When he said it like that, I sighed because it did mean a lot to me that he was owning up to what he did. I smiled at him and put my hand on his shoulder. “Thank you for that and yes I forgive you.” I the weight on his shoulder disappear and he actually hugged me.

I did stiffen up a bit by this form of body contact but eventually I hugged him back. “Thank you for not leaving me there.” I mumbled against my shoulder and I felt the lump in my throat when we heard someone scrape his throat but I didn’t have to look to see who it was. Louis let go of me when he saw who it was and took a step back with his hands in front of his body.

I felt guilty for making him fear Harry but there was nothing I could do about that. “Harry.” Was all Louis said and if I hadn’t been between them I really don’t know what would happen but now Harry just grabbed my arm and pulled me to him. “Louis.” He gave him a nod, which was a good thing, right?

“Anna, what are you doing here?” Harry asked me quietly, trying to ignore Louis who was standing just a few feet from us. “I wanted to see how Louis was doing.” I shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal but I saw the anger flash in his eyes. “He tried to kill you Anna.” He reminded me, like I had lost my mind by coming here and talking to him but he didn’t understand that I needed this, I needed to talk to him about what happened.

“I know Harry but he wasn’t in his right mind, when he tried that and he has a right to explain, just like you had.” I threw it back to him because he had also betrayed us, maybe not willingly but he had done exactly the same.

“That’s low.” Harry mumbled but he didn’t sound angry anymore. I sighed and walked to Louis. “I would never leave a friend behind no matter what.” That’s when I hugged him, he was shocked at first but hugged me back after a while. “Thank you Anna.” He mumbled in my hair and I just smiled. We parted after a few seconds and I turned towards Harry again. But before we left I turned one more time. “Feel better soon Louis and when you’re better just know, we will be waiting for you.” I saw the tears in his eyes and he just nodded.

Harry directed me back to the waiting car and I know he was angry with me for doing this but I just had to come here before we did anything stupid later this week. “What were you thinking?” Harry insisted as he forced me to look at him. “I just needed to do this before we went into battle with Bradley.” I said through clenched teeth because I absolutely hated it when he treated me like this.

“You could’ve got hurt.” I shook my head because how in the world was that even possible, with all the security around. “I can take care of myself Harry.” I told him and he narrowed his eyes but didn’t say a thing because he knew I was right about that. He turned towards the window and just started to stare through the window.

“Harry, I’m sorry okay but you can’t lock me up in that house. I’m not the weak girl you met a year ago.” I told him and he knew I was right but he just didn’t want to see it. “I’m not saying you are but I have the right to protect you.” There he was wrong because he had no right at all. We’re maybe together but that’s were it ends. We aren’t married or engaged so there is absolutely no right to decide for me even if it’s for the best. “You don’t actually. We’re not married or engaged, so you have no rights what so ever.” I told him and this made him angry but quiet because he knew I was right.

“I’m sorry for worrying you, next time I will inform you of my plans okay?” I asked him and he nodded but didn’t look happy about this situation. “I wish you were pregnant because than I had some rights.” That brought me back to that awful day at the pharmacy and it reminded me about the fast that I never took that morning after pill but there was no way I was going to tell him this because there was no time for me being weak.

“Well I’m not, so just drop it already and to be honest I really don’t want to think about it, not while we are on the verge of killing Bradley.” He was quiet after that and I blessed this silence because I really didn’t want to talk to him right now.

When we arrived back home, I immediately walked to my music room, just to escape this craziness and as always the moment I began playing I got lost in the music and that’s when I realized that I could do this as long as I could escape here, it was going to be okay. No one bothered me here except for my guys. I know Liam was watching me, like always and the moment I stopped playing he entered the room without asking permission.

“Are you okay Anna?” I heard the worry laced through his voice. I sighed but nodded. “I’m okay, I guess.” I tried to smile at him but I failed miserably. “Do you want to talk about it?” I shook my head. I didn’t want to talk to anyone about how I was really feeling because it wouldn’t get me anywhere.

“No but thank you Liam.” I got up and hugged him tightly, which surprised him. He did hug me back and I was happy to feel nothing more then a brotherly love coming from him. We parted and he left me alone, I sighed when I heard Harry call my name. He wanted me to join the others in the living room, probably to discus the plans. The moment I walked through the doors of the living room, Harry grabbed my waist and pulled me next to him.

“This is going to be the plan.” Everyone was looking expectantly at Harry and me, even though I didn’t know what was going to happen. “We are going for Bradley in two days, I’m sick of waiting and I just want this over with.” No one expected him to say this and I hated to break it to him but I wasn’t sure if we were ready yet.

“You’re not serious right?” This was Niall and I held my breath because he still wasn’t in Harry’s grace. I could feel Harry stiffen up but I think we al shared Niall’s thoughts. “I’m deadly serious, we are ready, we now what his flaws are, now we only have to use those flaws against him.” I was lost, what were Bradley’s flaws? Why didn’t he say anything to me about this because now I really did look stupid in front of everyone.

That is until I saw everyone looking at me. I looked behind me just to be sure they were indeed staring at me. “You can’t do this Harry.” This was Liam who took a step towards us but Harry stopped him with his hand. “I can and I will, Anna?” That’s when it hit me, I was Bradley’s flaw and Harry was going to use me as bait. I clenched my fists and turned to Harry, I saw the warning in his eyes but I was beyond angry right now.

“tell me you’re joking.” I asked icily. Harry had the decency to take a step back when he saw my expression and his eyes flew to my waist, just to be sure there wasn’t a gun. “I’m not, you are our only chance.” I heard what he said but it didn’t get through. My mind was shut down because again Harry had betrayed me.

Next thing I know Harry is on the floor and at first I didn’t know what had happened until I felt Liam’s hands pulling me back. “Come on Anna.” He pushed me into the kitchen and immediately walked towards the freezer to get an icepack. “He lost his damn mind, you know that right?” I asked him angry and I saw him nod hesitantly and that’s when I realized that they were all behind Harry. I shook my head when he approached me.

“Just give me the fucking icepack and leave me the hell alone.” I raised my voice, which I had never done before to Liam. I saw the hurt in his eyes but he understood my anger and left me.

I stood up and walked into the garden, I walked to the very edge and just let myself fall in the wet grass. It was still really cold outside but I didn’t care. If it’s up to me I would let myself freeze to death, I mean I was going to die anyway, so why not speed it up a bit. I heard Harry yell my name but there was no way I was going to respond to him right now. He betrayed me again, how can he do something like this, I thought he loved me? Apparently I was the fool in this whole ordeal and it angered me so much that he used me again that I wanted to beat him in his smug face.

Niall followed Harry’s example and I almost answered him, if only to piss off Harry but I held my tongue and just stared at the clear sky and counted the stars. When did it become this dark? I sat up but still made no efforts in walking back to the house. I was finally alone, even the screaming my name had stopped, which calmed me down a bit. I mean if I stayed in that house I would probably have killed Harry and I didn’t want that on my conscious.

Secretly I wished that I had chosen Niall over Harry because then I wouldn’t be in this damn mess. I sighed because I had to return at one point and my hands were actually frozen by now. I got up and patted the dust from my clothes. I looked one more time over the meadow in front of me before I turned and walked back. I walked back into the yard and the moment I opened the door I hit a body, which belonged to Harry. I tried to walk past him but he wasn’t having it and stopped me and pulled me back outside.

“I’m sorry Anna but there really is no other option.” I nodded and pulled my arm out his grasp. “I understand but after this is over, we’re done.”

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