Try To Remember (Niall Horan Fanfic) [Completed]

Chapter Three

NIALL

I was tired, exhausted even. I hadn't slept in almost three days, not including the occasional thirty minute power nap Louis insisted I take for "health reasons". I couldn't even eat. I was torn up and upset. Very upset. I couldn't help but break down..... I couldn't help but fall apart.

Maren didn't remember me. At all. Whatsoever. I was nonexistent in her mind. I was nothing but a stranger, a stranger to the girl I loved with all of my heart. We had only been dating for two months, but believe me I cherished it. Call me cheesy and tacky but I felt like I could finally be myself for those two months. Those brief 61 days. Maren made me feel like I was the bravest, smartest, funniest, most athletic, greatest person alive. No one else made me feel the way she could. It was also kind of ironic Maren happened to be Liam's little sister but Liam was gracious about it.

Now it was like Maren was ripped away from me by cruel chance. How could this happen? How could this happen to a sweet girl like her? How could this happen to a great guy like Liam? And lastly, how could this happen to me?

"Hey, how are you?" Harry sat down next to me. I tried not to look at him in the eye.

"Oh just peachy." I muttered.

"Niall, come on, you don't have to be that way. We're just trying to help you."

I turned to face him, wiping my eyes with my sleeve so I could see him clearly instead of the hazy view that I saw through my tears. "I know, Harry, I know. And I'm sorry I guess but I just.... I just can't deal with any of this. I wish this never happened. I wish it was me instead of Maren in that car." I put my head in my hands, staring at the floor. "It should've been me."

"Don't say that." Harry whispered, rubbing my back comfortingly. "Then Maren would've felt like how you're feeling now. You wouldn't want that to happen to her either, right?"

I nodded, tears forming in my eyes. I couldn't stop crying. I couldn't stop the tears from forming. I couldn't even stop the tears from falling. I just couldn't.

"Just know that I'm here for you, Ni. All of the guys are." Harry patted my shoulder before leaving me alone.

I couldn't respond since the tears choked me up. I just sat there and thought of the memories Maren and I shared, good and bad. Her hair smelled freshly of lemon and she always wore a fruity scented perfume. I missed her so much....

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I hadn't even realized I fell asleep. I must've been exhausted. Louis and Zayn were playing cards in the corner of the waiting room. Harry was kicking around a mini football. I assumed Liam was with Maren. For the time being since the car crash, the boys and I basically inhabited the waiting room.

Liam's head popped out from Maren's room, Room 621. "She's awake now... I think it's time for you guys to introduce yourself again."

We all nodded solemnly. I started toward the room but Liam held his hand up to stop me. "I think you should go last, Niall." Liam stated, his brown eyes saying the rest.

"Yeah," I mumbled as I sat back down in the hard hospital waiting seat. Harry, Zayn, and Louis filed into Maren's room, glancing at me every so often with sympathy in their eyes. I ignored them. As much as I appreciated what they were doing, I hated them for it. They weren't the ones hurting. They weren't the ones whose girlfriend didn't even know who he was. They were alright and I wasn't. And that sucked.

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A/N: Yay I finally updated! (: I'm actually working on a new ff now so I haven't updated anything else. But the fanfic I'm writing won't be posted until I finish it.... EVERY. LAST. CHAPTER. Promise!

But I hope you like this one because I like it and I might update some other ones today but idk.

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-Kellie