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Here finally is another chapter. I've been incredibly ill, busy with my exams and GCSE's and also dancing, AND I've had some trouble with finishing the plot of this story. But finally the storyline is done, so I've got it all planned out now. So hopefully the story will get better and better now ;)

I hope you still all like it, and aren't too disappointed about my lack of adding lately... :(

Im sorry, I really couldn't help it :(

I'm back though! :D

Chapter 38

Dougie's POV

Rick hauled me upright by my arms, and steadied me when I swayed on my feet, then pushed me in the direction of the bathroom, still keeping a tight grip around my wrist to make sure I didn't fall over due to my shaking knees. I didn't know why my knees were shaking, I wasn't that afraid of Rick, I think it was just shock or stress taking over my body. He pushed me in the bathroom and looked at me a moment when I just stood in the middle of the bathroom.

'You gonna be alright? You're not gonna faint are you?' Rick asked me, his voice worried, but his eyes still cold. I nodded quickly, wanting to be left alone. Rick sighed, then nodded.

'You have 30 minutes. Take your time.. So don't be afraid and do something stupid again, okay?' He told me, and I noticed he sounded a bit tired, then he closed the door and locked it and I was alone again. I sighed, and slowly turned around. I looked at myself in the mirror, and was almost shocked at the sight. I was incredibly pale, my eyes were expressionless, bloodshot and had big dark circles around them. It kind of scared me, so I quickly turned around and stripped down so I could take a shower.

I let the water fall over my body and my face, and tried to forget for a moment where I was and what was happening. Jared just scared me so much, and after what Jeff and David had almost done to me I was very scared of them as well. Rick was the only one who hadn't really hurted me yet. He even seemed to be kind of protective over me sometimes. Like what he said just minutes ago. He reassured me to not be afraid. 'And don't worry, I won't let those other fools get you again when you're done.' Could he really care a bit for me then? Or was it just for his own sake? I didn't know, didn't understand him anymore after what he said to his kidnapping mates. And the image of him almost choking Tom in the forest was still nagging me too. Even though he had been quite nice to me, compared to the other three, I still didn't dare to trust him too much.

After the shower I just dressed myself with the clothes laid out for me, and collapsed in the corner of the bathroom. I felt so stressed, so afraid of everything. I really hoped my friends would save me as soon as possible, because I just knew I wouldn't be alright if it took too much longer, even though it hadn't even been a full week yet. I just knew I'd go crazy.
I missed my friends, I missed Harry's strong arms, keeping me safe from anything. I missed Danny's foolish actions, his silly jokes and his big heart. I missed Tom's caring behaviour, trying to make everyone else happy. I even missed my mother. She probably didn't even know what was going on.

Suddenly the door opened again, I hadn't even noticed the footsteps while I was just staring out in space in front of me, lost in thoughts. I looked up at Rick, who stood in the dooropening, looking down at me frowning. I just looked back at him, not daring to get up if he just stood there. He just looked at me for a while, looking as if he was deciding something, then he shook his head, and nudged for me to get up. I quickly did what he told me, scrambling on my feet, and I let him grab me by my wrist again. His grip on me was gentle though, not rough. I assumed he would just bring me back to the usual room and chain me up again, but he pulled me the other way, to the room with the wooden bed, which they'd tied me to a few days ago. Thinking about it made my breath speed up and my heartbeat increase and I stopped walking instinctively. Rick sighed.

'Don't worry, nothing bad is going to happen. I just want you to come in here for a very short while. It's alright, don't panic.' He assured me, and pulled me along again. I didn't trust it though.

'Why?' Was all that left my mouth. I wanted to ask what he wanted to do, why he brought me to this room again. I wanted to scream I didn't want to come in here again, afraid Jared, Jeff or David would come and hurt me again, but I didn't dare. So I just let him pull me inside and close the door behind us. Fortunately the others weren't in the room, but still the memories about having a panic attack on the bed in this room made me feel very tense. Rick obviously noticed it, but didn't say anything about it. Instead he nudged at the bed.

'Sit down.' He told me, and fear gripped my chest again, but I just obeyed him anyway, not wanting to anger anyone here anymore, in fear of what they'd do to 'punish me' for my disobedience. I sat at the edge of the bed, while Rick grabbed something of one of the cupboards in the room, and walked up to me with it. When he came closer I saw it was a walkie talkie. I frowned confused. What was he going to do with a walkie talkie? He kneeled down in front of me.

'We're going to call your friends now.' He said suddenly, unexpected and I gasped as the realisation of that sentence dawned in on me after a few moments. We were going to call our friends? Rick sensed me tensing up in excitement and put his hand on my upperarm calming.

'But only if you promise to not freak out, not panic, and not cause a scene. Can you do that?' He asked me serious, and I quickly nodded, really wanting to call Tom, Harry and Danny.

'You seriously need to promise me you'll stay calm, because I don't want to have the other guys knowing about this. I'll just be honest to you, the other guys aren't supposed to know about me calling them, alright? That's why I took you here. I don't want them to see us calling through the camera. They're out now for a while though, so we should be alright.'

I gawped at him, not believing my ears. Was Rick going behind the backs of his mates? This was really weird. And they had a camera in the room where I was usually chained up? What? How come I never noticed it? This really was all a lot to take in. Rick made me look in his eyes though, focusing my attention on him again by tipping my chin up with his hand that didn't hold the walkie talkie.

'But, Dougie, please just stay calm when you hear your friends, okay? I promise it'll all turn out alright if you stay calm.'

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