I forgot to mention, today was the last day of school for summer. This made it a million times more boring. The teachers just talked about how good of kids we were the whole time.
I sat in class waiting for the bell to ring. I wanted to get out of here. I couldn't sit in this school much longer. If I did, I'm pretty sure my head would've exploded.
I daydreamed until class was over. I daydreamed about dad's face when he hit Elena because she didn't tell him where I was. I daydreamed about my night with Harry under the stars. Swimming with the dolphins. Getting away from the evil person, I call dad. Where I will go with El, when I figure out when we're going to leave.
That's when the bell woke me from my thoughts. I shot out of my chair, like every other student in my class. I had already cleaned out my locker, so I grabbed my completely full backpack, and headed out the door to meet Elena. We sat outside until I saw Harry's car pull up. I hopped in the front seat, and couldn't help but get butterflies. I looked over at Harry and he was wearing a grey beanie and some sunglasses.
"Nice disguise." I giggled.
"Hey now, be nice." Harry said looking back at Elena. "How was your day?" He asked her.
"It was good!" She responded.
"That's good!" He replied.
We sat in the parking lot, deciding what to do next. I knew the one thing I needed to do. And I was going to do it.
"Harry, I need to go home. I need to face the devil that lives in that house." I mentioned as I looked nervously at Elena. "You should probably come with. I'll take the blows this time."
If there was one thing I was not afraid to do, it was take blows instead of watching my sister take the blows to the face.
"Harry, would you mind just dropping us off at home?" I asked, biting my lip; not sure if I was doing the right thing.
"Alright hun, but I don't think it's a good idea to go back there."
"I need to face my fears." I replied.
The car ride was silent.
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I walked in the door, shaking. I knew what was coming. I shooed Elena to go away, and to go to her room. As El was headed upstairs, I heard the basement stairs creaking, and I knew what was coming.
He walked straight up to me, looked me straight in the eyes, and socked me in the eye.
"Where were you last night, and why were you not home?"
"Uhm.. I was staying at Paeton's." I hesitated.
All of a sudden, I felt my body clatter to the ground. I felt a sharp pain in my hip as it was the first thing to hit the floor. The next thing I knew, I was being kicked in the stomach.
"You're such a worthless piece of shit. Get up, and go make me dinner. While you're at it, go wash your nasty ass face. Just kidding. Nothing you do to clean your face would make it look better."
He laughed at himself, and went back downstairs. I limped into the kitchen, in complete pain. I threw a pizza in the oven. I took an ice pack out from the freezer and held it on my hip. As I waiting for the pizza to finish cooking, I took out my phone. I looked and saw that I had a text from Harry.
"Hey babe, are you alright? Did he hurt you?" He asked. I could hear the concern through the text.
"No, I'm fine. He didn't touch me." I lied in response.
I took the pizza out of the oven, and placed it on the counter. After that, I went straight to my room. I lifted up my shirt to see that I had new formed bruises. One right on my hip bone, and the other on my tanned stomach. Sweet. No bikini's this summer.
I layed in my room, listening to One Direction. Harry's voice always calmed me down, and made me forget about everything else going on. As I was listening to More Than This, I couldn't help but let a couple tears stream down my face. It was just a natural reaction. It just happened.
I heard a knock at the door, which startled me. I slowly crept over to the door, and opened it. Thankfully, it was just Elena, so I let her in.
No words were said as I lifted up my shirt to reveal the new bruises on my stomach, to show El. The tears crept down my face as I saw the hurt in her eyes. I didn't even try to stop them. Being the older sister, I'm usually the one to comfort my sister. But next thing I knew, I was laying with my head in her lap, as she stroked my hair. That always seemed to calm me down.
We sat in my room, no words being exchanged, and listening to music. Before I knew it, I felt my phone vibrate. I looked at it. Harry was calling me.
I couldn't let him know how hurt I was. I didn't want him knowing that I'm weak. I didn't want him hearing me cry. So I ignored it.
He called about 3 other times. I ignored those calls too. I refuse to let him see me cry.
There was a mutual decision that Elena was sleeping with me tonight. I got up to lock the door. Dad was not going to hurt me again tonight. Nor Elena.
I fell asleep to the soft vocals of Ginger Jesus, Ed Sheeran himself. The darkness known as sleep closed in around me.
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I was sound asleep when I heard faint tapping on my bedroom window. I got out of bed, forgetting Elena was there with me. I walked over to the window, and opened the blinds. I was scared out of my whits when I saw the person I never expected to see, outside my window.
I opened the window.
"How did you get up here?!" I whisper/yelled.
"I climbed the ladder." He responded.
"Harry, if my dad knew you were here, you'd be dead. You have to leave." I stated, trying not to wake Elena up.
"No, you're the one that has to leave. Pack your bags. You and Elena are going to come live with me." He said those words so confidently.
"Har-harry. I can't just get up and le-leave." I studdered as tears were threating to spill over any second.
"Yes you can. You can't be treated like this."
& That's when Elena woke up.
"Harry, what are you doing here?!" She gasped.
"Shh! You go pack your bags, you and your sister are coming to live with me." He stated confidently.
"Why?" She asked, confused by his statement.
"It's not right for both of you to be treated like this."
That's when Elena looked at me.
"Lace, did you show him?" She questioned me.
I shook my head as I looked at the floor.
Elena immatated lifting up my shirt. That's when I felt my shirt slowly being lifted up. Then, I heard a slight gasp. The tears spilled over. I couldn't hide it anymore.
