It was after school and I was at the park. The park that Layla informed me about that day. I lay out a mat printed with pink and blue floral prints out on the ground under that same tree that we shared lots of our memories with. I placed a bouquet of mixed flowers in the middle of the mat before taking out my phone to dial Charlie. I punched in her number and was about to press the call sign when someone rammed into me.

“Look where you’re going!” I scowled at her. I looked down at the girl, her clothes were ripped a little and her jeans were torn, exposing her badly scraped knees. The body frame looked familiar to me.

“Sorry” She said, looking up at me, ready to leave.

“Charlie!”

“I was just about to call you!” I held her out at arm’s length to take a good look at her.

“What the hell happened? Who did this to you!?” She pulled me into a hug and started crying into my chest, draining my shirt with tears. I pulled her into a tighter hug, rubbing her back to calm her down.


Charlotte’s POV

“Would you go to prom with me?” He whispered into my ears.

“I-I’m not going..” I stuttered. I felt pain in my right cheek after the words left my mouth.

“Did I allow you to not go?” He yelled.

“Someone has already asked me.”

“No one ever asks you to prom, don’t lie to me, you lying bitch.” A hand came down in contact with my cheek for the second time. I reached my palm up to my cheek but was quickly yanked back down to my sides.

“I’m not lying to you, Jack!”

“Oh really? Who was the guy that asked you then?”

“It was Niall, he asked me.” I said.

“I said STOP LYING TO ME!” He yelled and fling me to the other wall. I hit my back and fell to my knees, he walked over and pulled my hair back so I was looking at him, he chuckled.

“Why would a guy like him go with a slut like you?” He scoffed.

“I don’t know!” I yelled at his face.

“Don’t you dare yell at me!” He pulled on my hair, harder this time.

“THIS is for not letting me be the first to ask you.” He stood up and kicked me in my guts.

“And THIS is for going out with another guy!” He knelt down, clenching his fist, he gave me a hard box to my stomach. I clenched my stomach as I howled in pain. He decided to give me another blow to my stomach before walking away.

“Watch out, bitch” He turned around and smirk at me when he reached the entrance of the alley. As soon as he left, I tried standing up and ran as fast as I could, fearing that he would change his mind and return. My stomach was hurting and I was limping. I kept glancing back as I dashed forward, fearing he would have followed me. Suddenly, I hit a hard object, it wasn’t that hard, it just felt…human.

“Look where you’re going!” I mumbled a ‘sorry’, looking up before taking off again.

“Charlie!” It was Niall.

“I was just about to call you!” He push me backwards to arm’s length. His expression changing into a worried one.

“What the hell happened? Who did this to you!?” No words were form. The tears that I’ve been holding in the whole time started rushing to my eyes and rained down my cheeks like a waterfall, damping them. I pulled Niall into a hug and he held me closer as I cried into his chest. He led me over to the bench and we sat down. I calmed down before he asked again.

“Who did this to you, Charlie?


“Jake.” I mumbled before the waterfall started flowing again.

“Jake? Jake! I’ll kill that bastard.” I felt his body stiffened next to me, I hugged him closer, scared that he would do something stupid that he would regret afterwards.

“Niall, let it go, please.” I whispered into his ear.

“I’m okay.” I tried again when there wasn’t any response.

“What did he do to you?” He asked, mad, his grip tightening around me. I winced in pain and he loosened his grip as his eyes softened.

“Sorry.” He apologized.

“Can you take me home, please?” I plead.

“I’ll take you to the doctors.”

“No, Niall. Please, just home.” He nodded and put my arm around his shoulders, the other hand on my waist.

“Be careful, a step at a time.” He said and we started to walk home, limping to be exact. I fumbled with the key for a little while before Niall took his hand off my waist and took the key from my hand to open the door in no time. I limped upstairs and entered my room, he sat me down on the bed. He knelt down in front of me to take a look at my leg. My knee was scratched, my jeans were torn, it was bleeding a little. He took my hand to check for scratches, there were some bruises here and there. He pulled me into a hug but I winced in pained when his body came in contact with my stomach. He pulled back with a worried expression and lifted the hem of my shirt. He gasped when he saw all the bruises I got from the punch and kicks that were received.

“Oh my gosh.” His body tensed and his eyes narrowed. He stomped out the room, footsteps going down the stairs were heard. Silence filled the whole house, I was waiting for the house door to open, thinking he would leave. My room door opened again and in came Niall, a pack of ice in his hand and a slightly damped cloth in the other. He came to stand in front of me and got down on his knees again, handing me the ice pack.

“Put in on your stomach.” He said coldly. I took the ice pack and did as I was told, it felt soothing, numbing the pain. He cleaned my cuts gently, careful not to hurt me.

“Where’s the bandage?”

“I’ll get it” I stood up but he insisted that I sit.

“Just tell me.”

“Umm, it’s in the cupboard above the sink in the toilet.” I instructed. He came back with bandages before he started bandaging some major wounds.

“Go lie down.” He ordered. I did not hesitate and shifted from the edge of the bed to lie down. Niall took the damped cloth and ice pack when he left the room. I closed my eyes, taking in all that has happened, trying to get some shut eyes. I felt the bed dip beside me, I turned over to find Niall staring at me.

“Thank you” I murmured.

“Do you want to tell me what he did?” I turned to face the other direction when I felt my eyes watering again.

“It’s okay, Charlie. You can tell me.” Niall scooted over and circled his arms around my waist. I took a big breath before I started explaining to him. My eyelids were getting heavy when I finished, Niall pulled me closer and I fell asleep on his chest.

Notes

Honestly, is this story boring? I have a feeling it is . :(

NEW CHARACTER ALERT!!