Expect the Unexpected (Niall Horan Fanfic)

Gold

Friday

I'm slowly starting to get used to this new routine. The majority of people are really nice. I'm becoming closer to Jenny, Rachel and Hazel. Me and Brittany still don't talk and I actually don't mind it. Jenny, Rachel and Hazel have somewhat started to exclude Brittany and I find it hilarious. I don't think they notice that they're doing it. It's just that Brittany doesn't partake in any of our conversations because I'm in it.

I feel horrible and ashamed for forgetting, but turns out Tuesday was the second year of Emily's death. Tuesday was the night that Niall took me out and I got that annonymous card. When I remembered the date yesterday, I called mum and asked her why she didn't tell me. She said that she didn't want to make me sad and that I was at college anyway. I was angry that she didn't tell me and I was angry for forgetting as well. Time just slips so fast. It felt like last month that I was locked in my room for days crying in bed because of the guilt and grief. I wondered if that was why Niall took me out, to distract me. So I asked him and he said it wasn't. I found out that mum called Niall to get him to keep an eye on me somehow, but that was after we had planned our dinner, so it was just coincidently planned on Tuesday. I wasn't mad at her. She was just trying to help.

With regards to the card, I asked Brittany how and when and where she got it from. She said that after I left, she met up with Rachel, Jenny and Hazel. Then she came back and found it on the floor near the door. She said they would've slipped it in under the door. When I first read the card, I was confused. Was I supposed to hit and run someone, or was someone going to hit and run me and the thought of Emily never occurred to me. I tore up the card and the envelope and flushed it down the toilet, for it to never be seen again.

Then when I remembered the date of Emily's passing on Thursday, it came to me. I had supposedly hit and run Emily (even though I didn't, people just twist the story), and then figuring out this small puzzle freaked me out a bit. I didn't know who sent it or why they sent it. But it was just a bit frightening that someone would do that; someone who knows what happened. I just couldn't figure out who.

I haven't told anyone about it, not even Niall. I'm trying to forget that I even received it in the first place, like it never happened. So far, it's going pretty good.

"Are you staying here this weekend?" Rachel asked.

"I think I'm going back," I answered.

"Why?" Jenny asked. "They have a pizza and movie night Saturday. You should stay."

"I'm going just this weekend. It's my uncle's birthday," I lied. To be honest, I don't know when his birthday is. I just didn't want to explain to her that I was planning to visit the cemetery.

"Oh, have fun," she answered.

"Thanks."

It was as if every conversation me and Rachel, Hazel and Jenny shared, it was driving Brittany further and further away. Of course it's not my fault. She just hates me for some reason and I guess that's what she gets for being so rude.

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Sunday

I woke up this morning instantly in a down mood. Going to visit Emily is something I have to do. I don't know what sort of person I would be if I don't go, but going just reminds me that it's all real. That night did happen and she really is gone.

I sat in the car. Dad driving, mum at the front, Niall to my left and Alice to my right. I needed Niall with me on a day like today. Being with him makes me feel safe and I'm thankful that he could come with me.

The ride there was a while away and wasn't familiar. I've visited her twice, today being the third. I looked at the bunch of violet flowers in my hands the whole ride.

We parked and I hopped out, and it was like the wind suddenly picked up. I took a deep breath as I looked over the cemetary. Niall linked his fingers inbetween mine and gave me a warm smile. It would usually make me feel better but in an atmosphere like this, nothing would.

We walked into the empty cemetery silently. Everything seemed more scarier and darker and even the wind seemed colder. In the distance you could hear quiet whistles of the wind. All of this just brought goosebumps on my skin under the thick layers I had.

We got to Emily's grave and all the guilt and misery rolled back into my head. This just isn't right. I shouldn't be alive.

I let go of Niall's warm hands and I collapsed and purposely went down on my knees. I placed the flowers down on the tombstone and my hands fell down on the cold, hard surface. My mind was completely blank and I had zoned out of everything but at the same time, all these thoughts were pouring in. I didn't realise I was crying until a tear dropped onto my hand.

I stood back up and wiped my tears. I clung onto Niall's arm as more tears fell. I will never not regret that night.

We began walking out of the cemetery, once again in silence, the only sound audible was the sound of us walking.

We had walked around 40 meters away, and I turned around to give one last glance to the grave that I could barely see anymore. My heart dropped down to hell and sped up faster than ever before at what I saw in the distance behind me. I turned around straight away at the fright of a golden wave of something; of someone, at her grave. Everything flashed before my eyes and my heart was beating so fast that I swear it was going to explode out of my chest.

"Is everything okay?" Niall whispered. He could feel me suddenly taking uneven heavy breaths. I raised my trembling hand to cover my mouth. He turned around to examine the place behind us.

"What's wrong?" he asked me. His eyes were full of worry and I was speechless, unable to say anything, not knowing what to say. Before I knew it, tears were streaming down my face again. But this time, it was not because of sadness, but fear.

I saw a streak of gold; a sign of life, when we were the only ones in the whole cemetery. Someone was at Emily's grave, and it wasn't Emily.

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