*Flashback, a couple years before*
*emilys pov*
"Shit, I'm sorry!" I said kneeling down in front of the boy I'd just knocked in to, picking up my bags and the stuff that had fallen out of it.
"Victoria's Secret?" He question grabbing some yoga pants that said PINK across the butt.
I grabbed the clothing from him and put it in the bag.
"Ya I don't really get much from there, they just have nice tights and-
"And bras?" He question holding up and laced light pink bra.
"Yeah that too" I said blushing
"it's nice." he said with a smirk.
I blushed even more and grabbed the lingerie from him and shoved it in the bag. I mumbled a sorry and walked off.
he grabbed my arm "w-wait, you're Emily right? you go to ballet school down the street yeah?"
"y-yeah..." I smiled a little. why was I being so shy?
"are you going to Mikey's party tonight?" he had a deep British accent and literally the hottest fucking smile
"yup."
"well then I'll see you tonight, Emily." he smiled
"see ya." I said and walked off
*harolds pov weyhey*
I walked down the street, shoving my way through the people in the New York traffic.
"Aye watch where your going, son of a bitch"
I laughed turning around "hey Liam, what are you doing here? You don't come around then ballet studio"
"And it still amazes me why you do" he replied laughing.
"Girls in tight leotards should be a good excuse"
He nodde "good point"
"So what are you doing around here?" I asked striding back towards him.
"Walking back from Todd's, you'll never believe what he heard"
"What?" I asked, fiddling with my coat, looking for the pocket in the left side.
"Don't be a dick, give me one too" Liam said holding out his hand. I rolled my eyes, pulling out the small box of cogerettes, opening it up and handing him one before grabbing one for myself.
"Lighter?"
I nodded, going through the back pocket of my jeans and pulling out a small red lighter. I took off my gloves, putting the cigarette in my mouth and cupping my hands to keep in the heat. The cigarette lit and I pulled it out of my mouth, taking a deep breath and putting it back in and handing the lighter to Liam.
"So? What'd you hear?"
"Ya know Nialls bird?"
"Niall.... Niall"
"Niall Horan dipshit"
"Oh yeah! Horans girl, what about her?"
"Well his best mate zayn told Dan who told Peter who told Todd that he's thinking about sending her here to the ballet school for awhile "
I laughed "the girl he turned soft for? He's sending her away? Bet he's trying to grow some again"
"Apparently he scared her" Liam said taking a puff. "So he's giving her some space for a bit"
"And you're down here because?"
"I'm going to find out which dorm he's gotten for her"
I nodded "uhm... Why?"
"Think of it as a little payback"
"Payback for...?"
"Haven't heard the story yet?"
"Well I've heard several, can't he sure which is true. " I said leaning against the brick wall of Starbucks.
"Let's get some coffee, and I'll tell you inside."
I pulled the cigarette out of my mouth and followed behind him, blowing the object in my hand out and crushing it against the building before putting it in an ash tray. Liam had already gone inside and was ordering us a drink while I took a seat at a table in the corner of the shop.
Liam came back, handing me a drink before sitting down himself.
"When I was younger, 14 or 15 Niall and I were in what we called a gang. Of course we didn't do much except for steal food and everything else we needed to get by. Of course several of the other people in our group all blame It to someone else, but I see I as Nialls fault, of course he didn't know is much as we did , him being the youngest in the group, but you'd hope a 13 year old would grow up a bit faster in the situation we were in, yeah?"
I nodded, taking a sip of my drink. "So? You had a group and he started something? What's this got to do with payback?"
"That's where the rest of the story continues, be patient."
I took my coat off, resting it on the side of my chair.
"Well? Have at it, go on."
"My sister, Nicole was in the group with us, and a few other people but they're irrelevant as of this point. Anyways, Nicole was the only family I had left, and her and Louis were the oldest out of all of us. They kind of took care of us, though Louis was the oldest, so he was the boss and he had favourites and his favourite just so happened to be Niall"
"Louis? As in Louis tomlinson? Nialls best mate?"
Liam sighed "that'd be him. So when Niall wanted to have more Louis was the first to agree. Niall wasn't always the most sneaky, though as you can see that's changed since he's blown up half of Britain."
"Yeah..."
