2 weeks.. 2 weeks since we were on the road, doing shows, interviews, having fun. Touring was hectic. Travelling frequently almost everyday, getting along with everyone to make every show happen the way it should, trying not to get chased by fans and paps, getting jet lagged and not having enough sleep. Fucking hectic. But, I had to work hard to make my dream come true.

And 2 weeks, I still hadn't confessed my feelings. Liam would constantly bicker with me to confess, but it wasn't that easy. He even threatened me that he'll tell Zayn if I won't, but I knew him enough to know that he won't. Every time Zayn was around, my mouth disconnected with my brain. 

What had he done to me in such a small time? My subconscious daily reminded me that he would never go for me, he was just caring and sweet to me. It was true though, why would he even go for me? Why would I be special for him? 

Sigh.

We had a day off in while in Ireland, 3 days before the show, so we decided to hangout. We still had a day to go to Dublin. We rarely had days off, but when we had, we tried to make the best of it, by either hanging out, or sleeping. The girls were getting ready in their bunks, the boys were still to have a shower, and I was all ready, and bored. I got up and decided to go for a walk.

"Soph, El, I'm going for a walk." I said straightening my top. Both of them frantically turned their heads at me.

"What? Wait for just some minutes, Ash!!" Sophia said as she was straightening her hair, while El was working on her make-up. Like she needed any..

"I'm really bored guys, I'll just take a walk to some distance I guess." I admitted. I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned to see Niall.

"It's not safe, Ash! You don't even know about this city." He said, concern filled in his eyes. I took his hand and gave him a squeeze.

"Don't worry Nialler! I'm just going for a walk." I assured him with a smile. He sighed and nodded.

I took my phone with me and headed out of the bus. Just as hectic as touring is, it's really worth it. I've always loved the idea of travelling. Travelling helps you open up about yourself, makes you try new things, builds new relationships. It's like, experiencing everything that you've been missing out on. I took a deep breath. I was just walking, enjoying the surrounding view. 

It was almost 20 minutes since I headed out, it was enough now. I turned back around, and then it clicked. I didn't knew that I had been walking straight, or taking any turns. Oh for fuck's sake... I walked straight back, for another ten minutes, assuming making turns would complicate getting back. But, no. I walked for some more time, still no tour bus in sight.

"I guess Niall was right." I said to myself. Yes, I was lost.

As I kept walking in attempt to find the bus, I sensed someone following me. My heart slightly picked up pace, but I continued walking. Ok, calm down, they're just pedestrians going the same path as you. My hands gripped the fabric of my sleeves tightly. I continued walking, but heard a few low chuckles and mumbles. I heard their pace slightly increasing. 

Ok, fuck calming down and common pedestrians, just run the hell out of here, right now.

As my speed increased, I sensed the speed of the footsteps increased too. I hid behind a building, and slowly popped my head out to see two men following me, with an ugly grin on their faces. My body shivered with fear.

My fumbling hands searched my phone for Zayn's number, or El's, or Liam's, or anyone's for God's sake, but a hard thing was striked against my head. I screamed in pain, but someone covered my mouth. I became unconscious after I saw figures of 2 men standing before me.

I woke up with a sharp pain in my head, my body felt defeated and I was being dragged by 2 people. I wanted to fight, but my body was too weak to respond. An old cottage came into my view. They took me into the cottage which was empty and dropped me on the ground. My stomach churned at their faces.

I slowly sat in my position, they closed the door. They looked at me with lust and desire in their eyes. My body shivered as my mind recognised their intentions, and my hands wrapped around my body. I tried to get up, but was again pinned to the floor, so furiously that I yelled in pain.

"Help!! Somebody he—"I screamed for my life, but was punched by one of the men on my face. Tears spilled from my eyes continuously.

They held my hand and grabbed me by my neck. Tears were rolling down my cheeks as I was gasping for air. The man let go of my neck and attempted to undress me. I tried to defend myself, I tried my best but failed. The man ripped half of my top to reveal my inner garments. The man's hand reached my jeans to unbutton them. I was trying my best to fight them, but they were too strong.

When I lost all the hope of being saved, someone broke the cottage door, the men were now being dragged away from me. I got up and covered my revealing body parts, then I saw four young boys, beating the two men to death. The men now ran away. One of the boys came towards me. I stumbled back on the ground and moved back.

