Chapter 10

(A/N: My legs hurt soooooo baddd, ugh. Went walking all day, non-stop without sitting down or anything. It's just like gahhh. Lol, so I went to Washington D.C. today with my best friend, Jessica (Jesse) which she also has an account for 1D stories, [Check her out @ihaveadream98] also she is my drummer in my band, and our legs hurt like crazy. But Spring Break is over in one more day! BOOO D: CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER THOUGH <3)

Chapter 10 :D

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James POV  (Niall)

What's up with Lacy and why is she home so early?

"Lacy? Are you alright, darlin'?" I've given her that nickname since I've felt the need that I should call her this, I don't know why I do it, but it seems best if I do. I knocked on her door, but I heard something hit the door from her side in the room.

"Go away, I told you I wanted to be left alone!" Lacy started shouting at me, I could hear her screaming in a muffled voice, obviously using her pillow to calm herself down. What if she'll cut again? Oh god!

"Lacy..." I sighed, knocking more on the door, I even tried to open it, but of course it's locked. I'm hoping if I get her out in a calm voice, everything will be okay.

"GO AWAY!" Lacy screamed really loud, another thump coming from her side of the door, I slowly walked away from the door. I'm gonna find my way in there, she can't keep doing this to herself, it's not healthy.

"Nathan? Would you happen to know where a key would be, to you know, her room?" I walked down the stairs, seeing him curled up in the blanket on the couch, he only stared at me.

"If I knew...I would be in her room...more often...you know?" Nathan coughed, he meant he would figure out more about her, to try and be closer, but I could understand him clearly.

"Do you think your mum would have it somewhere?" I questioned once again, I could feel myself getting anxious in seconds of time.

"Probably not, considering Lacy and mum...would argue and argue...she gave Lacy this privacy years ago." Nathan shivered as he pulled a thicker blanket on top of him.

"Do you need anything? More drink? Medicine? Food?"

"No...no." Nathan coughed, shaking his head as he kept switching channels on the tele. Well, okay, if he says he doesn't need anything.

"Lacy, if you don't open your door, I'll find my way in there, don't do anything you'll regret...." I said through the door, I only heard her scoff before she even replied.

"And why do you care anyways? I'm just some worthless little slut apparently , it's not like you have to worry for me, I can take care of myself like I've been doing since I was a young girl..." Lacy trailed off, I could hear her sniffling which broke my heart a little. Hearing that isn't what I want, ever.

"You don't know what I care about, darlin', you're worth it, and you are no slut, you are a princess who deserves to be treated correctly, I've been trying to help you, and I still am, but you aren't letting me in, you aren't allowing me to help you. All I want is to make you feel safe, again." I started lightly tapping on her door, to keep a rhythm going in my head to the door.

"You-you don't ma-make me feel safe...I-I feel scared..." She whispered a little louder than a normal whisper, I could tell she was lying, with all of that stuttering, it doesn't make any sense.

"Yeah...now say that to my face and maybe I'll believe you." I crossed my arms as I waited for her to respond, but she hasn't.

My eye brows furrowed, is she going to speak?

The door slowly unlocked, she opened it, revealing her neat room, she looked me in the eyes with glistening tears in hers.

"Don't cry, it hides your beauty." I slowly reached out to move her hand behind her ear, she flinched a little before relaxing at my touch. I pulled back my hand and placed it at my side.

"You're actually going to say it to my face?" My lips turned into a frown as I focused on her little side movements before she brought her head back up to see me.

"I-I can't..." Lacy whispered, another tear rolling down her cheek.

"You can't what?" My lips went from a frown to a straight line.

"I...can't say it...I'd-I'd be-" I cut her off to finish her sentence.

"Lying? Right?" My lips slowly curved into a small smile, victory took over in my mind, but I didn't show it, she was still in a fragile state at the moment.

 Her head moved slowly up and down, "But you're...you're so mysterious...secretive...and then you're not...I don't know." She said in a curious with a mix of confused in her voice. Oh my god, do not find out who I am, she makes me feel so normal, so grounded.

"What do I have to hide?" I smiled, hoping she couldn't see through me like I'm transparent, she would find out the lies behind who I am and what I do. She would hate me forever...wouldn't she?

"I don't know...can I be left alone a bit longer?" Lacy bit her lip as she stared down.

"No, you're going to talk to me more." I told her, holding her door open as I felt like she would shut it on me.

"I guess you can come in..." Lacy lazily moved out of the way, I walked in casually, taking a seat on the edge of her bed. I could see the pillows thrown and objects near the door. Now I can see she was tossing whatever she could find to throw.

"Now tell me, why are you home so early?"

"We, erm, had an early release, teacher work day kind of thing." Lacy gnawed on her bottom lip, taking a seat on a bean bag.

"Okay, now tell me the real reason." I nodded, knowing she would lie at first since she didn't seem so well coming home.

"Got in trouble..."

"And how did you get in trouble?"

"I punched...this girl in my gym class..."

"You punched someone?!"

Lacy murmured something, but I didn't catch it, I tilted my head which practically said 'What?' all over my face.

"I said she deserved it..."

"Lacy, violence doesn't solve everything, you know that. At least you should." 

