ANOTHER WORLD- 1D Fanfiction

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It's 1 AM on July 23...I'm not okay. So here's the next chapter, in celebration of the boys who changed all our lives <3

Word Count: 2132

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"Les? Niall Babes? I'm home!" Maura called as she pulled her suitcase into the room. Lester set his glass of orange juice down to help Maura pull her bags into the room.

"Hey Babe." He said, kissing her gently. "How was it?"

"Oh, you know." She sighed. "As interesting as business trips can be." She opened the fridge, pulling out the milk. "I think I'll make us some omelets; will you turn on the stove? I'm gonna go check on Niall."

Lester froze. "Niall?" Maura eyed him suspiciously.

"Yes. Niall. My son?"

Lester laughed nervously. "Oh. Heh, Niall is.....he's at Zac's house."

"Zayn?"

"Yeah. Him. He's there."

Maura nodded, pulling out the eggs. "Well, how was he?"

"He was...good."

Maura glanced back at him. "His knee wasn't bugging him too much? He didn't have any panic attacks?"

"Nope!" Lester shifted nervously. "He was fine."

Maura smiled. "Oh, good. I was so worried about him. He hasn't been without me since he moved up here."

"Yeah ha, no need to worry!" Lester choked out. "Niall is...doing great."

Maura beamed. "Oh, I'm so glad to hear! And how did you're business trip go?"

Lester swallowed back a laugh.

"It was...just great."

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"I hate school." Louis complained as he dragged himself through the doors. Liam laughed. 

"Oh, cheer up, Lou. It's not that bad. You just have to pay attention, get good grades-"

"Blah blah blah." Louis groaned. 

"Hey Lou!" Harry grinned as he ran over. 

"Hi." Louis mumbled. "Where's Niall?"

"I dunno." Harry said. "I had to come over earlier today, retake a test. Lester was gonna drop him off."

Liam pulled out his phone, dialing Niall's number. "He's not answering."

Just to be safe, each of the other boys tried to call him.

"Yeah, he's not answering me either."

"I'll text Lester." Harry said. They waited for a minute before he got a reply. "He says he's not coming in today. Maura wants to spend the day with him."

"Do you think he'll still come to the game tonight?" Louis asked, panicked. Harry nodded. 

"I'm sure he will."

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Niall didn't come to the game.

Their team lost, their first loss ever since Niall joined. Camdyn was pissed, Coach and the boys were worried. 

"Tommo! Where's Smalls? We needed him tonight!" Coach pouted after the game. Louis shrugged.

"Haven't been able to reach him all day. His mom's boyfriend said he was gonna spend the day with her. Maybe he got sick, or fell asleep?"