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thirty six.

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elanora
it was about seven in the morning and she was walking bare-feet on the pavement, clearly lost. she didn't know where she was and frankly she didn't care. as she crossed the road, she hoped that a bus would come any minute and knock her down. she felt like dying.

there was a burning sensation in her throat and stomach. it was as if she wanted to vomit but nothing came up. elanora eased herself by taking a deep breath in and another one out.

she was really thirsty. all that crying had made her dehydrated. there wasn't any small shops in sight, only expensive looking houses with fancy cars parked in the drive-way. this is a classy neighborhood, she thought.

behind her, in a distance, she could hear a car driving. it slowed down when it got near her and the tinted windows were winding down. niall poked his head out, looking quite relieved.

"elanora? i've been looking everywhere for you. i was so worried," he exclaimed coming out of his car. he took his suit jacket off and wrapped it around her. elanora didn't even know she was shivering. she was too numb to have realized anything.

"i-i w-was-" she began to croak out. niall instantly hushed her and opened the car door for her to get in. elanora got in and wrapped the jacket more tightly around herself.

"here. you look exhausted," he mumbled handing her a bottle of water. she thanked him softly and began gulping the water down as he drove off. he would glance at her one or two times, trying to figure out what happened or if he did anything wrong.

elanora couldn't stand the silence between them. she knew she probably screwed up everything with niall because of harry. she really did want to move on but harry was such a big part of her life for a long time and she was finding it hard to let him go. how can you let go of someone who made such an impact on your life? someone who you love so damn much.

she did have some resentment toward harry though. he left her a voicemail making her get her hopes up, when all along he was never going to leave erin. how could he? she was pregnant with his child. the thought made elanora tear up once more.

she remembered that she and harry had talked about families. she wanted a son and he wanted a daughter. he said that they would have lived in a modern, cozy home and have family movie and game nights every sunday.

she felt so fucking stupid. how could she ever have believed that to be true? why would he ever leave his wife? he would never have wanted that scandal to get out in the public. no matter what, he loved erin even though she was annoying sometimes and they fight. he would never leave her.

a part of her knew, from the moment she met him, he was gonna break her heart. she was so in love with him that she didn't care. she was so hopeful and believed all these fantasies he had created and engraved in her mind of them being together without all the hiding from the outside world.

stupid. she was really fucking stupid for kissing harry back at the party. she was so weak when he was around her. there was something about him that made her submissive, something that made her give in every time.

niall cleared his throat, snapping her out of her trance of thought. "we're here," he said softly. niall really didn't know what to say or do. it was an odd situation.

elanora looked outside to see that they were parked in front of her house. "niall, i want to tell you what happened," she said to him.

niall was such a gentleman and he deserved to know the truth. if he still liked her and wanted to go out again, then great. if not, she wouldn't be mad because he deserved so much better than her.

niall looked at her, waiting for some sort of explanation for her running out like that. elanora took a deep breath and began to tell him everything. she told him how she and harry first met and everything else after. niall was shocked, but listened and nodded a few times.

when she was finally done, he remained silent. he didn't know what to say. he was trying to process everything. harry styles and elanora? he couldn't believe it. he wasn't judging her for being in a relationship with a married man because everyone makes mistakes. he was just surprised that 'the happy styles couple' we're not as happy as he though.

"wow. thank you for telling me this. it all makes sense now," he said looking at her.

"i know it's a lot to take in at once. i felt like you needed to know who i really am because i like you. i-i just don't know if you still like me after all that. i mean i went to the party with you and ended up kissing harry and he's gonna be a father and-" elanora rambled on. she stopped herself when niall lips broke into a smile.

"sorry," she mumbled, blushing. "look el, i really need to think about this, okay?" he said gently to her. she nodded, she understood completely.

"take all the time you need, horan. thank you so much for coming to look for me and for driving me home," she said opening the car door. he grabbed her hand before she got out of the car, making her turn to him. he gave her a kiss on the cheek and said a small 'you're welcome'.

elanora walked to the door of her house and waved niall off. she opened the door and was greeted by tarzan. she stooped down and picked him up, heading off to her room. she needed a good day's rest.
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