"Don't come near me!!" I yelled. Even though the boys saved me, I was still scared to death. I couldn't trust anyone.

"Hey don't worry, we're here to help you. Please.." A boy with black hair said as he gave me his jacket. I took his jacket and covered myself, still not sure if I should trust them. I attempted to get up. But my vision blacked out. Fear got me again, and I fell on the ground, unconscious again.

I woke up when cold water hit my face. I flushed open my eyes, to see the four boys looking at me concernedly. I sat up quickly, the pain still struck my head. As I touched my head, I noticed I was in a bed of a huge hotel room. I tried to speak, but my voice came out hoarse. They offered me water, which I gulped down quickly, calming my burning throat.

"Are you feeling good now?" The same boy who offered me his jacket, asked. I was shivering badly, but still managed to nod. I took a good look at all of them. They looked younger than me. One of them had black hair and somewhat Asian looks, one was with brown hair, one was with red hair, and one was with brunette hair and a black lip ring.

"Here take this.." The one with brown hair said, who noticed I was shivering. He handed me a blanket. I covered myself but that didn't help, at all.

"Should we call a doctor?" The red-headed asked. I shook my head frantically.

"Thank you for helping me." I managed to whisper. The boys nodded their heads and gave me a small smile.

"I'm Micheal. This is Calum, Luke and Ashton." The red-headed, Micheal said, I nodded my head. I wanted to respond, but the incident affected me badly. No matter how bad I wanted to trust them, I just couldn't.

The one with lip ring, maybe Luke, his expression changed. He frowned a little, which seemed like he studied my face. He pulled out his phone. "Do you wanna call someone?" 

Zayn's POV

We were dispersed in order to find Aisha, it was almost 2 hours since she went. I was worried, hell I was terrified. She knew nothing about this city. Who on earth let her go out on her own?! I just hoped anyone of us would find her, or atleast she would find her way back to the bus. I ran my fingers through my hair restlessly. If only I wasn't in that damn shower while she was leaving..

"It's still off! Damnit!!" Harry said who was with me. We were constantly trying her phone, at first she wasn't responding. But then it went off, and it felt like I would lose my mind any fucking moment. My eyes already had tears.

"Where are you, Ash?" I mumbled to myself, my voice cracking at the end. I was never this sensitive. How the hell did she effect me, got me weak for her in such a small time? No one has ever did this to me.. Why did any of this needed to happen? And that too, today? When I was going to ask her out? Just why? When I had every single thing planned! Or maybe was it just a sign that I wasn't good enough for her?

Harry came to me, "It's not the time to get weak Zayn!! We are going to find her." He assured. It somehow broke me from my trance and I nodded.

Suddenly my phone rang. I hoped it was her, but it was Eleanor. Maybe she had found her..

"Hello El!! Did you find her?" My voice cracked up, and I sounded pathetic but I didn't care. I just wanted her to be safe.

"Maybe.. But she called me from another number, I know where she is. Come back to the bus right now!!" She said and ended the call.

I held Harry's arm and literally dragged him to the bus. All were already present there. We sat in the bus and drove off.

"El, where is she?" Louis asked, concern showed in his tone. "And most importantly, who is she with?" He added.

"It's been two fucking hours, I swear if this is some joke. No, why would she joke? She doesn't even know anyone here.. Oh fuck. She is safe, right? Please tell me nothing happened to her. God! What if she's with some creep? Oh no no no. If there's something I don't know and if I found out later I swear I'll-" I went on rambling, until Eleanor stopped me.

"Oh God! Would you shut up? All of us are concerned, but I think she is safe right now. She should be! If not, I'm gonna deal with those Impractical jokers later." She said annoyed, gritting her teeth.

Eleanor and Louis called the boys of 5sos 'the impratical jokers'. Wait!! Why was she with them? 

Say it aloud not in your fuckin' mind.

"Wait! Why is she with them?" I asked and looked at her. She looked at me and shrugged her shoulders. If this was a joke.. I'm gonna- I'm gonna.. 

I don't even know what I'm gonna do!! I was never this worried for someone, this girl has driven me crazy!! I was so close to breaking down. What would've been happened if someone didn't find her? I would've been gone nuts. What would I even do without her?

