Niall's Princesses

Chapter 9 - Just Like Before

AN - Hellooooo right well I'm going to try and update more often now because I gather that it takes me ages to update. Thankyou for almost 300 reads it means so much! Oh and listen to the song on the side (Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt)

Rebecca’s P.O.V

Was this seriously happening today? I was going to see Niall for the first time in over four years without hiding behind a camera. Did I actually want to meet him? I wasn’t even sure myself.

The girls had spent the night at a friend of mines and he was looking after them for the day. He was one of the only people that knew about Niall and everything that had gone on. Also he was one of the only people I could trust with the girls.

I dragged myself out of bed and went for a shower. I needed time to think and I knew a long shower would give me time to clear my head. Right I was meeting Niall today. He didn’t know anything that had happened over the last four years and if he did… god knows what would happen. I couldn’t let him know about Lillie and Annabelle; he didn’t need to know… right? Okay so I get it that he did need to know but I couldn’t tell him. I just couldn’t.

I turned the water off after my shower and got out and got dressed into a pair of light blue skinny jeans and a long sleeved grey top. I let my hair dry naturally as I still had a few hours before I was meeting Niall and finished getting ready.

Niall's P.O.V

I drove to the park after freaking out all morning. I don't think I'm ready to see her again, however much I want to see her... I'm scared. What if she's still mad at me for leaving her four years ago and doesn't plan on forgiving me. But if she didn't want to really see me then I doubt she would've replied to my text. I was a complete mess right now. I got to the park and walked to a bench near the main entrance so when she arrived she would be able to see me. I sighed leaning back and letting my head fall a little and letting my thoughts run round my head. I couldn't back out of this now though. 

Half an hour later when I was still sat on the bench, thankful that no one had seen me and I wasn't now surrounded by loads of people, I saw Rebecca walk in the entrance. 

My heart missed a beat, as she had definitely got more attractive over the years we had been apart and she still managed to take my breath away with just a look. I was worried though; everyone knows the story where the best friends fall in love. What if that happened with Harry and Rebecca especially now and she was more grown up, then she'd be Harry's and I'd never be able to win her heart back. 

I smiled at her as she spotted me and started walking over. I then couldn't wipe the smile off my face as I realize I got to spend the whole day with her. She came and sat next to me and we smiled at each other awkwardly before the awkwardness got too much and we both ended up laughing. Her laugh still made me think of tweeting birds that had just flown in for summer. I don't think anyone could take that away. 

When we both stopped laughing I looked at her and into her eyes, in that moment I just wished for her to be mine again so we could sit against a tree in the park, with her in my lap and cuddle. That's what I missed the most, the times when we wouldn't do anything except cuddle and lay there together. 

I was pulled out of my thoughts by partially being granted my wish by Rebecca pulling me in for a hug. I hugged back tightly; not wanting to ever let her go. We stayed like that for a few minutes just enjoying each other’s company.I felt like the whole world froze around us and it was just us. Nothing could've broken how happy I was in this moment. 

After a few minutes we broke apart and smiled at each other. 

"I've really missed you,” I said looking down a little, embarrassed. But when I was still looking down I let my eyes look up a little and saw Rebecca smiling a tiny bit thinking I wasn't looking. 

"I've missed you too,” she said quietly. Just hearing her voice made the butterflies increase in my stomach but also made a huge smile spread across my face. I looked up at her, a little in shock at what she was saying. When she smiled back at me I knew she wasn't just saying it to make me feel better which just caused me to feel like I was glowing. 

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I turned down the road that Rebecca told me she lived down. I looked at the flats that lined the road and they looked really nice, she had done really well without me and I don't know why I didn't expect her to. She told me to pull over and I did. 

"Thank you for the lift home, and the rest of the day. I had a great time,” Rebecca said and I smiled at her. 

"It's fine, I'm glad you had a great time because I did too,” I said and she smiled before grabbing the strap of her bag and opening the car door and getting out. I sat there watching her as she walked round the car and started walking up the drive of her flat. 

I sighed as I started the car again and waved goodbye to her, we were definitely going to have to do this more. The feeling I had today was exactly the same as the feelings I had all them years ago. I turned the car around and started slowly driving back off down the road.

I looked back to have one more look at her when I saw someone pulling up in front of her flat while she was still standing outside and a giant smile formed on her face. I stopped slightly to see why she was smiling so much.

You know when you see or hear something that you wish didn't have to happen. The times you wish that things could just be completely different. When it does happen and your heart breaks into millions of pieces and sends you into complete pain.

Yeah that's what happened when I looked back towards her and saw what was going on. I saw a guy climb out the car that had just pulled up and then went round to open the back doors of the car. Two little girls then came running out the car and ran over to hug Rebecca's legs. They could just be friend's kid’s right? I thought that until the guy went up and pulled her in for a tight hug and she rested her head on his shoulder. That's what she used to do when I hugged her. I was pretty sure they weren't just friends.

I felt a tear drip down my cheek before I even realised that my eyes were filled with tears. I guess she'd moved on after me, and quickly too. She now obviously had kids of her own with some other guy. I broke my gaze away from the scene I was watching unfold. I took a deep breath and wiped the fallen tears off my cheeks before driving back to the house.