Stay. (A Niall Horan FanFiction)

Chapter 53

( Sorry that it's up late and I haven't updated in a few days. It's just been hectic bc Halloween, school things, and family things. Thank you for being patient! I hope you guys enjoy the chapter :) )


Sarah's POV

I woke up with something heavy weighing me down. Niall had his arm sprawled across my lower chest, his leg intwined in mine, and his head on my shoulder. I really have to pee and I don't know how to get him off me without waking him up.

He looks so peaceful. His lips are parted slightly and I can hear him breathing. I slowly start to push his hand off my chest. He starts to shift; maybe he'll turn over. Instead, he pulled me closer to him. That didn't help the fact I have to pee.

"Niall," I whisper. "Niall." I say a little louder. This time I start to shift underneath him. I finally get free with him still asleep, at least I hope.

"Where you going?" He groans.

"Good morning to you too." I smile.

"It's too early for sarcasm."

"It's never to early for sarcasm." I get off the bed and he goes face first into his pillow as I head towards the bathroom.

"Where are you going?" He says louder this time since his face is in the pillow.

"The bathroom." I shout back. I check Avery's room to see if she came back, and when she's not there all I can think is that she might as well just move in with him. She's always there, but right now it's just really convenient. Maybe her staying with Chris all the time isn't so bad.

After I go to the bathroom, I brush my teeth since I'm there anyway. When I finished I looked for Niall's. I never threw it out, and I'm glad for that.

As happy as I am, I have to remember that Niall and I need to have a serious talk this morning. Although my heart already forgave him, my mind still hasn't.

I walk into my bedroom to get dressed. I just put on pyjama shorts and a blue tank top.

"C'mon get up." I nudge Niall and he opens his eyes. "Your toothbrush is on the bathroom sink." I say and leave the room.


Niall's POV

I really do not want to get out of bed. Part of it is because I'm hoping Sarah will come back and we could have round 2. Also because I don't want to have this conversation. I'm nervous. I'm still slightly hung over from last night; I'm still in shock that she came to get me after all I've said to her. With that thought, I get out of bed and go brush my teeth. As I do so, I begin to think of what I have to say.


Sarah's POV

I forgot to go shopping so literally all we have is fruit and cereal. I start washing strawberries and cutting off the stems, slicing oranges, and start putting the bowls, spoons, and the fruit on the table. I hear Niall go into the bathroom. Suddenly I get nervous as to what I'm going to say. I begin to shake; it just happens when I over think and stress out.

Niall comes out of the bathroom, shirtless, but he has his jeans on. I feel like telling him to put his shirt on so I don't get distracted.

He takes a seat in front of me and that's when my breath hitches. "S..sorry I didn't go shopping so all I had was this."

"It's ok." He smiles. For a split second it eases me.


We ate in silence since we both knew what was coming.

"Ok." I sigh.

Niall nods his head, starts shaking his legs and holds himself up on the table with his elbows. Those big blue eyes staring at me. I just forgot what I was going to say. So I hastily pick up the bowls and bring them to the sink. This way I can say what I have to say and not look him in the eyes.

"So about what happened that night," I begin, cleaning up the bowls. "You remember what happened right?" That was a really stupid question, and I don't even know why I said it.

"Yeah.." He scratches his neck. I was hoping he'd add something to that. Nothing.

That makes me even more nervous, so I start washing the dishes. Nervous cleaning. "Don't think that just because of what happened last night that all is forgiven because I'm still very mad at you." I say.

He walks up to the sink and shuts off the water with out a word, and just looks at me.

"What?" I say kind of harshly.

"You're nervous cleaning."

Fuck, I was hoping he would forget about that.

"No I'm not." I lie.

"Yes you are."

"N0, these dishes need to be cleaned." I try to turn the water on, but his hand is still on the tap. I sigh and dry my hands with a dish towel. We both take a seat at the table again. I can feel my heart beating in my throat.

"Niall, I really hated you that night." I confess. His lips turn into a frown. "You didn't even give me a chance to hear me out! You did for like a split second and then walked out! That wasn't fair."

I broke past my nervous wall, and everything I've wanted to say is now coming out like word vomit.

"I cried for hours on the floor, I just couldn't believe you would do that to me. You never even called to see if we could talk and maybe end it on good terms, so I just assumed it was done."

"My phone was broken, I smashed it. But I did want to call you, your number was on my phone and like I said before it was broken!"

"Fine that's understandable. But you know where I live, you could've even came over. In fact I was praying you would so many times."

It was silent for a moment, until I continued.

"And when Justin came over, I knew you wouldn't like it. I was going to explain it to you, then you just exploded! Plus he was drunk.."

