Perrie's POV

"Perrie, could you please get Niall, it's dinner time." I hear my mum call from the kitchen.
"Do it yourself." I say irritated with her. I continue to text my best friend, Louis, with the track-phone I just got.
"Perrie, I'm busy setting the table." She complains.
"Fine," I groan, and stand up from the couch. "Do you need me to get Buddie while I'm up there?"
"No, Buddie is taking a nap right now. He can eat when he wakes up." I hear my mother say.
"Okay." I let out before I walk up the stairs, hearing the loud creaks coming from under my feet. Of course we're poor so we can't fix that. "Niall, dinner." I shout from the end of the hallway. I enter my room, and check the time.

5:45 PM

I exit my bedroom, and stand in front of Niall's closed door waiting for him to respond. I knock on his door, and call out his name. After a few minutes of silence, my brother finally opens the door.
"What the fuck do you need?" He snaps at me.
"It's dinner time, and I'm not letting you skip another meal." I say annoyed with him.
"No thanks, I'm not hungry." He turns around, and tries to close the door until I stop him.
"Niall, you haven't been eating much lately. You need to eat." I watch as he turns around. "Are you okay? You know you can trust me, right?" I give him a consoling grin, but he continues to frown at me.
"Perrie, I'm fine." He rolls his eyes at me.
"Why won't you eat-"
"I said I wasn't hungry." He interrupts me.
"Whatever..." I look down at the floor, and walk away from his door. I walk down the stairs, and through the living room to get to the kitchen. I take my seat at the table, and make eye-contact with my mother.
"Perrie, where is your brother?" She asks, taking her seat across from me.
"He said he wasn't hungry...Again." I lie for him.
"Of course he's not..." She reaches across the table, and grabs onto my hand. "I love you, Perrie."
"Ehh..." I let out jokingly. She laughs at me, and pulls her hand from my grip.
"You, and your brothers all I have left." She whispers starting to make herself upset. "But I don't want to think about that, so lets eat."
I laugh at my mother, and eat the shitty meal she made. I somehow eat all of the food without complaining, which is a first. After I finish, I walk back up the stairs to knock on Niall's door again. I hear Niall groaning from the other side of the door, and call out his name as I start to worry about him. I watch the door slightly open to where I'm only able to see his face.
"Yes, Perrie?" He asks still annoyed with me.
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay-"
"I told you, I was fine." He interrupts me. I look up at him, not believing a word he says. "Just go, Perrie." I look down at his arms, noticing the cuts all over his arms. "Bye, Perrie." He says before closing the door in my face.

Was that what I thought it was?

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