Christmas Kisses: A Niall Horan Fanfiction

Twas the Night Before Christmas..

Jacqueline's POV

"Next stop, White Moon Junction." the gruff voice said over the loud speaker. I sighed heavily as I rested my head on the cold window and continued to stare out the window into the white, sugar coated landscape. The train seem deserted of all people and only a few people were scattered among the cart. A homeless looking old man with tattered gloves and yellow teeth yawn in exhaustion and mother patted her baby's back as it sobbed into her shoulder. It was mostly silent except for the clanging of the old train against the rusty tracks. It was a comfortable silence, the kind that gave you space to think about the deepest thoughts in your brain. I doodled around on the window with my stubs of nails that I bite off. I should be sitting at home while shoving popcorn into my mouth and gossiping with my best friend Braelyn. My crappy flip phone went off with a chime and I looked down to see Antonio, my boyfriend's name bleeping on the screen. Antonio came as a Italian exchange student last fall. He seemed cute and shy, but also serious. Brae was convinced that we would be perfect together and smacked us together faster than the speed of light. Our relationship seems perfect because we weren't like that typical lovey dovey couple and I liked it that way.

"Hello?" he said in a low morning voice. My face lighted with a large grin, I haven't talked to him in a week because he was back in Italy to visit his family for the holidays. "Merry Christmas Ant," I exclaimed joyfully.

"Hey Jacks," he said, "how's the queen of sass doing today?"

"Haha," I said sarcastically, "you're too funny. How's everything going?"

"Good, I guess I mean just hanging out at the family nothing new. It's nice to be back in Florence though, but I miss you very much," he said in his mouth drooling accent. I blushed slightly as I whispered a small I miss you too. We talked for about another twenty minutes just laughing of random things that we came up in our brains. All of a sudden I heard a door open on the other side of the phone and a girl's voice squeaking out, "baby what are you doing? Let's go outside and do something it's Christmas Eve!" That's when my heart stopped and my face paled.

"Jacks, wait lemme-" he pleaded on the other end.

"NO!" I screeched at the top of my lungs, "WHO THE HECK IS THAT AND WHY DID SHE JUST CALL YOU BABY? YOU CANT BACK OUT OF THIS ANTONIO NO WAY IM DONE!" He tried and tried reasoning with me but I just shut my phone abruptly. Everyone in the train stopped and stared at me in shock. I turned bright red and excused myself from the cabin into the cold air. The snow was coming down by the buckets and I cussed while mentally slapping myself, wishing I chose a warmer option. I kept feeling vibrations in my pockets, probably Antonio trying to seduce me with his well rehearsed crap I don't wanna hear. Maybe you would think I'm being judge mental or bitchy, but I had a fiery personality that judged things as they came. I was the kind of person that became extremely hard to deal with when it came to liars, they just provoked me so much. I shivered as I pulled my trench coat closer around my body. I felt so alone, a feeling I haven't had. I always had family or friends around me, but despite that I felt more alone than ever. As I sat on my thoughts, the train quickly lurched to a stop. I heard the tracks made a sound that reminded me of the scratch of nails on a chalkboard. I immediately flapped open the door of the train to hear the monotonous voice speaking over the loud speaker.

"There will be a partial delay until tomorrow because of the snow. Please bare with us as we try to fix the problem. We are so sorry for the inconvenience. We will try to get back to your families as soon as possible." the line than went dead. I stood there my eyes drifting off to no where as I let his words sink in and my brain shattered like glass. Stuck here. All Night. Christmas Eve. Antonio. Gone. Mom and Dad. In jail. I literally screamed inside. My eyes brimmed with tears as my inside threatened to burst. It hurt to breath and more than anything my heart ached to be back in the city, this was not my scene. I felt like the walls were pushing in on me and I held on to the wall as my knees became weak. I decided I need to get out of here. I went to the same exit I just came out of moments ago and tried to take in deep breathes. Even in the smallest difficult situations, I had huge anxiety attacks. I was a paranoid perfectionist what can I say. I looked out onto the winter wonderland, the full moon high in the sky. I couldn't stay here any longer and I knew it in my heart, or else I was going to burst. My blue Uggs stomped into the hard snow as I felt the water already coming in through the small holes in the toes.

"My life cannot get any worse," I mumbled to myself as I shoved my hands into my pockets and walked away from the dimly-lite train. I pushes through the trees to find nothing but a long paved road and a sign reading, "Welcome to Pinestaff Creek" with a small beaver nibbling at oddly shaped object in the corner. This is a town? I thought to myself shocked as I looked around the find dark houses and only a small scatter of cars. Considering that it was nearly 1:30 in the morning I guess it should be deserted, but there was literally nothing. There was a small gas station to the left of me that's sign kept flickering on and off and a country store that was the size of a mouse crumb. What am I doing? I thought to myself. I should just go back to the train it's not like there's anything I can do here anyway. I shrugged as I continued walking about the desolate street. Out of the corner of my eye, I heard a sizzling noise as I turned around to see a small cabin covered in white lights. I couldn't see a thing because one, it was dark, and two i was as blind as a bat because I refused to wear glasses. I went up closer and read the sign that said, "Waffle Cabin". A sign on the glass door said c'mon in we're open. I took its word for it and wrenched the door open, bells jingling and welcoming my entrance.

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Long chapter I've been working real hard on. (: please read comment and vote! I'm hoping to get 20 votes by Christmas if possible <3 I love all of you! And sorry there hasn't been much Niall and Jackie action but I'm gonna start it in the next few chapters.

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