Chapter 11
Harry’s point of view
I was sitting in my hotel room with Ree, or rather, Ellie Regan. She sat across me on the couch, her hands folded on her lap, nervously rubbing against each other. I was giving her time to pull together her explanation.
I mean, I knew who Ellie Regan was. She’s Niall’s fiancee. The one who left him. The one who got him so messed up but I needed to hear it on her side.
“Alright,” she says, looking at me with those clear blue eyes. “I’ll tell you.”
“I’ll listen without judgement,” I reply, waiting patiently.
“WHO WANTS TO GET MARRIED AT 18?!” she bursts so suddenly I’m caught off guard and before I know it she’s gone on full rampage mode.
“I was FUCKING 18! Imagine that! I didn’t know what to do! So I ran away! I never knew Niall, I only knew his name and I sure as hell didn’t want to get married so I ran away! I stayed over at someone else’s home and my mum knew about it but she supported me with this. And when I left he went on X Factor and met you guys! I tried my best to avoid him all these years but my friend, Jake, got me this job. He knew I had a fiancee but he didn’t know it was Niall. I never told anyone I was engaged to Niall because, fuck, he’s famous and I’d sound insane but I’m not! So I agreed to this job without knowing it was for him and here I am!” she rages.
“So yo-,” I start but she goes on over me.
“And that’s not it! I’m basically still engaged to him! I mean, we’re visiting Mullingar at the end of this trip. If my family finds out I’m with him like this, the marriage is on! Honestly I don’t know how to feel about that I just don’t want Niall to know, he’ll hate my guts,” she says.
I pause for a moment. “You done?”
She looks at me, realizing her outburst and smiles apologetically. “Yeah.”
I pursed my lips, thinking but honestly I didn’t know what to think so I said what was most obvious in my head.
“Niall is really affected by all....that’s happened in your past. And keeping this from him any longer will only make it worse. I have to be honest in saying he will be upset but the sooner you come clean, the better, the less damage there’ll be,” I tell her. “He’ll be mad at first but he’s reasonable, he’ll understand.”
Ree-I mean Ellie looks at me sincerely. “Really?”
I give her a smile and suppress the actual words I want to tell her. “Yeah.”
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“HARRY!” I hear my name being called as I make my way to the breakfast area the next morning.
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The Runaway Bride (a Niall Horan fanfic)
FanfictionBecause of an agreement Ellie Regan's grandfather made, she was to be married to a boy she never met before when she turned 18. She knows nothing about him except that his name is Niall Horan. But on the day of their arranged marriage she runs away...
