Hayden's P.O.V.

We got to Liam's house and went to his game room. We sat down on the couch when I got an idea, "Hey, let's the others over."

Spencer and Liam looked at me and I smiled. Maybe, keeping my release a secret is not the best thing. Liam got up and looked at me, "I'll call them over."

"Ok." He left the room and I sat down next to Spencer. She smiled at me and I felt like a little sister. She looks so mature and womanly. She gave me a hug and I felt happy to have a good friends. She pulled away and smiled at me.

"You going to the prom tomorrow?" I looked at her confused and she laughed. I looked around confused as to what's so funny and she looked at me. "It's a school dance for seniors."

"Am I a senior?" She nodded and I smiled. I'm a senior about to be out of high school. I looked at her shyly and spoke, "Are you, Liam and the others seniors?"

"Yes. Well, us girls are. The boys are celebrities just trying to finish high school." I looked at her shocked and stared into the empty space. I was dating a celebrity before my accident. "You okay?"

"Yeah, just thinking." I said trying to play it off. She nodded and Liam came down the stairs really fast. He stopped and looked at me.

"They'll be here in twenty minutes, Harry isn't answering his phone."

"Ok." He hopped over the couch and sat down next to Spencer. She smiled at him and he kissed her. Okay, that's my queue to leave. I got up and went upstairs. I was fixing my hair when I bumped into someone. I looked up and saw Niall standing there looking at me shocked. "Hey."

"Hi....you're out of the hospital? You okay?" He asked with a smile. I can't believe he's not my boyfriend because all I remember is that I'm dating Luke Morgan and my best friend, Kaitlyn.

"Yeah. I just got out today, but I was too embarrassed to tell anyone. So, I only told Spencer and Liam." He frowned, I'm guessing, because what I just said. He signed and looked around the hallway.

"Where are those two?" He began to walk downstairs, but I stopped him. I pulled him back over to me and he looked at me confused. "Why can't I go down?"

Moaning came from downstairs and I nodded. "That's why. Come on let's go outside." He nodded and we left the house. We began walking when Niall grabbed my hand. I looked at him and smiled, "So, what happened to you're hand?"
He looked down and they're all bruised up. Did he get in a fight? And if so with whom? He looked straight ahead and his face was emotionless. "I kind of punched my dad in the face."

I looked at him confused but he didn't look at me, "Why did you do that?" He clenched his other hand into a fist, so I let go of his hand.

"He was drunk....and hitting my mom. He also said he had an affair on her." I looked at him to see if I could get any reaction out of him, but he remained emotionless.

"I'm so sorry, Niall."

"It's cool. I told him that if he came back I'll kick his ass, so..." He shrugged as if everything is alright, but I know it isn't. He looked at me and smiled slightly, "So, you going to the school dance tomorrow?"

"Yeah, but I'm going alone. I'm guessing the others have a date, even Harry." He shook his head and looked at me with a smile. I smiled back and blushed a little, "What?"

"Well, I don't have a date. No girl at that shitty school catches my attention, except one....you."

"How do I catch your attention?"

"Hmm..let's see. The second day of school, you came to school riding a skateboard. You don't hate you little brother and sister, you give people chances, and you stick up for your friends. Plus, you're not a bad kisser." I looked at him and smiled. Have me and him kissed before?

"Have you and I kissed before?"

"Mhmm, but you made it clear we're just friends." He smiled at me and we stopped. He looked at me and nudged me, "So, will you be my friend date to prom?"

"Yeah." He smiled at me and I finally looked around to notice we were far away from the house, and it was also dark outside. "Let's get back before they start to worry."

"Okay." We walked back to the house still talking about the dance when we saw Niall's dad standing in front of us. He wasn't looking at us because he was too busy fucking a girl up against a tree. I looked at Niall and he looked angry as fuck. I tried to grab his hand, but he wouldn't let me.

"Niall, whatever you're about to do...Don't do it." He ignored me and walked over to them. He pulled his Dad off the girl and punched him in the face. He kicked his dad in the stomach making him fall to the ground. He tried punching him again, but his dad caught his hand and punched in the stomach. "Niall!!"

He got up and punched Niall in the face causing him to fall down to the ground this time. Niall tried getting up, but his dad pinned him down and began punching the fuck out of him. I couldn't watch anymore, so I ran over and jumped on his back. He grabbed my arm and threw me off him, causing me to land hard on my neck. He continued beating up Niall and I could see Niall couldn't handle anymore punches. I got up, even though I was in serious pain, and grabbed a metal pipe off the ground. I walked over and hit Niall's dad as hard as possible with it and he fell to the ground next to his son. I bent down next to Niall and he looked at me.

