Stay. (A Niall Horan FanFiction)

Chapter 60

Sarah's POV

I had thought about what Avery said. I suppose she had a point. But I see Harry as a friend and solely as a friend. Nothing more. I like how I can talk to Harry about anything. Even when Niall and I had our break, it felt good to talk to someone other than Avery. It felt good to get advice from someone who's close with Niall. I don't even know how to lead someone on. I've never even been in this type of situation before. I'm just praying that friendliness doesn't get perceived as flirting.

Today I'm meeting up with Niall because he said he has something to tell me. We're meeting up after school and I'm a bit nervous, but I hope it's nothing bad. I begin to pick at my nails with anxiety. This is one of my biggest problems. I'm hoping the day goes by quickly so I can see him, but whenever you want time to go by quicker, it goes by slower.

Niall's POV

I had gone to my moms house for dinner last week because she told me she had to discuss something with me. Turns out that something is my fathers mother. She has gotten sick, and it's not the simple flu. My parents are booking a flight as soon as possible back to Ireland to see her and they needed to know if I wanted to come along. Obviously I would want to go, that's my grandmother who I rarely get to see as it is. I'll take any chance to see her. But the only catch is, I would come back the day after Sarah's birthday. We would be gone for the first two weeks of November. I asked why we had to go for two weeks and my mom said it was because it wasn't looking too good for my grandmother and it wouldn't be right to only go for a few days then leave. It might even be a little longer, and that worries me. But since I have school and work, she said she wouldn't make me stay for too long.

The looks on their faces made it hard for me to say no, my dad's face was definitely the worst. He's always supported me through my bad times, I wouldn't be a good son if I wasn't there for my dad.

It's been a week since my mom told me about this, I took days off work and worked extra hard to get she was on assignments, but the one thing I failed to do was tell Sarah. It's the end of November and I leave December 2nd. So basically, I leave in I have only a few things packed but I'm trying to put it off for as long as possible.

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Sarah told me to meet her at her apartment instead. I feel nervous, though I don't really have a reason to be. I'm hoping she'll realize that I would never intentionally miss her birthday. It just so happened my grandmother got sick just weeks before her birthday. I want to still be able to give her gift. So I'm hoping I can find some time to hide where she would never look, or if Avery is home I'd ask her to hide it for me and tell me where she hid it. This way when I get wifi and can FaceTime Sarah, I can tell her where to find it and still be able to see the look on her face when she opens it.

I put it in a small baby blue bag that's tied with a white bow. My mom was the one who wrapped the whole thing. To be honest I would've made a huge mess of the thing. Plus my mom did it a thousand times better than I ever could.

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I knock on Sarah's door. I brought my school bag with me. If she asks me why I have it, I don't know what I'll say but I'm just going to hope she doesn't ask me.

She opens the door while rubbing one of her eyes. Was she sleeping? The messiness of her hair confirms it. She looks adorable though. She has a snug fitting t-shirt on, and pink pyjama pants with donuts on them. I bite my cheek to hold in my smile.

"Hey." She kisses me as I walk in.

"Were you just sleeping?" I ask but I practically already know the answer. I take off my jacket and hang it up so she doesn't have to.