Courtney sat on an the floor, in the basement, her  whole body tense and her hands cuffed . The thunder roared outside, and the pipes made creepy noises making it hard for her to sleep. She could hear the chaos upstairs,  Its was that time of the month where everyone in his gang was comming  for the monthly  meeting.  She dreaded it, she was made to sleep in the basement  and was given hardly any food until harry got out of his intoxicated  state, sometimes almost 2 days. Last time it took him 2 days to realise he had her locked in the basement.
This time she feared it may take longer than that, she feared maybe be would forget  she's  in there, and would never return. Her fear of the dark,  was forbidding  her from her sleep. She dreaded it too, she dreaded everything.

The noises above made her think back to the times her father had parties like this. No not half old men falling on each other but old friends catching up, telling childhood  stories. Her father was popular in school and so was her mother. They were 'the' perfect couple . She missed how warm her mother's hug was, how protective  her father was, she missed everything she took for granted.

The thunder roared again,  making her flinch. She pulled her knees closer to her chest as her arms were on the floor, chained and cold. She couldn't feel them, she felt numb.

She closed her eyes and focused on her sleep.
"Sleep...sleep..." she whispered to herself, trying to distract her mind from all the horrid faces which haunted her.

Suddenly she heard the door open. She looked up and saw a drunk Harry walk towards her with, or rather stumble towards her. She looked  up at him with fearful eyes. Did she do something wrong?

She took a deep breath as he moved forward.
"Courtney..get up" She compiled,  by getting up slowly, her whole body numb and her back ached.

"Follow me."

Courtney  nodded as she followed him slowly, making sure if he turns back to hit her she is not within his reach.

She walked behind him, and she could hear the laughter  run throughout the house. How merry it sounded. Even the mafia sounded humane.

She followed him with her head down,but to her surprise, he lead her to the main party. She had no clue why and she did not want to know either. The place was very humid, which helped her shivering  form a lot. She was grateful that the place was hot, but she also despised it at the same time.

"Hey sexy.." she heard a slurred voice from behind her making her freeze. She did not dare to turn around. She took a step forward only to be pulled back by a strong muscular arm.

"Cunt did you fucking ignore me?" The voice sounded rough and scary. Courtney  whimpered as the man roughly pulled her closer, all this time she kept her eyes on the floor. She could practically  feel Harrys  eyes on her. She shivered  at the thought of what he would do to her.

"Leave her Max" He growled. Courtney  let out a gasp when she was pulled even closer. Max let out a chuckle shaking his head .

"Why Styles, you don't want to share? But you always do" He snickered.  Before Courtney  could react she felt his hand groping her breasts.
She started struggling, trying to kich him and stop him, but the man did not stop. He was way too strong and she was way to weak.

Courtney  was about to turn around and slap him when suddenly  she felt the man's  hold t lose and he fell on the floor with a thud.

She looked at Harry who was holding a gun  and smoke came out of it. It had been used. She didn't  dare look down at the man. She gulped and closed her eyes,  still shivering.

Happry sighed  as he pulled her towards him and started walking.

The funny thing was, no one bothered stopping to look at the dead body, everyone  was laughing and enjoying. This made her sick to the core.

He took her to the bedroom and pushed her on the bed. Courtney was still shivering, tears streaming down her face. Harry sighed and sat down beside her "Stop crying " He frowned.

Courtney  couldn't  stop, her whole world has been shaken up and broken. She saw a man die and she was scared to her core.

Harry let out a frustrated growl and pulled her towards him in a soft hug.

"Hey Coco don't  cry. I'm  here, okay?" He cooed  held her in his arms and cradled her softly. Courtney  was beyond  shocked, how could he ..change his mood se fast.

But suddenly her heart stopped.

He called her CoCo...

Only one person  has ever called her that..could it be...