By Chance (One Direction fanfic)

An Unexpected Welcome Home

Skye's POV

     I woke up 4 hours later to someone whispering in my ear.

"Skye. Sweetie, it's time to wake up." Someone cooed in my ear.

The voice sent shivers down my spine. My eyes fluttered open and I saw Niall sitting in front of me smiling.

"We've landed." He said quietly.

I sat up and shook my hair out so I wouldn't have bedhead when I got off. I stood up and immideately fell back into my seat.

"What's wrong?" He asked looking at me as if I'd just been shot.

"My legs feel like noodles.." I said holding back my laughs.

Too bad he couldn't hold back his laughs. He started cracking up and I just glared at him. It wasn't funny cause it was difficult for me to walk with my legs like this.

"Carry me." I said dragging out the e until he finally gave in. He handed his bag to Paul, who carried it out of the plane, and then reached down and picked me up.

"You're really light." He said with worry in his voice.

"Yeah I've always been realy skinny." I said without looking at him.

I knew I was lying through my teeth but I couldn't tell him the truth. I barely knew him. He didn't say anything he just looked ahead and walked out of the plane and into the building.

     It was really silent for some reason. We all walked through the airport together, well most of us walked. When we reached the exit, I noticed all the paparazzi outside waiting for them. I looked up at Niall who looked extremely confident about it.

"You can put me down if you want. I think the press would get a pretty good rumor in about why you were carrying me out of here." I told him.

"No it's fine. I don't really care what the press says. Just ignore them and smile." He said so none of the other boys could hear. I wrapped my arms around his neck and put on the best smile I had. We walked out of the doors and the amount of people was overwhelming. There were cameras flashing and screams from everwhere. I was terrified. My smile faltered and I turned my head around and pressed my face into his chest. I felt his grip tighen on me and he lifted me up more so he was carrying me more securely. I could hear questions being thrown at us.

"Niall who is this?"

"Are you two dating?"

"Was this the missing girl from the news?"

"Where was she?"

He didn't say a word. He just kept walking until we reached the car and he put me on the seat and then climbed in after me. I put my face on his shoulder and started crying. I felt weak for not being able to deal with them.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." I cried.

"Shh. It's okay. It was your first exposure to them. It's okay that you couldn't handle them. Don't worry about it." He whispered as he held my hand and squeezed it reassuringly. I stopped crying and just rested my head on his shoulder. I felt awful. I've never broken down like that before. I should've been able to handle that.

"Now, where do you live?" He asked.

I gave him the address and he told Paul and we began driving. It didn't live too far from the airport, only about 15 minutes, so it was a very short drive.

     When we finally pulled up to my house I got out and all the boys got out too. I gave them all a hug and when I reached Harry I gave him a huge hug.