"Moving on, they'd go on several trips and gather more things for all of us, and usually they'd get away with it, but once they were caught, and my friend sabastian was arrested. Niall could have easily saved him, but he didn't 'like' sabastian and saw him 'as a threat' to our group. The only friend I had left was a girl, roughly my age and nicole. Our little group was divided, but the leader was still Louis and we couldn't do much to change what louis said so after sabastian was gone louis decided to just kill everyone that saw us afterwards and it worked for a long time, but it was impractical.. And all im practicalities end. We were in a museum, for god knows what, Niall said he liked a painting or some shit and we went in. I was the guard outside, and I waited, keeping watch. I didn't see much, all I know is that they were still inside"
"Who was inside? What happened?" I asked leaning in to the middle of the table, urging him to continue.
"Niall had set off an alarm- being his clumsy self- and the police came, so many people came. I hid outside behind a tree so I wouldn't get caught and texted, using the phone we had stolen, to text Louis and tell them they were here. Louis had figured outhow to create bombs, and he had brought one along on the trip. He planted it inside and got Niall out, but not my sister and my only other friend. I heard them screaming, but Niall had pushed me back before I could run inside. The entire building exploded, and everyone inside died."
"What'd you do?"
"I couldn't do naything, so I screamed at them, on my knees crying my eyes out. Louis pulled me on to my feet and told me to be a man. I couldn't think of much else to do, so i punched him. Wasn't the best idea, because he kicked me back on to the ground and best me as Niall watched."
He stopped talking, rolling up his sleeve to sow his bicep, covered on it was a scar, a line across his muscle that looked like an old cut mark.
"When he was on to of me punching me his switch blade accidentally cut me. There's another under my ribs."
He looked down, refusing to make eye contact with me. A beam of sunlight stretched across his face from the window next to us.
"I knew he never liked me that much, but I didn't realise the reason he'd never bothered punching me before was because my sister was there. Of course it's no lie that of he ever touched me she wouldn't be his fuck buddy any more."
I looked at him confused "were they together?"
"Hardly, Nicole let him practically rape her so that he wouldn't kill me, why he hated me so nuch? Only god knows. The ambulance showed up, and before they saw louis or Niall Louis grabbed Nialls arm and ran away. Niall gave me a few kicks to the stomach and left."
"Look mate I'm so sorry I-"
"They wouldn't have died if Niall didn't become greedy, if the power hadn't gone to his head.Niall and Fucking Louis"
"What's this got to do with the girl? What about louis?"
"Lets just say louis' whore is 6 feet under with a bullet in her heart"
"And horans girl?"
"I'm going to take her, make her love me. Then... I'm going to kill her"
"Anything you need me to do?" I couldnt help but feel bad for him, we were friends after all and it's not like I haven't helped in some sort of murder before. It'll be a piece of cake.
Liam smirked at me, looking me dead in the eye. "You looking for a fuck buddy?"
I shrugged "sure"
"That Emily chick you were talking to, get close to her and make sure she becomes close to Wendy, become my inside source, can you do that?"
"I'm more than capable"
*nialls pov*
I shuffled in my seat as I waited for the intermission to be over.
fuck what am I doing I should go back there...
but wait that will ruin the whole plan...
shit okay just sit here niall.
"aye man, you okay?" the curly haired boy asked me
"uh y-yeah I'm fine."
"you look worried or something, you sure?" he asked again.
that little fucker, what does he care?
"fuck yes. I'm fine you dick, leave me alone." I quipped
"Jesus man I'm just trying to be nice." he turned around. finally. I looked down at my watch then back up at the curtains, fidgeting again.
*wendys pov*
"I can't do this, Emily I don't wanna go back out there!" I protested as I watched her warm up my shoes for the next half o the show, bending them and pulling them to make the pair of pink slippers comfy and flexible.
"Wendy you have to go back out there, you're the star of the show!"
"Well.. Well them tell him to leave!" I yelled crossing my arms
"He can't just waltz in after 2 years and sit down on the ground seats and watch!"
Emily sighed "I can't just tell him to leave Wendy, just take a deep breath or something and look away, because you have to go back out there"
"It's kind of hard not to look that direction, since Harry continuously makes funny faces, it's a bit distracting"
"What do I do about that?"
"Tell your boyfriend to stop! It's annoying an he's sitting right next to that blonde headed dick" I pouted stretching myself across from my seat, my Bun sitting at the head of the chair , my bum practically of the actually seat and my lends stretching toward Emily who sat in a chair across from mine.
"He's not my boyfriend, " she grumbled, fixing the strings to my shoes before lightly tossing them to the ground. "We're just friends"
I raised my eyebrow "you might want to work on that just friends thing because it clearly isn't working"
"We aren't together! Plus I think he likes you anyways"
"Likes me? No way in hell"
She nodded "I'm not even kidding, he constantly asks what you're doing, when you'll be back, what your plans are, you're last with Niall, how you feel about Liam! When I ask him why he's asking me that he says it's 'cause Liam wants to know. Am I supposed to believe that shit?!"
