Warning: This chapter will contain cutting and suicidal and abusive behaviour in a worse way then before. Please don't read when you are not comfortable with it. You won't miss crazy important information by not reading this chapter.
Niall opened the door just when his mother was about to leave. "Oh, Niall! I'm glad I see you before I leave. I put some money on the table for dinner. Just order a pizza okay, honey?" Niall nodded and smiled slightly as he hugged his mom.
He was glad he had been able to convince her to go out with a friend tonight, because he could just see she was looking forward to it and it made him happy eventhough he feared being home alone with his dad, but whatever would happen, it was defenitly worth his mom's night out. Specially because it was such a though day for all of them.
"Take care and call me if there's something wrong." She told him. Niall just nodded and literally pushed her out of the house. "Have fun!" He yelled happily. She laughed, stepped into the car, waved a last time and then drove off.
Niall smiled to himself and stepped inside as he silently closed the door and walked into the livingroom. He'd get a snack and then go upstairs to take a look at what Liam would teach him about tonight.
"Hey.." Niall said softly when he noticed his dad sitting at the kitchen table holding the newspaper. Niall could tell he wasn't actually reading. He was more... staring at it with such an empty expression. Niall frowned, doubting wether to ask what's wrong or just get his snack and move upstairs.
"Something wrong..?" He asked, biting his lip nervously right after he spoke the words. His dad looked up at him. "What's not today, right..?" He asked. Niall was suprised with the answer, because his father never really opened himself up about anything, specially not about Greg.
Niall nodded slowly, not quite sure what to say because what did you say at moments like this? His dad barely ever spoke to him and specially not about Greg. "Do you miss him..?" Niall questioned slowly. His dad looked down, so did Niall.
"Ofcourse I do.." He admitted. "I do to.." Niall said softly as he noticed his father's grip on the thin newspapers tightened. "You have no right to say that." He suddenly said. Niall looked up at him with confusion.
"W-what do you mean..?" He asked with a puzzled expression on his face. His dad looked him right into the eyes when he spoke. "It's your fault he's gone.." Niall stared at him with big eyes. Why would he say something like that?!
"W-w-w-why?" he stuttered as he watched his dad getting up. "Why you ask? Who's life didn't you ruin!" He spat. Niall started shaking. He didn't understand where this was coming from. Niall took a view steps back. He knew what followed when his father went like this.
"Stay here!" Niall ran upstairs, his father following him. He ran through the hallway to his room and was about to lock his bedroom door when his dad pushed it open, causing him to fall. He felt a hard kick in the stomach, causing all the air to leave his lungs.
"Son of a bitch!" His dad screamed. More kicks followed. Niall cried out in pain. "Dad, stop, please!" He cried out in order to make his dad stop. "Shut up piece of shit!" He kept going on and Niall believed this was going to be the end of him.
Yet then his dad pulled away and looked at him with a disgusted expression. "Everyone would be better off without you. Everyone." He said, staring right into his son's eyes as he left the room leaving Niall compleetly beaten onto the ground.
The boy stared into his room, not focusing on anything. He wasn't moving, feeling like he couldn't at all. Tears ran down his cheeks as he stared at the picture of him and Greg on his nightstand.
