I'm breathing hard running up the stairs with Zara in tow we reach the top and look at each other. We have five minutes to hide we haven't got time to panic I keep replaying what Harry has said.
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Harry grabs our hair and pulls us up to stand. We stand silently waiting for what's next. I can feel Zara starting to shake and I try my hardest to stay calm. I straighten my back and hold my head up. "Ladies I take it we've heard of Hide and Seek so I won't go into too much detail. You have five minutes to hide in this house. After that we are all going to come and find you. If you can stay hidden for twenty minutes you win. If we find you within twenty minutes then we win. Understood?" Harry states.
This seems easy enough but I know this isn't your regular game of hide and seek.
"What do we get if we win?" I shyly ask and I see the boys snigger.
"Good question firstly you won't win but if you actually do then you'll be left alone for the rest of the day and night."
"What happens if you win?" I gulp not really wanting to know the answer "then my princesses we will probably fuck you senseless" he grips on to our arms and pulls us close to him "and by the way if you think of escaping think again. I know who your families are, where they work , where your friends are right now and I won't stop until I've killed everyone of them. Got it?" He sneers.
My heart beats faster. How does he know all this? He must of got all the information from my bag with my phone. He would kill my family? Surely not? Do I chance it and make a break for it?
"I know what you're both thinking and I'll quickly answer. I know Hayley is probably having her first break in a minute from her busy office job in Chelmsford town centre" I close my eyes and think of my mum. "And as for Jim well I reckon he's making himself a nice cup of coffee as he looks over his building plans on site in London" he moves closer to Zara and I hear her whimper, that must be her dad.
"So do I make myself clear?"
We both nod at the same time.
"Good! This is going to be fun! On your marks, get set, GO!" He let's go of us and we run out the door.
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"Where we going to hide?" I look down the hallway. I'm thinking maybe we can change our hiding positions so we are harder to find. But we would have to find somewhere easily we can move from. Knowing we are being timed I'm panicking and can't think clearly.
"Fuck it let's just run to the door and leg it out, he's probably bluffing about our mum and dad" she shakes.
I don't think he is bluffing. He's obviously looked into everything to find out where our parents work. He has both our addresses from our driving licence we can't chance this. The lives of our loved ones are in our hands. We just need to make sure we win this game and any other game thrown at us.
"No we can't. We need to hide" I pull her hand and run up another set of stairs at the end of the hallway. We run past loads of doors and quickly open one and walk in. Zara steps into the middle of the room and turns around. "We can't hide in here this is one of their rooms. If they find us in here then we are asking for it" she turns around and pushes me out the room. She's got a point we don't want to hide in any of their rooms. We keep opening the doors and all the rooms up here are obviously the boys bedrooms.
"Fuck" Zara runs her hands through her hair and starts to cry. I try and comfort her but it's no use when my own tears start coming down my face.
"Come on. We are running out of time" we head back down the stairs quickly and start looking at the rooms on the same level as ours. We skip our room and open the next door and walk in. We gulp stand frozen we are faced with an empty room with chains hanging from the ceiling. What kind of fucked up shit is this? We back out of the room.
"wait what about if we creep back down stairs and go into the bar area we if stay quiet they won't know we've come downstairs. While they are upstairs maybe we can play them and move around hopefully we can hold off for twenty minutes?" I look at Zara it's our only chance.
"Yeah whatever. I guess it's worth a go" she starts creeping towards the stairs.
Slowly we take he stairs one by one and creep past the breakfast room where the boys are thankfully I remembered to slam the door shut when we ran out. We move into the bar and kneel down behind the bar. It's a shit hiding place but hopefully they'll run straight up stairs as that's where they think we've gone. We stay silent and then we hear "times up bitches. Ready or not here we come!" Louis shouts. I look at Zara and she gives me a warm smile.
Like I thought the boys ran up the stairs like a heard of elephants we can hear them joking and laughing as they hunt us down. When we are happy they are all up the stairs we move out and look around downstairs. We quickly take a look in the breakfast room and there isn't anywhere to hide. We walk into the studio and obviously we can't hide when the room is surrounded by mirrors.
I hear them banging around upstairs and know our time is slipping away before they are going to head downstairs. We walk into the kitchen and in here is our only hope. I open a cupboard and surprisingly it's empty I check the next one and it's also empty. We are both pretty small girls so we could squeeze into one each.
"Zara" I whisper shout at her to get her attention. She turns around and shrugs her shoulders and gets into the cupboard. I do the same and pull my door closed. Now it's the waiting game.
After what I can assume is ten minutes we hear the boys running down the stairs.
"Maybe they've legged it?" Niall says.
"Na man. I'll fucking kill everyone they care about if they've run and they know that. They're here" Harry angrily states.
"Right come on lets find them!" Louis bangs off into one of the rooms and I can hear them turning everything upside down in the efforts to find us. Now they are next door I don't feel very confident about our hiding place. But there is nothing we can do about it now.
I jump at the sound of the boys entering the kitchen and I hear Zara whimper. I silently send thoughts to her to keep quiet.
