The Niece (One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter 1

It's been a year since Brooke's father died. She can still remember every detail that crossed through her mind that night. Brooke tries to forget it all but it keeps pushing itself back to her mind. It even lurks in her dreams.

-FLASHBACK-

Mr. Cowell was on his way home from work and the rain was pouring hard that night. The rain made the road slippery and extremely wet. He drove slowly and carefully just to be safe. Unfortunately, a raindeer showed up from nowhere and crossed the road which made him stir the wheel and went crashing straight to a tree.

The policemen immediately called upon Mr. Cowell's family to inform them that he engaged into an accident. His family quickly went to the hospital as the news got to them. As they entered the hospital doors, the chief noticed them and approached them to summarize what had happened. Mr. Cowell's wife almost fell to the floor but her daughter, Michelle, was able to catch her. She covered her mouth and kept in the sobs that were about to come out. Michelle led her to a near bench and tried to calm down her sobbing mother.

A few minutes have passed and Brooke came rushing through the entrance of the hospital. She ran towards her mother and sister. Michelle immediately stood up and hugged her sister ad soon they were in each other's arms. Brooke asked what had happened and Michelle told her everything detail. Brooke closed her eyes and sat next to their weeping mother. She hugged her mother and Michelle hugged the both of them, whispering that everything is gonna be alright.

When Brooke managed to restore to her old self, she stood up and went to the chapel in the ground level. She knelt on one of the kneelers and closed her eyes. "Dear Jesus, you know I barely pray to you and this is the first time that I'll be asking something from you." Brooke deep sighed. "But please don't take my dad away. I need him. Michelle needs him. And especially my mom needs him. I don't know how I will handle this but all I'm asking you is don't take away that is something so precious to me." Brooke took another deep sigh then opened her eyes and stood up.

When Brooke came back to the waiting area, her mother was talking to the doctor. This made her nervous. The look on her mother's face tells that everything is not going well. As she was nearing them, her mother turned around to hug her sister. The doctor patted her mom's shoulder, said something that was more of like 'I'm sorry' then left. Brooke brisk walked to them. When she got up to them, Michelle was also crying. "Why? What happened? What happened to dad?" Brooke panicked. Michelle looked at her. "He's gone." Michelle croaked out. Suddenly Brooke's sight became into a blur. Then she felt something warm sliding down her cheek. She knew she was crying and there was no way to stop it now. She last saw him on a metal bed, covered with a blanket. Cold as ice and hard as stone, not even moving a bit or his chest rising and falling down.

-END OF FLASHBACK-

After that, Brooke always cried endlessly at night. Remembering every moments that she had with him. Always reminding herself what he looked like before the incident.

She never came out of her room for 2 whole weeks. She recovered to herself after she talked it through with her sister, in the middle of the night. Michelle told her that their dad wouldn't be happy seeing her like that being broken and depressed. Also their dad wouldn't want any of them being feeble. They should always look unyielding and never be beaten in anything.

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