Trust { Niall Horan }

Chapter 17

Nialls POV

"We know where your father is Niall. You can finally see him again and talk to him." Riley says to me quickly leaving me at a loss for words. They know where my father is? But how do they know? Riley and I haven't fully started our search for him and now she's telling me they've found him. I don't understand this really but I need to see my father.

All these thoughts are running through my mind now that I forget to answer Riley. I can't focus on anything clearly now. I mean what if my father wants nothing to do with me? What if he truly hates me and what my mum told me was true? I know I need to meet him so I can finally know what really happened but honestly I'm kinda scared.

I snap out of my thoughts when I feel a gentle shake on my shoulder. It's Riley. "Babe? Are you okay?" She asks while looking at me worried some. I couldn't let them know I was actually quite scared with all of this so I made sure to show no emotion what so ever.

"Oh uh yeah I'm okay. When can we go meet him?" I ask them all rather curious as to when we could go. I haven't seen my father in five years almost six really. I wonder how much he's changed. If he's married to someone else and if they have any kids together. We both missed out on so much and I was just hoping he missed me as much as I missed him.

I look over at Riley giving her a small smile so she knows that I'm okay. She worries so much about me even when she doesn't need to. "Let's go right now yeah?" Liam says suddenly catching us all off guard for a moment.

"Would it really be okay to just show up?" I ask him unsure as to what we should do. I was so nervous but I couldn't let the others see that, not even Riley. "Yeah, he lives about two hours from here though so we should probably go on and leave." He says to me standing up and grabbing his car keys. It was already 4:30pm so we'd get there around 6:30pm or 7pm. I just nod to him getting up from my stool.

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It's been about an hour and a half since we left for my fathers place. No ones said a word the whole ride and there's been little to no sound coming from the radio. Everything just feels really awkward for all of us. I know that Riley is probably stressing over me not talking. Jase doesn't really know what to say or do because he knows exactly how everything went down between us and Liam well he's just kinda here. I'm still not sure how I feel about him but he doesn't seem that bad.

As I'm trying to think about something to talk about I have the sudden urge to fart. Out of all the times I could now my body decides it needs to, great. I try my best to hold it in since Riley is sitting here beside me but I fail miserably. As soon as my fart slips out I hear Jase let one rip as well. "DUDE!" We both yell causing everyone in the car to laugh.

After we both let one rip the tension in the air had subsided but the smell from the farts haven't. "Mates what the hell?!" Liam says letting out a groan as he pulls into a gas station and parking the car. "It smells like somethings died in here." He says once he's out of the car, leaving his door open so it can air out. Riley gets out along with him and leaves her door open as well.

"I'm not going anywhere until that smell is gone." Liam says frowning at Jase and I but he was right it did smell pretty bad in there. "Okay, okay Jase and I will go buy some car fresheners." I say to him waving my hand around acting annoyed. I get out the car along with Jase and practically drag him behind me. I wanted to hurry up and buy the damn things so we could leave.

Once we were inside the gas station I went straight over to the car fresheners and grab three of them. They weren't that expensive anyway. "Grab us some snacks!" I call out to Jase who's made his way to the food. We had another hour and half left and I knew someone would get hungry before we got there, most likely Jase since all he does is eat.