Winter

I woke up to something wet on my face. “Winter, what the hell happened?” Elena was staring down at me. I was in her lap with my head and she was holding a wet cloth to my forehead. I wasn’t sure what happened as I was disoriented, nothing made sense but the moment my heart slowed down, I remembered everything and that included Niall James Horan. I remembered that we both were transported to the past, we grew together and were forced to marry, which wasn’t a bad thing and I could feel every touch, every kiss and every I love you that we exchanged.

I stood up and turned my head to Niall who was still unconscious. They had put him on the couch and Harry was doing the exact same thing Elena had been doing. He had a wet cloth on his forehead and I wanted nothing more than to go to him but the minute I tried to sit up, Elena stopped me. “What?”

“What happened to your wrist?” I immediately turned my eyes on the spot she was pointing to and my mouth fell open because I had several signs on my arm and I almost knew for sure these were Keltic runes. What is it they say about magic? It always has a price? But this was a weird as price because to be honest the runes didn’t look that bad, they just looked like I had a tattoo but I could understand that it freaked out Elena.

“I’m not sure?”

“What are you not telling me about that trip to the past?” She was one of the sceptic ones and didn’t believe me for a second when I told her about my little visit to the past. “I really can’t talk to you about that right now, please let me see Niall.”

She wasn’t happy about this but didn’t stop me either and as I stood up, I felt the faintness rising up again but it wasn’t as strong as it was earlier and as I came closer, my heart was beating even faster.

“I really don’t want to be rude but he has to wake up like right now.” Louis was stressing out and that was only normal as they had to perform in less than an hour. Niall was still unconscious and when I looked at his wrist he had the exact same tattoo and I couldn’t help but wander my finger over it, this brought goose bumps on his skin, which meant that the chemistry was still there.

I kneeled beside him and put my hand gently on his cheek. I studied him carefully and my heart was bursting from the love it had forgotten about. It was now completely silent, it was like we were alone and time froze. He looked good and even had a bit of a tan, he must’ve been on a holiday or playing golf in the burning sun. I smiled as I gently traced the lines of his face, I know he was feeling my touch as his heartbeat picked up, I just waited patiently until he was ready to open his eyes.

“Winter, you have to wake him up, we only have a few minutes left.” I snapped my head up towards the clock on the clock and was surprised that so much time had passed by. I nodded and shook him gently and after a few attempt to wake him up by calling his name, he still hadn’t opened his eyes and that’s when I couldn’t help but think about all the damn fairy tales and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes for even thinking about that because that would be really foolish but at this point I was getting anxious and everyone was breathing down my neck so I just had to try it.

I hesitated for a split second but it was like he was pulling me towards him and I pressed my lips against his, this didn’t last for more than three seconds but soon after he finally opened his eyes and he immediately focussed on my eyes, the intensity that was blazing from his eyes, would normally make me blush like crazy but this time I kept staring back and as he put his hand on my cheek, I knew what he was doing, he was checking if I was really here.

“Winter?” I nodded and smiled at him and that’s when he pulled me closer and pressed his lips against mine. It felt like home and that reminded me of what we did back in the middle ages, we got married, technically I was Niall’s wife and he was my husband. He wasn’t wearing his ring, which shouldn’t surprise me because I had taken it off as well. I did wear it with me though, I had it hanging around my neck, as I didn’t know where it came from or if it was important.

Someone scraped his throat behind us and that’s when time started working again. “I really don’t want to ruin the moment guys but we do have to get on stage.” Niall turned his eyes towards Liam who was picking at the hem of his shirt, as if he was embarrassed for disturbing our moment but he was right, they had a job to do for a fully packed stadium. Niall sat up but he never let go of my hand. He walked with me towards the stage but I halted there because there was no way I was going on stage with them, that would just be weird.

“Just go Niall, I’ll be waiting here.” I pulled him closer and gave him one last kiss before stepping back. The guys had to pull him with them and the minute he disappeared, I let out the breath I had been holding. “Okay spill!” Elena was standing behind me with her hands on her hips and I knew that I had to tell her everything.

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