Christmas With Niall Horan

I urged the cabdriver to drive a bit faster. I really didn't want her to change her mind. When we stopped in front of her house I almost jumped out of the car, I told the driver to wait until we came back. I ran up the stairs and knocked on the door and she immediately opened it. There she was, with short hair, which surprised me as she loved her long hair but it suited her I guess.

"Hi."

"Hi."

We stared at each other for a while before she took a step back to let me in. Her mom was coming our way and she greeted me by pulling me in a hug. That's when Emily turned around and walked into what I guess was the living room. She quickly came back with her suitcases. There were 4 suitcases and they looked really heavy. I quickly took two of the suitcases and pulled them to the car. The cabdriver was helping me to load them into the trunk.

Emily and her mom were walking towards me and I was admiring the view, as she was really beautiful but she also looked nervous and sad. She hugged her mom and that's when I saw her neckline, she didn't wear her locket that I gave her. It was a bit of a shock but it was understandable. after she said goodbye to her mom, she walked to the car. The moment I wanted to step into the car, I was stopped by her mother, whom was grabbing my shoulder.
"Please take care of her, she maybe looks tough but she isn't, not after what happened to her father." she quickly told me. "I will take good care of her Mrs Lewis, don't worry about it." I promised her, knowing that Emily would never let me take care of her, being the stubborn woman she is. "Thank you Niall, you're a good kid." She kissed me on the cheek and took a few steps back. I slide quickly next to Emily but I was careful not to touch her, as she was already sitting as far from me as possible.

When we arrived at the airport, the air was really tense between us. You could feel the anger radiate from her but she kept her mouth shut. I know she wanted to yell at me but she didn't. I was happy about that but at the same time I wished she did scream at me, everything was better then this awful silence between us. It wasn't awkward though and that was making this really weird. She got out of the car and opened the trunk. I quickly got out as well and helped her, my hands touched her and she just dropped everything, as if I had stung her but I know that she felt that same rush we had when we were together. It didn't fade, which gave me back some hope. I can fix this, she just needs time. Time with me and that was exactly what she was getting.

"Em, we have to hurry." I told her whilst grabbing her hand, she wanted to pull away but I hold her tightly in my grasp, she visibly sighed and that made me chuckle softly. She really wanted to punch me in the face. It was written all over her face. I would let her do it though, if that would help her get rid of her anger, then she could hit me as much as she wanted.
We quickly walked to the jet and when we got in, we were up in sky within minutes. She had put on her headphone and was looking outside. I tapped her on her knee, which brought her attention to me. She pulled of her headphones. "Yes?"

"I just wanted to let you know, that you look lovely today." I know I was being a suck up but I could;t help myself. "Whatever." she said, dismissing me completely but I know she loved the compliment and that she was just acting.

"You know I took the painting with me again. I do need to find a place for it in our home." That grabbed her attention, as I said our home because that's exactly what it was. She was going to stay with me whilst searching for her own place.

"Wait, our home?" she sounded confused. "Yes, you're mom asked me if you could stay with me, while you search for your own place." I explained to her and that made her angry all over again, which did scare me a bit and made me feel guilty because now it felt as if we had been talking about her behind her back, which wasn't the case, as her mother told me, she would talk about it with her.

"She didn't!?" she snapped at me and I sat there just nodding and giving the lamest excuse ever. "I'm sorry but I couldn't tell her no." I shrugged and she actually narrowed her eyes at me, this was something I hadn't seen her do before.

"Apparently not." she said sarcastically. She turned her head away from me again and closed her eyes shutting me and everybody else out. Her breathing was slowing down so I grabbed a blanket and covered her body with it. I closed my eyes as well, when suddenly I heard her say my name.

"Emily?" I said softly but I realised really quick that she was still sleeping. She was dreaming about me. I got on my knees in front of her and looked at her face, she was crying. I quickly lifted her a bit and put her on my lap. She almost crawled in my chest, as she held onto me. She is acting so tough but in the meantime she still loves me, this proves it!


Emily's Pov.

I woke up to snoring and that's when I realized that I was in Niall's lap. I jumped off, of him and stormed into the toilet. I had some time to think when I came back home from my graduation and I realized that I never got over him and when I saw him everything came back. That's why I called him to see if I could take a flight with him. I wanted to yell at him for hurting me but I know it was just pointless, as I didn't mean anything that I would be saying to him.

When he told me what he had promised my mom I wanted to hit him because I know what his tactic was. It was not going to work though as I already had found a place.
"Em, are you okay?" I heard Niall ask from the other side of the door. I had to gulp a few times before I could answer "Yeah, I'm fine." I lied and I opened the door and was captured into Niall's blue eyes. He stayed were he was and brought his face a bit closer and just when I thought he was going to kiss me he spoke. "We have to get back into our seats as we are going to land."

"Uhm.. Yea of course." I wanted to hit myself for that, as his smile was getting bigger. He was my weakness and he knew it. "Look about what you said earlier. I don't have to live with you. I already have my own place." It was for the best that I told him this right away because I didn't want him to get his hopes up.

"Ohh...Okay well that's alright." He sounded as if I had put a knife in his back and I felt guilty for his sad look but I needed some distance from him and this was the only way I would get that. If we are really meant for each other then we will find our way back to each other when the time is right. When we got into the car he didn't say a word. He kept staring outside and I know I was too blame for this but it was for the best. We stopped in front of my new apartment. It looked quite good for the amount of money I had to pay for this. Luckily for me I had already found a par-time job as an assistant for a publisher.I got out, Niall was also getting out and he helped me carry my suitcases to my door. Normally I would invite him but is was for the best that I didn't. He had put down the suitcases and he picked up the vibe and was looking a bit offended.

"Thank you for helping me out Niall." I was being sincere to him but I know he already knew what I was going to do. "You're welcome but this is it, isn't it?" he asked timidly and my heart ached for him but this was for the best."It's for the best, now you can focus on the remaining of your tour and I can get settled."

"If that is what you want." I could feel his heart break but there was no other way and eventually he would see that it was for the best but I had to let him know that it wasn't what my heart wanted. "No it's not what I want Niall. I would love to be with you but it's not the right time for us because if it was than you didn't feel the need to ignore me for the past 4 months." I told him and he nodded but he wasn't happy with it.

"I know but I want you." he was pleading now and I could feel my wall breaking but I couldn't give in. "And I you but not now. You know if we are meant to be, we will find our way back to each other in time."

"Whatever.." he said whilst turning around and I watched him walk away.

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