“Liam? Liam?” Harry yelled into the phone in unison with Niall. “Liam, are--” Harry was interrupted by a loud crash, then a dial tone.
“Harry. What happened to Liam?” Niall asked, worried. Harry shrugged his shoulders since he was speechless. Harry placed the phone on the living room table where we were all sat around. Everyone just looked around the room at each other, not knowing what happened or what to say.
After about a few moments, Amelia began to speak. “Maybe it was just a bad connection?”
“There was a crash, Mel.” Layla told her, bluntly.
“Maybe he dropped his phone?” I tried to positively add. “Could we call the airport and get information about his flight?” I asked, hoping we could.
“I’ll try calling now.” Louis said, then walked out of the room, phone to ear. The rest of us just kind of sat, waiting for him to come back and give us the good news. It was about ten minutes until Louis came back into the room.
“Good, bad? Lay it on us mate.” Harry asked, eager.
“The plane crashed in the ocean.” Louis paused waiting for a reaction but everyone was just too shocked to say or do anything at this point. “The pilot is still alive, as well as only 5 passengers and 3 flight attendants.” Louis gave us the news.
“Any names yet?” Layla asked him.
“Not yet.” Louis said, quietly. Most of us sat in silence, except for Niall.
NIALL’S POV
I stormed out of the room after hearing the news. I couldn’t take it anymore, I needed to let it all out. I ran into my room and unintentionally slammed the door behind me. I sobbed louder than I wanted to, but didn’t even care anymore.
“Ni?” I heard Skylar call my name, then walk into the room. She sat beside me on the floor near my bed. I refused to look up at her because I didn’t want her to see me like this. “Nialler, please look at me.” I couldn’t say no to her, so I lifted my head up slowly and looked her in the eyes and just began crying again.
“I just want this all to be over with, I want Liam back, I want Zayn back, I want Blakely back. I want everyone to come back so we can all be happy again.” I cried out.
“Liam will be fine. Zayn and Blakely can’t come back, but they’ve been with us all this time. We can be happy even though all of this happened. It’s in our past and we can’t change the past. We’ve got to live in the present and enjoy it while we can.” Skylar explained to me, which helped just a little.
“What if Liam wasn’t one of the survivors Skye? What if he didn’t make it through the crash? What if I can never talk to him again?” I began to sob again, but Skylar wiped away my tears as she spoke.
“Everything happens for a reason Niall. If Liam doesn’t make it, then it was for a reason. Whether it be a good reason, or a bad, it happened. There’s nothing we can do to change that.” I stopped her from wiping the tears away to bury my face in her neck and cry again. “Nialler, please stop crying. I’ll cry too, you don’t want that, do you?” She lifted my head by my chin and looked me in the eye.
“I don’t want to see you cry Princess, I wouldn’t be able to take it.” I told her, then stopped crying. I looked at her as I called her that and I saw her make an uncomfortable position change. “What’s wrong?” I was confused.
“Nothing, let’s just go back now.” She said, but still looked uncomfortable.
“No, I want you to tell me why you seem so uncomfortable.” I told her, and wasn’t leaving until I got an answer. “C’mon Princess.”
“That! That’s why I feel so uncomfortable. The ‘Princess’ name. Ugh.” She told me, but then noticed I looked sad, so she apologized. “I’m sorry Nialler, but I hate that nickname.”
“I-I won’t call you that anymore then, Pr-- Skye.” I stopped myself from calling her that. “It’s just that I’ve been looking for the perfect girl to call my princess, and I’ve found her Skylar. The girl of my dreams, the one I can treat like royalty and have no regrets. You’re my princess, but I guess I can’t call you that anymore.”
“Nialler, I’m sorry. I didn’t know the name meant so much to you, if you really want me to, I’ll get used to the name.” She still looked uncomfortable.
“I won’t if you don’t want me to, I want you to be happy too.” I told her.
“You know what? You call me Princess all you want, it makes you really happy, and that’s all I want for you.” She told me, which brought a smile to both of our faces.
“Are you sure babe? I don’t have to if you don’t want me to.”
“I want you to. I’ll get used to it just for you. I love you Niall.” She told me, then pulled me into a hug.
“I love you too, Princess.” We stayed in the hug for what felt like forever until I heard the door opening again. It had been about an hour since the crash and Louis called the airport again.
“Nialler, Skye?” It was Layla who was now in my room. “We’ve got some things to tell you guys, could you come out into the living room again?” She asked us, so I grabbed Skylar by the hand and we walked out into the living room where everyone else was gathered around the table waiting for Louis’ news.
“Alright guys, I called the airport again to ask about Liam’s flight. She told me that the pilot, three stewardesses and five passengers have all been identified.” Louis paused for anticipation.
“Are any of them Liam?” Amelia asked, anxious to find out the fate of our friend.
“C’mon mate, don’t leave us hanging like this.” Harry said, practically yelling now.
“Well, the three stewardesses’ names are Lisa Ramirez, Cindy--” Louis was interrupted by myself.
“Louis Tomlinson. I don’t care about whoever the hell the stewardesses are, did Liam make it or not?” I screamed at him.
“Well…”
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Forever & Always (Completed)
FanfictionSkylar and Niall meet at a fencing tournament, after she wins 5th place. Skylar is the last thing to being a girly girl, let alone a princess, but Skylar has the biggest celebrity crush on Niall. Niall thinks he’s found his princess, but will the ni...