"I wouldn't doubt it, every time I see Liam on the street or at a party ever since I broke up with him he glared at me and then smirks like he knows something.. It's so annoying"
"I'm pretty sure he's here tonight" Emily said peeking through the curtain and out in the crowd.
"Oh god, if he even talks to Niall my life is over"
"You're over exaggerating"
"Nuh-huh! He'd probably tell Niall that we're together and make up all these lies, honestly he's been hating me since I broke up with him"
"I doubt they'll talk though, Liam's near the front and niall's in like.. The third row"
"Ugh, why-"
"Ladies, gents, get ready and in position the second half is about to dtart!" One of the directors for the concert said ushering us to the stage.
**
we all walked out, holding hands, for the curtain call. we were all smiling, a few of us crying and bowed as the crowd cheered.
"thank you! thank you everyone for coming!"
and with that the curtains finally closed and we walked off the stage.
*nialls pov*
everyone walked off the stage as the curtains closed.
finally that's over.
I saw Wendy go out last. I stood up and walked over to the end of the isle.
fuck okay. it's over. this is the night I have been waiting for ever since I sent Wendy off on the plane.
I felt the velvet box in my back pocket to make sure it was still there.
okay okay everything is here. alright I can do this. just go up and say hey and then take it from there. alright I've got this. I can do this. I can do this.
I walked up to where several of the dancers were standing by the stage, bouquets- a lot small than mine- in their hands as they talked to their parents and siblings who had come to see the show. Women and managers congratulated some, giving them cards and phone numbers. I held the flowers I had gotten for Wendy. White and red roses neatly knitted together. Wendy was no longer anywhere in sight.
Ok now I just have to find her in the sea of people.
That's not her.
Not her either.
Nope.
No.
Am I seriously playing this game again?
I pulled a blonde headed girl who held a few flowers in her hand as she spoke to her dad,
"Hey what was that - you?"
"Your Wendy's friend, right?"
She nodded "Emily" hastily held out her hand, obviously unsure of herself.
"Do you know where Wendy is?"
She eyed the large batch of flowers resting over my shoulder.
"Look Niall, if you think you can just come back in her life an ruin it then you thought wrong, so can you seriously just not and go home?"
I roled my eyes "do you know where she is?" I repeated my question more firmly.
She sighed "she just left with Liam, Harry followed, why?"
"Fuck.. Liam as in Liam Payne?"
She nodded "yeah, he's still hung up in how she BRoke up with him"
Oooh so he's her ex boyfriend... Good to know.
"What's she doing with that dickhead?" I spat, talkin mainly to myself.
"I have no idea, he pulled her into an alley way not far from the building, weird right?"
"He forcefully pulle her?"
"That's what I looked like" she said pressing her lips together and nodding.
"And you didn't chase after her?"
"Nope?"
Stupid girl.
"Maybe you should try and use that brain of yours in that pretty blonde head you have" I said gritting my teeth.
"Come with me" I told her ushering her to follow me. I left the auditorium, going to the car park to the cab I had taken, opening the trunk and grabbing my gun, tossing it to her.
I closed te trunk and turned around seeing her examining the gun, the barrel pointed at my chest.
"Aye aye aye watch that, it's loaded"
She pinged it to the griund, mumbling a small apology.
"Which way did they go?"
"Uhm. Follow me" she gripped the red coat in her hand and pulled it around her shoulders
"Shit this is going to be so bad for my ballet shoes" she whispered to herself before trotting out in to th brisk winter air.
"I'm pretty sure they went this way" she stated
"You're pretty sure or you're sure?"
"I'm sure"
"Better be" I scoffed, continuing to walk behind her.
We reached the opening of the alleyway, finally to see Liam pushing Wendy against a wall, a gun pointed to her temple and some curly headed twat standing by on his phone, his thumb scrolling down as he chewed gum without another care in the world.
"You fucking pricks"
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this chapter may not be edited in the nicest way, I had it all done and everything and then wattpad was like 'hey shes happy lemme be a dick and change that' and the website crashed for a bit and when I logged back on nothing was saved for this previous chapter -.-
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the story so far! We've planned out the next chapter and the end of it, so i'm afraid Criminal is coming to an end :( There will be no sequel, but I'll be posting some more stories with the boys so hopefully you'll check them out? :) :*
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