Those Three Words {Niall Horan} IN EDITING

Chapter Twenty-One: Waiting

LIAMS POV






"Didn't Niall say he would be back in a week or so?" Louis asked.





"Its been longer then a week! Almost 2 now actually!" Harry barks.






"Paul is getting cross with us because we let him go, he needs to come back! We have that very important interview on Sunrise tomorrow and then we have our last big concert coming up too, our fans are counting on us!" Zayn shoots.





"I know guys, I know! He'll be back soon I'm sure, he wouldn't let us down" I tell.






"Where did he go anyway?" Zayn questions.






Harry, Louis and I look at each other and back at him, "um Louis knows" Harry stutters.





"No I dont, Liam does" Louis argues and then I'm left to answer that question, of corse!





"Ughhhh umm" is all I can say, I can't think of anything to say.






"He's gone to get with Ashely hasn't he?" Zayn says.




"No"




"Then where'd he go?"





"I ughh, I don't know!" Ahh shit I hate lying.





"Fine, ill just go on twitter and find out myself" Zayn huffs.





"No!" Harry, Louis and I shout at the same time.




"Then tell me the truth!" Zayn demands.







"Ok yes he's gone back to Ireland to get with Ashley" I mumble.





"I knew it!" He strikes, "is he gonna ask her to join us on tour?"






"Why would you think that?" Harry asks.







"Because if I was Niall I would" he answers, "so is he?"






"Yes, but she might not come, she might not even like Niall so they might not even end up together" Harry talks.







"Oh they will, I know Ashley likes him, the way she looks at him and talks to him, it's so obvious! They'll end up together and she will come because she's always wanted to come to Australia" he explains.






He sighs before sitting down on the couch, "Louis and I will go talk to Paul" Harry announces as they walk out of our apartment.





Zayn and I are now left alone in the room, he looks stressed out, or upset anyway... "Are you ok with all this mate?"





"If you mean Niall not coming home, then no I'm not ok with all this!" He snarls.





"I don't think any of us are ok with Niall not being here Zayn" I tell him. "But I mean are you ok with Niall and Ashely being together? I know you guys only just broke up so it would be hard"





He shrugs, "I don't know how I feel about it, I'm not partially upset but I'm not ok with it either. I can't stop them though, it's their life and I want them both to be happy, so if their gonna be happy together then that's good, I just don't know if I can be around them at the moment, not until I get over things anyway"





I sit beside him, "I'm sure they will understand how your feeling so I think they will give you as much space as you need, they both care about you, especially Niall because your one of his best friends and he'd never want to hurt you"





"Yeah I know, I care about them both too and I don't want to ruin my friendship with Niall, hes my best friend and without him or you boys im nothing. Ashley too, shes a great person, so that's why I need my space to think about things" he says and I nod.





"We'll always be here for you mate, never in a million years would I let us 5 boys fall apart, we all need each other more then anything and our fans need us too" I spoke, "you take as much time as you need to clear your head and Harry, Louis and I will be here for both you and Niall. And Ashely too, everything will be ok and I'm sure Niall will be back soon, he wouldn't let us down"






I see a little smile spread on his face, "thanks Liam, I know whenever I'm down I can talk to you, your a great lad, all 4 of you are and I would never handle things without you boys, I know Niall won't let us down"






I pat his back and smile back at him, "I'm gonna go see what's going on with Paul, you'll be ok by yourself for a while wont you?"






He nods, "yeah, I need to be left alone for a while so ill be fine, call me if you need anything"





I nod before I head out the door and start walking to the lift, Paul's apartment is level 6 and ours is level 8. This hole hotel is 12 stories high! Imagine being at the fricken top!





I press number 6 in the lift and wait until the door opens again after it goes down 2 levels, the doors open and I start walking to Paul's apartment as I hear yelling coming from his room.






"Ahh shit" I curse, what is with fighting lately? I begin to run to his door and into his room to find Louis and Josh screaming at each other while Harry is sitting against the wall in the corner, looking confused as ever. Paul is.... Oh not in here.







"I heard it on the radio!" Josh yells.






"Doesn't mean it has anything to do with him!" Louis argues back.







