“So is this really it then, Sophia? Are you leaving me?” I’d never seen Niall so upset and it was killing me, but I couldn’t stay. I had to move away with my family to another country, miles away from Ireland. We were moving to Australia and I’d never see him again. Not until I was old enough to move back home, where I belonged with Niall. That was two years away yet. So I had to tell him we couldn’t be together. There was no way it could work. Not even all the hours in the day on Skype or the phone could keep us close enough. I had to break his heart. The last thing I ever wanted to do.
“I’m so sorry; I never wanted to break your heart. That was never my intention. I just can’t leave you waiting when you could find a prettier, funnier, better girl than me! I’m not good enough for you and I never deserved you. You’ve always been so incredible and you have been the best boyfriend in the world. Please Niall, just promise me you won’t be upset over silly old me. You’ll find somebody else easily. If I could stay with you here, I swear I would but I can’t. I have to leave.” Tears were filling up my eyes but I couldn’t cry, or I’d never stop. Niall was already distraught. Placing my hand on his right cheek, I reached up and placed a gentle kiss on his lips.
“I’m going to miss you so much. I won’t be able to find anybody more amazing than you and if I have to wait for you to come back, then I will. I swear I’ll never leave you. I love you, Soph.” His heart was broken and it was more than obvious. I knew he meant what he said but I couldn’t handle hearing it. It was slowly ripping my heart into tiny shards.
“I’m sorry.” I slid my hand off his face and spun round and dashed back to my car. Niall was screaming for me to come back but I just had to try and block him out. Even if all I wanted to do was run back in his arms and say this was all a horrible joke. But it wasn’t a joke. It was the painful reality I didn’t want to face.
I slumped down quickly in the car seat and let the tears slip delicately down my cheeks. Without looking back to where Niall was stood, I pressed my foot down quickly on the pedal and let the speed of the car gradually increase. I could feel the car speeding up well beyond the speed limit, but I let it get faster. I really didn’t care anymore; I'd lost the one person who made life worth living. My eyes were foggy with tears and my chest was constricted. I drove along endless roads and watched as the night sky grew darker by the minute. I could barely see the road anymore, but I didn’t let that make me stop. Instead, I let the speed increase further until it was above 80mph. This was dangerous enough on its own; speeding whilst upset.
Before I had the time to register what was in front of me, I went straight through the wooden gate and the car spun out of control. I tried to press the break but the car had already given in. It smashed into a nearby tree and I was flung forward. My head crashed off the front window and the glass dug into my skin. Not long after, my sight began to go fuzzy and double up. Aimlessly, I tried searching for my phone to call for help but my arms started to flail by my sides. Agonising pain started seeping throughout my body causing me to become weaker. I desperately tried to keep my eyes open but they failed to obey my mind and slowly, but surely, shut themselves. It was then that I was plunged into complete darkness, alone and terrified.
Niall’s P.O.V
I pushed my foot down on the accelerator pedal and sped off down the road. I refused to let go of her that easily. There was no way she was leaving me, I wouldn’t let her. Searching with my eyes, I scanned every area around me, looking for any signs of her car. She could have stopped off to get calm again or kept going until she got all the way home. Honestly, I didn’t have a clue but I was petrified that she was injured. I couldn’t live knowing that I was the reason she was hurt, if she even was injured at all.
I’d been searching for ten minutes so far, with no sign of her or her car. My panic levels were starting to rise. I’d seen how quickly she’d sped off down the road and that was enough to show me she was in danger. I would’ve tried to of kept up with her, but I had to take it safely. I couldn’t cause myself injuries and worry everyone. Suddenly, I spotted headlights glowing in the small meadow close by. I pushed my foot down, putting more pressure onto the accelerator. As I got closer to the scene, I knew exactly what had happened and I felt my heart sink. Quickly, I stopped my car and leaped out, running with all the speed in me too where I knew Sophia was.
