Chapter Ten

*Niall's P.O.V*

Waking up the next morning, I felt excited. I couldn't wait to go see Andi's smiling face again. Last night was, amazing. But I couldn't shake the feeling that Tony was going to be a issue in the future. I knew Andi begged me to let her deal with it by herself, but she was a tiny girl. Sure, she's tall, but pretty skinny. "Must be from her depression," I thought sadly to myself as I rolled out of bed.

Lazily pulling on a pair of gray sweatpants and a white t-shirt, I stuff my size 10 feet into my sneakers and check my appearance. Slight bed head, but maybe Andi will like it. I was tired anyway, so I don't really care. Sitting on the edge of my bed, I thought about what I should say to her anyway. Were we together, or was last night just a one night thing? God, I hope it wasn't.

Opening the dark gray door to the hall, I smiled to myself thinking about how Andi's hair looked today. I had always thought it smelled nice. I was on my way to Group Therapy, which wasn't with Candy anymore. I wonder what happened to her after the big fight last week. I'm unsure if Andi will be there, considering how everything blew over.

I was about twenty five feet away from where group was meeting when I was jerked back by the collar of my shirt. I was instantly rammed against the cold white wall behind me. I winch in pain, but force my eyes to open once again to see who my attacker was.

It was Tony, and he looked furious.

Shocked, my eyes widen and my hands turn into fists. Using my strength, I knock his arm off of me. Tony was visibly more built then me, so he easily regained his balance and grabbed me again. With my shirt in his clenched hands, he slams me against the wall multiple times, "I thought I told you to back off of Andi."

I tried to escape his grasp, but it was no use, "Really? Cause I thought you said to stick around for a while."

He shoves me again, "Even while I'm kicking you ass, your still being a punk. I saw you two on the roof last night, don't think I'm gonna let that slide," and with that, he brings his fists up and connects them to my jaw several times.

Grabbing my face, I curse under my breath and wipe the running blood off my mouth. Before I could hit back, Tony socks me in the stomach. Falling to my knees, I whisper, "Your lucky I promised Andi I wouldn't kick your ass."

He tilts his head back and laughs, "Wow, I'm so scared! It's like she controls you!"

"And you act like she's your property!"

He leans down close to my face to the point where I could smell the chili on his breath, "Your going to stay away from Andi, or you'll get worse. Got it?"

I look at him, disgusted, "You can hurt me all you want. Just stay away from Andi."

Tony smirks, "Nah, I think I'll just check up on her when you leave. Cause you will eventually. Or she'll leave you. Just like everybody else has." He winks mockingly and walks away before I could retaliate.

Sadly picking myself up off the ground, I wipe the red stream off my busted lip and rub my temples. All I wanted to do was protect Andi, and I didn't know how I was going to do that with Tony everywhere.

*Later*

*Andi's P.O.V*

I was sitting in my usual seat in the back at Group Therapy, waiting for Niall to arrive. Thankfully, Candy wasn't here for the meeting. Unfortunately, Niall wasn't.

I was starting to get worried, but then he quickly rushed into the room, but calmed when his eyes found me. But something seemed, off about him. Niall slid a chair over and sat down swiftly, placing a hand on my knee. I blushed profusely, and softly placed my hand on top if his. "Where were you to- HOLY SHIT!" I cover my mouth with both hands and wave off the annoyed looks I got from the other group members. Taking the purple bandana out of my hair, I gently dab Niall's bloody bottom lip, "What the hell happened?!"

He gasps in pain and jerks his face away from me, "It's nothing Andi, I'm fine."

"Don't lie to me."

"I'm not lying to you, I'm fine. Now stop asking me questions," Niall says harshly.

Pissed off, I take his face in my hand and turn it towards me, "I'm trying to help, don't be an ass," I say with an attitude as I lightly dab his lip. "I was just worried about you," I mumble.

I could see that the clean-up process was hurting him, but he loosened up when I said that, "You were?"

"Of course."

"Oh," his cheeks reddened. Niall takes my hand that was still on his lip, and places a small kiss on it, "Kiss it and make it better?" he points to his lip.

I grin and quickly peck his cheek before the temporary group leader yells at us, "Later? I don't want your lip blood all over me." He laughs quietly and pulls my chair closer, moving my legs so they lay across his lap. For a tough looking guy on the outside, Niall really was a real softie on the inside.

"Alright, Group is over for today! And I'm almost positive Candy will be back tomorrow. Nice job today guys, but some of us need to pay more attention," the temporary leader says, more toward me and Niall then others. It only caused us laughter, not remorse.

Walking out of the meeting room, Niall and I lock pinkies and exit happily. We started to discuss what weird food the cafe had for lunch, but we were cut off by a door opening up right in the middle of our walking path. Tony emerged and started to walk down the hall the opposite way, but not before turning his head and giving Niall a sinister glance.

Instantly, his grip was released from my pinkie, and his hand was clasped around mine protectively.

Tony turned his head back around the continued to walk down the hall until he rounded the corner. With the grip still on my hand, Niall spun us around and pulled me in the other direction away from Tony. Neither one of us said a word on the way to the cafe room.

Slowly, I started to realize how his lip got busted.

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Sorry guys! I know I haven't been updating as much as I should, but I have school activities and homework and etc... But! I promise I will be working on the fanfic this weekend. Tell me what you think so far! Like and comment if you want to, stay beautiful

-TaylorMarie