Clash

For some reason I felt shy, when they all openly stared at me and I had to contain myself from looking into the mirror to see if there was something wrong. I mean I know I lost a lot of weight. My clothes didn't really fit me any longer but that would be all right?

'Hi" They all said in unison. I was shocked to see that they had bags under their eyes and there was no spark in their eyes anymore, which alarmed me a bit. 'Do you guys like some tea?' I asked nonchalant and Liam was he first to nod his head. He walked towards me and grabbed me in a bear hug. 'I'm so happy to see you.' I smiled but I kept my mouth shut because the only reason I was out of bed, was because Niall had throw me out. Liam made Louis come over as well and not long after we were in a group hug.

After a while I stepped back and turned towards the water boiler. 'Anna?' I turned when I heard Louis say my name. 'What's up?' I asked him but he hesitated. 'Just spill it out.' I narrowed my eyes at him and I could tell he was slightly taken aback. 'Well I don't want to push you into anything but what are we going to do about Bradley?' Why in heavens name would they ask me something like that? 'I don't know and honestly I really don't want to talk about him.' I turned my back to him and poured the water into their tea mugs.

'I know you don't want to talk about him but we have to.' This time it was Liam who was talking. This was too much, my hands were shaking with angst and it didn't help that they were observing me. 'I know but not now.' I said through clenched teeth, I was already making my way back to the stairs when Niall stopped me. 'Anna, please don't go.' I know he was shocked by the way my body was trembling by now but he didn't let go.

'Please let go of me Niall.' He shook his head and I saw the worry plastered on his face and I felt terrible for being the one who made him worry but I couldn't deal with conversations like that right now, it was too soon. 'I will tell them to back off until your more settled okay but please don't disappear behind that door again.' He was actually begging me, I couldn't resist him for some reason. I nodded and grabbed his outstretched hand. 'Thank you.' He simply said whilst leading me back into the kitchen. 'We have to leave, thank you for the tea Anna.' They hugged me once again and disappeared leaving Niall and me alone in this house.

'Is there a way to move back into my old house?' Niall already shook his head, it made me wonder what had happened with my old house. 'Why not?' He took a deep breath before telling me why I couldn't. 'Harry sold it.' My mouth dropped when he said that, when did Harry do that? And why? And most important what about my stuff, my piano or what about my parents, do they even know where I am? 'Where are my parents really Niall?' His expression changed into a sad one and I already knew the answer to that. 'They died, didn't they? I mumbled, I wasn't sure what I was feeling by now, it was like I was numb.

'How?' I managed to ask. 'Bradley.' Niall shrugged and I now know why Harry tried so hard to keep me out of this whole mess. I nodded and walked passed my tea mug to the cupboard and grabbed the whiskey that was in there. I took a big sip ad wasn't surprised that Niall took it from my hands and emptied it. 'I get that this probably does make you feel better but it doesn't last and to be honest I'm not sure if we can afford this.' I shrugged and sat down at one of the chairs. 'So where will I live now?' I asked him and that brought a smile on his face as he rotated himself with his arms wide open. It took me a few seconds to catch up. 'Are you saying that I own this house?' He nodded with the same smile plastered on his face. 'Harry had it signed in your name, believe me that wasn't easy but he forged your signature and well you both own this house and there are other things you need to know.' I stopped him by holding up my hand.

'So I'm the owner of this house?' I asked again and he nodded again but this time he was a bit hesitantly. 'How can I afford a place like this?' Niall got up and walked towards the living room. I followed him and when I reached out to touch his shoulder he turned with documents. He gave them to me and walked away leaving me alone. I heard the front door slam shut.

This was the first time the let me alone, how weird. I slowly sat down and opened the documents. It was Harry's will and other important documents. I saw transcripts and I was shocked with the amount of money that it showed. Harry was rich that was an understatement. I didn't want to know what he had done to get so much money but it was quite shocking. He had millions. I scanned through the page and stopped when I saw my name written down in his will.

'What did you do harry?' I mumbled as I went through his will. It was shocking to know that everything he owned was now mine, which meant I was suddenly very rich and this wasn't the only thing he left me, he left me in lead of his "organisation" or in other words I was the leader of his gang, which I didn't really want but then again, this was one of the reasons he trained me.

But how can you be a leader, when your heart broken. This explained a lot of Louis behaviour towards me. I had to talk to them sooner or later. Maybe I got slip away, just head back to America, to my old town and get some downtime, without all this craziness and maybe it gave me the chance to heal.

I got up and marched to my laptop and immediately booked a ticket. I didn't even pack a suitcase but packed a handbag with all the nessicties. I grabbed my phone and walked to one of the cars. I grabbed the hummer and I know I had to be fast if I wanted to get a chance to get into that plane, knowing Niall he was right behind me or worse he had send Louis to retrieve me and then I would definitely be in trouble.

I made it into the airport and wasted no time at all. I quickly went to the in check desk and was happy that I got through security without being stopped, the only thing left to do was wait till I could board the plane, which wouldn't be long now as I booked myself a last minute ticket and soon enough they were calling my flight to L.A.

I quickly took a seat and was happy to see no familiar faces. I grabbed my Iphone and put on my music. I was looking outside without keeping track on the people that were boarding. I was sitting next to a window, so I stared outside because that's what you do when you sit next to a window in a airplane, okay except when you think flying is scary but to me it gives me the feeling of being free. This was exactly what I needed, some time away from them and I don't want to sound like a gold digger but as I now have money to do this kind of stuff, who's stopping me right?

Someone nudged me on the shoulder, which annoyed the crap out of me and whilst I turned my head, a dreadful feeling settled in my stomach. I already knew who it was, not even from looking at him but only his scent was enough. One pair of angry blue eyes glanced at me. Boy he was angry.

"Anna"

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