I Wanna Save You Tonight (I'll Save You) - Niall Horan

Chapter 10

Niall had taken me home. I have never been so scared in my life. I had to worry about whether Jake was going to prison or not, I had Chris and Mark on to me, I had GCSE’s coming up soon and I bet everyone is talking about me. Me and Niall had just sat down in the front room when Aiden and Emily walked down the stairs, giggling. Her hair was messy and so was his, and his belt was undone. I didn’t want to know.

“Why aren’t you at school?” Aiden asked looking puzzled

“Jake’s mates were giving her a hard time, and so were the rest of the school.” Niall said

“I told you that you shouldn’t of gone to school this early!” Aiden said

“Well, I didn’t know Jake’s mates were going to threaten me did I?”

“They threatened you?”

“Yeh. They said that if I didn’t tell the truth they’d hurt Niall.”

Niall looked quite sick.

“Well, trust me. I’m not scared of them!” Niall said while hugging me from the side.

Emily came over to me and gave me a hug when there was a knock at the door. Aiden got up and went to answer it. Two policemen walked in.

“Miss Jackson, we’re here to talk about Jake.” The smaller chubby one said.

I gave a huge sigh and nodded.

“I know this is quick. But instead of charging Jake straight away, we’re taking it to trial…which is next week.” The other policeman said

The words hit me like a ton of bricks. I could only be possibly safe for one week before Jake is either sentenced or let back into the world. I couldn’t take it and I just started to cry. I cried and cried until Niall pulled me in for a hug, hushing me and kissing the top of my head. The chubby policeman left a letter on the table with all the times and information I’d need for next week. Aiden thanked them and went to see them out.

“Sophie, he’ll go down for a long time. We’ll all we there to support you!” Emily said trying her best to cheer me up

“Will he though? Where’s the evidence? All I have to prove is myself. Most of my bruises have faded. Unless he tells the truth, we haven’t got much hope.” I sniffed

“It’ll be okay. I promise.”

*a couple of hours later*

I checked my phone. 50 missed calls and 43 texts. Oh god, I better text back. I opened up a new message and sent it to everyone. Orla, Louis, Amy, Zayn, Harry, Natasha, Pippa and Liam.

Hey guys, I’m fine. Jakes mates were giving me a hard time, and I couldn’t take it. Come round as soon as school has finished and I’ll explain.x

I pressed send and waited to see what they said. Within about two minutes I had a reply from Louis.

Hey Soph, I’m texting on behalf of us all, we’ll be round at 4. Lou x

I went to find Niall. In the kitchen.

“Hey babe, you okay?” he said stuffing his mouth with cold pizza

“Yeh, I suppose just want next week to be over now. Everyone is coming round at four.” I said whilst walking over to him hugging him.

“It’ll be okay,” he whispered in my ear