"But what if it has? Shouldn't you be just a little bit concerned? Cause I am! He's your god damn best friend for fuck sake Louis!" He growls.







"Would you guys PLEASE shut up!" I but in. "What are you talking about?!"






"Nothing! Josh is just over thinking things, don't worry Liam" Louis tells.






"I am not over thinking things! I'm being a concerned friend to Niall!" Josh shoots.






"What's going on? What about Niall?" I ask confused.






"I heard on the radio news that flight 24 to Australia crash landed in the ocean because of a bad storm that damaged the plane" josh explained, "What if it was Niall's plane?"






My heart froze, it couldn't be Niall's plane, could it? I don't think so. "It's probably just another flight to Australia" I say.






"See, no need to worry Josh" Louis spits.






"Ugh I can't believe you guys! Fine don't come running to me if you find out it was his plane!" Josh barks. "I'm gonna go call him anyway because I care about him!"







"Ok Josh calm down" I say, "I'll call him, your right, we should check just in case"






"Thank you!" He sighs in relief, "I need to take care of some things, call me if you find out anything" and with that Josh stomps out the room.





"Where's Paul?" I question and Louis shrugs.






"I'm right here!" I hear a voice coming from behind me, I turn to see Paul at the door. "And Liam you will be making that phone call to Niall! I heard about the plane crash too so we need to check if its his flight or not"






I nod before getting my phone out, "I'm gonna go get some dinner for us all" Paul announces before he leaves.





"Haz you haven't said anything this hole time, are you ok mate?" I question to Harry who is still sitting against the wall.






He bites his lip, "I- I don't know, just call Niall so we can find out?"






I nod as I dial Nialls number, it rings a multiple of times before going to message bank... "No answer" I talk.






"Try texting him, I'll check if he's been on twitter" Louis says and I start writing a text to Niall as told.





To Niall:



'Hey buddy, everything ok? When are you coming back?'





I hit send as Louis starts talking, "he was on twitter 3 hours ago" he confirms.






"Call him again" Harry suddenly spoke.





I do so and call him again, but like it did before it went to message bank. "Message bank again" I pout.






I see Harry run his hands through his hair, "that's not a good sign at all"






"Hey don't worry Hazza" Louis says as he crouches down to his view, "he's probably just busy, we just need to think positive"






"Louis's right, we will try calling him again soon if we don't hear from him" I give him a reassuring smile.





"LIAMMMM!!" I hear someone scream as they run in the corridor. Sounds like Zayn. He finally reaches the door, he's huffing and puffing, "I think you need to see this, something terrible has happened"




Oh shit..... This can't be good..






ZAYNS POV







Niall and Ashley being..... Togehter? As a couple? Ouch, why does that hurt so much? I want them both to be happy, but I don't think it will end well with them. I don't even know what's going on in my stupid mind at the moment!






Is it just me or is it really hot in here? Well we are in Australia, did I ever mention the weather is absolutely PERFECT here? I love it! And the Aussie people are cool too, not to mention the hot chicks... Ugh god Zayn shut up! That's not appropriate right now!





Maybe I need some fresh air, all this Ashely and Niall shit is driving me bonkers. I might go down stairs and have a cigarette, I know I shouldn't but I rarely have one, only when I'm stressed or annoyed which is what I'm feeling right now pretty much...




I sigh as I get up and walk out the door to the lift, I press ground level and wait until I reach the bottom of the building.




I walk out the lift and outside where all the traffic sounds and people chatting, probably not a good idea that I'm out here without Preston..... Ill get mobbed by fans or something but I don't care, seeing my fans could really cheer me up.




I light my cigarette and inhale the smoke, I feel my body relax as I then exhale it out. The light wind blows against me and cools me down a bit, I hear the birds singing and I feel so much calmer now.



Once I had enough of my cigarette I light it out and put it in the smoke bin before I go sit on a bench nearby. I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket and I fish it out to see a text from my mum.



