This Love 2

chapter 67

                       Pains and Planes

Cleo's P.O.V -

I wake up screaming his name. Familiar footsteps pace in the room.

"Cleo?!" Niall runs into the room wide eyed, shutting the door quickly. He sees that I'm a sobbing mess and knows what's going on. He scoops me into his arms, bringing me in his lap.

Niall stays quiet for the longest time, rubbing my back and pressing his lips to my temple. The shushes that I receive are soothing and relaxing as he lies down with me on his chest. I didn't realize I was falling asleep until he was saying goodnight.

I can visualize my dad vividly. His dark brown wavy hair touched the top of his shoulders, his bright green eyes that I wish I had inherited, his laugh could light up my entire day.

As a kid, every morning my mom would go to work very early and come back late, my dad didn't work at the time.

My mother nagged him about not having a job, so he became an entrepreneur and traveled everywhere. It was the one trip that ruined everything and harshly ripped my dad out of my life. It wasn't fair.

I went to therapy until I was sixteen. Getting the news about the plane ending everyone's lives including my dad, shattered my heart into billions of pieces. I thought I was going to crack. I hate the thought of that.

After my dad died his brother whom is my uncle, watched over me while my mom was at work.

That was the worst ever..and still is the worst ever. Today is my dad's birthday, he would've been fifty-three. On the day of his birthday my whole family would come together and have a huge family dinner..bonding, games, talking, just loads of fun and now it's an even worse nightmare than ever before.

I'll close my eyes and see my dad, then he'll vanish and my uncle will appear and chase me..and chase me..and chase me.

I feel like I'm suffocating in my sleep. Running from my uncle in my dreams made me tired. I can't catch my breath and I can't find my inhaler while he chases me.

The woods..I keep running into the woods trying to find help. It's a never ending maze.

"Cleo! Cleo, wake up! You're just dreaming, baby wake up." I wake up, sobbing and release my stomach violently involuntarily. All I can do is mentally replay the horror clip in my head of the airplane crashing.

"Baby, wait," Niall turns on the lamp and I run to the bathroom, slamming the door shut and falling over the bowl.

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"Are you alright?" He asks and I nod, then hold my head.

"Maybe you should eat something.. it's been a while since you've eaten, babe." I close my eyes again and speak.

"There's no point in eating if I'm just going to puke it back up." Cold lips press to mine.

"We can go visit his grave as soon as we get home. Okay?" I decide to get out of the bed and put makeup on to make it seem like I'm perfectly fine, but I want to get back into the fluffy bed and sleep, cry, cry, and then sleep.

"Hi there, sleepy head!" Piper's mom shouts and I smile.

"Alrighty, mom. Our flight is leaving in the morning, we have to get some sleep. Time zones are different." Piper says and grabs Harry's hand.

"Harry, do not get my daughter pregnant! I'm not ready to be a grandpa." Her dad yells and Niall laughs.

I got out of bed for nothing. What the hell.