Forever

Letting Go

A/N listen to Turn Your Face by Little Mix while reading this chapter. <3

*Bella's POV*

I drove away. From Rachel, fans, and later that day, the most precious thing I'd ever been given...

I pulled into Niall's driveway. When he opened the door to see me, his arms flew around me in a bear hug. I accepted it with gratefulness.

"It's so good to see you princess!"

"It's goo to see you Niall," I smiled. "How was work?"

"Fabulous! Come in!" He grabbed my hand and we sat down.

"So what's up?" He asked. I sighed heavily and tossed my hair back. This was not going to be easy.

"Niall, we need to talk about something... that I never thought we'd have to talk about before." Almost immediately, his eyes flashed with worry.

"Bella what do you mean?"

"I mean... I think we should go separate ways."

"W-w-what?" Niall gripped my hand tighter. "What do you mean 'go separate ways'?"

"I mean... Niall we're done." The air tensed up as Niall stared at me with glistening eyes.

"Why? What did I do?" He whispered.

"Nothing," I wiped a tear. "You're perfect, Niall. I'm so lucky to have you."

"Then why are we through?" A tear rolled down his cheek. "Why are you leaving me?"

"Because... It's better that we aren't together. Just friends, ya know?" I couldn't look at him.

"You mean... you don't love me?" His voice became hoarse.

"Niall I do! That's the problem!" I raised my voice. Niall squeezed my hand and I relaxed.

"How is that the problem?"

I pulled out my phone and got onto twitter. I showed him every single tweet about me. As I scrolled, his eyes flickered with anger.

"Bella when did this happen," he said calmly.

"This morning, while you were asleep." I breathed slowly.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Niall grabbed my shoulder.

"Because I didn't want you to get mad at them," I said quickly. "You are their idol. I would hate to have my idol get mad at me."

Niall turned my face so I could see him. "Bella, this is serious. If you were like you used to be, then you would've-"

He stopped when I pulled up my sleeve. His hand brushed over the scratch marks.

"Cut myself." I finished his sentence. He looked at me, and then leaned in and kissed me passionately.

"Bella I love you."

"That's the problem, you can't," I whispered. I got up and grabbed my keys. Niall got up and followed me.

"Bella you can't leave! You're my everything! I love you!"

"As do I," I walked onto the porch. "But now I can't. We're still friends. Good bye, Niall."

"Bella no!" Niall yelled. He ran after me as I got back into my car. I sped away from him and didn't look back. I couldn't. It was just too hard.

*Niall's POV*

I couldn't believe it. My baby Bella, the love of my life, was gone. Not to mention, she cut herself. Again. She drove away from me without a final kiss. She didn't even look back at me.

After all we'd been through...

She was gone.