"That's part of the reason I got mad." He cuts me off. "The fact that he came over while he was drunk, he could've done anything! How were you supposed to know if he was going to be an angry drunk or not?"

"What about yesterday?" I fire back.

"What about it?"

"You were drunk, I've never seen you drunk. So, what if you were an angry drunk and I didn't know? I still picked you up."

He got caught off guard with that one.

"But I'm not."

"How was I supposed to know?"

He shrugs. I want him to admit he was wrong, but the look on his face just makes me want to hug him.

"I think it was because you don't like him that you got so angry. Because if it were Harry or someone you.."

"No, I still would've been mad." He says sternly.

"Why? Harry's your friend!"

"Doesn't matter! I don't care if someone's my friend or not! I was drinking that night! I was waiting for you and I looked for you every where! The last thing I was expecting was to see you alone in your apartment with a guy who isn't me!"

"So you got jealous that day? When you saw Harry and I, you got jealous?"

"No." He lies.

"Yes you did." I press.

He cups his face in his hands.

"Ok," he says and I can see his eyes are red. "I went home that night, furious with myself. Before I got in the elevator I was going to come back, but I thought you would be to angry with me so I didn't bother. I was so stupid for letting you go. It was hard to sleep because I'm so used to hearing your voice before I sleep. I missed watching those fucking tv shows with you! But I didn't know how to.."

I see him struggling for a word.

"How to what?"

"Fix things." He sighs. "Seeing you with Harry that day, the crushed me. I thought you had already moved on and it looked like it was with him and I couldn't handle that."

"Can I ask you something?"

He nods.

"Say I had moved on with Harry, what would have done?"

He thinks for a brief moment before answering.

"I would've tried my best to be happy for you, but I know I wouldn't be. I'd try every day to get you away from Harry and back with me. I know Harry is my friend, but you were mine first. I would do anything to get you back."

That's all I need to hear. I'm glad he was so honest.

"So what do we do?" I ask and the phone rings.

I get up to get it; it's my mom. "It's my mom don't say anything." I press 'talk' on the phone.

"Hello?"

"Good morning." My mom says.

"Morning."

"How are you?"

"Ok, you?"

"I'm good, so what are you doing today?" She asks and I don't know how to answer.

"I'm not sure why?"

"Your brother was asking about where you went yesterday, so I told him where you went; everyone's wondering if you want to come over today?"

I have Niall here, we both need to shower, and I have no idea what to do.

"Hold on one sec." I cover the mouth piece to the phone.

"My mom wants me to go over today." I whisper.

"Oh, ok." Niall looks disappointed.

"Do you want to come?" After all that just happened, I don't want him away from me.

He looks at me surprised, and he has a really cute smile on his face. "You sure?"

I nod. "We'll shower and get dressed before we go."

I take my hand off the mouth piece. "Mom?"

"Mmm."

"I'll come over, Niall's coming with me, is that ok?"

"Yeah, so is everything ok then? I still want you to tell me what happened."

"I will another time."

"Alright, see you later then."

"Bye, mom."

"Bye, Sarah."

I hang up.

"How come you invited me over to your moms."

"Because she's always wanted to meet my boyfriend." I get up my chair and sit on Niall's lap.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah."

"So we're ok?" He asks.

"We'll go at our own pace, no more getting jealous or drunk."

"Sounds good to me." He says and kisses me.



We both showered quickly; also separately because lord knows showering wouldn't be the only thing we'd do in there. So while Niall was in the shower I got dressed. I didn't feel in the mood to braid my hair or even dry it, I just left it to dry naturally.

He came out of the bathroom with a towel hanging lowly off his hips. He sees me staring and I blush.

"Umm, just a heads up my brothers there." I say. My brother is going to want to talk with him for sure. My dad is oblivious, which is a good thing.

"Is he going to kill me?" He laughs but I know he's nervous.

"No," at least I hope not. "But he'll talk to you for sure. Don't worry, I'll talk to him before he gets to you."

"So you told him what happened?" He pulls his shirt over his head.

"Yeah."

"Does he hate me?"

"No, he just thinks you're dumb."

"Oh, well that's better than him wanting to kill me."

"Yes, that's true." We laugh.

I leave the room to go put my shoes on. Niall comes to the door seconds after. It's so easy for boys to get ready it's actually so unfair.

I grab my purse and keys and we head out the door. I'm kind of nervous, but I know that it's going to go well. Matthew will be a bit hesitant at first, but he'll warm up to him. I know it.



( once again I'm really sorry it took me so long to update and this chapter wasn't all that great. Excuse any mistakes you see. Next chapter I'll do better because I'll have more time to write it. Thanks for reading guys :) <3)