From Mum:


'Hi Zayn, how are you? How's the Australia tour going? I miss my baby so much and I hope you can come home soon, your sisters are missing you so much too, we love you xx'






I feel a tear trickle down my face, damn why does this always happen! I guess I just miss my mum and sisters too.. I kinda feel bad for leaving them, every time I come home and see them we have so much fun together. Then I have to leave again and it's the hardest thing ever. I hate leaving them, especially Mum. But I love my job, I wouldn't change a thing.






I start to reply back as another tear disobeys me.




To Mum:



'I'm good, just tired as normal. Everything is ok, Australia is great and the weather is fantastic! I miss you and the girls too, so much. But I will come home after the New Zealand tour and spend some time with you guys, I know it's hard Mum, but you need to keep strong. I'll see you all before you know it ok? Love to all xx'




I hit send before I suddenly hear screams and shouting coming from a not far distance away from me, I look up to see 4 girls about the age of 16 pointing to my direction and almost bursting out in excitement.





I smile and wave at them, they all laugh and scream 'oh my god' before one of them yell, "ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH US ZAYN?"






"OF CORSE!" I yell back and encourage them to come over to me. They run over excitedly with a big smile on their faces, they were very beautiful young looking girls.







They all got their own photo with me and the last girl was cheeky enough to steal a kiss, well she kissed me on the cheek...






"Thank you so much Zayn, we will keep those photos forever" the blonde girl chirps.





"Your more than welcome, are any of you coming to our concerts here?" I ask.





They all shake their heads sadly, "the tickets were all sold out so we can't go" the purple haired girl said.... What an awesome colour to dye your hair!






"Oh that's a shame, at least you got to talk me instead though" I smile and they all nod in agreement.





"Got anything you want me to sign before I head inside?" I question and they all get their phones out.





I sign all their phone covers, "I like your hair by the way, purples a good colour" I say to the purple haired girl.





"Thanks, I dyed it last night for my birthday today" she replies.






"Oh Happy Birthday!" I say as I sign her phone cover, I write happy birthday on there to make her birthday extra special and then I hand it back to her.






"Oh my gosh thanks so much!" They all cheer and I smile so big because I made them happy.





"That's fine, thanks for supporting our band and keep being good Directioners! Have a nice day girls" I wave at them as I walk back inside.






I start walking to the lift until something catches my eye on the TV in the lounge area, I stop and watch. Oh no. This- this can't be happening. What if? Holy shit!






I start running to the lift and press the button to level 6. I wait impatiently to get to my destination, it feels like it's taking forever! "Come on you damn lift!" I growl.







It finally reaches level 6 and I run as fast as I could to Paul's door, "LIAMMMM!" I scream. The doors already open and I see Liam, Harry and Louis.








I'm huffing and puffing from running but I still manage to speak, "I think you need to see this, something terrible has happened"






They all look at me with a worried look on their face, "what are you talking about Zayn?" Liam croaks.






"Watch the news and you'll find out" I point to the TV and Harry immediately grabs the remote to turn in on.





He changes it to the news and we all watch and listen carefully.





'Flight 24 crashed landed in the ocean on their way to Australia just 2 hours ago, the rescue team has found the plane and is doing an investigation on how this incident happened, reports are there were no survivors found, the team discovered from the airport that the plane departed from in Ireland that band member Niall Horan from One Direction was to be on that plane with a girl named Ashley Parkson, such terrible news, we have no further information so until then we must move on to the next report'






My heart stops beating and I can feel tears already forming in my eyes, I hear Harry sobbing on the couch. I turn around and see Louis who is just staring into mid air and Liam is screaming, "NO! NO NO NO THIS CAN'T HAPPEN!"






I run my hands through my hair as I feel hot tears wetting my cheek, "he- he's gone" Louis says just above a whisper.






"NO LOUIS HE'S NOT GONE!" Liam suddenly shouts, "HE'S NOT DEAD! NEITHER IS ASHELY! THEY ARE BOTH STRONG! THEY WILL BE BACK!"





"L-Liam calm d-down" I stutter, trying to stop my tears.





"Im sorry" he cries, "but he's coming back! I know he is! They both aren't dead, they have to be alive"






I sit down and rest my head on my hands, the tears still falling, "Liam your not helping ok? Just please stop" I cry.






