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XX My POV XX

Ryan tugged at my arm and pulled me off the bed. I'm not sure if he was aware of the blood dripping from my arm or he just didn't care. He pulled me to the back of the house towards the living room and was heading for the back door. That's when they came around the corner. They stopped dead in their tracks to take in what they were seeing. Ryan stopped instantly too and whipped around at them.

"Well look who it is…" Ryan said his grip still tight on my arm.

"Let her go," Dougie hissed. He started making his way over to us and Ryan whipped me in front of him and pulled the blade towards my neck.

"One more step, Poynter, and she's gone," he said his voice acidic. The blade was cold and still stained from earlier. I closed my eyes because I could feel more tears trying to push their way out.

"Ryan, please stop this. It's not worth it," I heard Harry demand. I opened my eyes to see him now by Dougie's side with a stern and determined look on his face. Ryan then dropped the knife from my throat and stood there. I started to feel woozy and my throat got really dry. I was also finding it harder to breathe. That's when I realized my arm wasn't the only thing dripping blood. I now noticed a rather large and deep cut going right across my stomach and the blood was collecting on my shirt. Dougie, Harry, and Hannah just looked on in horror.

"Fine Doug," he said and released his grip on my arm. I collapsed onto the nearby loveseat and Ryan took a few steps away from me. "Why don't you come over here and we can talk."

I saw Harry whisper something to Hannah and next thing I knew he was at my side. My vision was going blurry, but I could still see Dougie lunge at Ryan. "Dougie! No!" I croaked out. Ryan stumbled backwards and as he fell his knife grazed Harry's back. He groaned in pain but brushed it away as best he could and tried to keep pressure on my cuts. I looked over at Ryan and Dougie who were fighting on the ground. Dougie was throwing punches left and right, not showing any signs of letting up. With an already bloody face, Ryan gathered the energy to retaliate and knocked Dougie right off of him. I couldn't watch anymore, so I closed my eyes but still let my tears fall freely. Even though my eyes were closed, it kept getting darker and darker. I felt myself drift farther and farther away until all the sounds around me was just faint background noise. I let myself drift away so I didn't have to deal with all of this anymore and boy did it work.

XX Hannah's POV XX

Harry told me to ring the police and an ambulance, so I did what I was told. I whipped my phone out of my pocket and called for both. I paced in the front hallway because I couldn't bear seeing what was going on in there. Help arrived not a moment too late since I heard what I assumed was Dougie getting punched by Ryan. The cops came bursting through the door and I followed them. They surrounded Ryan and Dougie, and then pulled Ryan off of him. The paramedics came rushing past me soon after. They laid Erica's limp body on the stretcher and I just couldn't handle it. I broke down right there. I just couldn't handle it all. I felt Harry's arms pull me into his chest and I just cried. I had no other thoughts, nothing was going through my mind, I just cried.

"Everything is going to be fine. It's all going to be okay," Harry said. I could tell from the quiver in his voice that he was crying too.

I dried my eyes and looked up to see Dougie being led out by a paramedic. Two policemen came in and asked Harry and I to come out and answer some questions. I walked outside to see the sun just about to slip past the horizon as night was falling on us. There was also a slight breeze which made me shiver. It wasn't long until a paramedic came over to clean up Harry's cut a bit. They asked who would be riding in the ambulance to the hospital; Harry and I just looked at each other.

"You go, I'll finish with the questions," I said to him. It wasn't an offer and I wasn't taking no for an answer.

"You sure? I could stay here too…" he offered.

"No, go. It'll give me time to ring Danny and such."

"Okay, if you say so…" He knew he wasn't going to win this one. He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a tight hug before walking off to the ambulance and climbing in with Dougie.

The police finished with the questions rather quickly and I went to quickly call Danny. I dialed his number and it barely even rang once before he picked up.

"Hannah? Is everything okay? Are you okay? What's going on?" I could hear someone telling him to calm down in the background, probably Tom.

"Gather everyone up and meet us at the hospital downtown," I said flatly. I hung up right after despite Danny's questions and protest. I wasn't in the mood to talk about it and I wasn't in the mood to be bombarded with questions.

I guess they called to have Dougie's car towed to the hospital too because there was a large truck sitting at the end of the drive now. I climbed in the back of the cop car in a daze and they drove me to the hospital. I walked through the doors and Danny was already there with everyone else. Zoey was sat crying into Tom's shoulder, Emily had a blank stare on her face with tears streaming down her face, and Danny was bolting over to me with the most distressed and worried look on his face I'd ever seen. He pulled me into his arms and held me so tight and protectively. Normally it would make my insides melt, but I wasn't really feeling anything at that moment. I was happy to be back in Danny's arms, but images of today kept popping back in my head. He was walking me over to the waiting area and it just got to be too much. I couldn't take everyone's worried looks and stains of tears on their cheeks. I couldn't handle the images of Erica's limp body and how battered Dougie was. My head was spinning and I felt extremely dizzy. I felt like I was losing my balance and the last thing I remember was Danny's strong arms catching me. After that, the darkness took over.