One Direction One Shots

Mistaken (Niall One Shot)

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"Niall, please stop this please! I beg you just don't do this!"

He just kept walking away... Walking away from the past...

Walking away from me.

"Did it mean nothing? All that we went through? You'll just leave all because you can't handle it? You promised me something, Niall. You promised."

Niall stopped. He turned around to face me, his face full of desperation and loss. He looked so sorry, yet his eyes held no hesitation. He really was going to leave me.

"Steph, I know what I did. And I wish I could go back in time and take away that promise. But seeing you with him just tears me apart. I'm so sorry Steph but I can't see him, and if you still choose to be with him, I can't see you either. You're my best friend but.... He's my worst enemy." Niall closed his eyes and looked down at his shoes.

"Niall, he's out of the country now! And you're here now. You won't see him and he won't see you. What's so wrong with visiting me from time to time?" I was breathing heavily now, desperate for him not to leave.

I walked a little closer to him, reaching my hand to touch his face. He jerked away from my touch, making my heart sting a little. "Niall, why?" My eyes were tearing and I couldn't even see him well through my tears.

Niall looked at me sadly and leaned in closer to me and laid a small kiss on my forehead. I loved it when he did that, it reminded me of the times when it was just me and him, side by side against the world. But right now, it seemed so ironic.

"I'm so sorry Steph, but--- but I can't. You know I can't. It'll just cause problems for you. Plus, you have a job here, and I have a job around the world. We can't keep hanging onto this... this friendship." He said, hesitating when he said friendship.

He was right. We can't hang on this friendship. We've both been hurt so many times but I can't just let him do this. I was nothing without him, he was my other half and seeing him leave was like cutting off my right hand.

My heart was beating hard in my chest, like it wanted to get away from me. I gripped his hand and looked up at him. "Even if this is tearing me apart, you are and will forever be my best friend. And if that is what you want..." I took a shaky breath, tears falling onto my shirt. "then I just want you to be happy."

He knew these words were false. He knew I was lying. The words felt like dry sand on my tongue. It felt unnatural. This might be what he wants, but it's definetly not what I want.

Niall nodded silently and released my grip from his hand. "Steph, I guess this is... goodbye."

Even when he knew, he still took it. And that's what hurt the most.

Niall hugged me for one last time and then he walked away. Walked away for good, dragging a part of me with him, leaving me hollow and empty.

3 years later

I haven't spoken to him in over 3 years. Haven't seen him, or heard of him, or at least personally. I would see him on the television, smiling a smile that looked genuine, but didn't seem right. I didn't know how he was doing or anything really. Seeing him on tv or hearing him on the radio just hurt a lot so I never really turned them on anymore. Hearing his songs and learning that he has a girlfriend only made the hole in my heart deeper.

It's been 3 years, and a lot has changed.

I was no longer dating him, whenever I see him it just reminded me of Niall. He wasn't worth me losing Niall. If only I could have done that earlier....