Paper Hearts (Book Five)

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Seven

See the light in the night when you're fading away

Trust in us, were all you've got these days

I didn't sleep that night, the thoughts in my head nearly driving me crazy. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was right.

Laci wasn't mine.

She was Alex's.

But I couldn't figure out why Ashton had lied about, why he let me believe that she was mine.

It didn't make sense.

None of it made sense.

He didn't make sense.

I let out a long sigh before finally climbing out of bed, knowing that I wasn't going to be sleeping anytime soon. Niall stirred just a little but went right back to sleep. I walked into the bathroom, hoping that maybe a shower would help me figure it all out.

The thing I didn't get the most was why Alex? Alex barely knew Ashton... last I checked the two of them had never even met, obviously I was wrong about that though...

But I kept asking myself why Alex? Why not Louis or Luke? Why did Ashton choose Alex? Assuming he actually chose.

"None of this makes any sense." I groaned, nearly banging my head on the shower wall. I ran a hand over my face before taking a deep breath.

"Harry? What on earth are you doing?" Niall's tired voice rang out, I sighed before poking my head out of the shower.

"Taking a shower." I said honestly, smiling at him softly. He looked absolutely adorable as he stood in the bathroom, a pair of basketball shorts hanging off his hips and one of my t-shirts pulled over his head. His hair was sticking in every direction possible and he looked as if he was going to fall back asleep just standing there.

"It's four in the morning." He said, looking at me like I was crazy.

"I couldn't sleep. Go back to bed babe." I said, reaching to turn off the shower as Niall continued to stand there.

"Are you coming back?" He asked, closing his eyes as he breathed deeply.

"Yeah. I'll be there in a second." I promised, already reaching for a towel. I climbed out quickly, giving him a quick smile before he finally went back into the bedroom. I followed him in, grabbing a fresh set of clothes before changing into them. My hair was still soaking wet though, so
I did my best to towel dry it before climbing into the bed with him. Niall sighed happily before curling into my chest, his hand reaching for mine.

"Why can't you sleep?" He asked after a minute, surprising me. I thought he had already fallen back asleep.

"Just got a lot on my mind, nothing that you really need to worry about." I whispered, kissing the side of his head softly. Niall sighed before turning to face me.

"Obviously it's something pretty big..." He said, obviously not going to let it go. I sighed, closing my eyes for a second as I tried to think about how I was going to say this.

"Ni... I ran into Ashton again." I said, earning a confused look from Niall. It only lasted for a second before he got scared, clutching to me tightly and be looked at me frantically.

"What happened?" He asked quickly, eyes frantic.

"Nothing. I was with Louis and Luke... He didn't do anything.... But he had Laci with him... and well Luke pointed something out that I never really thought about." I bit my bottom lip, scared of what Niall's reaction was going to be like here in a few seconds.

"I think... I think there's a possibility that Laci could be Alex's."

"What?" He said, letting go of me completely. He was wide awake now, sitting up in the bed as he looked at me like I was crazy.

"I think Alex is Laci's other dad." I said again, earning only a look of disbelief from Niall. He shook his head, biting his bottom lip.

"No... I mean why? Why would Alex be Laci's dad? Why would Ashton lie about it? Why?" Niall asked, obviously trying to make sense of it all.

"I don't know. All I know is that she isn't mine. She doesn't look a thing like me Niall... and she doesn't even look like Ashton. She looks like Alex..."

"This is so f ucked up." Niall groaned, running a hand through his hair before looking at me again.

"I know... everything that has to do with Ashton is f ucked up Niall... and I don't get it. I don't get why he keeps doing shit... but I'm gonna get to the bottom of this... Im going to find out the truth." I said. Niall looked at me like I was crazy again, which in all honesty I probably sounded like one right now.

But I needed to know. I needed to know the truth.

"How do you plan on doing that?" He asked, his voice almost hesitant.

"I'm going to talk to Ashton." I said, figuring that was the best solution.

"You're crazy if think that's going to work. He's a f ucking psycho." Niall pointed out, looking somewhat terrified again.

"Well do you have a better option?" I asked, knowing full well that he wouldn't. Niall shook his head.

"No... Just... Promise me you'll be okay?" He asked, biting his lip again.

"I promise."

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Ha. Double update.

So proud.

So very proud.

I cry.

So thoughts on Alex being Laci's dad?

Who saw that coming? Lol

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