Facetime

Chapter 36

*Niall's POV*

I watched her push away from me and leave the room, leaving me standing there. I ran my hands through my hair and tears pricked my eyes. I chased after her, spinning her around. I saw tears rushing down her face and my first instinct was to wipe them away but when I reached out for her face, she dodged my hand. My heart broke and my face fell."

Please Tess..."

I pointed between the two of us.

"This, what we have, it can't..."

I looked up and took a shaky breath, looking back down at her as a tear ran down my face.

"It can't be over."

She slowly looked up at me, a small forced smile on her face confirming my worst nightmare. She turned to walk away and I grabbed her wrist once more. She turned to glance back at me but frowned.

"You cheated on me Niall..."

"It was a mistake Tess. I don't have any feelings for her. I was drunk and I was lonely."

"That doesn't change the fact that it happened."

She brought her voice down to a whisper and stared at the ground.

"That doesn't make it hurt any less."

She looked up at me as she finished her sentence, her beautiful green eyes swimming with tears. She took her hand and grabbed my hand from around her wrist, giving it one last squeeze before letting it drop to my side. She walked over to the door and opened it up, looking back at me with tears rushing down her face.

"You'll be able to find a flight home, right?"

I took a step towards her and wiped one of the many tears sliding down my face.

"Please, don't do this Tess. We can work it out!"

She frowned at me and looked down at the door handle she was holding.

"I can't do this anymore Niall. I'm sorry."

I nodded and wiped a few more tears away, walking out the door. Just as she went to shut it behind me, I turned around, staring into her gorgeous eyes. I reached my hand out and brushed away a tear streaming down her face.

"I still love you, Tess."

She slightly smiled and looked down at the ground before meeting my gaze.

"I'll never stop loving you, Niall."

And with that, she shut the door, shattering my heart into a million pieces.

I'm not sure how long I sat there on her front porch crying my eyes out. I'm not exactly sure why Tessa opened the door to let Brad in. But most importantly I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do from this point on. Brad coming over to comfort Tessa once again hurt more than I ever imagined. I think it was mainly because I would never be able to hold her again. She would never ruin another one of my white shirts with her mascara and eyeliner. I would never be the one holding her together when she was falling apart. Because as of right now, I am the reason she is falling apart. And that hurt the worst.