All Hidden Away

-Harry-

“Yeah, so you guys we can all just crash here for the night I rate, rather than having to carry everything upstairs…” I say to the lads. We are all pretty comfy and tired, it’s getting late and my boys and I need to be up early.
They all echoed a “suits me” and “okay”.
“Jared, stu, you know where the bathroom and kitchen are, make yourselves at home.” I say grabbing my cup of tea that is probably cold by now.
“Harry, we need to talk about tomorrow…” Niall is looking at me and I know he’s talking about Tash. I nod my head, I trust him. He’s been through shit like is, were as I really didn’t know how to make it better.
“Well, I just think that we should just, you know be there for her…” I can tell he’s sad thinking about what could happen tomorrow. We are all stressed for the meeting. We have no idea what it’s about and Si won’t tell us anything.
“No shit Niall, we just gonna leave her with them and fuck off to America…” says Louis impatiently, being his sassy self. I know it’s just cause he’s stressed, tired and worried about mum, me and Tash… they all are, but he battles the most to hide it. I place my hand on his knee telling him to calm down. “Sorry Nialler… I just can’t bear to think of seeing her like that again…” he trails off leaving an uncomfortable silence.
“Well I think that maybe we just need to do what we do best,” says Liam playing with his arrow like tattoos. We all look up at him, “stick together and support the people we all – ”
A scream echoed through the house causing a physical pain in my chest. Before I know what im doing we are all running towards her bedroom door. She screams again as I open the door and run to her bed. She’s having a nightmare I think. I jump onto her bed and pull her close yelling for mum to come help me. She can’t have another panic attack. Im rocking her backwards and forwards trying to get her to wake up, I can hear Louis and Niall telling me to do something and I look up at them and realise im crying when I see their distorted figures. I blink the tears away and see Niall come over with a small damp cloth and rest it on her forehead. Mum rushes in followed closely by Liam. She jumps on the bed and holds me while I hold Tasha whose eyes are now open and buried in my chest as she tightly grips my t-shirt in her hands. Sound suddenly fills my ears again.
“Come lads, let’s give her some space.” Says Louis, directing Liam, Stu and Jared downstairs.
Niall reluctantly follows.
“Come here baby, shhhhh, come here.” Says mum taking her from me.
“I- im- im sorry…” she mumbles between sniffs and cries. She is still holding onto my t-shirt and by looking at her white fists I can tell she can’t let go. I pry her hands off of me and gently massage the blood back into her knuckles. Mum is whispering something to her to calm her down, but I know a better way. I jump off the bed and run downstairs to find Niall.

-Tasha-
Harry runs out of the room after I say sorry. I really feel like I’ve let him down. Mum is telling me everything is going to be okay but my heart is racing and all I can do is think of how Harry and the guys are probably all downstairs trying to sleep.
I feel someone sit down next to me causing the bed to sag slightly. Slowly and softly, music fills my ears. Someone is playing guitar, and I assume its Niall by the soft classical like manor it is being played in. I sit up and wipe my already dry eyes. I see the time. 2am. Harry and Niall sit together on the bed looking at me. I shoot them an apologetic smile and walk to the bathroom. Niall is still playing and I can hear them talking now. I wash my face and tie up my hair. I walk back out and find mum on the phone. She’s talking to Gem. I smile at Niall and Harry who have stopped playing now but look at me expectantly.
“Thank you…” I say to them softly. They pull me into a hug and Harry kisses the top of my head.
“Want to try go back to sleep?” he asks already knowing my answer. I shake my head slightly.
“Not really, but you guys should… you need to be awake for later today with Management.” I say.
“I’ll stay with you if you want?” says Harry. He used to do this when I was a kid and had a nightmare. He’d stay with me till the next time I woke up and a part of me has always thought that maybe it wasn’t just for me but for him too, so he would know I was okay.
“Yes please…” I mumble, slightly embarrassed Niall was here to see this. “but you need to get some sleep too. Please tell everyone I say thanks?” I say as he leaves, patting Harry’s shoulder and kissing me on the top of my head. He nods as he walks out the room. I turn to harry. “im sorry… I didn’t mean to-” he cuts me off with raised eyebrows.
“Gem called just after you went to bed, and you have nothing to feel bad or sorry about okay?” damn Gemma… but I nod my head in response. Mum walks back towards us and hangs up.
“she sends love, and will try pop in tomorrow to see us.” She says looking tired.
“Harry will stay with me for a bit, go get some rest for work tomorrow.” I say planting a kiss on her cheek. She looks at Harry and gives me and him both big loves and walks out, leaving my door open.
“Come, get into bed, Bug,” he opens my duvet for me and lets me get comfortable before joining me. I feel like a kid again as he grabs my hand in his and starts to mumble short bedtime stories he remembers. I fall asleep quickly with the song of Niall’s still playing in my head.

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