Never Let Go (Ziall) *Undergoing EXTREME Editing

Chapter Eight: Fresh Start

NIALL POV

"So, what are you going to do now?" Jen asked.

"I don't know." I responded playing with my fingers. "Well, you can't keep avoiding him. What if you see him again, are you just gonna run away?" Jordon asked.

I kept my head down, I didn't want to talk about this anymore.

"Look Niall... I don't know what to say, but if you've found love, I want you hold on to it and be happy, because love really is a beautiful thing. I don't want you to make a mistake, not now, and then regret it. But if you truly believe that leaving him is really for the greater good, I will respect your decision." Jen said. "It's just that the way Zayn feels about you, and how you feel about him... is it really fair?"

Jen's words replayed in my mind. "But, I have problems he doesn't know about... We won't be able to have a future. There won't be an 'us' later on. Then what will he have left?" I said.

"Niall, it won't matter, as long as he loves you, every minute- every second ahead of you is your future. Don't you know what our eighth grade teacher said. 'The destination doesn't matter. It's the journey you take and the company you keep.'" Jordon said.

We sat there, for a what seemed like eternity and I just thought it over until what they were trying to tell me finally clicked.

I slowly put a smile on my face, "I know what to do now guys. Thanks." I got up and start running. "Where are you going Niall?!" Jordon yelled behind me. "To find Zayn!" I shouted back with a sideways glance.

I know what I was going to do. I was going to tell Zayn everything. He has to know.

ZAYN POV

So far, my summer was going good, until now. It started sucking. I walked around the block, trying to get my mind off Niall. I saw a couple walking towards me, holding hands, laughing and whispering into each other's ears.

PERRIE? What is she doing with.. MICHAEL? When did they get together? I stood there shocked, and when they came up to me, we stared at each other for the longest.

"Hi Zayn..." Perrie said looking a little guilty. "Hi, Perrie, and Michael..." I replied back awkwardly.

"Look Zayn, I'm sorry." Michael said. "It's okay, I'm not mad at you or anything, but when did you guys get together?" I asked. "We were at a party when you weren't in Chicago at the time, and yeah..." Perrie said.

I didn't feel hurt or anything. I know I'm supposed to be mad at my best friend getting together with my girlfriend, behind my back. But I didn't give a dam at the moment. Right now, I wanted Niall.

"Hey Zayn, we gotta go now, we were going to go watch a movie." Michael said. "Yeah, okay, bye guys." I said and they continued walking past me, while I walked on ahead. Everything is just so great. Note the sarcasm. Why was I the one to be all alone, and have nothing to do over the summer, and everone leaving me. First, Niall, then my girlfriend, and lastly my bestfriend.

"ZAYN!" I heard someone call me, and I turned around, seeing someone run across the street. "Niall?" I said, surprised. I didn't think he wanted to do anything with me anymore.

He came up in front of me, and his blue eyes, I longed to see and missed so bad. His voice, and all the memories of us together flooded my mind. He panted, trying to catch his breath.

"Zayn. I want. To tell. You something." He huffed with between every other two words. I was just happy that he wanted to talk to me. "Yes?" I said hiding my excitement, but my heart was telling otherwise.

"I'm sorry about avoiding you. I was afraid.." Niall said. "But now, I know, and I'm not scared anymore. I love everything about you. The way you would hold me until I fell asleep. When you kissed me, and took me out on that balloon ride. I think I'm in love with you Zayn." Niall said.

"I love you too Niall. I missed you, I missed the hugs, and cuddles, and your kisses. I want to be with you Niall. Will you be my boyfriend?" I said.

Niall looked at me a little unsurely, I began to get a little worried. "Zayn, before I answer that, I have one more thing to tell you." Niall said. I nodded and he motioned his hand. "Walk with me."

We walked together for about five minutes in silence, and found a bench to sit on. "Zayn, I've been keeping something from you, and I never had the courage to tell you." Niall said, "But you have every right to know, so I'm going to tell you now."

I bit my lips, and my heart beated a little faster.

"You see Zayn, my parents didn't just die without a reason. My mom died in a car accident. But my dad died from a heart attack, as well as my brother." He said. "It's been passed down from generation to generation; my great grandfather, my grandfather, my uncle."

"Niall.. I don't understand." I said, but Niall continued. "All of them died on their birthdays at the age of twenty-one, and in two years, three months, I'll be twenty-one." Niall said.

I didn't know what to say.

"I was afraid that you wouldn't want to be with me anymore if you knew about this, so I tried to avoid you hoping that you would stop liking me, but Jen and Jordon finally convinced me that I should tell you this." Niall said.

"Niall. I don't care what you have, I just know that I love you, and there's nothing that can stop me from loving you. I want to be with you until the end." I said and we stared into each other's eyes.

"Then... yes Zayn...." Niall whispered. "Yes what?" I asked sounding a little confused. "Yes I will be your boyfriend." he said. 

I pulled him into a hug, never wanting to let go. "I love you my little Nialler, and don't ever leave me like that again." I whispered into his ears. "I'm sorry." He whispered back.