"Hayden, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm okay. Niall, what you did was not the smartest idea." I touched his arm and he groaned. He looked at me and I felt tears in my eyes.

"I know, and I'm sorry for involving you." I sighed and helped him up. He groaned because I'm guessing his in alot of pain and I began walking back to Liam's house. Why did he have to do that? Yeah, I know he's hurting on the inside, but now he's hurting on the outside as well.
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We got to Liam's house and I opened the door, which was surprisingly unlocked. We walked in and heard laughter coming from downstairs. I closed the door and locked it before making my way downstairs where everyone is. Niall passed out on my shoulder, so it was harder to hold him up. They were playing a game when Liam looked at me, "Holy shit!!"

Everyone turned around and I put Niall down before I collapsed. Louis looked at me and I tried to stay upright, "What happened?"

"Niall got beat up by his father, who was drunk and fucking a girl who wasn't his wife. I tried to step in, but he threw to the ground hard. So, I had no choice but bang him upside the head with a metal pipe, otherwise, Niall would be dead." They all got up and went to Niall to see if he's alright. I moved to the side and tried to watch, but my vision began to be blurry. I feel to the ground hard and everything went black.

Niall's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes to see everyone over top of me. I tried looking around, but I was in too much pain to move. "Where's Hayden?" They looked next to me and I looked out of the corner of my eye to see her passed out on the floor. I sat up, even in though I was in pain, and crawled over to her. I shook her a little bit she opened her and looked at me.

"Niall, you okay?" I nodded and gave her a hug. I felt a tear drop hit my arm and I knew she was crying. I pulled away and helped her up off the floor. She looked at my watch and gasped, "It's late. I need to get home."

"Uh, you and Niall are staying here tonight that's final." Liam said shaking his head. I looked at him and I knew if she tried arguing that it wouldn't be any use. "Now, I'm going to call your parents Hayden."

"Ok." The others came over to us and gave us a hug, and told us they had to leave anyways. The girls gave Hayden a hug while I gave the boys a hug. They pulled away and began walking upstairs.

"Bye." They said disappearing upstairs. She looked at me and took me to the bathroom down here, and sat me down on the toilet. I grabbed a fresh cloth off the rack and wet it. She began cleaning my face and I looked at her.

"I'm sorry."

"Shhh. I said it's okay just don't do that again." I nodded and heard footsteps come back do down. Liam walked in and She looked at him, "What's up?"

"Your parents said you can stay, but you have to elevate your head on pillows because of your neck. I'll go set up the guest bedrooms for you. " She nodded and he left the bathroom. She looked at me and got up.

"Okay, I'm finished. I'm going to bed. Good night." She walked out the bathroom and I got up. I know she's upset with me, it's written all over her face. I'll leave first thing in the morning. I walked upstairs to the first guest bedroom and closed. I took off my shoes and climbed into bed. I turned off the lights and closed my eyes. Hopefully, everything is alright tomorrow.

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Hayden's P.O.V.

I woke up next morning to complete silence. I got up and walked out the room when I saw Niall's door open. I walked over and looked in to see him not here. He might've went home to his mom in case his dad showed up. Maybe, I should go home too. I walked back to my room and put my shoes on. I wrote Liam a note telling him where I went and left. I walked down the stairs to the front door and left. I began walking home still tired, but not as much.
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I got home and decided to climb through my bedroom window. I climbed the tree and climbed through the window. I took my shoes off and threw them across the room when I noticed this big box on my bed. I walked over and took the note off it, and read it:

Hayden,

I know that you're going to that dance because my friend, Destinee, is going with Harry. So, I thought I'd treat you and buy you this dress before it's too late.

Love your amazing boyfriend,

Luke

Is he serious? I took opened and saw this beautiful black and blue dress with black heels. For a guy, he really knows what type of dresses I like. Why does he care, if I'm going to the dance? Does he plan on going? But then that means he wants me to be his date. I already have a 'date'. I took out my phone and called him. "Hello?"

"Hi, Luke. It's Hayden."

"Oh, hey babe. What's up?"

"Why did you send me this dress?"

"Because we're going together to this dance. Got to go. Love you bye." He hung up before I got a chance to tell him that I'm going with Niall. I threw my phone across the room out of frustration and plopped down on the bed. Why does things have to be so complicated all the time? I closed my eyes and tried get more sleep, so I won't be tired later.

Notes

The Next chapter is the last chapter of "Love/ Hate" before the sequel, "You And I" comes out. So.......
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