What We Are - N.H

Thirty Four

MABEL'S P.O.V

"Wake up baby, it's Saturday" Niall whispered, his beautiful accent seeping throughout my ears.

"Five more minutes, please" I groaned in my very pleasant morning voice.

"Seriously," he giggled, "it's Saturday!!"

"Saturday? SATURDAY!! Shit! It's Saturday alreadyyyy!" I half shouted, realising what day it was while sleepily looking around at the four suitcases lying on the bedroom floor.

"Yesssss, our flight back to England is in three hours. We need to get going" he grabbed ahold of my arms and attempted to pull me of the bed, failing as usual.

"Okay! I'm getting out! I'm getting out!" I laughed, slowly hauling myself off the bed.

We chatted about everything from dinner yesterday to the dreams we had just had, as we got dressed into the clothes we had laid out the previous night.

"NIALLL, MABELLL, GREGGG!! TIME TO GO!!!" Maura shouted up the stairs to us.

"Ready?" Niall asked as he looked around his little bedroom. The next time he'll be back here in Ireland is uncertain, so he soaked up the last remaining minutes in the tiny house.

"Yep, let's go!" I grabbed ahold of my two large suitcases and carefully lugged them down the stair case, trying hard to not fall.

"Okay, say your goodbyes to grandma" Bobby said as he directed us into the living room where Margaret was slouched in her arm chair, wiping her eyes with a tissue. I could hear her sniffling and she sounded like she was crying.

I don't blame her tho, not knowing when the next time she's going to see her family is really tough especially because she's all alone in this house.

"Goodbye grandma!" Niall ran towards the upset elderly lady.

"I'm going to miss you so much" I could hear the emotion in his voice as he held onto her.

"I love you so much darling, I don't know what I'm going to do without you!" she laughed, trying to lighten the mood as Niall slowly let go of her fragile body, tears streaming down his face.

"Goodbye Margret, I'm going to really miss you. I hope everything goes well for you" I said as I bent down and hugged her. Although I had only known her for two weeks, I felt as if she was my own grandmother.

"My darling, you have got yourself an amazing man, he will love you more than anything in this world and he will treat you so well" She said, instantly my mind rushed back to the events of last year, but I quickly pushed them away. I had told myself I would never think about it.

"He's told me everything about you and he really loves you, with all his heart. Goodbye sweetheart, and thank you for making the last two weeks amazing. I'm going to miss you." She said into my ear. As I let go of her I could feel tears slowly running down my cheeks.

"Thank you so much for letting me stay at your lovely house." I added, pulling a tissue from the box that was lying on the coffee table.

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