The Business Trip

Dad says some things

After the elevator doors close I look wide-eyed at Niall. He stares back with the same expression.

"So...you're leaving tomorrow." There is a hint of sadness in his voice.

"I guess so." I reply. My voice sounding much sadder than his.

"Will you spend the night in my room?" Niall blurts, a shocked expression on his face. "I-I mean, well, like what we did the first night we met. Rent a movie. H-Hang out. N-nothing else. I swear! I-I'm n-n-not like that." He stammers trying to not sound so creepy.

The elevator dings again. "Well, elevator's here." I point out the obvious. We get on the elevator and the doors close. After a couple seconds, I speak again. "Yeah. I need to talk to my dad first though."

He doesn't reply right away. I'm worried he doesn't realize what I'm talking about. "That's fine." He smiles.

The elevator stops and the doors open. We both get off and he hugs me before we go our separate ways.

I don't know why but I knock twice before entering my room. When I walk in my dad is sitting on his bed, arms crossed. I tentatively sit next to him.

"So." He says.

"So what?" I ask.

"So, where were you?"

"I told you, the Ellen interview, a meet and greet, and a car."

"I know what you said before."

"So...why ask again?"

"I wanted to see what you'd say when you weren't in front of him."

"Who? Niall?"

"If that's his name."

"What makes you think that I'd say something different?"

"I don't know, I just thought, that maybe, if he'd taken you somewhere, or done something-" He shifts.

"If you seriously think that Niall is that kind of person, the kind you were, you're crazy!" I stand up and yell.

"I didn't say that." He says quietly.

"You implied it!" I was still so angry that he would even consider that.

"Look, Katie-"

"I don't want to fucking hear it! I will not end up like mom!"

"Katie France-"

"If you are gonna fucking scold me about my language, I don't give a shit. Goodbye, I'm going to Niall's room!" I stomped/ran out of the room and down the hall.

"No you are not!" I heard him scream from the room, but it was no use, I was already pounding on Niall's door. I ran into his room as soon as the door opened.

"Ka-What's wrong?" Niall shut the door and hugged me.

"My dad." I hiccupped, that was when I realized that there were tears streaming down my face.

"Awww, KitKat, c'mere." he hugged me tighter and led me to the bed.

We sat on the bed for a long time in silence. It was comforting. When I stopped crying I spoke, "Niall?"

"Yeah Katie?"

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"I've come to you crying like 4 times in the past week. Thanks for calming me down and understanding."

"No problem." He looked down at me. "So what'd he do?"

"H-he implied that the reason we were out so late is that you and the others took me someplace and raped me."

"Oh." Niall looked sad and hurt. "We'd never do that. You know that, right?"

"I know. That's what I told him. I told him that you weren't like he was, and that I wouldn't end up like my mom." I gasped, "I did not mean to say that!" I quickly got off the bed and ran to the only place there was to hide, the bathroom.

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Sorry it's been like a million years guys! I've been super duper busy and I was writing this yesterday and then my sister and brother-in-law showed up so I was spending time with them (and my soon-to-be nephew). Plus on Thursday we took a class trip to Cedar Point and didn't get back until 10:20 and had to go to school yesterday.

DFTS

-ASaxyKitKat