two different worlds || niall horan [completed]

~Chapter 20~

Chapter 20

“WHAT?!” I screamed at them, turning on my heel, running over to the departing ambulance. I noticed that Ethan was standing there, with his head in his hands. He was pulling at the tips on his hair, trying to relieve the pain inside him.

I placed my hand on his shoulder. His head jerked up at my touch, not expecting anyone to be there. Once he noticed it was me, he quickly tried to dry his tears to seem more macho. I shook my head so that he knew it was okay to cry. “Need a hug?” I offered. In response, he quickly threw his arms around me, sobbing into my shoulder. Even though I just met him and he was an asshole, seeing this side of guys makes me like them so much more.

Once he had finished crying all his tears out, he pulled away and muttered a, ‘sorry.’ He had been crying into my shoulder for a good 5 minutes, and my shoulder was now soaked from his tears. I didn’t mind though.

I had noticed that the show had continued, and Kristen or the others weren’t in sight. “I thought that Jonathan already had his run. Did he have two horses?” I asked Ethan. He nodded and tears welled up in his eyes again.

“We both have two horses. I feel so alone right now Ashley. Our trainers went with him to the hospital and now I have no one to look after four horses with. They wouldn’t even let me go with him to the hospital!”

“If you would like, I could talk to my trainers and we could help you…” I let the offer hang in the air. The look of sadness changed to one of gratefulness. “You’re so nice Ashley. Thank you. Also I’m sorry for being a dick before.” He apologized.

“It’s alright, I used to get harassed like that from my friend back home, it was fun, don’t worry about it.” I told him, a smile etching on my face. He gave me one in return and we walked over to my trailer so I could get him something to eat and drink.

“It’s funny, I’m 19 and I can barely fend for myself.” He randomly shot out. I chucked and walked into the trailer. I noticed that he hadn’t followed me; he just stood outside with the door opened. I motioned for him to come in with my free hand as I grabbed two plastic cups from the cupboard and grabbed some juice from the fridge. I poured a gracious amount into the cup and sat on the bench, placing the cups on the table between us. He took a long gulp from it, and then began talking.

“Not that many people know this, but Jonathan’s my younger brother. We don’t act like brothers, but I love him to death. I can’t imagine ever losing him. He’s my other half. The good to my bad. The bad to my good. The ying to my yang. I love him.” He said, looking into his lap. I immediately stood up and went over to the other side of the bench, sitting down and pulling him over to me. He began to sob into my shoulder once again. I cooed him, stroking his hair once again.

When he emptied his tear ducts, we finished our drinks in silence, and walked out of the trailer. I noticed the guy’s and girls looking towards us and I gave them a little wave, letting them know everything was fine. I pulled out my phone, sending a mass text to them.

To: Niall, Harry, Liam, Louis, Zayn, Danielle, Eleanor, Perrie- I’m with Ethan; turns out he isn’t such a jerk once you get to know him. The kid who got hurt is his younger brother. He has a broken arm and is knocked out. Going to help him take care of their 4 horses. Thanks for coming to watch by the way. Love from Ashleeeey xoxo<3

We walked to the other side to grab Talia and bring her back to the barns. Being the lazy arse’s that we are, we decided on riding her back. I got on and sat in a comfortable position before Ethan jumped on behind me. He scotched in close and I nudged Talia with my boot to get her to start walking. I then moved her into a trot, which we both easily matcher her gate. Then into a smooth canter and we made our way down the path to the barns. Ethan and I moved in sync with Talia. I looked around and saw people staring at us. I also noticed that Debby, Trey, Kristen, Amanda, and Christina all had their mouths popped open, along with everyone else’s expression. I slowed Talia down to a walk and then a stop before we both slid off her backs. I turned to Ethan who was smiling like a mad-man.