Scarlett Adams
"Hi." He made a small smile as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"W-what are y-you doing h-here?" Great job Scarlett, your intelligence is really showing. My hand grew white from clutching onto the door.
"I-I." He sighed, "I want to talk."
"I don't think that is a-"
"Who are you?" Jay had came up behind me.
"Niall. Who are you?" "So you are the infamous Niall that I hear so much about. " Jay said as he wrapped his arm around my waist, "I'm Scarlett's lover."
Niall looked from me to Jay awaiting confirmation.
"He's not. Not even close right now. Jay, three minutes."
He let go of me and leaned against the door fame, a smirk plastered across his face. "Nah, I am enjoying this too much."
"Jay." I growled.
"Okay fine." He unhitched himself from the wall and got in Niall's face, "Listen here. You better have not come here in hopes to ruin Scarlett. Trust me Niall, she is an amazing girl and I don't know what happened to you too. But I do know you screwed up. If you hurt her, I will personally kick your ass. And I mean it."
Niall narrowed his eyes. "Jay. GO." I yelled.
Jay slipped past me. I rolled my eyes. "That's Liam's cousin."
"I figured as much." His words were cold.
"They're really good people, Niall."
"I bet they are." Sarcasm dripped from his voice.
"Don't be rude. I can slam the door in your face." I sneered.
"Okay, you're right. I think we should talk."
I sighed, "Let me change."
We ended to walking to a near-by park. It was still early in the morning. The fog laid over the city like a thick blanket. We sat on a concrete bench, hot chocolates in hand.
"I thought you weren't coming for a month." I looked out onto the distance at the pond with a lone swan wadding around.
"I thought it was time we talked."
About?" I turned to look at him. He had bags under his eyes. His blue eyes were no longer happy and light but cold and dark. He looked as if he hadn't smiled in years. There was no sense of happy from him. This wasn't the Niall I knew.
"I'm sorry. I know it's crazy time. I shoudln't have showed up at his place unannounced or without any warning. But I wanted you to hear it from me and not someone else."
My hand involuntarily flew to his knee, "Is everything okay?" I felt him tightened under my touch. I quickly drew my hand away.
"I did a bad thing. A very bad thing."
"Niall?" He closed his eyes. "What did you do? You can tell me. I'm your-" I stopped, friend? No friends don't do the things we have done.
He didn't respond. "Niall James!"
No response, "What did you do!?!" I yelled. He flinched, "S-she's pregnant."
"She?" I wondered outloud. Then it hit me, "Niall no. Please tell me this is a lie."
His silence let me know he wasn't lying. "God Niall. Please tell me it's not Holly."
He opened his eyes, his grip on the cup tightened, but didn't answer me. He didn't even make eye contact.
"If you must, lie to me. Tell me a lie. Please just answer me." I tried to swallow but a lump the size of a rock got in the way.
"I can't lie to you. It's my kid, Scarlett. And there's more."
"More?" My voice threatened with tears. I don't know why I was so emotional.
"I'm going to ask her to marry me." His voice lifeless. My heart dropped.
"What?"
"I am going to ask Holly to marry me." "I got that but, why?" I asked as I slowly sat down my hot chocolate.
"I got her pregnant, its the right thing to do."
"Yeah, if there year was 1704 and we lived Louisiana, Niall!" I yelled as I held back tears.
He shook his head, "What kind of dad would I be if I don't marry her."
"What kind of husband would you be if you married her if you don't love her? You don't love her right?'
"God, no. Scarlett, the only woman I love is you." I bit my lip as tears came to my eyes. Niall looked at me, "This isn't about love. This is about doing the right thing. I need to be there for her and the baby. I slept with her, this is my punishment and I need to take it like a man."
"There is a difference of punishing yourself for a week then a lifetime." I said a few tears slipped out.
"The lifetime sentence started the day I lost you. God knows I wish it was you but its not." That shut me up.
He continued, "I just wanted to be the one to tell you. I hope someday you can forgive me,"
"Its not me who has to forgive you. You have to forgive yourself, Niall."
"I know. Bye Scarlett." He touched my knee and just like he did, I had to watch him walked away.
Niall Horan
Part of me wanted to turn around and run to her. Pick her up and kiss her, maybe even run away together, start over. But as long as Holly was in the picture, there was no use.
When I told her I was going to marry Holly, I had to watch all of the happiness drain from her eyes. I shoved my hands in my jeans to stop them from trembling.
Seeing her made me even more sad. Sad that I won't be able to hold her and kiss her. Liam, I thought, you better treat her right. God knows I didn't.
I stopped walking and turned my head, she was still on the bench, tears fell to the ground as she looked out to the pond wihtt he swan. Even from where I stood, I knew I had crushed Scarlett Adams, the girl who broke my heart.
"Keep going Horan, the damage has already been done."
A/n: I hope you enjoyed the SAD chapter! Now I am so sorry I haven't updated! School has been so stressful! I have been asked to go to Districts for Drama. Its a huge honor, so I have been rehearsing.
So that's why I haven't updated in a while! Now do not fret, there will be more SIALL and SIAM moments to come. Just know this is NOT the end of Niall and Scarlett(;
Anyway, please comment and vote! Love you my duckies!
p.s.- DID YOU SEE DANCING WITH THE STARS!?! JANEL PARRISH (AKA TRACEY) DID A FANTASTIC JOB!
