Niall Horan ff (English version)

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*Niall*
"Harry?! Are you out of your mind?" I shouted through the whole house after I got back. He came towards me and looked at me confused. "Why are you shouting like that?" he asked and walked past me. "Do you think it's right to let someone walk alone through the park in the dark?" he turned to me. "No, why?" he looked even more confused now and I breathed out in annoyance. "I go out one evening and then I have to make sure your dates get home." "I asked her-" "You have to walk her to her car, Harry." "What happened?" "She came running out of the park completely out of breath because someone was chasing her and then I took her to the car." Harry looked at the floor and turned around. "Sorry." "Tell her that!"

Liam came out of the kitchen and looked at us annoyed. "Stop shouting and worry about more important things. The album is coming out tomorrow and we still have to prepare a few things. Louis is completely exhausted and sick and the only thing you two can do is fight over some girl who probably isn't even worth all this!" He was completely beside himself, but he was right. I nodded and apologized, Harry did the same.

*Jessica*
When I finally made it to my bed, I still couldn't stop thinking about the incident in the park. Who was that guy? Or was it a woman? Do I know that person? Why was she following me? All of these questions were circling around in my head, but another question had also made it into my thoughts. Why did he hate me so much? I could guess the answer to that question, but was that a reasonable reason to hate someone? If Harry got over it, why couldn't he? None of this had anything to do with him, but he still has something against me. My thoughts were interrupted by a ringing sound. My phone almost fell off the table because it was vibrating so much. It was an anonymous number and I realized that it must be the same person who had called the other day. I picked up and again all I could hear was breathing. I asked several times who was there, but got no answer. Just before I was about to hang up, I could hear a loud clearing of the throat. I didn't say a word, but I didn't hang up either. I didn't even dare to breathe.

"Were you scared?" a distorted voice asked through the phone. I was frightened and couldn't say a word. "Jessica! Were you scared?!" the voice asked again. I tried to get words out of myself, but it was pretty difficult. "Where-of what?" "Mhh. How was it in the park?" I didn't move, didn't breathe and was about to just hang up. How did he know about the thing in the park? "I-it was nice," I quickly squeezed out. "I don't believe you." And then a thought occurred to me, "You, you were following me. Who are you?!" no answer, "Hello?!" I became more and more restless. "If I tell you that, the game would be boring," he whispered. "What damn game?!" I snapped at him. "Find out" "I don't want to play a game!" I said with a trembling voice and his answer came faster than expected. "You have no choice, either play or you'll regret it," were the last words I heard from him before he hung up.

I got up and paced the room. It was already very late. I couldn't do anything. Various scenarios were racing through my head and I kept trying to shake them off and shut out these thoughts. I had to calm myself down. I slowly moved towards the window, opened the curtains and looked into the dark night. The street lamps gave me just enough light to see the black car that was just turning into my driveway. I slid the curtains shut at lightning speed and ran out of the bedroom, down the stairs and locked the front door as fast as I could. Then I ran to the back door and locked that too.

I dared to look through the living room window at the driveway and couldn't see a car. Maybe I was already starting to hallucinate. Maybe I'm just imagining all this. The calls, the man in the park, the car. I carefully walked to the front door and opened it, maybe there was something there and I wasn't wrong. "What the hell...?"

*Niall*
Harry, Liam and I were just taking care of the final preparations while Louis was already asleep. We had already told him a few hours ago that he should go to sleep because he had become quite ill and wouldn't stop coughing. So the three of us sat at the huge table in the living room and talked until late into the night. At 12 o'clock all the social media posts went out and the album was out. It felt different than usual. So final, as if all of this was really over now, as if we really didn't exist as a group anymore. And maybe that's how it was, maybe this was our last album, maybe it's over now and maybe we'll all carry on. Alone.

My thoughts were interrupted by a ringing that came from Harry's cell phone. "Who's calling so late, Harry?" Liam asked with a strange undertone and Harry just gave him an annoyed look and answered. "Hello?" I couldn't hear the other person, even though I would have liked to know who had called him. I saw his facial features soften for a moment and then he suddenly looked shocked. "Hey, calm down, relax, what happened Jess?" Harry asked the person on the line, who was probably Jessica. He stood up and left the room. I exchanged a confused look with Liam when Harry returned a few minutes later. He still had Jess on the phone and was talking to her in a calming manner. I slowly stood up and walked towards him.

"What's wrong Harry?" I asked him and he looked at me briefly. "You're driving to Jess with me, okay? Liam, you stay here and wait for us, prepare a bedroom, come on Niall, get your ass in the car, quick!" he shouted and grabbed my arm. We quickly walked to the car together. I sat behind the wheel so Harry could continue to talk to her on the phone. He now switched the call to loud and I could also hear what Jessica was saying or rather screaming hysterically into her phone. I still didn't know what had happened, I just drove this damn car to her house.

"We're here," Harry said and quickly got out of the car. I ran after him and knocked on the door, Jess didn't open it. "Will you please open Jess?" I asked her and I could hear cautious steps. And then the door opened. Even crying and scared, she still looked beautiful. She stormed out of the house and fell into Harry's arms, giving me a grateful look and whispering a quiet "thank you". I just nodded and went to the car. I opened the passenger door and Harry helped her get in. He indicated to me that I should drive back too and then I got back behind the wheel while Harry squeezed himself into the middle of the back seat. During the entire journey, no one said a single word and I could only see Harry squeezing her hand. I quickly looked back at the road and concentrated.

*Jessica*
I was about to fall asleep when I suddenly felt a strong jolt and Niall let out a scream of pain. I looked around and saw tons of blood and was shocked, "Niall!" I tried to reach him, but I couldn't move. My legs were trapped and I could hardly move them. I looked at Niall again, who had his eyes closed and was breathing heavily. I reached out a hand to him and touched his. Harry groaned once in pain and I turned slightly backwards. "Harry! He's hurt, we need an ambulance, how are you?" He nodded weakly and just said "It's okay", then I could hear him rummaging around in his jacket pocket and he started to call the emergency services.

Another bang knocked me out too.