Drive

Chapter 20

"There's the boys," Niall climbs out the car and opens the back, Kaylee hopping out as the boys come our way. There all in a suit and tie.

"Niall!" Zayn says manly and shakes his hand.

"Long time, no see man!" Harry shakes his hand and give him a aide hug.

"Where have you been hiding?" Louis asks and repeats the action. It seems weird for all of them that Liam isn't there, it'll never be the same.

"I think it's time." I tell them when I hear the church bells. Niall lifts Kaylee onto his hip and takes my hand, bringing it up to his lips and kissing in.

Paparazzi swarm the front of the church and we have to push past them to get through. It annoys me how they can live with themselves after making up a rumor that completely ruins a stars career.

Niall drags me past a sweaty man with a camera asking me questions and stepping in between me and Niall. I barely slide past him before we make it in the church. People are already here and sitting in the seats, no one at the long brown casket that sits in front of the room.

"Do you want to go see him?" Niall whispers in my ear. As much as I want to reject, I don't and follow Niall to the front of the room. It breaks my heart as I see him lying there, breathless, frozen. You see no sign of life, his face and hands pale. The hair around his face is now shaved and he holds no flowers in his hands. Instead of being dressed in a suit he's wearing an unfamiliar outfit, to me.

"It's the clothes he wore at the judges house." Niall tells me, never taking his eyes off his bestfriend. "When we sang Torn." I remember Niall telling me the first song they ever sang together was Torn, and he was hoping it would be the last when One Direction was finally over.

"I'm sorry," I was now balling as I spit the words out. I can see the hurt and pain in Nialls eyes as I lightly press a kiss to his cheek. He pulls me into him, arm around my waist and I lay my head on shoulder, tears rolling down my cheeks.

"Liam?" I hear Kaylees small voice call out for him. She reaches into the casket and grabs one of his fingers, picking it up and watching it fall right back down. Lifeless. She looks at Niall and her eyebrows scruch in confusion.

"I thought only old people go to heaven?" I can see the tears well up in my little girls eyes and the fall harder out of mine.

The pictures around his casket show him with family and friends. One with a lady in about her mid-forties with short blonde hair. Her arm is around him and there both laughing, I'm guess at whoever behind the camera.

Another is a girl about her twenties, with shoulder length, curly brown hair. Their at the river and he's standing behind her, arms wrapped around her waist. The other picture is Liam with another girl. I'm guessing it was after he started rebelling because Liam in this picture has a cigarette in his land. He's sitting on the couch with the girl on his lap and his free hand on her thigh. She also has long brown hair but not nearly as curly as the other girls, hers is over one shoulder.

Another is a picture of all the boys. They look younger and I notice Liam wearing the same clothes he has on now. This must be a picture from them on the x-factor.

The music begins to play and all the chatter in the room quiets when me and Niall take our seats. I sit between Niall and Harry, Kaylee on Nialls lap. He takes my hand and presses a kiss to it as the priest begins to speak.

***

Niall presses a kiss to me cheek before standing up to give his speech. When he reaches the podium he clears his throat.

"Hey, everybody." He begins and waves, flashing a broken smile. "I never, in a million years, thought I would be up here giving a speecoh at my bestfriends funeral. It goes to show you never know what tommorow brings, it could bring life, death, tragedy." He looks back at the casket with teary eyes but blinks away the tears. "If I had the chance to say one more thing to him.. it would be goodbye. I quit the band, I was pissed at him, but I thought it would blow over. I thought Liam would grow up and get over his silly games, but I realize now that I should've stuck with him. He was always there for me when I messed up, but I wasn't for him, and I would say sorry. Now, I don't have the chance.. I'll never forget Liam, and One Direction won't be the same without him." He wipes his eye where a tear fell and tried to blink them back, but they came tumbling down his cheeks. "What I'm saying is never leave someone you really care about, because you never know what tommorow may bring."

Niall steps down from the podium and takes one last look at his bestfriend, before taking his seat.

***

"Alex, I want you to meet somebody." Niall tells me. I smile at the girl by his side, remembering her from the picture. She accompanies the lady I remember and a man. "Alex this is Danielle, Liams mother Karen, and Liams father Geoff." He motions towards them as he calls out their names and I give a welcoming smile.

"This is my girlfriend Alex, and her daughter Kaylee." He tells them and they all wave.

"Sorry for the short hello, but we have to hurry or we'll be late." Karen tells me and gives me a sincere smile.

"No problem," I smile and they walk away. Danielle I notice from the picture with Liam.

"Hey, was that Liams ex?" Niall nods my way and watches as she walks away with his parents.

"Yeah, I honestly believe she's the reason he went crazy. He loved her unconditionally." He tells me. A frown etches on my face at the fact he lost something he loved, it only makes me wonder what I would do if I lost Kaylee or Niall.

(It's been so long but I've been so busy! sorry guys! What do you think of the new cover? Like it? And while I was writing this WMYB came on and I literally balled! Comment and vote! l love you all!! )