Live (Niall Horan Fanfiction)

The Breakdown

A/N: left you on a bit of a cliffhanger...sorry! Haha enjoy ;)

Niall's POV

We searched for over an hour. We were heading in the direction of the countryside because we thought if we couldn't find a car, at least we would be closer to out of town.

Liam was carrying Timmy now as he was exhausted. Although, we all were.

Eva was still unconscious and I was carrying her in a bridal lift. I had been carrying her the entire time and my arms were killing me. Luckily she was small and light so I wasn't struggling until about 45 minutes in.

Harry looked at me with concern written on his face.

"OK everyone take five, Niall definitely needs it"! Harry sighed.

We were just outside the gate of a back garden of a house by now so we all went and sat in the garden.

I put Eva down in front of me and rolled up my hoodie I had now taken off and placed it underneath her head as a cushion. Harry came over and sat next to me.

"You really care a lot about her don't you"?

I just looked at him and he nodded and patted my back.

"She's gonna be OK you know."

"I know, I just...I've never felt like this before about anyone Harry and I...I feel like it's my fault if she gets hurt. Like I'm not protecting her right." I explained.

"As soppy as it sounds...its love mate"! Harry said and sighed.

"What"?

"It's love."

"Well I don't know. We aren't even dating"! I mentioned.

"Oh but you are. You guys just don't know it." Harry chuckled.

"Harry, trust me, I think I'd know if we were."

"You think"! Harry pointed out and laughed. "Niall, I've known you for five years now and you're one of my best mates. I've watched the soppy romance movies - I know how this works! She's been to me for advice plenty of times in the last week about you...she needs you man"!

"She needs me"? I asked, dumbfounded.

"Yes. She was always asking me stuff like what if I date him and I screw it up or I think I'm ready but I don't know how to tell him."

"She's ready"? I was astounded.

"She's been ready the whole time mate, she was just scared."

"Scared of what...me"? I felt panic rise in my chest.

"Of commitment." Harry stared at me dead in the eyes. "She knew that if she went through with it, it wouldn't just be a short term thing. She knew if she went through with it, it would be real."

"Wow...I had no idea."

Louis approached us and looked down at Eva. "I think you need to re-apply her plaster - the cut is bleeding again."

Harry took off Eva's rucksack that he had been carrying and rummaged through it.

I slowly peeled off the plaster and watched as the blood flowed out of the cut. It was nasty. We had all assumed she got it when all of the glass shattered.

I got out a tissue and began to mop up the blood. Harry got the plaster ready and as soon as I had got the cut under control he placed it over the top.

"Guys, we need to check her for bites. We should've done it earlier but there wasn't much time." Louis suggested.

"Niall I think you should do it" Harry said and I looked at him in shock.

"Why"? I asked.

"Because we need to check her chest and legs - I don't think she'd want me or Louis seeing."

"But she might not want me to see either"! I argued.

"Please Niall" he said as he walked away, Louis followed. They both went and sat with Liam and Timmy, making sure none of them could see.

I sighed and checked the areas I could already see first - she was clean.

"Here goes nothin" I said as I took her khaki jacket off carefully and then slowly removed her not-so-white-shirt.

She had on a light blue bra with small white polka dots. She had a few scratches and such but luckily no bites.

I tried to turn her over onto her front to check her back without hurting her and gasped at what I saw.

"Harry, Louis"! I shouted over to them. "Liam, don't let Timmy over here."

I couldn't take my eyes off of her back. It was covered in deep bloody cuts.

"Shit"! Louis cursed as he studied the sight before him.

"It must have been that fucking glass"! Harry swore.

"Liam get over here"! Harry yelled and Liam left Timmy to play with his train facing the other way.

"Holy shit"! Liam muttered "how the hell did this happen"?

"We think it was all of that glass shattering and landing on her" Louis explained.

"Right" Liam mumbled then snapped into action.

"Harry get me those bandages"! Harry rummaged through the bag again and passed them to him.

He began to wrap the bandages around Eva's frail body. After about ten minutes he tied it off.

"How's that"?

"That'll definitely stop the bleeding" Harry said and looked at me.

This whole time I'd just been staring at her.

"I can't do this" I cried and stood up.

"Niall what are you doing"? Louis asked with great concern in his voice.

"I'm so sorry."

I ran away from there. I heard shouts behind me but I didn't stop. I wouldn't.

A/N: OH MY GOD HE RAN AWAY! Are you: "How could he do that?" or "yeah he's right!" What do you think?

Let me know in the comments :D x