The Only One (A Niall Horan Fanfiction)

Chapter 17

Sorry for the wait!

When I woke up, everyone in the house was gone.  It was quite weird.  I coughed, and  walked to the kitchen, where Dani had left a note in a cereal bowl. I coughed again and read the note.

Hey Emma.  It’s Dani.  We all went out to get breakfast

at Ben’s Pancake House. We didn’t want to wake you,

considering you had that nightmare last night. 

Love You!

What on Earth is Danielle talking about? Nightmare?  I don’t remember having one!  And the girls have always, no matter what time it was, woke me up for Ben’s Pancakes.  They were one of my all time favorites!  I text Niall asking where they are, and tell him I think that I’m sick: No response.  I text Dani: No response.  I text the rest of the group: I still get no response.  I’m starting to get a bit scared now.  When I hear the door swing open, I scream and run to my room.  I hear thumping up the stairs, and Katie peeks appears.

“What’s wrong? What happened?” Katie screams frantically.

“Well, first of all, I don’t remember having a nightmare.  Then I find out that you, Dani, and the rest of the group, decided to leave me without any PANCAKES.  So then, I text everyone, and NO ONE answers.  I heard the door open and I freaked out, and you found me here.” I explain.  Niall walks in.

“What’s going on?” He says.

“She doesn’t remember her nightmare, we left her without giving her pancakes, we didn’t reply to her text, and I scared her by opening the door.” Katie tells him.

“Babe, you really don’t remember?” Niall asks me, and I shake my head.

“Well, you woke up crying, saying that Jessica was outside the window, trying to break in and kill you.  I told you she wasn’t, but you kept waking up, every time with you crying harder and harder.  Then, at midnight, you woke me up by screaming and kicking like you were running.  I asked you what you were doing, and you said you were running away from Jessica, because she was going to stab you.  It was pretty brutal.  You finally stopped having nightmares at five in the morning.  I had to go downstairs and sleep on the couch, because I was so tired.” Niall finishes and I am surprised.  I never have had such a bad dream before. 

“Wow. Gosh.  Sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you baby.” I said quietly.

“It’s fine.  Oh, and we did bring you back some pancakes.” Niall says, with a smile.  I ran and ate them.  They were so good!   

“Where’s the rest of the group?” I ask Niall and Katie.  They look at each other at the same time before Katie speaks up.

“Um. They’re shopping?” Katie’s voice cracks at the end of her sentence.  There’s something they aren’t telling me.

“Katie.  Niall. What’s going on?” I ask, and then sneeze.

“Nothing.” The two said at the same time.  Niall’s phone buzzed and he whispered something in Katie’s ear and she nodded.

“We have to go, but feel better Em.” Niall tells me, kisses my forehead, and then they both run out of the house.  Great.  Now I’m all alone again.  About an hour later, the gang shows up.

“Okay, can someone please explain where you guys were?” I ask, and Louis smiles.

“I think we can do better than just explain! Follow us.” Louis tells me.  Niall grabs my hand and leads to the living room.  There’s a giant wrapped box sitting there.

“Open it already!” Grace shouts. 

“Okay, okay.” I say, and Grace starts jumping up and down.  I pull the ribbon, and my old friend Michael jumps out of the box.

“Michael! Oh my gosh! What? How did you get here?” I scream, and hug him tightly.

“I got a call from your sister saying how much you missed me, and so I flew up here.” He smiles, picks me up and spins me around.  I have known Michael since we were 6 months old.  We used to play on his Minecraft server with a bunch of other friends together all the time when we were in middle school.  I haven’t seen him in forever.

“Well I’m so glad that you’re here! Guys, this is the best present ever!  And I don’t feel sick anymore.” I exclaim. 

“Why don’t we go out for coffee, and catch up on stuff?” Michael suggests, and I go grab my sweater.  We leave and walk down the street to Starbucks.  Have I mentioned how much I missed him?

Niall’s POV

To be honest, I was kind of jealous of how Emma was acting towards that Michael guy.  I mean, I did support the idea to let him come, but she’s never been that excited to see a guy, ever since I met her.  I sit on the couch next to Harry, who looks up from his phone.

“Why the sad face?” He asks.

“Erm.  No reason.” I say softly.

“Niall. You’re jealous, aren’t you?” He exclaims and I nod.

“Niall, she isn’t in love with Michael.  She just hasn’t seen him since high school. It was hard for Emma, because Michael supported her, for her whole life.  She was broken when he didn’t respond to her letters or texts.  Don’t worry about Michael.  He won’t change her love; he’s only going to make her smile.  That’s what he did when we were kids, and that’s what he’s going to do now.” Grace says, walking in.

“Really? Are you sure?” I ask Grace.

“I’m 100% sure.” Grace smiles.

“Okay, good.  Because I don’t want to lose her to Michael.” I say, and Harry nods.