About halfway through my packing I hear a car horn. The trailer must be here for Beau. I race down the stairs and out to the pasture area where my brother is talking to the young male driver. He looks at me and smiles
"Ari! The bandage wraps and blankets are in the trailer" he calls, I head in and grab the things, taking them over to the pasture
"Beau!" I call, the dark horse trots up to me, I scratch is fore head and he nickers. I put the bandages and blanket on and lead him into the trailer, the young hand clips him in and drives off
"you almost done packing?" harry asks me, I shrug
"about half way" I say, he takes my hand and leads me up the stairs where we both start packing
"I'll help" he offers, I smile and continue tossing clothing into my bag. He is putting in notebooks and other writing things I have. Finally I'm done
"we leave tomorrow" he says and leaves the room. Someone knocks on the door and I turn to see Zayn walk in, my heart beats a little faster in fear. He stops a few feet away from me and pulls a chair away from my desk. Taking a seat he clasps his hands and looks at them
"I understand why you don't like us, and I understand your reasons to hate us all. But I don't know why you are scared of us, I can promise you right now that none of us will ever hurt you, we all only want you to be happy. none of us will do anything you don't want, for now. I promise none of us with lay a finger on you because we want you to trust us, and we're not going to force it. When you're ready, you will, but until then, take it one step at a time." He says gently, I sit on my bed and move farther away from him, not a lot but enough so we're a good five feet away from each other
""I'm sorry" I blurt, then slam my hand over my mouth. Ari! You idiot! You don't talk to people who can hurt you! He looks up, really confused
"why are you sorry?" He asks softly, don't do it Ari! He could snap at you!
"because I've been so mean to you all" I admit, god! Shut up Ari! A looks of understanding floods his features and a small smile starts on the left corner of his mouth, he looks up at me but I refuse to meet his gaze, Jason told me never to make eye contact. He says its a sign of rebellion.
"that's alright Ariana, I understand and if you want, I can make them understand" Zayn says quietly. I bite my tounge from responding and instead nod. He takes a deep breath, as if preparing himself for something
"why are you scared of us?" He comes right out and says it. I tense, I cant tell him. Jason said if I tell anyone he'll hurt me!
"I can't tell you" I blurt out again, a tremor of fear shakes me, I gave out a hint something is wrong! He's going to come for me! My breathing speeds up and I start to gasp
"whoa! hey, hey its ok, You're fine, deep breaths, deep breaths" he sooths, jumping off the chair to take my hand in his, this only sparks more fear and I cant get enough air in
"HARRY!" Zayn shouts, my brother's figure appears in the doorway
"what?" he asks, stepping in. My vision is going funky
"panic attack!" Zayn barks, Harry pulls him back and wraps me in a tight hug
"shh, baby girl, you're alright, I'm here now" he murmurs to me, my heart beat slows, as does my breathing as he repeats soothing words. I cling to my brothers shirt, breathing deeply and trying to calm down. Zayn is still in the room, a look of worry on his face
"I'm sorry babe, I didn't mean to scare you" he whispers, his shoulders slumped, he looks sad and hurt, leaving the room. A feeling of guilt starts in my stomach, I bury my face in Harry's shirt
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Dark horse (One direction fan fic)
FanfictionMeet Ariana, she's thirteen years old and the youngest child in the Styles family. Yes you've heard of Gemma and of course Harry but Ariana manages to avoid the public eye. To most, she seems like a normal, quiet and reserved child but in reality sh...
