Wait... They're OUR Neighbors?

Drama At The Vet

     It was around two thirty in the afternoon and I was getting ready for work when the front door slammed. I button up the rest of my shirt and walk out to the living room. When I step in, there's Winnie, face down in a pillow.

     "Hey... You okay?" I ask, slowly walking towards the couch. I just hear a sob and she buries her face deeper in the pillow. "Bad day?" I ask, she just nods and hugs the pillow.
     I sit down on the edge of the couch and pat her back. "What happened?" I ask. I knew that she hates when I try to ask what's wrong or what happened, but it was obviously upsetting her.

    She just sits up and walks away, not saying a word to me. She walks up the stairs and goes to her room, soon after I hear the sounds of her music streaming pretty loudly. I sigh and pull out my phone, something must have happened at work. I dial my boss's number and put the phone to my ear. 
    "Hello?" Sean says in the other end. 

     "Hey Sean, it's Infinity." I say.

     "Oh hey, what's up Finny?" he asks, going from boss mode to friend mode. 
     "Nothing much. But hey, could you cover my shift for me? My friend who works at the vet came home early, which never happens unless something bad happened She seems pretty upset." I explain, trying to convince him to take my shift for the day. 

      I hear a sigh from his end and then he says, "Yeah, but you have to come in early tomorrow. Got it?"

      "Of course. Thank you so much. I'll be in at one tomorrow." I say, a sigh relief falling from my lips. I hang up the phone before he can respond and I automatically dial Liam's number. A few rings later there is no reply. "Maybe he's busy." I say, putting, my phone in my pocket. I grab my car keys and yell up to Winnie that I'll be be back in an hour or so. There was no response, but I leave anyway. 

     I go to the little shop in town and I buy a pint of lactose ice cream, some chocolate, a bouquet of flowers, and a balloon with a kitten and a puppy on it. While I was out, I saw Niall walking around with some sun glasses and a beanie on. I walk over and tap him on the shoulder and he turns around. He smiles when he sees that it's just me. 

    "Hey. What's up?" he says, glancing at all the items that I had yet to put in my car.

    "Just getting Winnie some stuff. Something happened at work and she's really torn up about it." I say, shrugging. "The problem is that she won't tell what happened cause she hates letting people know when she's upset and keeps it all on the inside, so I never know the exact situation of what's going."  

     "Oh no, is she okay?" he asks, sound genuinely worried for her. 
     I shrug. "She is pretty upset about it. So I'm assuming no. You wanna come over? Maybe she'll talk to you." I say. Since the party this past weekend, Niall and Winnie have been best friends. They tell each other everything. He simply nods. "Alright, then come with me to my car and I'll give you ride back, unless Paul dropped you off." I say, turning to go to my car. 

     "I walked her actually. I never get to walk anywhere anymore, so I thought that I'd just have a bit of fresh air." he said. I start walking towards my car, Niall in tow. I unlock the doors and open up the back, putting everything in. Niall walks over to the passenger side door, which would usually be the driver's side door in America, and got in. I got in on my side and started up the car. I pull out and drive back the way to my house. 
     "You want to listen to some music?" I ask. Niall nods and I switch on my radio. I totally forgot that I had the new 1D album in the CD player. The music started to play and I started to freak out a little. "Oops, sorry. I forgot I had that in." I said, a nervous chuckle escaping my lips. Niall just started to laugh, gripping his stomach. 

     "So, you really are a secret fan. That's adorable." he says, punching my arm lightly. I roll my eyes and switch it to the radio. Niall started to hum to whatever song it was and I continued to drive. 

     We finally got to my house and we both hop out the car at the same time, shutting the doors almost exactly at the same time. I grab all of the things that I bought from the back and we walk up to my door. We get inside and I hear the shower going in the bathroom. I turn to Niall and hand him the bouquet of flowers, the chocolate, and the balloon. 
     "Alright, once she's out of the shower and dressed, go up and give here these. Tell her that there's ice cream in the fridge for her and see if she'll tell you what happened." I say, grabbing the ice cream from inside of the bag. He nods and goes to the kitchen and I follow. 
     "So, what are you going to be doing the entire time that I'm talking to her?" he asks, setting everything on the counter. 
     "Good question. What are the others doing?" I ask.
     "Well, Harry and Louis went to get breakfast, Liam is still asleep I'm assuming cause he hasn't been answering his phone, and Paul is with Louis and Harry. That's pretty much it. Why?" he asks, concerned as to what I'm going to do.
     "First, I'm going to give you a hug." I step closer to him and hug him, trailing my hands down his back to his back pocket, taking his keys. "Then, I'm going to take your keys and go over to your house. Then, I think I'm going to wake up Liam." I jingle the keys in front of his face and put them in the palm of my hand. Niall laughs and gently pushes me. 

     "Then go on. I have to go talk to your best friend." he says, shooing me away. I quickly walk out of the house and head over to the boys' house. 

 Niall's P.O.V   

     A few minutes after I heard the shower turn off and the music turn back up, I grabbed all of the gifts off the counter and walked up the stairs. I lightly knocked on her door, waiting for a response. After a minute or two, the music turned down to a lower volume and I heard a light voice say, "Come in." 
     "I come bearing gifts." I say quietly as I open the door. A small chuckle comes from Winnie as she sits up. She wipes her eyes, trying to hide the fact that she as crying. I come over and sit down next to her on the bed. "There is some ice cream in the freezer for you, here are some flowers, some chocolate, and a balloon." I say, tying it to the post of her bed. 
    "Thanks, Nialler." she says, her voice cracking a little bit. When I heard that, my heart broke a little. Whatever happened really hurt her. 
    "Well, now that I'm here and Finny is next door bothering Liam, why don't you tell me what's tearing you up so much?" I say, rubbing her back a bit. She nods and puts her head on my shoulder. I smile and continue to rub her back. "Go on, I'm here to listen." 
     "Well, this woman comes in with her pregnant cat who was in labor. She was having trouble getting the kittens out, at this point it was crucial to give her C-section. So, I bring her back and I put her under. I was cutting into the abdomen and everything was going good. I don't know if it was because of the amount of blood lost while doing it or if it was too much stress on the mama, but I couldn't save her." she said, her voice cracking at the end, tears streaming down her face. My heart broke slightly and I hugged her. She cried for a little bit and I just sat there, rubbing her back. 

      "Are you okay, love?" I ask looking down at her, her eyes red from crying. She nods and sits up, letting me go.
      "Yeah... Sorry for crying on you." she says, a little giggle escaping her lips.

       I shrug and look down at the spot where she was crying. "That's alright, I have plenty of shirts that are here for you to cry on." I say, opening my arms wide. She smiles for the first time for a few minuets and I felt happy that she was finally smiling.