We reached a hotel. And of course, If the guys were here, there would be a large mob. We made our way through them. I didn't care now, I just wanted to see her. I hope she was alright. We found Calum on the way, he lead us to their room. After we reached, he opened the door and gestured us to come in. I rush into the room to see her, my heartbeat quickened.

"Aisha..." I whispered after spotting her. It felt like someone just poured cool water to relieve my hot burning skin. Seeing her safe made my pulse somewhat calm. But, that was just before I saw her, properly.

She was sitting on the bed hugging her knees, shivering, staring into space. She was probably wearing someone else's jacket, her hair was a mess, her cheek and neck was bruised. My heart shattered after seeing her in this state. She was covered in 2 blankets, but that surely didn't make any difference, she was still shivering. My hands were into a fist, I just wanted to beat the shit out of the person who did this to her.

I went to her. Ashton was sitting besides her, rubbing circles on her back, comforting her. As he saw me, he got up and gestured me to sit. I sat beside her, but she didn't notice.

"Aisha?" She jumped a bit as I called her.

As she saw me, her eyes filled with tears. It struck me, directly my heart. I hated to see her in this state, we didn't even knew what happened. She attacked me with a hug and started crying in my chest. I was rubbing her back constantly, kissing her hair and comforting her.

"Shhh... Ash. We're here now.. don't worry.." I whispered as she was still crying. I was scared, I was fucking scared. Don't you dare go like that again! I wanted to say, but I couldn't.

"Ash!!" Sophia spoke as she approached towards us. Ash looked up, pulling away from our hug.

"You—you okay?" Soph's voice cracked as she asked this. She caressed her bruised cheek with her thumb. Ash shook her head slowly, her action teared me apart. Sophia pulled her into a hug, El also joined them. She was still crying. All of us were concerned. Somehow, both of them managed to make her sleep.

I faced Micheal, who was close to me. My body flushed with anger and hatred.

"What the hell happened? And where?" I asked, he told us everything happened. He even told us that they gave all the information to the cops, when she was unconscious. I couldn't take it anymore. I stormed out of the room, filled with anger.

"Zayn!! Wait! Where do you think you're going?" Liam stopped me who followed me after I left the room. He was followed by Louis, Ashton and Calum.

"To beat those assholes to death!!" I jerked his hand off my shoulder and continued to walk.

"Where are you going to find them, Zayn? They wouldn't be there anymore.. and even if they're still there, I don't think you should go alone.." Liam said as he hopped in front of me to stop me.

"Yea, he's right.. I'm coming with you!" Louis added and stepped forward but Liam stopped him.

"It's not the time to fight guys!!" Liam yelled at us. He looked at me. "Zayn!! She'll be fine.. she needs comfort. If you had a fight with those guys, it'll make her condition worse!!" I cursed mentally, because he was right, but I couldn't do anything. I was so fucking angry at whoever they were!

I frustratingly banged my fist on the nearby wall, making all the four flinch at my sudden action.

"Zayn—"Liam said, but was stopped.

"Let his anger flow out.." Louis said. I was grateful for that. I took a deep breath and hit it again. My body was shaking with anger. I couldn't even imagine Aisha's frightened face when those assholes looked at her with their filthy intentions. I couldn't imagine how many times she would've pleaded them to let her go, but they just did not. It made me more angry and I banged my fist again.

My knees went weak and I sat on the floor, defeated. My knuckles were bleeding. I ran my unwounded hand through my hair. 

Yes, I loved her. and I couldn't imagine her suffering through anything bad. I looked at the boys with tears in my eyes. I couldn't hold them back anymore. They were giving me sympathetic looks.

"Hey! The cops called.. they're in their custody and—" Harry said but trailed off seeing me in this situation. I shook my head.

"And?" I added. He nodded carefully.

"Oh! And they want Aisha's statement.." He added. "We're going after she wakes up." I nodded. I gave him a pleading look, and he exactly knew what to do.

"Boys, I think you should leave.." Harry said and the boys nodded understandingly, leaving soon after. He crouched down in front of me.

"You okay, mate?" I nodded. "I know how much she means to you, and I know how much you love her. But acting like this will make her more worried." He's true though.. I nodded again.

"Come on... let's get you a first aid." He got up and offered me his hand. I took it and went with him.

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Draaaaaamaaaa............. Finally!

I know I don't write too good. But, its my first one. So.......*continues weird hand motions cause of not knowing what to say*

Well  anyways...

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