Hostages (Book 2)

Chapter 14

 "And do you know what your asking me?"

 She sighed. "Please don't be mad at me."

 "I'm not mad. That's not why I said that."

 Aria quickly thought of what could possibly go wrong with him not texting her and the odds are that he will anyway,or call her. And those aren't TOO bad against the fact that Niall finding that she's talking to him. She lifted the phone back up to her ear.

 "Yeah,I know what I'm asking."

 "Okay."

"So you won't blow my phone up with thousands of texts?"

"Okay,I only sent at least ten. The rest was entirely Penelope."

 "Alright I gotta go." She hung up the phone and let out a breath before turning around,going back to her seat.

She was so close to being out of the hall before Niall bumped into her. He showed a smugged smile before glancing down.

"That's pretty." He grazed the crown and looked up at Arias' face.

 "Where did you get it?" Aria tried to control her breathing as she thought of something.

 "Present. It was a birthday present from my latest birthday." Niall looked back down at the necklace when he smiled.

 "Can I ask you something? On your body right now,where is my hand?"

 "Near my neck."

 "At the collarbone of you neck right. And did you know that in the dent of it,it could be used to feel your pulse just like on your wrist and on the side of your neck. Did you know that?"

 Aria gulped hard. "Yes."

 "So you know that I felt your heart quicken when you told me where you got this necklace."

 Aria closed her eyes and sighed through her nose.

 "Meaning you lied to me and you KNOW I don't like being lied too."

 Not soon after she felt her jewelry tightening. She eyes shot open and hand flew up to Nialls'.

"Don't touch me Aria."

 "Well I'm not going to let you choke me with my own necklace!"

He smirked, "Fair point."

 Niall moved Arias hand from his and he wrapped his other hand around her neck. Aria shut her eyes from the feeling of having his strong hand but she reopened them when she heard him say, "Shh shh,I'm not gonna choke you. I just can't have you moving."

 He interlocked their hands together before raising it to her view, "This is the hand that got injured,correct?"

 Niall looked at her before her hand and slowly started bending it backwards. "I don't like being yelled at or lied to. Especially by you Aria."

"I feel like you forgot everything I taught you,so this is how were gonna do this. You're going to repeat all the rules back to me and in return,I won't hurt you as much. Sounds fair right?"

 "You know,I take it back what I said. Your not mentally challenged," he looked back to her face and she moved closer to him as close as she can "your a sick bast--."

He hit her back against a wall,closed the distance between them and raised her a little off the ground.

"Say it. Repeat your sentence. I DARE you."

 Nialls' pupils went dark and his grip tightened. "Repeat the rules."

From the pain in her wrist and neck she bravely said. "G-go to h-hell."

 Nialls' grip closed her air supply and when she felt like she was gonna faint he let her go and she fell to the ground coughing and gasping to refill her lungs.

"I will fix you Aria. No matter what you have to lose in order to achieve it."

He walked down to the men's bathroom as Aria rested her head on the floor. She looked down at the necklace to see if it was okay and not broke in any way before she started tearing up,her throat was hoarse and she regretted getting out of bed this morning. Her ankle hurt from being dropped on the floor because her heel on her shoe twisted.

Her coughing subsided before someone rushed to her side. Zayn saw that Niall and Aria were missing at the same time and to him. He went searching for them and found her on the floor,he rushed to her and helped her stand. "Come on,lets go outside."

He helped her walk out through the door,outside he sat her down at a bench. "What happened? Are you alright?"

Aria moved her hair from her face and wiped her eyes. "I'm fine."

Zayn scanned her face and body before his jaw slacked and he raised her chin. "No your not. You have a red hand print forming around your neck."

Aria rubbed her neck trying to make it unnoticeable. "I font have makeup to cover it up nor do I have a scarf.

"Did...did he choke you?"

"I deserved it with lying to him and saying what I said."

"No,who cares if you lied or expressed yourself that doesn't give him or anyone the right to nearly kill you!"

Aria shushed him and looked in the store. "Not so loud. And there's nothing I could've done,he literally had me off the ground. Don't worry about it. It's over."

Zayn clenched his jaw. "I could do something."

"Well don't. He once told me not to tell anyone and if he finds out what I JUST told you,he'll do it again and maybe that time he won't stop."

Zayn still had anger and revenge coursing through his veins as he touched the print. "What did you lie about?"

"He wanted to know where I got this necklace. I couldn't tell him the truth because it WILL anger him so I lied. I can't tell anyone where I got it."

Zayn looked in her eyes. "Not even me?"

"Not even you."

The bell from the door went off telling them someone just either went in or left and when they turned they saw Niall. Aria quickly moved her hair to get shoulders and tried to cover her neck as he approached them.

"Can I talk to you Zayn?"

Zayn threw daggers at him before he stood up and got close to Niall. "Did you really have to choke her? Her,Aria who has done nothing to you and you were more than willing to take her life."

Niall glanced at Aria. "She lied to me Zayn and I believe what me and Aria do with each others time is none of your business."

"It is when you leave a mark."

"Where did I leave a mark?"

"On her neck."

He looked at Aria before walking and sitting next to her. He lifted her chin and looked at redness spreading. "Are you gonna tell me where you got the necklace?"

Aria just looked at him and refused to say anything.

He shrugged his shoulders. "Then I'm not apologizing."

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Till the next episode!?

Happy? No cliffhanger,but I can't say the sane on the next one. And it appears that Niall is more aggressive in this one than three years ago.