That One Night

Chapter 43

LOUIS' POV

I've never in my life seen Niall act this way, well, apart from when his mother was in hospital sick from cancer, but this was more intense. No matter how much body strength Harry and I both put in , it was no match for Niall. What's got him like this? We can't even get him to sit down.

We are continuously asking him what's going on but I don't think that it's helping with anything.

"Dude what's wrong! Just calm down! You're gonna break something!" I can hear Harry shouting over to Niall.

"Something's happened, something's happened, something's happened" I hear Niall continuously saying.

What the hell!

"What's happened? None of this is making any sense"  I say while Harry helps me calm Niall down.

Finally. After a struggle to sit Niall down, he finally does. His words are still jumbled and we still can,t understand them nut we still make an attempt to try.

Okay. Good, he's calm. Now for some answers.

Just as he was about to speak we were interrupted by an unknown car pulling into my driveway. But it was obvious that Niall knew who it was because he jumped of the couch and bolted to the door. I swear that it was the fastest that not Harry and I have ever saw Niall run. By the time that we got to the door, Niall was already down at the car with his arms wrapped around the figure.

They both spin around to face both Harry and myself. I can now see her face. I saw her this morning at Niall's place. Sophia. The one that Niall hasn,t been able to stop talking about since he's been here. What's happened?

I turn to face Harry and I notice that we both share the same facial expression. Confused as fuck, and also full of sympathy.

Niall enters with Sophia still in his arms and sits her down. There's really not a lot that Harry and I can do to help, so I get her a glass of cold water while Harry sits on her other side to comfort her.

She surely has calmed down from when we saw her as she got out of her car. Her face is stained from her salty tears and her eyes are red. She looks broken, unsure , scared.

She finally brings herself up to saying something.

" My dad"

SOPHIA'S POV

Saying those two was all that it took for me to breakdown once again. Why am I so weak?

Niall's grip around me becomes tighter as he pulls me into his chest. The warmth and comfort that I get from this is indescribable.

Moments go by and I begin to pull myself together. I have to stay strong. For myself and for my father.

"It's my dad." I say quietly

"What's happened?" they all say in unison which made me smile the slightest bit.

"He's gone." I say softly

"What do you mean gone" Only this tome Niall says it.

I turn and face Niall "He's dead Niall, gone, I can never see him again and he will never see me grow older"

I can see the frowns planted on everyone's face including mine.

"When?" I hear Louis ask quietly

I break away from Niall's eyes and turn to look at the floor.

"I don't know. I got home and that's the first thing that I hear from mums mouth."

I don't think that they know how to react to this because they are all just staring at the broken little me.

I can't stand the staring any longer so I get up.

"Where's your bathroom?" I ask Louis

" oh, umm, down the hall and its the second on the right" he replies.

I make my way down there, remembering the directions that Louis told me seconds earlier. This way, I'll be alone and able to clear my head easier, without having three sets of eyes staring at me.