Shut Out >>Ziall<<

Chapter Twenty-Seven

~*~Zayn~*~

I didn’t even know how long I had been in that place anymore. The days turned into nights, nights into days, but all of it was complete hell to me.

Ed was going to keep me as far away from the basement as possible, or at least that was what it seemed like. He locked me into my room after I gave him a blowjob, and ever since then, he hadn’t let me out unless it was necessary. He brought me food, clothes, and either he or Josh would unlock the door so I could use the bathroom and shower. It wasn’t necessarily torture in itself, but the fact that Niall was downstairs and I couldn’t get to him was tearing me apart.

It came as a surprise to me that Josh would give me updates on Niall. He wouldn’t deliver messages for either of us, but every once in a while he would tell me that Niall missed me or said he loved me. It was really nothing big, and I still didn’t trust Josh in the slightest. Still, part of me couldn’t help but believe him when he said that Niall was fine. He wasn’t being forced to do anything like I was, thank god. That was the best I could ask for.

“What about his ribs?” I suddenly asked. Josh turned around from the doorway to look at me.

“His ribs?”

I nodded quickly. “Ed pushed him down the stairs! He’s not in pain, is he?”

Josh frowned and shrugged at me. He seemed like he was debating something with himself, and then he shook his head, his hand sitting on the doorknob. “Ed wouldn’t do that.” He stated. Just like that, he closed the door and left me alone once again.

Josh was a hard person to understand, and I highly doubted that I would ever be able to share his view on anything. He was extremely protective of Ed. Whenever I brought up anything bad, he would deny it and leave. It may have just been me, but I also had a feeling that he was jealous of me as well. It was like he thought I wanted to get on my knees for him or something.

With a sigh, I leaned back onto the bed and stared out the window. It looked like it was just past noon, and because Ed didn’t have a specific time he came in, I didn’t know what to expect. All I could do was sit there and wait.

Oddly enough, I didn’t have to wait long. Ed entered the room, and as soon as I looked over to see who it was, he tossed some clothes at me. “Shower and get dressed. We’re leaving in an hour.”

My lips curled down in a frown, and I fully sat up, looking over the clothes. They looked like they belonged to Ed, and if that was the case, they would no doubt be big on me. Josh’s would be too small, so I didn’t have much of a selection. “Where are we going?”

“You’ll see. Now get up.”

Groaning a little, I got up and stalked off to the bathroom. Once the shower was on and the water was warming up, I stripped off all my clothes, making sure that the bathroom door was locked first. Ed had done enough to me already, but not once had he actually tried to rape me. I didn’t know if he would try or not, but I was going to take precautions just in case.

The hot water was soothing, but just like everything else seemed to, it reminded me of Niall. All the showers we had taken together, the feeling of his body under my fingertips… shit. I was just making myself more depressed, but I couldn’t help it. I missed him so much. There were nights where I would wake up with tears in my eyes because I needed him by my side. The nightmares had disappeared after I met the Irish boy, and now they were coming back even worse than before. Withdrawal was a knife in my side as well, and with no way to distract me from it, I felt like I was going to die any second.

Before I knew it, my body and hair was completely clean, and it was time for me to turn the water off. I wrapped myself in a towel and dried off, taking longer than even I had expected. It was understandable, honestly; I wanted to know where we were going and why. It was obvious that I didn’t trust Ed, and God only knows what he had planned for us both. As expected, the clothes were a little large, especially now that I was only eating once or twice a day. They would work for now, at least.