Going Down (A Niall Horan Fanfic)

Chapter Sixteen

I woke up to a repeated banging sound on my door. I instantly cowered in fear, thinking the worst was to come. "Andi, Andi! Let me in, I've been banging on this damn thing for five minutes," a worried voice called from outside. Thank God it was Niall.

I jumped to my feet, only to fall back down due to the amount of blood rushing to my head. Gripping my head in both hands, I respond to him, "Uhm, can you give me a minute or two? I'm changing."

Niall sighs and rests his head on the door, "Alright, just hurry up, I was getting worried."

Returning to my feet slowly, I'm reminded of my bruises as I walked into my bathroom to wash my face off. Bruises covered my body, from my face to my arms and legs. I couldn't help but feel completely ashamed. Splashing some water on my face, I wipe off my smeared makeup and apply more. I added extra to my cuts and bruises just to make sure they were hidden.

"You done yet?" Niall calls out from behind the door, sounding slightly annoyed.

"Gimme a minute," I say with a crack in my already sore voice. Pulling my hair out of its pony tail, I hurry over to my tiny closet and take off my shorts and tee shirt in return for a pair of baggy sweatpants and a pullover.

Rushing over to the door, I unlock the door and let Niall open it up and walk in. "Hey babe," he says pulling me in for a hug after he closes the door behind himself.

I wince in pain and pull away slightly, "Hey, how was everything?" I asked with my head leaning into his tee shirt covered armpit. I was hoping he didn't notice my moment of pain.

"You okay?" He asked with concern laced in his voice. Niall tried to pull away to look me in the eye, but I wasn't going for it.

"Niall I'm fine," I mumbled trying to hide my face with my tangled hair.

"Andi stop," Niall says more forcefully. He grips me by my forearms and pulls me off of him, leaving me exposed for viewing. Once again, I gasp in pain.

"I'm fine," I say barely above a whisper.

He pushes the hair away from my face and turns pale white. He drops my hair and leans in closer to my face, "What happened?"

I couldn't bring myself to speak, so I just shook my head without meeting his eyes.

"Andi," Niall says louder, "What happened?" I could see that he was shaking with the fear of my answer.

I couldn't contain myself, as I fell into Niall's arms, crying. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," I screamed into his chest as he picked me up and carried me over to my bed quickly. I was wrapped up in his arms, sobbing and wetting Niall's thin shirt. "I couldn't stop him," I bawled.

"Stop who?" He whispered, as he stroked my hair with shaking finger tips. I could feel tiny tear drops fall into the top of my head. It physically hurt my heart to see Niall emotional like that.

In between quick intakes of air, I managed to stutter out, "T-tony. I wanted to go draw on the roof but on my way he cornered me. I'm so so sorry Niall," I sobbed louder, "I should have listened to you and stayed in my room, I'm sorry," I cried. My words were starting to come out quicker at this point, "I tired to tell him off but he wouldn't leave me alone and you weren't there and I-I-I," I broke into another set of sobs. I just couldn't help it anymore.

"How badly did he hurt you," Niall mumbled as he sniffed and kissed my neck multiple times. I shrugged my shoulders, as I hadn't checked out my full body since I had gotten back. "Stand up, please," Niall whispered, slightly pushing me to my feet. Confused, I do as told.

Niall then stood before me, and pulled the hair out if my face once more and wiped off the water from my cheeks. Finally, he spoke, "Take your top off."

I instantly stepped back and felt like I was going to be trapped again.

"What?"

"I'm not going to hurt you Andi, just...please."

Slowly, I pull my sweater off and fold my black and blue arms across my chest. I hadn't even bothered to look at myself, I was already disgusted enough.

I heard Niall gasp slightly, then slowly raised his hands to push my arms down. Running his finger tips along my rib cage, I saw small tears run down his face. "Niall....," I whispered softly.

Falling to his knees, he finally let his tears fall as he wrapped his arms around the back if my thighs, pulling me closer.

Sliding down, I sit in front of him and press my forehead against his. Both of us silently letting tears fall. He kissed me all over; my face, my arms, and a tiny peck on my purple rib cage.

Pulling himself together and kissing my lips one last time, Niall moves to get up, "I'm gonna kill him."

Quickly, I swiftly get to my feet and clung on to my boyfriend, "Niall please, I can't let you get hurt, I'm not letting you go."

Niall pulled away and looked me in the eyes with tears threatening in his eyes once more, "Andi, don't you see what he did to you? Don't you? I'm going to let him get away with this. I don't care if he breaks every bone in my body, but I swear on my grave, if he even THINKS about laying a finger on you, he'll be in a world of hurt. I love you to much to let you get hurt again," Niall whispers.

Throwing my arms around his neck, I passionately kiss Niall and hold him closer then I ever have before. "Oh my God, I love you so much," I breath. "Just please, please don't leave me alone again, please."

"I won't, I promise. I won't," he mumbles into my hair, keeping me warm with his own body heat.

"Lay with me?" I ask looking up at Niall's tear stained face.

"If I could, I'd lay with you forever," he says guiding me over to my bed, pulling the covers down for my to lay in.

Sliding in, he pulls them back up and lays down next to me with both arms around me. "Why did you pick me?"

"What?"

"When we first met, how come you kept talking me to instead of someone...better, I guess? I was kind of an ass anyway," I wondered aloud.

"Because Andi, your just like me, and your completely different," Niall says with a hint of a smile in his voice.

"How can I be both?" I questioned him.

"Your the most stubborn, sarcastic, sassy girl I know, and sometimes I can't stand your damn attitude. But, your also the most kind hearted, loving, beautiful girl I'll ever meet. That what I 'put up with you', if that's what your asking." Niall says running his thumb along my prominent cheek bone.

"Your perfect," I say quietly, looking into his beautiful blue eyes.

He scoffs, "I'm far from it babe, but for you, I'll be anything you need."

"I love you Niall," I mumbled softly.

"And I love you right back Andi, always and forever."

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Yay for updating! Sorry it's a bit late, but I tried to work on "the feel factor" of this chapter. So, I hope you liked it! Keep reading and vote if you would like, stay beautiful.

-TaylorMarie