My Rescuer ( A Niall Horan fanfic )

Family Reunion

Chapter 27

"Am I the only one dreading this?"

"Oh come on it won't be that bad."

"But I haven't seen her since like last year."

"Better now than never."

After a week of debating, we all decided we would go see our families for the holidays. Even Krystal and I. It took some convincing to get Krystal to agree and even now she's still hesitant. But I understand her worry. She hasn't spoken to or seen her mom since last year when she moved out of her parents' house.

"Let's go before you change your mind." I grabbed Krystal by the arm and literally dragged her out of the house. "You'll be fine. I'm gonna be there with you for part of the time anyway." I reassured her.

I was beyond nervous too. I haven't seen my mom since graduation and I've only talked to her once since we moved.

Oh crap.

My mom lives in Michigan now.

"Guys! We have a slight problem." I said sitting on the steps outside our house.

"What's wrong?" Layla asked confused.

"My mom moved to Michigan over the summer and I completely forgot about it." I said putting my hands in my face.

"Well no we have 1 of 2 options, you just don't get to see your mom or you and Krystal go to Michigan for half of the trip and we'll all meet back up in London on New Year's." Briella explained.

"That's actually a really good idea. Yeah we'll just go to Michigan for half the trip. Is that okay with you?" I agreed looking at Krystal.

"Fine with me, the less time I have to stay with my mom, the better." She said walking towards the car.

"Oh don't be that way. I'm sure it won't be that bad." I said standing up from the steps.

We all got in the car and headed towards the airport. I heard my phone start to ring in my pocket and I quickly pulled it out to see who it was. It was Xander.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey Beth! How are you doing?"

"I'm good. How about you?"

"Great actually. I was wondering if you had anything big planned for the holidays."

"Well I'm actually going back to America to visit my family for the holidays. I won't be back until New Years'."

"Oh. I wanted to know if we could maybe hang out again. But we can do it when you get back."

"I'd love to! I'll be sure to text you as soon as I get back to London."

"Okay. Have a happy holidays!"

"Yeah you too."

And with that I hung up the phone to 3 pairs of eyes staring at me.

"Uh, keep your eyes on the road miss thing!" I scolded Briella. The one time we let her drive she's not even looking at the road.

"And who was that?" Krystal asked me.

"One of my friends I made at school. Nothing special." I explained.

"Name?" Krystal pushed.

"Alexander." I said scratching the back of my neck and looking out the window.

"A BOY?!" they all shouted simultaneously.

"You make it seem like I said he was my boyfriend. Can I not have guy friends?" I said in defense.