riley here free."

There was a pause. Of Course I am going. No doubt about it. This is my mess and Im going to clean it up.

"But princess, if you dont send them within the hour, I will start to take advantage of this little virgin here. She is so innocent, I'd hate to see that go to waste."

With that he hung up

"DAMN! He hung up right before we could get the address!" The detective said slamming his fist on the table.

Harry was back in the room still fuming

"We have to go" He said

"Yes, we do. Lets get ready. I dont want him to touch her. I need her to be ok!" I said standing and ready to walk out the door.

"There are things we need to go over before we decide what's going to happen" The detective said turning to the other officials.

Why?! We need to go NOW! I am breathing frantically.

"Niall I'm not going to try and stop you. I need her to be safe. But are you sure. It sounds like this guy is really dangerous. He wants you dead" Charlotte says walking up to me and giving me a hug. I lose it. I hug her back and just ball my eyes out. God I feel like such a whimp for crying so much. This is the worst thing in the world.

"She doesnt deserve to be there. I do. I need to make this right. I need to save her. Charlotte Im so so so sorry." I say crying harder. Everyone is going to hate me after this... everyone should.

"Stop, you made a mistake by taking the drugs, but her death is not on anyone. She made the decision. Her father, this Roger guy should be the one to blame. He got her hooked in the first place and made her come to you. Dont beat yourself up. Im sure they will come up with a plan that can get everyone out alive" Charlotte is always giving out hope in hopeless situations. But she sounds confident, and its what I need right now. What I need to save my girl

My Girl.

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Its been about a half hour and they have explained the details of whats going on. Char and I both protested that Harry should not go, but he was determined.


We put on bullet proof vests and a wire, so they can hear us and whats happening inside. We are ready to walk out the door and my heart is pounding. I am going to rescue her from my own mistake. I hope she doesnt hate me after all this is over.

The detective starts talking, and I listen closely to the detail. The SWAT team will be surrounding the place after we enter the house. One bad thing, one misstep, and they are coming in.

"...this is a very dangerous task, but you guys know what needs to be done. Be careful, do what we told you. Good luck fellas"

We head out. I give El and Perrie hugs. They were really on edge.

"Bring her back Niall. Dont beat yourself up, just bring her back ok?" Perrie begs

"She is going to ok. I promise" I hope I can keep this promise.

Harry whispers something to Charlotte before he walks out, but doesnt touch her. It looks like they still are upset with one another. I want to slap him and tell him to hold his girl. It could be the last time he sees her. But I dont. We just leave

"You should have at least hugged her" I said to Harry

I look at him and he has a tear rolling down his cheek.

"I know mate. Its just so.."

"HARRY!" Char screamed and ran down the hall. He spun around and looked at her confused.

She says she loves him for the first time. They embrace each other and whisper to one another. He kisses Charlotte and she cries even harder.

I need to get Riley back. I want this kind of moment, no I want EVERY kind of moment with her. And I am going to make that happen. But first I have to get her from that bastard and end this once and for all.

"Mate, we've got to go" I hated to stop what was happening, but really we had to get going.

"Yeah I know" Harry let out a sigh

He kissed her one more time

"I'll see you tonight my love"

"I love you Harry Styles"

"I Love you too Charlotte Rey, my angel"

He kisses her forehead and forces himself to turn to the elevator. We both get in and let the doors close.

I look at Harry, and see the hope in his eyes now. She is changing him bit by bit.

Time to go save Riley.

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Harry's P.O.V.

We arrive at the address and look around. Its an old abandoned house. I look at Niall and he is shaking

"Breath brotha, we will get her back" I try to calm him down

"I know, Harry if something happens you need to get Riley out of here and back home. Let me handle him"

Niall says, is he fucking kidding?

"No, we are all getting out of this alive." I affirm and knock on the door.

The door swings open and a grotesque looking man is standing there

"Ah Harry and Niall, so good to see you"

"Where is she!" Niall yells automatically. I can tell he loves her. He is acting the same way I would if they had Charlotte.

"Now now patience. We have things to discuss first. Im glad you came alone." He smiled wickedly. I just nodded, knowing that there is a SWAT team surrounding the house as we speak

"right this way" He said flatly

We walked through the dank dusty old house to a room. Riley was bound and gagged sitting at a table. Next to her was Roger. With a gun to her head. Rileys eyes were pouring down tears and they widened when she saw us

"well well, if it isnt my favorite superstars" Roger said coldly

"Take a seat"

We sat hesitantly

Niall was shaking from anger.

"Put the gun down Roger, we're here like we promised" Niall said voice shaking

"I will decide what is going to happen. You're really in no position to be making demands" He said pressing the gun harder into Riley's temper making her whimper and close her eyes. I want to kill this guy. She doesnt deserve this.

"What do you want. You have us here?" I say

"I want Niall to suffer. On your way here, i realized that killing him would not be enough. I want him to suffer loss like I did when he took my Kaycee from me. I've decided that I will let you go, after you watch little Riley here die" He grinned

"NO!!!" Niall screamed

Before I could do anything NIall jumped up and lunged across the table at Roger. THe other guy held me in place and I strggled against him. I being the stronger one was able to knock him out.

The gun went off and my head flew up. Thats when the SWAT team all busted in

I saw Riley lying on the ground eyes Wide. Niall was wrestling with Roger. I crawled over to Riley and undid her bound hands and removed the gag.

"Are you ok hun?" I ask searching for bullet wounds.

"Yeah, but Niall!" She cried and we both looked over. There was a lot of blood but he still fought. I couldnt tell if it was his or Rogers.

The SWAT team got Roger away from Niall, and Niall still went for him. But he too was apprihended.

I looked at Riley "Come on, lets get you out of here"


Niall's P.O.V.

"I shot him. In total self defense I shot him" I say to the officer

Roger was in intensive care, but going to jail after he was better. Good.

"Alright son. your story hold up. Youre free to leave" The detective says

I run as fast as my legs could take me out the door and search for that beautiful blonde girl.

There are peramedics, poliece officers, swat guys and our friends all walking around. I spot Riley sitting in the back of the ambulance, just getting finished getting patched up. She looked so tired. When our eyes made contact my heart skipped a beat. I run to her. I need to feel her small frame securely wrapped in my arms.

"Niall" she whimpers once I get to her and hold her "Thank you for s..saving me" She whispers in my neck as I lock my arms even tighter.

"Im so sorry Riley" I say in her hair. It still smelt so good. I take a deep breath just letting her scent drag me away.

"I know, and I also know that there is nothing for you to be sorry for" She tells me pulling back to look in my eyes.

"I missed you so much Riley" I start to tear up

She looks at me confused almost sad. Like there is something she wants to say but doesnt. Her hand rests on my cheek. Oh her touch sends me over the edge. I want to kiss her. I flick my eyes to her lips and she does the same to mine. I've wanted to do this again since New Years effing Eve. I lean in and she closes her eyes. Her lips part and I let joy overtake me. We are so close to kissing. Her breath on my lips, the heat from the gentle touch...

"There's my girl!" A man yells from behind me

Riley jumps and her hand falls from my face to her lap. I back away to see who it is

That ass that punched me. Chase.

"Riley I was so worried." He says pushing me out of the way and hugs her. Riley looks shocked. Foster comes over and nods at her

What was that?

She looks at him wide eyes and then her eyes fall on me. Chase still holds her in his arms and she looks apologetic?

I can watch this.

I dont stay. I just leave. I turn around and head to the street to hail a cab. How can this be the worst day, then the best day, then the worst day again!? ALL IN ONE DAY!

The minute the cab door closes is when I lose it.

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