One Year Headed In One Direction (Sequel to One Month)

Chapter 11: Forever Isn't A Guarantee

[AN: It never keeps the formatting when I post from my iPad. I hope this is readable!]

[NIALL'S POV]

What on Earth had I done? Well, okay I know what I did, but I had moved past that. Past my feelings for Nora. And in that moment I knew who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. But Ammie didn't want me. Had she ever wanted me? Stop thinking like that Niall. Of course Ammie wanted you. She loves you. But maybe not anymore?

"I'm waiting for smoke to start billowing out of your ears," Nora said as she set a cup of tea in front of me. I studied the cup not really in any hurry to pick it up or drink it. I think it comforted Nora to be able to do something even if it was only making tea. Louis seemed to not want to upset her so he continued to drink every cup she brought him. I think he was slowly losing his fondness for Yorkshire tea because of it.

"All we need to do is find out where Ammie has gone," Harry said as if it was that easy. I already had a fairly good idea where Ammie would run to. We were incredibly close up until she broke up with me and ran away. I choked out another sob.

"It's okay Niall," Carrie said rubbing my back. "I'll get her on the phone and back here in no time." I gave Carrie a weak smile before going back to staring at the tea. It was something to do I guess. They all murmured as they sat around me, but I ignored them focusing instead on the words my brother Greg had left me with when he had dropped me at the airport.

[FLASHBACK]

"It's going to be okay Niall," Greg said as he dragged me to the gate. "And if you need me for anything just call."

"What I needed was for you to not let my girlfriend run away!" I had sobbed. Greg had stopped then pulling me to a halt. I had never seen my brother look so angry towards me. Sure we fought as kids, but there was never any real venom to our fights. But this--this was something else.

"Maybe you should have realized that if I could tell your heart was elsewhere then so could she!" Greg shouted in the small airport. I waved my hands in front of him to calm him down, but he continued to rant. "Maybe when you finally realized how much of an ass you were to her you should have apologized instead of proposing like a dumbass! And MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP ATTACKING THE PEOPLE TRYING TO COMFORT YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR OWN STUPIDITY!!!"

[END OF FLASHBACK]

I had said nothing marching onto the plane. He was right. Why was I stupid enough to think that Ammie hadn't noticed the change in my feelings? She always knew when someone was hurting and trying to hide it.

"There can only be a handful of places she is at," Louis cut in. "We can try tracking her--"

"LA," I croaked out. "She went back to LA."

"How do you know that?" Harry asked. I looked up at him with my bloodshot eyes.

"Because I love her jackass. I know everything about her." Harry mumbled a halfhearted apology. He didn't need to. I should be apologizing for calling him a jackass just now.

"Then we'll go to Los Angeles and get her," Nora happily replied. Did she think we were in some made for TV movie?

"We don't all need to go to LA," Louis said rolling his eyes.

"I didn't say all of us," Nora scoffed. "Just Niall, myself, and you Louis. Maybe the trip there will help me get back some of my memories." Nora seemed to watch him carefully as Louis shrunk back against the couch. In another circumstance I would have tried to figure out what was going on, but my mind was obviously elsewhere. "I'll get Zayn to call Christine so she can check on her."