"So where exactly are we going now?" I questioned.
Zayn looks at Harry, "yeah where do we go now? They'll know if we go back to the den."
Harry takes a moment, " We're jumping cities. San Francisco, I have a mate who's agreed to have us there."
Louis looks at Harry with surprise, "you're joking?"
"No, we're going. We can leave right now if we need to," Harry looks straight ahead avoiding all our stares.
"I left all my shit," I huffed.
Harry looks at me and his facial expression changes not sure how to describe it, he breathes out, "too dangerous. We can't go back."
"Alright so we just go, just like that?" Zayn looks back again to Harry, I sighed to Harry's response. Harry nods at Zayn and gives me an apologetic look. The sky has now grown dark, and the stars glistened. The car was pretty silent other than Louis' constant whispering.
"Liam you're breathing on my neck!" Louis would whisper yell.
"Shut up Louis," Liam would bicker back.
Harry seemed rather tense now sitting next to me, I would feel his constant stares knowing he had something to say. But knowing us, and how our conversations lead to, I ignore it for now looking out the window.
We would see cops and some of us would have to duck, we were in a constant paranoia, and now we were being hunted down. I was thought to be 'missing' and my mafia group had kidnapped me. Not to also mention the fact that my father and the Pit's mafia group were looking for my ass too, just to make things better.
We had several hours of driving, I see another van behind us following us I assume it's the rest of the team.
I don't sleep, no one does (other than Zayn). We just stared outside the windows or had small conversations.
"How much longer?" Liam whispers to me.
I shrugged, "a couple more hours."
The sun wasn't to rise until 4am, currently it's close to midnight. Were to arrive shortly before the sun rose. And for the rest of the car ride it was set in silence.
The sky was barely lifting, and we had now just entered San Francisco. The city didn't seem all too busy when starting driving along streets.
Harry was directing directions and the rest of us stared out window. We arrived a tattered house complex, it was grey with paint chipping. The street was vacant, except for two old homeless men sitting along the sidewalk.
"What a place," Louis sarcastically notes. "Real beauty she is."
"Louis, shut it," Harry grumbles.
The other van had just arrived and we all hurried to the front steps, Harry knocks on the door and a man's scratchy voice comes from behind the closed door, "Styles?"
"Yes, open up," Harry snaps.
The door unlocks and to my surprised it wasn't a creepy old man but a tall, handsome guy, "get inside."
We all packed inside the house, to my surprise not as small as I thought but for all of us, it was going to be a bit tough.
We all walked to the living room which had old leather sofas and big TV. It wasn't bad it was rather comfy.
"Didn't expect so many of you. So Styles, why the hell are you hiding?" The guy turns to him.
"We're being hunted down by both the law and another mafia group," Harry was clearly irritated by the situation, as we all were.
Harry was standing in front of me, and Jade next to me whispers, "he's not bad looking at all."
As I was about to respond the guy interrupts, "you hiding from another mafia group? Didn't think I would ever see you hide from another group."
"They're a little more difficult than we expected. And they're after someone certain in our group, and we need to keep her protected."
I feel myself tense up, not wanting any attention to myself. I hope he wasn't going to ask but I was falsely discouraged when I hear, "her? Never knew you had females in the den." Harry steps aside to reveal both Jade and I, the guy raises an eyebrow in surprise and curiosity, "oh, and who may these ladies be?" Oh great, a cocky bastard. So damn close.
Harry steps next to me, before he answers using some protective possessive answer I say, "I'm Julia and this is Jade."
Harry looks down at me with a scowl and the guy smiles, "Well then, nice to meet you. I'm Nick, so why exactly are you being hunted down?"
"That's none-," I cut Harry off again, "better not to worry."
Nick seems now amused of me cutting Harry off, "I see... Well then, I'm sure you're all tired."
"Where do we stay?" Harry asks bitterly.
"There's many rooms, just not the one upstairs in the far right, that's mine. Basement also has couches for the rest, and here in the living room as well," Nick hummed.
"Alright," Harry looked at me and Jade, "you two can get a room."
Jade shrugged and dragged me upstairs and picked the first room in sight, there was a bed with blue blankets, the room smelled of faded cologne. I sighed and I flopped myself onto the bed. Jade took off her shoes and then reaches into her jacket and pulls a gun out and sets it on the table.
"Whoa, Jade. That's a gun," I sat up smiling.
"Yeah, I started doing a bit of practice. You know, just in case," she looked at it.
"I haven't been gone long, but how was it?" I really did wonder what was happening while I was gone.
She sighs, and takes off her jacket. She sits down on a old wooden chair, "rather stressful. We were tracking down the pit for a while, and training. I mean we got our breaks and all. I think the one who was working or training 24/7 was Harry."
"Wow, well I need to talk to him," I mumbled.
"Wait until tomorrow," she suggests.
The door suddenly opened and Nick stood at the door way, he looks at us and smiles, "need anything ladies?"
"We'd appreciate knocking next time," Jade fake smiles.
Nick seems taken aback and then regains his smile, "can do. Goodnight ladies." As he walked out Harry came up from behind him. Harry looked at Nick with wide angry eyes, Nick looks at him, "Night Styles." And walks into the hallway.
I stood up and walked to the door before he could ask I say, "he was just asking if we settled alright. Go to sleep, I'm talking to you tomorrow."
He looked at me with confusion, "I wanted to talk to you right now."
"Harry I'm tired," I sighed.
He looks at me in all seriousness, "I need to tell you some things about who's after you."
I looked back at Jade who was looking around the room, obviously listening. I mentally laughed and I looked at Harry and I walked out, shutting the door with me. I guess Harry got a room too, he leads me inside it. It was a bed with white blankets and old wooden furniture everywhere.
I felt a strange feeling when I walked inside, the moment Harry closed the door I ran up and kissed him.
Talk about cliché.
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Sort of a slow chapter. I was supposed to update yesterday but I took a nap which led me to sleep all night. And today I was busy, so I'm updating before my day ends.
Also happy 6 years, wow. Never imagined it would have flew by.
Thank you for all reading!
Love you all,
-E.x