Truly, Madly, Deeply (A One Direction/Niall Horan Fanfic)

Chapter 9

~Chapter 9~



--Gem's POV--



I fell asleep after that I was asleep for a while. Then I had a dream. I dreamt that Drae was still alive and that we were living at our lake house, watching our child play in the yard. I imagined a girl. I still don't know though if it will be. I hope it is, but yet I don't. I want a girl because Drae wanted a girl, but I want a boy so I can name him Drae. I don't know if the man next to me was Drae, but I was hoping it was.

Then I woke up it was morning. It was only morning because I went to sleep at night. A nurse walked into my room and served me breakfast. It was nothing much just toast, milk, and a sausage. I first started with my milk, mostly because I was really thirsty and my mouth was dry.

Then the same nurse came back and told me I had a visitor. I asked who it was, but she didn't answer me. Ben walked in. What was he doing here? He never once cared for me. One day his "Mr. Don't Care" and the next he's "Sir Cares A lot".

"What?", I asked him

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for not caring and being a big fat jerk. I'm sorry for what you had to go through, and I especially sorry for not being your dad". Ben said.

I was speechless. I didn't say anything. I just stared at him. I stared at him with a disgusted look.

"Well I don't forgive you", I said.

I'm not the forgiving type, but I'll never hold a small grudge. This for instance I will hold. Only because Ben has never acted like a father to me, actually he acted like a older brother and not the nice kind or a foster parent that doesn't care about you.

Ben left the room. I got up out of the hospital bed and went into the bathroom. I looked at myself in the mirror regretting what I had just said to Ben.

I wanted to leave the hospital and go die in a black hole, but I'd never do that... at least not now.

I left the bathroom and the room. One of the nurses saw me and asked me what I was doing I ignored her and kept walking. I was still wearing my gown from the hospital and socks.

I left the hospital and all the nurse came after me. I heard a bus come close to where I was standing. I waved my hands and the bus stopped. --Screech-- the doors of the bus opened and I hoped in. The bus drove away before the nurses got even close to the bus. I sat down next to a young man probably around my age. He had blonde hair, but I could tell he dyed it. He had blue eyes, baby blues eyes. Actually he looked like a baby, not like how old he was.

"Hello", I said.

"Hey, what's your name", the young man asked.

"Gem, what's your's", I asked.

"Niall. Why are you wearing a hospital gown?", Niall asked.

"Long story", I said.

I got off at the second to last stop. I had to go back to Ben's house. I stood up to get off the bus.

"Hey I'll walk up to your house", Niall said

I said sure only because my house was a while away. We got off the bus together. We were about two blocks away from my house. We walked there on the walk nothing happened. I didn't want to start another relationship so soon. When I got to my house he walked me up to my door.

"Hope we see each other again soon", Niall said.

"Yeah me too. Hey where do you go to school", I asked.

"Well I'm new here. I go to Mormons High School", Niall said.

I was so excited, but I didn't show it.

"Then I guess I'll see you tomorrow", I said.

"See you", Niall said.

Then I walked into my house. My old house. The one I lived at before I was going to live with Drae.

I was surprised. A woman wasn't in the house. I found Ben standing in front of me with a cake. A CAKE! I've never seen him bake or cook before. It was always me or the woman. Unless he bought it from the bakery, why would he have A CAKE!

"Why is this?", I asked.

"Just thought it would be nice", Ben said.

I was speechless. All I did was sit down on the bar chair and prop my elbows on the table.

Ben cut me a piece of cake and put it in front of me. I denied it, but he insisted. Why would he wait for me with cake at night?

I nibbled on the cake slice. Then I blacked out. What did he do to this cake? Put some kind of drug on it? Poison? I was afraid.

"Are you....", was all I heard last come from Ben's mouth.

The world was dark but what I felt was not death, I felt the same as I did as if I where alive. Suddenly all I saw was white, maybe I was in heaven. Then I saw a familiar face it was the boy. What's his name....Niall, yes. His blonde hair, baby blue eyes, his figure was perfect. The strange thing was that there were no surroundings and we were both dressed in all white. We didn't talk much the only words that were said came from Niall.

He said,"Life can be hard, but we should still stay strong. Like a twig we are weak. Likes a virus our attitudes can spread. Like a bird we shall be free". I took this as advice.

Finally I was back in the kitchen. Ben was cradling me in his arms.

"Thank god. Your alive. Are you alright?", he asked

"Ya I'm fine", I said. I don't know what happened, I was probably dehydrated. I didn't drink any water at the hospital.

I continued nibbling on my cake slice. While Ben got me a glass of water.

"Did you bake this cake?", I asked.

"Yes. Gem I have something to tell you.", Ben said.

"What is it?"

"Drae's funeral is tomorrow. You should go."

"I can't."

"Why?" I didn't answer him. I would feel embarassed. 

"Why?!"

"I couldn't bare seeing him dead. I loved him Ben! You wouldn't know how it feels to see the person you love dead!"

"Yes I could. I felt that when your mom died." I said in silence.

"Fine I'll go tomorrow. For Drae." I resumed to nibbling on my cake slice.

"He'd like that."

 Once I finished my slice of cake I went to my bedroom and changed into some pajamas. I stared at myself in the mirror, and brushed my hand over my stomach. Then slipped into my bed. It took me awhile to get to sleep, but I did finally.