Forever & Always ~ Niall Horan AU~

Chapter 23

Kristy's POV

"Niall what are you doing? Harry said you have to take it easy for the next couple of weeks." I scolded my mate as he hobbled down the hallway. 

"I need fresh air." He told me. I let out a heavy sigh. I went to my mate and slung his arm over my shoulder. 

"Let me help you at least." Letting him lean his weight on me. Niall is still recovering from the "incident." It seems that he was having serious mate bond issues while I was gone. His body was beginning to shut down while he was in the coma. He's been on bed rest for 5 days now and is starting to go a little stir crazy. Niall smiled at me and gave me a peck on the lips.

"Hey mate." He said to me with the biggest grin on his face.

"Hey." I smiled back at him. 

"Have I told you how much I love you." He said as I guided him down onto a bench.

"Mmmm recently no." I answered him playing along.

"I love you, my beautiful mate." He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me onto his lap. 

"Hey, remember what Harry told you. Your body is still recovering. You shouldn't be putting too much stress on it."

"He also said that being close to my mate will help." He tried to pull me closer to his body but I slide off his lap and sat next to him on the bench.

"We can still be close to each other without injuring you." Niall pulled me into his arms and I leaned into his body. I heard Niall let out a heavy sigh.

"What's wrong?" I asked him pulling away so I could look into his eyes. 

"This is the first time in a long time I have felt truly at peace." I leaned back against him and stared at the garden lost in thought. 

"We really have lived a crazy life." I said thinking back at the last 15 years. 

"If you were to go back and change anything what would you change?" Niall asked me.

"Nothing." I answered him not taking a second to think about it. 

"Really?" He asked me.

"Really." I answered him in a whisper. Niall cupped my face in his hands and pulled me into a passionate kiss. 

"Think about it, we may not have the most textbook fairytale love story. But each moment just made us stronger." Niall pulled me in for another kiss. I could feel a smile across his lips. We both pulled away from each other and stared into one anothers eyes. 

"Marry me." Niall blurted out. 

"What?" I asked him confused. 

"Marry me." He repeated himself. 

"Niall we are already married." I reminded him.

"Well then marry me again." He said getting to his feet. 

"When we got married I didn't give you much of a choice. You married me out of fear, not love. But this time I want to give you the choice. So Kristy Chase will you do me the honor and marry me.... again?" I could feel the tears running down my face. 

"Yes." I cried out while nodding my head. Niall wrapped his arms around me and then kissed me.

"I love you Kristy Horan." He told me with the biggest smile on his face.

"I love you Niall Horan." 

~Later That Evening~

"How are you feeling Niall?" Harry asked him at dinner. 

"Harry what have I told you, no work talk at the dinner table." AJ reminded him. 

"Well this isn't a question as a doctor, this is just a question as a concerned friend." Harry told her.

"Sure." She said then took a sip of her drink.

"I'm feeling fine Harry. If you want to talk about my health then we can talk about it tomorrow during my checkup." Niall reminded him.

"Told you." AJ coughed out.

"Well, we do have some news." Niall told the others. Everyone stopped eating and turned to look at us. 

"We're getting married." I told everyone. There was a mix of reactions throughout the room.

"Wait but you are already married."

"OH MY GOSH."

"CONGRATULATIONS." 

The girls came rushing up to me and started asking me different questions. 

"Hold on last time I checked you were already married." Louis told us. 

"We are having a ceremony and exchanging vows. But this time we both are choosing to marry one another." Niall explained to them. 

"When is the ceremony?" Eleanor asked me.

"Next week." I answered.

"Oh my gosh, we have no time. Come on we need to start planning right away." Perrie said then grabbed my hand and pulled me away with the rest of the girls. 

Niall's POV

"So Niall when's the stag party?" Louis asked me.

"Don't you think we are a little old for stag parties?" Liam asked. 

"Please you're never too old for a stag party." Louis responded. 

"Louis you're 500 years old." Harry reminded him. 

"You know it doesn't matter what you think it only matters what the groom thinks." All the boys turned to look at me.

"Why not." I answered them.

"It's time to PARTY."