Walking Through the Time Capsule

Chapter 34

Walking Through the Time Capsule

Chapter 34

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Niall...

A week went by since Annabelle had her little freak out by the pool, and to say there'd been a shift in the atmosphere would be an understatement. She had been acting really strange and different, and everyone knew it. She locked herself up in her room and refused to go out anywhere. She didn't even bother to hide that something was wrong with her, and it was making me really worried. She only let the girls in her room to talk, and occasionally Harry and Louis. She'd been almost hostile to me, and I didn't know why. Every time I tried to ask Melanie, she'd say she was just in a negative place with bad memories weighing down on her. But that didn't make sense as to why she wouldn't talk to me about it. We'd gotten close again, like how we were before, so why wouldn't she trust me? I was supposed to be the one to help her through this. She trusted me with everything else the past couple weeks, so why not now?

I'm not gonna lie, but it made me feel kinda shitty. I couldn't help but be paranoid that I'd done something wrong to make her upset. It didn't help that everyone walked around here cautiously, looking like they knew something that I didn't. Harry said that I just needed to give her time to sort through her mind and then try talking to her. It would sure help if they told me what the hell was wrong.

Valentine's day was when I really started to notice it. She had been all excited and happy leading into it, but then after her episode, her tune changed. While the two couples in the household were being all cute and mushy, no one could miss the sad glint in her eye as she stared at them. All the single people went out to just wander the city, while Annabelle and I stayed home. I had weird emotions all day, but mainly sadness. The day to celebrate and cherish love, and my love had no clue what we shared. The whole day carried on with a cloud of darkness over my head. I was planning ahead of time to do something fun with Annabelle, as friends, so I could at least spend the day with her, but she locked herself upstairs all day. Every time I knocked on her door, she would tell me to leave her alone. I tried to be friendly and make jokes, I tried to ask what was wrong. I even bribed her to come watch Disney movies and share my chocolate with her, but she wanted nothing to do with me. It hurt. And it made the day worse.

When Lou, El, Zayn and Melanie came home with bags full of gifts, flowers, and other romantic things for each other, it made the sting stronger. Our first Valentine's day together in years, as a couple, and she had no idea.

Was I even technically her boyfriend anymore? We we both single? I didn't want to be single. I wanted to be a boyfriend. Annabelle's boyfriend. 

The day she woke up and didn't remember, was that our unspoken break up? When she remembered, were things to go back to normal? Or would we have to start the process all over again?

Ugh, I hate this. I was so sure of everything before. She would remember and everything would be fine. But with Annabelle acting so distant like this, it was making me question things like I hadn't before.

Even if she wanted nothing to do with me though, I left her a giant stuffed animal outside her door, with some chocolate, on Valentine's day. I know she got it because when I came back upstairs later that night, it wasn't in the hallway anymore. At least I could say I did something for my girlfriend on Valentine's day. Not that she even was my girlfriend anymore.

I threw the flower I had been picking at in the grass next to the pool, and stood up. I had been spending a lot of time here since last week. Annabelle always found peace back here, so I wanted to try the same. But I mostly sat here with the hope that she would come out here, and I could try to talk to her. My tries have proved pointless.