After Dark

Chapter 28

*Harry's POV*

During the long drive back to my apartment, I drove past CJ's in hopes of finding Tessa outside. There was nothing except a police car right outside with its lights flashing. My stomach churned in nervousness as I spotted the blue and red lights. Did something happen to Tessa?

My stomach doesn't settle even when I get home. I call out for Tessa, kicking my shoes to the side. I don't hear an answer, so I wander through the rooms looking for her. Turning on the TV, I dial her number on my cell phone. As I channel surf, the other line continues to ring and ring and ring. I stop the TV on the news, a car chase blown up on the screen. A little sidebar tells me that this is live.

"Hi, this is Tessa speaking."

"Thank God, Tessa! I was worried-

"You have reached my voicemail. I'm sorry that I can't take your call right now. Leave me a message!"

I groan and end the call, shoving my phone back into my pocket. I run my fingers through my hair and lean back into the couch, my eyes on the TV.

"The man in this car, as you can make out here in this close up view, is Daniel Bradburry. Earlier tonight, a woman called in to report a girl chloroformed by Dan. The girl used self defense against him, effectively breaking his nose."

My eyes widen at the news, and I sit up in my chair. I feel sick as my stomach rolls around.

"Bradburry ran from the hospital once he learned that he would be tried for attempting rape. The police did not know where he went until someone spotted the man begging to give a woman a ride home from CJ's restaurant."

Oh, shit.

"The woman refused, but is found in the truck in this close up shot." The screen pans to the woman looking horrified in the window, a gun pointed to her head. I want to tear my hair out of my head when Tessa's face pops up.

What the fuck does Dan want with these girls?

I turn off the TV, picking up my keys from the coffee table, and head towards the door. I breifly struggle to put on my shoes, and swing the apartment door open. Pulling out my phone, I dial probably the last person I'd ever talk to in any other situation. I run down the halls, listening to the ringing on the other side. The person picks up.

"What do you want, Harry?" he asks as I hop into the elevator, pressing the ground level button.

"You know Dan, right?" I question him, impatiently waiting for both his answer and the elevator door to open.

"Sure, yeah." I have to calm myself down to talk to him now, or else I'll never get his help.

"Where is he taking Tessa?" I interrogate, almost pushing open the doors myself when they slowly open. I run out of the building, towards my car.

"He has Tessa? Shit, I don't know." His voice sounds panicked. I climb inside my car, turning it on.

"Zayn, I'm coming to get you. You're going to help me get Tessa safe." I start driving towards the dorms. I can barely hear anything but the silence on the other line as I speed through intersections.

"Okay," he speaks up, followed by some shuffling. "You know, I never thought you'd be asking me for help." I can just see the little smirk on his face.

"Not the time, mate. I'm outside." I end the call as I pull up outside the doors closest to him.

After a few minutes, Zayn emerges from the building, swinging his black leather jacket across his shoulders. I look down at myself and realize I put on a leather jacket that matched Zayn's over my black dress shirt. I stopped myself from thinking about how we dressed alike.

"Let's go kick some British ass!" Zayn yells once he climbs in the car. He quickly pulls on his seatbelt and grins at me giddily.

I roll my eyes at him as I remind him, "Dude, we're British." We pull out of the dorm building parking lot, going after the street I saw Dan on last.

"Whatever. She's your girl, not mine."

"Glad we're on the same page."

"Didn't say I respected it."

Needless to say, I almost tried wrecking my car only on Zayn's side, but then remembered how priceless my beauty of a Range Rover my vehicle is.

(A/N: Lol can you tell I added in a little humor to calm y'all down?

I'm so excited. I don't really like action, but this is cool, if I do say so myself. I love how all this is playing out I just ajehdhdijdjd it's so smooth.

Prompt questions to get you to comment: Who thinks we should forget Barry and Hessa and just ship Zarry? What do you want to happen? What do you think Bo will do next chapter?

QOTD: What's your favorite movie?

AOTD: Warm Bodies. It's got zombies and guts and guns but it's also a R + J kind of romance movie. I think it's based off of a book.

Sincerely a hopeless romantic,

cheesysammy.)