I Will Always Love You - A Niall Horan Love Story

Chapter Twenty

WOW! Only Chapter Twenty? It feels like way 'More Than This' -- see what i did there ;) haha cheesy, I know .. anyway, enjoy..

~Zayn's POV continued~

Now, another 4 months had passed.

We were back in out tiny apartments in London and at the moment we were hanging out at Louis' and Harry's apartment.

We had actually arrived back about 2 weeks ago, but the girls had actually made it big with their 'What The Hell' release. It reached No. 1 on iTunes within two days and they created a music video for it, which also got high on the charts.

They couldn't go on tour yet, though. They though they were going to, but management told them they needed to bring out an album before they could go on tour.

Management let them have a few months off to hang out with friends and family before they really got to work.

We hadn't actually seen them since we arrived back because they went back to Mullingar in Ireland to visit their family.

The were arriving back tonight.

~Charlie's POV~

"I'm gonna miss you, little bro." I said, messing Daniel's hair up, as he helped me pack my suitcase.

"I'm not little. I'm 18." He mumbled.

"Well, you're MY little bro." I laughed.

"Can't I come stay in London with you for the holidays?" he begged.

Daniel and I had always been close. We would protect each for anything and hardly ever made one another want to kill each other.

"What about your girlfriend, Katie, remember?"

"She can come with me. We can rent a hotel near your apartment. I have been saving up since I was ten. I have enough money to buy a really nice Lexus." he chuckled.

"Woah? Wait? That's like over 30,000 , isn't it?"

He nodded.

"Well, if mum and dad say it's ok for you, and if Katie's parents say it's ok, then you can."

"Well, I have been planning this ever since you told me you were coming back for a visit, so Katie had already asked her parents, and they agreed."

"Wow, great parents." I said.

"I know right? So, now I just gotta ask mum and dad." He ran off downstairs to ask them and I finished packing my suitcase.

I zipped it up and dragged it down the stairs, leaving it at the bottom, and walked into the kitchen.

"Yes! Thanks mum, thanks dad," Daniel shouted, hugging my parents.

I'm guessing they said yes.

He ran up the stairs, probably to pack.

"Hurry up and pack, Daniel, we have to go in fifteen minutes or we'll miss our flight!" I shouted, shaking my head and smiling.

I grabbed a marshmallow from the packet opened on the counter and sat at the dining table with my parents.

My mum was teary-eyed and my dad was rubbing her back.

"Mum, please don't cry," I rubbed her hand.

"Well, how can I not? I mean, your sister passed away, I found out I have cancer and now you two are leaving me."

"Wait, what the actual fuck? What the fuck do you mean you have cancer?" I asked, raising my voice a little, not of anger, but concern.

"Yes," my dad said, "We were going to tell you last night, after we got back from the hospital, but you were already asleep and we didn't want to wake you."

"Well, then I guess we aren't going." I crossed my arms and sat back in my chair.

"Yes you are," my mum said.

"No, I can't leave you. You need help."

"I have your father."

"But you need me too, mum. Dad is a guy. He won't always understand what you go through. I do."

"Listen to me, Charlotte Kaci Smith. You are going very far in life. You have a beautiful voice, wonderful friends, and fans who want you to walk out on stage and sing to them. Go and live your dream," she was crying just as much as I was.

"But I don't want to live my dream knowing my mum could die at any minute!" This time, I stood up and shouted at her.

"I won't die! I will be fine. Please, don't stay behind for me. Please." I sat back down.

"Does Daniel know?" I whispered.

"No, we were going to tell him before, but he was so excited about going to London he didn't give us a chance." Dad explained.

I heard a soft sob from behind me, and I turned around to see no one there.

But I knew he was hiding.

"Daniel?" I said, softly.

He came from behind a door, crying.

Without saying a word, he ran up to mum and hugged her.

"You'll be fine. Please, go to London with Katie. Go. I will be just as hurt if you don't go, as I would if you did go. So, please, go." She whispered.

Being the mummy's boy that Daniel was, he gave in and agreed to leave, just to help her.

I had know idea how the fuck it was going to help her.

But I would do it.

For mum.

Because I love her.

Five minutes later, I was in the cab with my brother, and we were crying while waving goodbye to our parents.

We continued to wave until they were out of sight.

Now, time to pick up Katie.

I realised something that I had already realised.

My mum had cancer.