"Harry, you have to leave. I don't want you to see me like this. I feel weak, crying in front of you." I mumbled as the tears fell from my face and landed on the floor.
I felt fingers under my chin, and felt my face being lifted up to look into Harry's eyes. "You're not weak, you're one of the strongest people I know. Pack your bags, I'm not gonna see you cry like this anymore."
I was too overwhelmed to argue. Elena snuck out of my room, to go pack some of her clothes, while I packed a bag of mine.
After we were both packed, I looked at Elena. "Are you ready to leave this hell hole?"
"100% ready." she replied.
I turned off the light in my bedroom, unlocked the door, and followed Harry and Elena as I climbed out the window. We scampered off as we followed Harry to his parked car around the block. I stopped and looked back at the house.
'This is my new beginning.' I thought to myself, as I walked away from the place I once called home. Then, I jogged after Harry and Elena.
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We sat in silence on the way to Harry's house. His hotel room was a good 20 minutes away from my house.
"Harry, why did you come to my house?" I asked, curiously.
"Two reasons. One; I knew you lied to me when you said your dad didn't hit you. Lacey, you didn't come home all night. I knew you'd get a beating for that. Two; You wouldn't answer your phone, and I was worried. I knew I had to come get you." He said, without hesitation.
"Well, you're on tour. What happens when you guys leave San Diego?" I questioned, wondering if he even thought about that.
"I talked to Paul about it. He said you girls could come with us."
"Wait! You told Paul?! He's gonna tell the cops! Dad's going to know I'm gone! He'll find me a-"
"Lacey!' Harry raised his voice. "Listen, Paul let the cops know. They're on the way to his house now. Paul wanted to make sure you were out of the house before we let the cops know. Tomorrow morning, the cops are going to come by the hotel room and check out all your injuries. He should be locked up pretty soon." Harry explained.
It actually felt good to know that my abusive dad was going to be set straight.
"I have one last question." I mentioned as I looked out the window.
"Yes love?" Harry grasped my hand in his as we drove along through the night.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Because I care about you and Elena. I'm not going to let your dad hurt such innocent girls anymore."
"But, you don't have to have any part in this. If you wanted to, you could walk out of my life as fast as you came." I suggested.
"Lace, I just met you, and I already have strong feelings for you. I'm not going to walk out of your life. That'd be the biggest mistake of my life." He stated as he squeezed my hand.
"Thank you." was my only reply.
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We arrived at the hotel, and parked in the back. We walked through some secret door in the back, supposedly so fans can't get in.
We arrived at Harry's hotel room; room 222. He slid the key in the door, and held the door open for El and I. I was gobsmacked when I walked in. It was one of the fanciest hotel rooms I had ever seen. There were 2 king sized beds, a large couch, a mini fridge stocked with food, a large bathroom, with a jucuzi bathtub, and even a flat screen TV mounted on the wall.
"Alright, if you two don't mind, you can share that bed." he said and pointed to the bed closest to the wall. "This is my bed." he pointed to the one right across from our bed. "And tomorrow morning, we have an interview in Los Angeles. You two are more than welcome to come with us. Actually, I think you should! You'd have lots of fun, and you could meet the rest of the boys." He stated.
I glanced at Elena as the rosiness crept up her cheeks. I knew just what she was thinking. She wanted to meet Louis.
Without hesitation I looked at Harry. "We'd love to go."
He smiled. "Great. I hope you don't mind a two long ride with 5 teenage boys.." He evily smirked.
Elena looked exhausted. I tucked her into bed, and kissed her forehead. "I told you I'd get us out of there babe." I said as she looked me in the eyes.
"I love you Lacey."
"I love you too Elena."
Now, it was just Harry and I as El was asleep. As Harry was bringing my suitcase in the door, I couldn't help it. I ran up and tightly wrapped my arms around his neck. The tears flowed down my cheeks as they dripped off onto his shirt. I felt his strong arms wrap around my back. We sat there in silence for a couple minutes as we just held each other. I pulled my head off of his chest, to look him in the eyes.
"I just wanted to thank you. Honestly, I couldn't thank you enough. It feels like such a relief to be out of there." I cried.
"Hey babe. It's alright. That was the best decision I've ever made. It feels like such a relief to have you out of there. But hey, it's late. You need some sleep. Tomorrow's going to be a big day for you." He smiled.
I walked over to the bed, and layed down next to Elena. Harry walked over, and tucked me in.
"Goodnight lovely." he said as he kissed my forehead one last time.
"Goodnight Harry. thank you."
He smiled in response.
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I layed in bed, as I couldn't fall asleep. Harry had gone to bed, and was fast asleep. I could tell by the soft snores coming from across the room.
As I layed there, I thought. I was sleeping in a hotel room with my sister. and Harry Styles. Harry Edward Styles. He saved me from my abusive step dad. And the more it set in to my mind, the more I felt loved.
Harry Styles cares about me. It kept running through my mind.
Harry Edward Styles actually cares about me.
*AN- So I'm really tired, and this chapter sucks! I'm sorry/: But, I'm going to be going on a vacation, so I won't be able to update in about a week! Dx I'm sorry! That's why I decided to update twice today. I hope you enjoy this story. I'm sorry if this chapter sucks, because right now, I'm half asleep. Enjoy! Read! Vote! Most of all? folllow me on Twitter. @priselac22*