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*Niall's POV*

Is it already this late? I wipe my eyes and look at the red numbers on the digital clock. My eyes weren't lying it's already 13.30.

Celine is staring at the ceiling, my hand still resting on her stomach that slowly moves up and down on the beat of her breath.

Too slow.

"Are you okay?" I ask. She sighs.
"Better I think, I'm feeling less ill but my head is still aching." Her voice is almost a whisper.

"Maybe you should see a doctor, just to check on you." She rolls her eyes.
A sign she's feeling better.

"Niall, the doctor left a few hours ago." I smile and kiss her cheek.
"I know."
Her brown curls rest on her shoulders and breasts. The light sun showing little golden speckles in her green eyes.

"I love you."

The words roll from her pink lips. It are only three silly words but they mean more than a dictionary can tell to me.

"I'll make you breakfast." I say and get out of bed, kiss her head and pull a shirt over my naked chest.

The way her eyes dart up and down my body makes me want to take it back of and get back to bed next to her, pulling her against me.

No time to get pants on, I need to be back as fast as I can cause I can't be without her for long.

I rush down the stairs, almost missing the last one, and run to the kitchen.

After a few minutes I made a decent breakfast with orange juice and eggs. It isn't an actual breakfast cause it's almost two o' clock.

I walk up the stairs, slowly this time, so I wont spill all the orange juice on the floor. With my tongue out of my mouth I open the door of my bedroom with my elbow.

She's not laying on the bed anymore, she's standing in front of the opened window, leaning outside, only wearing panties and the shirt of mine I put her in last night.
A soft breeze lifts a few hairs up.
The weakly shining sun isn't enough to light up the room so I put the lights on.

The red laces of her bra come visible underneath the fabric of my white shirt she's wearing.
She's so damn sexy and she doesn't even try.

She turns around, her face is white, plain white. Her lips are swollen and her hair is pushed back. The black skin under her eyes shows she didn't sleep well this night, or the whole week.

She looks terrible.

"Is it that bad?" She asks when I keep staring without saying a word.

"No." I lie and she smiles.
"Of course not." She softly says.
I put the food on my desk and walk to her, put my arms around her waist and kiss her neck.

***

"I think I need a shower." She says after she finished the breakfast I made and thanked me too many times.

I nod and when she closes the door of my bedroom behind her I call her back. "Celine wait!" I yell.
"Yes?" She opens the door and looks at me with an confused expression. "Please do me a favor and keep the door open?"
"Okay." She whispers and gives me a weak smile.




*Astrid's POV*

Every centimeter I get closer to his house the feeling of two hands around my neck gets worse.
My heart beats faster and when I reach the corner of his street stop.

I need to take a deep breath and calm down before I arrive at his house. I actually just go with the feeling that tells me to keep this a secret for him. He needs me now and he truly loves me, I can't tell him now I'm not so sure about my feelings anymore.

The breeze lifts my hair up and I'm sure I look like a fool trying to get it back into his normal state.

I take the fresh air in and fill my longs with it. Okay. Come on Astrid, you can do this.

I get back on my bike and ride as slow as I can, I'm almost falling.
It's actually funny, a few weeks ago I never had a boyfriend before and now I cheated on him by kissing Harry Styles. Harry is turning my intire life upside down.

I follow my normal routine, place my bike against the sidewall, walk up his doorstep and before I can knock the door already gets opened. Just like always. Like it's a normal day.

"Hey babe how are you?" The words come to me but I don't hear them. He hugs me and I really have to hold my tears. This is going to be a long day.



*Kate's POV*

Liam get's out of our hug after we have been standing there for quiet some time, I wish he would leave his strong arms around me forever.

I actually don't want to go home, I want everything more than that but I have to. Liam told me to listen to my heart but I can't ignore my brain either.

"Maybe you should go." He says while rubbing my back. "But I don't want to." I quietly say.
"You should, you didn't visit in a wile and I think Louis has to tell you something important."

What is going on with Louis that he knows about?

"What's that between the two of you? You didn't answer me last time either." He gets nervous I can see it. "He will tell you."
"No you're gonna tell me."
"No Kate I'm not,"

The tone is his voice doesn't accept any 'but' so I keep my mouth shut.

For now.

"You can give me a clue so I wont be too shocked."

I can see he wants to tell me, wants me to protect really of breaking down when I hear it, his eyes get soft when I stare into them.

"No I can't." He says while shaking his head to himself.

What could it be that will make me devastated and Louis and Liam this nervous to tell me. My curiosity drives me crazy.



*flashback* -7years old-

"How did you get this?" I ask pointing to his birthmark in his neck. "I already have it since I was born." He says, while trying to look at it but fails. "Can I touch it?"

Liam frowns and smiles, "sure." He laughs and I join him. My forefinger softly slides against the dark skin on his neck. "I want something like this too." I say, staring at the birthmark. "It's beautiful."

"No it's not, it's disgusting." Liam softly says. I look up straight into his warm brown eyes.
"It makes you perfect." I whisper.
Liam softly smiles and blushes.

"Why did your mother cut your hair?" He asks to change the subject. "She thought it was too long, it's ugly I know." I say while running my hands through my short blonde hair.
"Nobody else has short hair like me in our class."
Liam chuckles and looks at the floor.
"That's what makes you special, your not like the others."
"You're my best friends." He adds.
"You're mine too Liam." I say and he pulls me against his red sweater.

"Liam, can I ask you something?"
"Yea sure ask me anything."
"Do you trust me?"
"Yea, I trust you more than anybody. Why do you want to know?"
"I don't know, would you tell me anything? Even if it's a secret?"
"Yea I think I would."



*Celine's POV*

This can't go on like this any longer.
I'm taking one of the pills Astrid gave me against headache but it doesn't seem to work, I take another one, just to make sure this pain will stop.

I take off my clothes and step under the hot shower. The water strikes my body and in a certain way the sound of the liquid falling on the ground calms me down a bit.

But the pain is still there, it always is.

When I get out the shower the drops fall from my hair onto my chest and roll down to the bottom of my belly.

When I finally think I feel actually better the pain is back, even worse than before.

For the first time in too long I look at myself in the mirror. Wow. I have big dark circles under my eyes and my skin is plain white, except my cheeks, they're red from the way too hot water I used.

My forefinger touches my cheekbones and slides softly down my face. I can't help but think about the time I spent with Harry. It was only one or two days with him in years but it felt like years.
The longer I think about it the more I regret I slept with him. But I had to. I was supposed to act like I loved him, so Liam and Niall could take 'revenge' but I will never forget the way Harry looked at me when he stood there, wet, with his broken phone and passport in his hands.

A knock on the door wakes me from my deep thoughts.

"Celine? Are you okay?"
Niall is over concerned at the moment.
"Yea, I'll be right back." I yell.





Omg look what I found while 'studying' for my history exam tomorrow. :s
🆔 it says 1D haha lol I'm sorry.
In class the teacher said take document 1D and Celine and I were like whuuut and looked at each other haha the whole class hates us for being those über fans but we don't care :) sorry for telling you this. Don't know why I did. Love you all! Keep voting it means a lot to me! X
-Kathleen

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