Let Me Be Your Last | z.m vs n.h fanfic [MAJOR EDITING]

Chapter 18

Hello guys!!! Here's the next chapter!!! Dedicated to one of my best friends @gracejameshoranxo who just joined Wattpad!!! Yay have fun ;P

This chapter would have been updated a LOT quicker if you'd commented. I had enough votes and followers in about 6 hours, but not enough comments... :/

SO... comment what you want to happen because it genuinely will affect the way I take this story. Do you want her to end up with Zayn or Niall, and if there is anything in particular that you think should happen, why?

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Lucy xxx

(Y/n)'s P.O.V.

That was a successful relationship, I thought as I slowly swam along next to Harry. How long had it lasted? No more than fourteen hours. I was staying away from Zayn whilst we went scuba diving, and I was planning on doing so for the rest of the holiday. He was trouble, I was sure of it. I couldn't believe that he'd broken Niall's trust like that. Niall was meant to be one of his best friends.

 I decided that I did want to get closer to the other boys though. They were good, down to earth, funny guys, and I was sure I could work out a way of being friends with all four of them, still keeping a safe distance away from Zayn. 

Scuba diving was really fun once I'd managed to get Zayn off my mind. He swam along with Liam, whilst Harry, Niall, Tally, Louis and I all swam a few meters ahead in a big group. It was incredible! There were so many different coloured fish that swam around us in massive shoals. Tally and Louis were swimming along, hand in hand, but to be honest, I genuinely wasn't jealous of her. I was having way too much fun with Harry and Niall, messing around and doing all kinds of tricks in the warm water.

As we were swimming back towards the pier, Niall spotted a pretty pink clam and swam over to it. He gently picked it up and swam back over to me. He slowly prised it open - inside there was a beautiful pearl! He held it over to me and I grinned at it and took it, before giving him a huge hug! 

I clutched the pearl in my hand, and turned round to show it to Liam. I looked at Zayn and swallowed. Despite everything, I still wanted him so badly it hurt. Here I was, with an incredibly cute guy, who liked me and would always be there for me to depend on, yet all I wanted was the one who had already given me way too much heartache. 

I swam sadly back to the beach, a confused jumble of thoughts running round my mind. They were like a class of angry school-children, all desperate to be heard. It made my head ache.

I had no idea what I wanted.

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“Niall, slow down!” I shrieked with laughter, clinging onto his back. The frothy water sprayed my face and my hair was flying out behind us; it had come down from its top-knot ages ago!

“No chance!” He yelled, making it go even faster. We rode around the sea for another five minutes, me screaming and hanging onto Niall.

“Right, that’s it. My go now!” I shouted over the noise of the Jet Ski.

“Fine!” Niall called, and began steering us back towards the pier. We docked and I slid into the front. Niall clambered on behind me. “Do you know how to drive it?” He asked, breathing heavily.

“Yeah, I think so. I’ve just watched you for about fifteen minutes!” I giggled. I looked back at the sea. I could just about make Tally and Louis out on one Jet Ski, and Harry and Liam way off on the horizon on another. Zayn had decided to give this one a pass. He’d said that it made him feel really nervous, the thought of riding round on the open water with no actual safety. The boys and Tally didn’t question this, but I definitely wasn’t convinced. I guess it didn’t really concern me anymore though, and I genuinely wasn’t bothered about Zayn after what he’d done. I was just trying to enjoy the rest of my long-overdue holiday by pushing all thoughts of him and Dylan to the back of my mind.

I shoved my foot down on the accelerator and Niall and I shot away from the pier. We sped along towards Louis and Tally, but on hearing Tally’s ear piercing squeals, changed course and headed towards Harry and Liam, who were still several hundred meters away!

I jammed my foot down as hard as it would go on the pedal, and the Jet Ski zoomed towards Harry and Liam.

“You’re a lunatic!” Niall screamed down my ear. “Are you trying to kill us both?”

I laughed and carried on towards the boys, they were only about a hundred meters or so away from us now. Suddenly, the Jet Ski toppled over, and Niall and I were tipped into the salty water. The Jet Ski ground to a halt a few meters away from us. I twisted around in the water, laughing as I flipped my hair off of my face and looked for Niall.

Where had he gone?

“Niall?” I called, my head turning in all directions, searching for some sign of him. “Niall? Niall!” A huge knot was forming in my stomach; I was panicking, starting to feel ill. Where was he? Where had Niall gone? “Niall!” I yelled, before ducking my head under the water and forcing my eyes open. There was no point. The salt got in my eyes and made them sting - I couldn’t see anything. I came back up to the surface. There was a huge lump in my throat, and I was shaking all over. What had happened? What had I done? Why hadn’t I slowed down? I noticed Liam and Harry riding slowly over, looking around in search of Niall. They must have seen what happened.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgh!!!” Something jumped onto my back. I screamed and burst into tears. “Oh shit. (Y/n), are you ok?” Niall asked me, as relief flooded through me at the sound of his soft, Irish tones.

“Do I look ok? I was so worried that you were hurt, or, or that you’d drowned or something like that and it was all my fault!” My voice trembled and I swam into his strong arms.

“It’s ok. I’m alright and you’re alright, and that’s all that matters.” He whispered, gently stroking my hair. I clutched Niall tighter, never wanting to let go.

That was when I made the Earth-shattering realisation. I loved Niall, I truly did, and I couldn’t cope with the idea of losing him.

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