"But this can't be true! The news is wrong!"




"LIAM JUST STOP!" Louis yells, now also crying.





"FUCK YOU LOUIS! THEY SAID REPORTS ARE NO SURVIVORS FOUND WHICH MEANS THEIR NOT NECESSARILY DEAD! THEY JUST HAVEN'T FOUND THEM YET SO THEY COULD STILL BE ALIVE!" Liam yells back.






I shoot up, "he's right! We still have hope!"





Louis sighs, "well what are we gonna do?"






"Louis you stay here with Harry because you both are too upset right now, Liam and I will work something out" I order and they all nod.




Louis sits next to Harry who has been crying so hard, he's all red in the face and his eyes are wet, I've never seen him so upset. Louis grabs Harry and pulls him into his arms to cuddle him, he cries into Louis shirt as Louis hushes him, "shhhh it's ok Harry, I know how upsetting this is, but we still have hope, it's gonna be ok" he comforts him, tears still dropping from his own eyes.





Liam and I leave them to calm down and we go back to our own apartment, I dial Paul's number and he picks up on the third ring, "hello zayn, what's up?"






"You need to get your butt to our apartment right now, it's happened Paul, Nialls plane crashed" I tell him.







I hear him gasp, "holy shit! I'm on my way!" And he hangs up before I could reply.





5 minutes later Paul arrives and power walks to us, he pulls us into a hug, "are you boys ok?"





"No not really but that's not important right now, what's important is that there's a possibility of Niall and Ashely still being alive because they said reports are no survivors found yet" I explain.





"Really? Well we still have hope then!" Paul cheers.






"He has to be ok Paul, he just has to be, so does Ashely" Liam cries.






"I know Liam, I know" Paul sighs, "I'm sorry to say this, but if we don't hear anything about them surviving by your next show, then you'll have to do that last show without him and you'll have to break the news to everyone"






My eyes widen, "we can't do the show without him! We will be a mess and without Nialls voice, we don't sound right"






"I know Zayn, nothing will be right if he hasn't survived, but your fans are counting on you remember? It's our last show in Australia so we need to do it, I'm sorry boys I really am, I don't want to do that to you, but after that show I will make sure you have plenty of time off for his funeral and so on" Paul spoke.





"There won't be a funeral, they'll both be ok" Liam strikes.






"We can only hope" Paul sighs.





"How long do we have until the show?" I question.





"one week" he answers. "We just have to wait and keep watching the news, hoping that we'd get a phone call saying their alive"






I sigh and nod, "I'm guessing Louis and Harry are in my apartment?"





"We left them there to calm down, Harry was especially upset" I say and he nods.





"I'll go check on them, talk to you guys later" and with that Paul walks out of our apartment.





I hear Liam begin to cry, I quickly turn to face him and pull him into a hug, "it's alright Liam" I rub circles on his back and hug him tight.






"I just hope their ok and alive, we can't loose Niall, we need him in the band, the fans will be so upset and our group will fall apart, Nialls family will be absolutely gutted because they've already lost Greg and he's one of my best friends, I care about him so much and nothing will be the same without him" he cries into the crook of my neck.






"I know Liam, just the thought of loosing him and thinking that he could be out there hurt right now upsets me so much, our Nialler shouldn't be going through pain, he needs to be here with us, his family and of corse Ashely, they both haven't had their time on earth yet" I cry, "but like you said, their strong and will be ok, we just have to wait and hope to dear lord that we will see our best friend and his amazing girlfriend again"






I hear Liam hum a yes before he pulls out of our hug, "we should make some dinner for us all since Paul didn't get anything"





I nod in agreement before we both head to the kitchen and start making Tacos, Harry's favourite meal.





I think about a lot of things while we're cooking, I could tell Liam was too because we were both quiet. I can't believe this has happened, it's not him or Ashley's turn to go yet, they have so much more to do in life!






I don't know what will happen with the band if Niall doesn't come back, but it won't be good whatever happens.
I may never see my best friend again, I pray so hard that god will give us good luck and let Niall and Ashely live.






We need them, we need Niall.




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Chapter 21 is complete!




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