Torn (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 22

*Eric’s POV*

I was walking down the road in complete silence with Niall a few feet behind me. “Is it going to be silent the whole time?” Niall said breaking the silence. I jumped a little when he said it. “What is there to talk about? I know you don’t like me and I know you think this is stupid. Lets just get it over with, okay?” I said getting angry. I got to angry to fast. That’s why Melissa couldn’t be with me. As kids we used to have pretend wedding and marry each other. I was there through all the tears and heartaches. I left for the military during Senior year. When I told her she literally was punching me in the chest. She was crying, hysterically crying. I remember holding her and rocking her. When I left, she moved. I came back a few times to go and see her but she was never home. She wasn’t home because she was in England with this fucking Irish leprechaun. He got the girl that I had been waiting for my whole life. I remembered every thing she told me she loved in a guy and everything she hated. She loved blue eyes and guys that could make her laugh. If he was rude or mean she wouldn’t even look at him. She wanted a guy who would tickle her and do sweet little things. She hated being pressured. She was scared of people who were short-tempered, which was me. When I got mad she wouldn’t come near me. I always tried to change myself for her. Constantly reminding myself, and this freaking guys comes in and sweeps her off her feet. He didn’t even have to try though. His hearty laugh gives her butterflies, I know because she told me. She wouldn’t stop talking about him, how he was her prince, the one she had been waiting for. It made me so angry. I honestly could kill him. “I don’t want to be here either! My girlfriend is all over you. You guys know each other so well. You guys have a bond that me and her don’t. You guys have memories, her parents love you, you have everything that I don’t.” Niall said. He stopped and ran his hand through his shaggy blond hair. “She is the girl of my dreams man. I mean her laugh, her laugh makes me want to laugh. And that smile, don’t get me started. She smiles so big that she can’t even see out of her eyes. She always complains about her eyes but I don’t know why. Her brown eyes literally make me melt. Her heart, well, it is fragile and it cares too much. I don’t know how her heart fits in her chest to be honest. She always lists her flaws. How she gets nervous to easily, and how she worries, and how she gives off way too much body heat, but I love all those things. She makes everything seem better too me and I just don’t get how I got her and you didn’t. Because you guys have a bond that we don’t. She loves you with all her heart and I know you love her with all of yours because if you didn’t, you wouldn’t be here with me right now. You could steal her away from me in a second. I don’t like that! You are everything she could have ever wanted and she’s with me! Why!? I’m not good enough for her and you are. That scares me. The fact that you are perfect and she loves and you can steal her away from me, scares me. That’s why I don’t like and why I don’t want to be here! I’m just gonna find more things in you that I don’t have. More things that remind me of her and I’m gonna here more stories about you two and I’m not really sure I can deal with it!” Niall was literally out of breath after saying that. He sat in the grass on the side of the road. “You know, the whole time me and her have been talking it’s been about you. I’ve tried to get her to love me as more than a friend but I can’t. She used to describe her perfect guy and it literally explained you. Details and all. Sure, me and her have memories but that isn’t now. You guys are now. We have a bond, we should. The sad thing is, you don’t notice your bond. She looks at you in a way I can’t even explain. She had never looked at anybody that way. I always see you guys searching for each other in a crowd. She bites her lip when she talks about you and you both glow when you hold hands. You guys are basically inseparable. Me and her will never be like that. I’ve been gone for eight months now and I only think she noticed for two weeks. She loves you and it’s never gonna be anyone else.” I finally noticed. After 19 years I now know that she is in love, and it isn’t with me. She is happy now and I need to except that. Niall got her, I didn’t. Game over. “Really?” Niall said looking up for the first time. “Yeah, now that we had this heartfelt session, Can we go play some Soccer?” I said throwing the ball in the air and catching it, making my palm red. “Yeah, lets go.” Niall said picking up his soccer ball and catching up with me. After a few games we learned that we actually had a lot in common. He wasn’t a bad person, not at all. He was what Melissa needed. We got home and the girls were already home. “You guys were out for quite some time.” Melissa said while walking over to us. “We got caught up in the game, sorry.” I said. “Well, we are leaving tonight. You should go pack Niall. I already packed.” Melissa said looking at Niall. He nodded, kissed her cheek, and ran up the stairs to pack. Melissa looked at me with a half smile. “I’m gonna miss you.” She said with her voice getting a bit shaky. I can’t have her cry. It would just make things worst. I pulled her into a hug and started to rock her back and forth. I kissed her head and rested my head on hers. “I’m gonna miss you too, Melissa.” I said. I felt my voice getting shaky and my eyes were watery. Melissa looked up at me and laughed. Her eyes were filled with tears too and her cheeks red. “Why are we crying! We don’t have to say goodbye for another 4 hours.” She said laughing. I let go of her and wiped my eyes. “Promise you’ll come back soon though.” I said. She smiled at me and gave me another hug. “Promise.” She said. 4 hours has never gone by so fast. It felt like one minute. Before I knew it she was putting her luggage in the car and hugging her dad goodbye. Then she hugged Aliyah’s brother, then her brother, then her mom, and then me. “Now it’s time to go.” She said while shuffling over to me, procrastinating as much as she could. She was already crying. She grabbed my waist and hugged me as tight as she could. I kissed the top of her head and let her go. She smiled at me and turned away and took Niall’s hand. “Take good care of her!” I yelled before Niall got in the car. He nodded and smiled. He’s gonna take good care of her, I know it.

*Amber’s POV*

Everyone was falling asleep except for me and Harry. He was driving and it was my duty to keep him awake. Niall’s snoring was drowning out the radio, so I just turned it off. “Would you say we’re back together?” Harry said out of the blue. “I don’t know. I can’t fight my feelings, I mean, I love you but…but you hurt me ya know. We’re back at square one. Lets just start over. Not move as fast.” I said. “I didn’t do anything, but I don’t want to fight. I just want you back. I hate the fact that I hurt you. I don’t mind starting from square one.” Harry said while giving me his cheeky smile. I smiled back. “Hi, I’m Amber.” I said smiling. “I’m Harry. Amber, can I say that I think you look amazing and you seem great. Could I maybe take you out on a date after we get out of this cramped car?” He said. He gave me his green puppy eyes and I couldn’t say no. “Of course.” I said giving him a little shove. “Hey! No hitting the driver!” He said jokingly. It took us a couple of hours to get to the shore. I don’t know how we didn’t wake up the rest of the car. We were singing to the radio and laughing and just having a blast. I missed this. “Okay, would you rather eat a fried spider or a chocolate dipped roach?” I asked as the next question while shoving another chip into my mouth. Harry laughed, “A chocolate dipped roach.” I gave him a disgusted look. “Like you would eat a fried spider!” He said, laughing still. “Okay, my turn.” He said thinking. His face got serious and looked at me. I felt my stomach drop and twist into knots. “Would you rather do everything all over again or have none of it happened at all?” He asked, his eyes wide. He was anxious and I could tell he was nervous. When he said everything he meant him. I really don’t know. I would have eventually been drawn to him no matter what, I know it. “All over again, definitely.” I said smiling. I saw all of his worries slip out of him. I kissed his cheek. “This is our exit.” I said while pointing at exit 34. Time for our vacation. Drama free, fun, vacation.