I Will Always Love You - A Niall Horan Love Story

Chapter Thirty Seven

*Charlie's POV*

For the next three days I stayed in bed. 

Niall would try to get me out, but I refused.

He would bring me food, but I refused it.

The others tried to cheer me up, but I just couldn't smile.

I finally got out of bed in the morning after three days of being in bed.

Niall wasn't with me in bed.

I slowly walked downstairs, to find Niall cooking breakfast with Harry.

The rest sat around the dining table and on the kitchen bench.

Except for my dad.

He must still be in bed.

"Hey beautiful," Niall says, smiling once he notices me. "Good to see you're up. How are you feeling?"

"Like shit. I don't think I ever want to leave this house. I'm never going to be happy again."

Niall walks up to me and holds me at shoulder length, "Listen to me. You need to smile. I miss your smile. I miss you being happy."

"But how can I be happy?"

"You're mum is in a better place now and the last thing she would want is for you to be sad. Cheer up for her. For me."

"I-I don't know."

"Please, Charlie. I know your mum wishes she could be here right now with you, but she isn't. Just like you sang in that song, your heart will go on. Well, you have to let your heart go on. Smile, everything will be ok. I know your mum doesn't want to see you like this. Please." His eyes filled with tears as he begged me.

I smile a little, "Ok."

"That's the smile I love and miss." He kisses me and everyone comes and hugs me.

"I love you guys!" 

"We love you too!" they say in unison.

I sit up on the bench with Stacey, as we watch Niall and Harry cook.

Then the smoke alarm goes off.

"Niall, you burnt the food! Turn the stove off!" Harry shouts.

I begin laughing and everyone looks at me.

"Did... Did you just laugh?" Niall asks me.

"Maybe," I shrug, smiling.

"You did, didn't you?"

He comes up to me and start tickling me, which makes me laugh even harder.

"You're laughing! You're actually laughing!" Stacey shouts.

"Yes, now turn the dang smoke alarm off!" I laugh.

Harry and Niall start waving tea-towels around madly, and I laugh harder.

When they finally get the smoke alarm to shut up, Harry tells Niall that he isn't allowed to cook anymore, because he burnt it.

Harry starts cooking some more bacon, and Niall comes over to me.

I rest my arms on his shoulders, and his hands are on my legs.

"Thank you," I say.

"For what?"

"For always being there for me and for not letting me go. I'm sorry for hurting myself and I promise to never do it again. I can't imagine how much pain you would be in if I hurt myself. I love you, Niall."

"I love you too, Charlie," he kisses me.

"Aww, how sweet!" Louis shouts.

I smile but ignore him, and hug Niall.

We stand there hugging for a while.

It felt so good to have my arms around his neck again.

To have him protecting me.

"You'll always be my princess," he whispers.

"And you'll always be my prince," I whisper back.

"Charlotte?" I hear my dad say.

I pull away from Niall to turn to him.

"Get dressed. The doctor from the hospital just called, he needs us there, immediately."