My Muted Music Love

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter 14

Elizabeth

I wake up the next morning excited for what's to come. Luckily there's no school today so nothing can ruin my mood. After I take a quick shower, I look to see what I could wear. I'm disappointed to see how small my wardrobe is, but shrug it off. I grab my cleanest shirt and a pair of ripped jeans. I slip on my shoes and go into the kitchen.

After making some food for everyone at the orphanage, I head out. I decide to kill some time by walking. I take a route that I'm unfamiliar with and just take in my surroundings. I walk for a long time, just looking around. Most of the leaves have fallen off the trees, but a few are hanging on to the branches, waiting for their turn to hit the ground. The clouds form indescribable shapes in the sky, whilst the sun shines down on everything below it.

I rub my hands over my arms and curse myself for not wearing a jacket as the wind gets harsher. I pull my hair back into a ponytail so it won't blow in my face, and start walking towards the park in which we said we'd meet. Once I get there I go to the play area and it on the swing. I push myself forward and start swinging back and forth. I smile at the carefree feeling I get as the wind hits my face and I get farther from the ground.

"Having fun?" A voice asks. I stop swinging and turn around to see Niall.

I get up and run to him, pulling him into and embrace before giving him a quick peck on the lips. He leads me to his car and opens the door for me as I slip into the passenger's seat. He gets into the car and starts driving to wherever he wants to take us. I don't bother trying to find out because I know he won't tell me.

He pulls up to a fast food restaurant and goes in after I tell him that I don't care what he gets me. He comes back into the car with two bags and one drink. He then drives to a grassy area with a few benches and gets out of the car and I follow him out. He sets the food down and sits down patting the seat next to him. I sit next to him and he pulls me into him and kisses me softly. I pull away and blush, looking down. I hear him chuckle as he pulls out the food. He sticks two straws into the drink and I raise an eyebrow.

"I wanted to share a drink with you." He shrugs and I smile.

I take a bite of my burger and my eyes roll back at the taste and I take a larger bite. In no time I finish the burger and turn to see Niall raising an eyebrow at me. I blush and wipe any sauce from my mouth with my arm. I take one of the straws and take a sip of whatever drink he got and notice that it's lemonade.

After we finish our food, we throw away our scraps and walk hand in hand around the area. I shiver a bit and I guess Niall noticed because he pulled me under his arm and rubbed my arm a bit, pulling me even closer to him. I smile up at him, feeling warmer already.

After walking around for a bit longer, we go into Niall's car and 'talk' for a while. He then tells me that he wants to take me somewhere special to him and starts driving with a smile on his face. I get really excited to where we're going and look out the window, waiting for him to stop the car.

He pulls up in front of a house. It looks a bit out of shape, but it just makes it look more homey. Niall exits the car and opens my door before I'm able to. I take his hand and hop out, letting him lead me inside. When Niall rings the doorbell, a lady opens the door and automatically hugs him.

"Oh, Niall. I haven't seen you in such a long time."

"I know, I'm sorry. I've just been a bit busy." The lady notices me behind Niall and gives me a hug that I hesitantly return.

"Oh, are you one of Niall's friends?" She asks me once she pulls away.

"No, she's actually my girlfriend." Niall answers for me.

"Girlfriend? Oh, well it's nice to meet you. I'm Mrs. Perkins, but you can just call me Patricia." She introduces herself, and I smile and wave at her.

"A quiet one you got here, Niall. Well, it's nice to meet you. Now, I've got to do something in the other room. Make yourselves comfortable." Patricia says and walks off to some other room. Niall sits on one of the chairs and I sit across from him.

"My mother used to take me here all the time when I was younger. I used to love coming here and playing with all of the instruments whilst my mother and Patricia always talked drinking tea. This is a place I like to go when I need to talk to someone about anything. Patricia is just so easy to talk to, and she even helped me when Nicole and I broke up. I don't know, I just wanted her to meet you. To know how special you are. How amazing you are." I smile at his words and lean in to kiss him softly before pulling away.

I got up and looked around. There were a couple of couches at the corner of the room. Next to the door, there were two windows evenly spaced out from each other. There were quite a few instruments in the room. I saw a guitar, flute, a few triangles, a snare drum, and I froze when I saw the last instrument on the opposite of the room. A piano. As I look at the piano I am bombarded with memories.

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"Mommy, what is that?"

"That's a piano sweetie."

"Can I play?"

"Of course you can."

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"Daddy! This is too hard. I just want to play."

"You have to learn to read music to play it."

"Can I just play?"

"Not until you learn to read music."

"Fine."

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"Mom! Dad! Look! I learned how to play the song."

"That's great! Let us hear you."

"Okay."

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"Mom, there's a piano recital in a couple of weeks. Can I be in it?"

"Of course you can, honey."

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"C'mon slow pokes. We can cross the street now."

"Okay, okay."

"Move out the way!"

"Sophia!"

"No, dad!"

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"They're dead."

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I backed away from the piano, tears streaming down my face. I couldn't stop them. All I could think about was my parents and how they died. How they wouldn't of died if I had never play that stupid instrument. How that one instrument ruined my entire life and ended my parents' lives.

Niall came up to me and repeatedly asked me what's wrong, but I didn't acknowledge him in the slightest. He pulled me into a hug and tried to soothe me, but it didn't work. He must've realised it because he had called a goodbye to Patricia and lead me into his car.

I tried to wipe my tears away, but they just kept coming right back. I cried and cried until I ran out of tears, and even then I was still shaking. Niall was just watching me with pained eyes, most likely wondering what's wrong with me. He gets out of the car and I notice that we're outside of his house. He leads me inside and into his room. Once I sit down on his bed, he sits across from me and waits until I calm down.

"What happened? Are you okay?" I take a shaky breath and nod.

"Do you want to tell me about it?" I pull him into a hug and nod into his chest.

I guess it's time to let him know the truth.