I was held in Emma's soft arms as she away back and forth slowly and hummed a little. I liked this girl. She knew what to do.
"How are you doing?" Jackie asked as she entered the kitchen where Emma and I stood.
"Good," Emma replied, after she stopped humming.
"She's a lovely one isn't she?" Jackie smiled, pointing at me.
"Yeah," Emma agreed, "She's beautiful."
I closed my eyes soon, causing Emma to think I was asleep.
Miles walked in a moment afterward and asked, "You are doing well, Miss Stampson?"
This guy was so polite!
"Yes, thank you," Emma said and then asked, "But why me? I mean, why was I hired on the spot?"
Miles paused before answering, the smile audible on his lips, "It's a bit of a long story."
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Soon, Jackie and Miles had explained the whole story to her, and had all of them laughing.
"That is hilarious!" Emma gasped, still holding me in her arms.
"What the %#*% is going on here?" I could hear Niall demand from the next room.
"Uh, nothing," Emma said quickly, Miles and Jackie were jut telling me a funny story."
I could hear Niall grunt, annoyed and then stomp up the stairs.
"Who put a bug in his beer," Emma mumbled.
"He wasn't always like this," Jackie sighed.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Could you tell me?"
"He used to be a happy boy," Jackie began, "He always made people laugh. Everyone was his friend, he never had any enemies.
"Then one day, his parents were killed in a car crash. Both of them instantly died.
"So he turned to drinking and gambling for comfort. That's why the band broke up. Because he was such a mess, he couldn't perform.
"And the boys refused to continue without him. Loyal lads, they were."
"What happened to them?" Emma asked after a moment of thought.
"Well, they all got married and started their own families. Louis became an actor, Zayn an artist, Liam a firefighter, and Harry opened up his bakery. And Niall, well, you know what happened to him."
So that's what happened, I thought, No wonder he is so angry all the time.
That night, I dreamt of Niall, and when he was young. I dreamt of him being twenty and singing on stage and laughing with his band mates.
It's sad what happened to him. I wanted to make him better. But I couldn't do that, I was only a small child.
But maybe Emma could do it. Maybe that's why she is here. Maybe there's a reason. Maybe, just maybe.
Author's note:
Hey! Sorry this chapters short but, yeah. So you now know why Niall is the way he is. But there's more. *dramatic music in background*
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