"Oh my god! What would you do if they kept making fun of you and decided to hurt you physically? Would YOU just walk away and keep letting it happen or would you do something about it?!" Lacy started to defend.

"I know, but-"

"No! You don't know! I had to get in trouble and make my way to the principles office, but you wanna know what happened as I walked down there? Hm? Boys threw my books and things down! Girls snickered and made nasty comments, I literally screamed at every single person watching, saying how much I hated them. I have 10 days of suspension and I even yelled badly at the principle! So don't you even start saying what I did was wrong!" Lacy screamed at me, her tears falling down her cheeks, she kept her head in her hands, and repeated how sorry she was in short whispers.

"Then what are you sorry for?" I asked in a quiet voice, hoping she knew I could hear her. Lacy's head slowly moved up to see mine, "Now...you're on...m-my side?"

"I've been on your side more than you can think of, but did you breakdown at school, did that happen? Was everything building up on the inside that you needed to explode on something? Did you feel suffocated from the world clouding down on you? Did you believe everyone was against you? Were you ready to just give up to everything?" I crawled over to sit in front of her, watching her eyes go bold.

"How-how did you know? How do you-you know these feelings?" Lacy stumbled over her words.

"Don't think that you're the only one whose ever felt that before, you're not the only person out there that has felt that way or is feeling this way. You've got one person in front of you right now whose felt that way...I understand you, more than I think you do." I told her.

"James?"

"Yeah?"

"Why do you care about me?"

"What kind of a question is that? You're different, more original, I like that, it's you that I care about, not some fake barbie like  those girls that you talk about." I smiled at her.

"But you know they're better looking and funnier....I guess and-" She stopped when she heard a door slam, hard.

"LACY!!!" I could hear an angry mother yell. Oh no.

"Leave my room...go to the bathroom or something in the hall..." Lacy kicked me out as well as she left too, locking her room again. I simply walked into the bathroom, quietly shutting the door as I looked myself in the mirror. Why am I hiding this from her?

Lacy's POV

"Hi...mum." I walked into the kitchen, dried tear streaks down my cheeks, she looked blood red in the face, angrier than I've seen ever before. Great...

"Lacy! I had to be called...in the middle of an operation! Another doctor had taken over, but WHY DID YOU GET INTO A FIGHT? You even yelled at everyone at the school! What is going on?!" My mother yelled, slamming her hands hard onto the counter tops.

"Err...erm, a girl...she tripped me." I told her while rubbing the back of my neck, I could feel sweat coming as nervous as I was feeling.

"SO YOU PUNCH A GIRL BECAUSE SHE TRIPPED YOU?! How dare you not have any common sense to-" My mother stopped when her phone blared with her ring tone, I took a silent sigh as she answered it outside.

"She doesn't know, does she? And neither does your brother...does he?" James walked into the kitchen, quietly asking.

"No..." I mumbled, shaking my head slowly.

"I'll be in the living room, talking to Nathan, if you don't feel comfortable telling her, then don't." James told me as he walked out of the kitchen and into the living room where my con-jested brother was.

I watched my mother outside as she kept throwing her hands in the air, then she rubbed her temples, sighing in frustration. Her yelling got louder and I flinched some, it was horrifying to see her this way. Why does this happen to me? Why?

"Okay, you stay in here, I need to talk to your brother." My mother slammed the door back as she walked inside, walking past me into the living room.

"Nathan- oh James! Lovely to see you, may I ask why you're here?" I heard her say, I showed up at the kitchen frame, James slowly looking at me as my mother fixed her shirt. I pointed at a video game and Nathan saw too.

"He...brought me back...Black Ops 2...I asked him for it." Nathan said before going into a coughing fit. James nodded whilst he picked the game up and showed it to her.

"Oh, well that's very sweet of you...may I talk to Nathan alone, please?" After she said that I hurried back into the kitchen hoping she didn't see me at all standing there.

"I hope you don't get into a lot of trouble, she seems highly frustrated, what do you think is going to happen?" James questioned me once he sat down in a chair.

"I think more yelling and then no TV for like a week which I barely watch anyways." I shrugged, sighing slightly.

"Okay Lacy, I need to talk to the both of you now." My mother walked in on James and I talking, she smiled once she saw the both of us in the same room.

"Now, your father wants Nathan to go to China for two weeks...and I'm going to let him because he's going to be getting into military plus he'll have all of his school work, now I know that you're thinking this has nothing to do with the both of you, but I will have to start working much longer, probably for the next couple of days non-stop, which means sleeping at the hospital, and more patients at once. James...what I'm going to ask you is going to sound like a lot, but would you mind letting Lacy here stay with you until the ten days are up and that she can go back to school? I don't want her throwing any parties or going out because she's still in trouble and I believe you are a good influence on her...I really hope you could do me this one favor." My mother pleaded, placing her phone on the counter as she steadily watched James.

"Err, yeah, I can do that. I have my own flat around here, I could do that." James nodded his head, my eyes went wide, what is she doing?!

"Mum?!" I threw my hands up in the air.

"Lacy do NOT start with me, we're done here, pack up," She pointed at the stairs," oh and take James here to help you, you'll need it."

Oh...

My...

God...

I HAVE TO LIVE WITH JAMES FOR TEN DAYS?! I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT! I MEAN I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, UGH!

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