My Reason To Be (A One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 20

Chapter 20:

Niall's POV-

Looking at her now, I couldn't possibly love her more. I didn't want to tell her. But I needed to. For my own selfish reasons. I took both her hands in mine and looked her in the eyes and just told her. "Harry's gone." "What? He's gone? What do you even mean?" She was clearly confused and exasperated. "He just left. We were all in the living room and we thought he was in the kitchen, being moody I guess. I went to get some food and he wasn't there. We searched the whole house several times and he's just gone." I was going to start crying again. "We have called him over and over again but he's not answering. I don't know what to do. I'm just so scared for him." She was close to crying too. As of suddenly realizing that we were standing in her doorway still, she said "Come inside." We went into the living room and sat on the sofa. I broke down in her arms. I was ashamed that I was crying so much in front of her, but I couldn't help it. Now I was beginning to understand a glimpse of how she must have felt after losing Patrick. And I loved her even more for how strong she had been. She let me cry, placing my head in her lap and stroking my hair slowly. Her touch gave me the strength to make a decision. "We have to go look for him." I declared. "You don't have any idea where he is. He could literally be anywhere. Just wait for him to call. It makes more sense. I know it's hard to just sit and wait, but it's the smart thing to do." Always the sensible one. I didn't really have a choice. I laid back down with my head in her lap. One of her hands was stroking my hair again, and I held the other as we waited for phone call that I feared would never come.