With Every Moment Left (Niall Horan) Book 2

Epilogue

1 Month Later

It was our first concert since she passed. We were performing an outdoor concert. The sun had set hours ago, leaving a perfectly clear night sky in its wake. We were almost done with our set and I could feel the nerves start to get to me. “Tonight we’ve got something special for you all” Harry says which is met by a roar of applause. When it’s quieted down, he says “We’ve got a new song, written by our very own Nialler here” he says putting a hand on my back.

“This song is dedicated to a very special person. Rachel, you changed my life. I’ll never forget you” I say as the music started. This was it. We had decided before the concert that I’d sing the song myself for tonight. On the album it would be all of us, but for right now, this was just me, performing for her. The lights dim, a spotlight on me and I hear the music start. I open my mouth, my hand sliding into my pocket and grabbing hold of the four-leaf clover charm I had given her as I look up at the sky.

Shut the door
Turn the light off
I wanna be with you
I wanna feel your love
I wanna lay beside you
I cannot hide this
Even though I try

Heart beats harder
Time escapes me
Trembling hands
Touch skin
It makes this harder
And the tears stream down my face

I feel something wet on my cheek and wipe my face realizing I started to cry. Her face flashing through my mind. The lads all come and stand around me, putting a hand on my shoulder to lend me the strength to continue.

If we could only have this life
For one more day
If we could only turn back time

My voice cracks on the last verse and I realize I’m beginning to shake. The next thing I know, the other boys are all singing with me, helping me to get through it.

You know I’ll be
Your life
Your voice
Your reason to be
My love
My heart
Is breathing for this
Moment
In time
I’ll find the words to say
Before you leave me today

Close the door
Throw the key
Don’t wanna be reminded
Don’t wanna be seen
Don’t wanna be without you
My judgments clouded
Like tonight's sky

I take a shaky breath, trying to regain my composure as I remember the night it had rained. Our first kiss.

Hands are silent
Voice is numb
Try to scream out my lungs
It makes this harder
And the tears stream down my face

If we could only have this life
For one more day
If we could only turn back time

You know I’ll be
Your life
Your voice
Your reason to be
My love
My heart
Is breathing for this
Moment
In time
I’ll find the words to say
Before you leave me today

Flashing lights in my mind
Going back to the time
Playing games in the street
Kicking balls with my feet

Dancing on with my toes
Standing close to the edge

There’s a pile of my clothes
At the end of your bed

As I feel myself fall
Make a joke of it all

As I sing, a sad smile dances across my lips as more flashes of memories race through my brain. Her attempt at river dancing, the skydiving, the skinny-dipping adventure, the meteor shower, the night we spent together. I didn’t even realize when the boy’s had stopped singing along with me, letting me go on my own. I couldn’t hear the crowd or feel the boy’s hands on me or anything. It was just me and her.

You know I’ll be
Your life
Your voice
Your reason to be
My love
My heart
Is breathing for this
Moment
In time
I’ll find the words to say
Before you leave me today

You know I’ll be
Your life
Your voice
Your reason to be
My love
My heart
Is breathing for this
Moment
In time
I’ll find the words to say
Before you leave me today

I finish the song and everything is silent. No one moves. Then slowly, people start clapping until the entire crowd is going wild but I don’t even notice. Looking up at the sky I silently tell her “That one was for you”. A shooting star flashes across the sky and my breath hitches. She had heard me.

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**Update** I've started the sequel for this, Moment's Passed, so be sure to go check it out