"Ok girls. The final room. Looks like we've met our match. We have five minutes to find you. Let's get going boys" I hear the bangs of cupboards opening and pots and pans being thrown around. Then I hear the loud kick to a cupboard door further down to me the shudder runs all the way across to our cupboards. They kick the next one along and slowly move closer and closer to where we are. We're done for. I know they'll find us now.
They are finally at the last two cupboards "Well one minute to spare. This has been an exciting game. It's a shame it's got to come to an end" Louis sneers there is no kick on our doors only the slow opening and the grinning face of Harry crouching in front of me "found you" he smirks and grabs at my hair.
As he pulls me out I scream and thrash myself around. I need to make this a challenge for them. They need to know I'll never give up without a fight. I hear Zara doing the same as me, she's kicking and waving her arms around in whatever direction she can.
"Now now. You knew the rules don't be a sore loser" Liam struggles with Harry to try and contain me.
"No please get off me. Get the fuck off me!" I scream. I will never back down. Ever. I see out the corner of my eye Louis' bunched up fist swing towards Zara's stomach and flinch when I hear impact. Her screams suddenly stop and she's bent over in pain crying. Louis picks her up and throws her over his shoulder and walks out the room with Niall close behind him.
"NO! Where are you taking her. Please don't hurt us" I cry and attempt to break free from their arms.
"You had to pick the feisty one didn't ya Styles" Liam's out of breath as he holds on to me.
"Shut up bitch!" Harry growls at me and slaps me across the face. Surprised I suddenly close my mouth and stare at him. This is all just a huge game isn't it to them? There is no winning for us there never will be.
"Finished?" Harry pants and pulls both my arms around my back and starts marching me out the room and upstairs.
"You know most girls would enjoy what's about to happen to you. You should thank me" Harry pushes his head against mine as he opens the door to his room and throws me inside.
"Well?" He stands over me as I ball myself up on the floor and start to cry. A kick to the stomach makes me lift my head up in pain and look at him.
"Well, What?" I nervously whimper.
"Are you going to thank me?" He bends down and grabs my hair so he can tilt my head back. I have no choice but to look into his green eyes. The eyes I once wished would notice me. How the tables have changed.
"Thank you"
He lets go of my hair and I let my head fall and I look at the floor while I hear him walking around me. Like a shark circling its prey. I feel helpless and I'm at his mercy.
I hear Liam and Harry having a whisper conversation and after a few minutes and a few chuckles of laugher Liam exits the room.
"Since this is our first time I thought it would be more special if we were alone. What do you think?" Is he actually wanting me to answer this question? I keep my head down and think of how the hell I'm going to get out of this.
"Are you a virgin?" He asks which makes me look up at him. He's serious, leaning against the wall one leg bent up with his foot behind him. He has his hands in his pocket cocking his head waiting for me answer. If I was a virgin would that mean he would be easier on me? I take my chances and slowly nod my head "Yes I am" I look back down at the floor as I've never been a good lier.
Within a spilt second harry is on top of me holding my hand above my head, sitting on me with each leg beside me.
"Don't fucking lie to me!" He slaps me around the face and tears spring to my eyes.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry" I cry, maybe I shouldn't chance anything from now on.
"Show me how sorry you are" he gets off me and stands pulling me up so I'm in front of him.
"H-How?" I fiddle with my fingers In front of me. I'm starting to sweat through being so nervous. This man is terrifying his stare is burning into me.
"Get undressed"
I look up at him. I can't do this. I just can't. I shake my head and pull my arms across myself. "Please. Don't make me" I beg.
"Shut up. And get undressed. I'd like to remind you that not only is your life in my hands but everyone you care about. I'd play this game very carefully Lauren" I gulp. I dart my eyes around the room and try and come up with something, anything to stop this. I know there is not a way.
"One" Harry takes a step towards me.
"Please" I cry shaking uncontrollably.
"Two" he takes my face in his large hand and squeezes it around my face I can tell he's getting angry.
"I'll beg you. Please. Plea-"
"Three" Harry frowns at me through gritted teeth.
I quickly dart my hands to the bottom of my vest top and slowly with shaking hands start to pull it up uncovering my stomach.
Harry let's go and stands back with his arms folded and watches me. Smirking at my uncomfortable situation.
I carry on crying as I pull it over my head and then turn my attention to my jeans. I unbutton them and slide them down stepping out of them. My trainers must of been taken off me when I came here. I'm just standing in my underwear and socks.
"And the rest." Harry adjusts his jeans and I see the slight bulge pushing against the fabric.
I shake my head again. This is the most humiliating thing that's ever happened to me.
"I won't ask again" He pulls his hands into a fist. I take no chances and start to unfasten my bra which takes longer than usual being under pressure. I close my eyes and drop it to the floor. I can feel Harry drinking me in with my eyes closed I pull my thong off and allow it to drop to the floor. I am completely naked in front of Harry Styles. Most girls would jump at this chance even I would of forty-eight hours ago. But right now? I feel like I'm in hell. He walks up to me and softly places a hand on my cheek. He leans in and whispers "now for my prize"
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