Chapter Fifteen; Not Edted

"This night has been lovely." I said as I scooped some of my ice cream into my mouth. It was my favorite flavor which was chocolate and it was pretty good. I watched Ryder  eat his ice cream and a grin appeared only my face when the tan boy looked up and I spotted some of his food on his chin. "Ryder, you got something on your chin." I giggled as I watched him take his napkin and wipe his chin once again.

"That needs to stop happening." Ryder grumbled, but it was loud enough for me to hear him and I rolled my eyes in a fond manner. "I think this food hates me." I watched him scoop some of his ice cream and offered it towards me. At first I was nervous to take food from him, but I ignored it and took a small bite out of it and smiled gratefully at him for doing that.

"Well, at least I don't hate you." I grinned when he rolled his eyes in amusement and we continued to eat out ice cream, until Ryder's phone rang. "I will be right back let me go take this call." I could hear uneasy in his voice which made me furrow my eyebrows in confusion as I watched him head to the other end of the building.

After twenty minutes of sitting here in silence I decided to go find Ryder, but not before I paid the bill. When the waitress handed me back the change, I quickly stuffed it in my bag and grabbed the tan boy's jacket before heading in the direction where Ryder was last seen. "Ryder?" I called out as I walked through the restaurant and I even went near the restrooms and I didn't see the tan boy anywhere. I looked up and saw the back door to the building slightly open and it made me stare at it in confusion.

"Ryder, are you out here?" I asked as I pushed the door open so that I could slip through the crack and it worked. My eyes scanned every detail of the room I was in, until I spotted mud on the floor and I saw them lead to another door. "This isn't funny!" I frowned when there was no sight of Ryder and I thought he was playing a joke on me because that would be something he would do to me or others.

A strong salty smell came from somewhere nearby and it made me turn my head to see a dark alleyway with flickering lights lining the wall. I was curious to see what that smell was and I felt myself walking in that direction with fear lacing my veins as the smell got stronger and it made my noise scrunch up with disgust as I hit something solid. A scream escaped my lips when I saw a body on the ground. The person seemed to be alive because I could hear groans coming from the person and I wanted to know who it was.

"Calum?" The weak voice came from the body and I could feel tears starting to come when I realized who it was. It was Ryder, the one who made my night so much better because he actually cared about me and to see him laying on the ground with bruises and dried blood on his skin horrified me. "Oh my god!" I slammed my hand against my mouth and I tried to help him get up but he was so weak and I could tell he was struggling to get up and with himself.

"You need to leave." Ryder said as I watched him struggle more. I looked up at him with confusion because I didn't want to leave him here alone. "Leave now. I don't want to see you hurt Calum." I shook my head and he was about to protest when I felt someones hand go over my mouth. I was about to scream when I felt someone sharp against my neck.

'If you scream you will regret it." A familiar voice spoke in my ear and I could feel someone walking in front of me and I recognized him as Jack. "Jack? What the hell are you doing?" I screamed the words through the hand that was holding me.

"Shut up." The person behind me growled, making me stop talking and looking at Jack with defeat. I heard Ryder start to say something but a gasp left my lips when the blonde kicked him in the stomach, earning a groan from the tan boy. "Now, are we going to do this the hard way or the easy way?" He asked, looking in my direction and I didn't respond which made him chuckle and caused chills to go up my spine. "What do you think I should do, Louis?" So that's who was holding me at the moment.

"I think we should do it the hard way." I could hear the smirk in the brunette's voice and before anyone could respond the grip from my neck was released and I saw Jack run past me, causing me to run to Ryder and shield him from what was happening. I pulled out my phone and quickly called the police and told them what happened and where I was. I looked up and saw that Louis and Jack were gone but I wanted to know who rescued me and when that person stepped in the light my heart got stuck in my chest.

It was Michael.

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This book has about 17 more chapters sadly. I hope you guys are enjoying it so far.

- Kirsten & Claire.