Still The One (Niall Horan)

Chapter 38

*Sofia's P.O.V.*

"5...4...3...2...1" Niall counted out loud. And as soon as the three minutes were up, I grabbed the pregnancy test, ready to see what the future had in store for us. I took a deep breath before I turned the pregnancy test. Here goes nothing.

"Not pregnant." I spoke out loud, reading the words that had appeared on the screen. I let out a breath that I hadn't even realized I was holding.

"Not pregnant?" Niall asked as he took the pregnancy test away from me, wanting to see the screen a little closer.

"That's what is says."

"Not pregnant." Niall repeated, and I don't know why, but he didn't seem happy about me not being pregnant. It's like he wanted me to be pregnant. But you know what? Fuck it, I was happy as fuck. 

"Are you not happy about this?" I started jumping up and down. Excited that it said I wasn't pregnant. Don't get me wrong, I love babies, I'm just not ready to be a mom yet, I'm only 25 and I'm not even married yet. I've always envisioned myself getting married, having some time to get adjusted to married life and THEN have children. Thank god my plan could still be on track.

"Yeah, I am." He responded, but he didn't sound as happy as me. 

"I'm so fucking happy." I screamed as I went back to our bedroom and jumped on the bed. "Now we don't have to get married!" I continued, smiling at Niall.

"Oh." Was all he replied. 

*Niall's P.O.V.*

"Not pregnant." Soph stated as she held the test in front of us. 

"Not pregnant?" I asked. I knew that Soph didn't want to be pregnant yet, but since she told me she was late, I started picturing ourselves as a family. Soph and I getting married, creating life, and having a little baby Niall or Soph roaming around the house. I had already warmed up to the idea, even if this wasn't how we had planned it, I was ready to marry her, heck I was even ready to be a dad. I honestly wasn't expecting the test to come back negative.

"That's what is says." I could hear the happiness in her voice, but I felt empty inside. Even if it came as an initial shock when she told me, I really wanted to start a family with her. 

"Not pregnant." I was still trying to wrap myself around it.

"Are you not happy about this?" She asked me, jumping up and down. She was clearly very happy that she wasn't pregnant.

"Yeah, I am." I lied. I didn't want to scare her letting her know that I was ready to be a dad, when she was this happy that we weren't going to be parents yet.

"I'm so fucking happy." She continued, screaming as she jumped on the bed. "Now we don't have to get married!" As soon as the words left her mouth, I felt as if a million swords had stabbed me all at once. 

"Oh." Was all I could answer. I could feel my heart breaking into a million pieces. "I'm gonna go...get some water." I told her before leaving the room. I could already feel my eyes getting all watery. Even if she wasn't pregnant, I still wanted to marry her. So it killed me when she said that she basically didn't want to get married. And that she had only said okay to marrying me because she thought that she was pregnant. I couldn't face her right now, I didn't want water, I only wanted to get out of the room. I made my way to the music room, since it's the only sound proof room in the house. I sat on the piano and started playing, as the tears started streaming down, blurring my vision. I was so fucking hurt. I started playing PALLOM, because you know how when you're feeling down, you play sad songs to make you feel even sadder? So of course, I started self wallowing as I played the tears away. I started playing every sad song I had ever written, as the tears continued. I was halfway through Flicker when I got a phone call, great, so fucking great. Exactly what I needed right now. I wiped the tears with one of my hands, and took a few deep breaths before answering the phone. Of course it had to be Harry.

"Yes?" I answered, hoping he wouldn't notice that I had been crying. 

"Everything okay?" Harry asked, he'd caught on really soon, I hadn't even blurted out two syllables. I guess he really does know me, we've practically grown together. 

"Not really, but what's up?"

"Liam called me a while ago, he hasn't called you?"

"No, he hasn't. Why?"

"Oh, never mind. I see he just sent us a text on the groupchat. He invited us over to his place tomorrow. Guys only."

"That's exactly what I need right now." I sighed.

"What happened? Did you get into a fight with Soph?"

"Not really."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not really, not right now."

"Okay...well...call me if you need anything. At any time. You know I'm always here for you if you want to talk."

"Yeah, thank you so much Hazza."

"No problem Nialler. Hope whatever's going on gets better."

"Thank you. See you tomorrow then."

"See ya. Bye."

"Bye." I hung up the phone and continued my self pity party. I didn't want to face Soph right now. I planned on waiting until she fell asleep to go back upstairs. I don't know if I could take seeing her face and watching her be all happy about not having to marry me without breaking down. I was so excited about asking her to marry me, ready to spend my life with her, I was a 100% sure that she was the one for me. Guess she doesn't feel the same,  I honestly thought that we were on the same page but clearly we're not. I'm such a fool.

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Author's Note:

Hey there guys! Thank you for reading the chapter, hope you liked it!  I'm so sorry for last chapters' cliffhanger, I didn't do it on purpose, I just didn't know what to do. So Soph's not pregnant, as per you guys' request. I made a poll on my ig account (cristy.lealr) and 60% of you voted that they should wait until they were married, that's why we're waiting. Make sure to follow me on insta since I plan on making more polls so you guys' can help me decide the course of the story. While we're on it, I have a giveaway going on as well on my ig to win 3 t shirts from cool way merch, they have awesome fan made merch, in case you want to enter. It's an international giveaway so anyone can join! If you haven't read Small Talk, I would suggest that you read that one first so that you can understand this story. I'm really hoping you enjoy it and any suggestions and/or grammar corrections are more than welcome. Don't forget to follow me, vote and comment, it really helps me out and I'd love to hear your thoughts! If you're obsessed with 1D make sure to check my TikTok account, I upload daily vids of the boys, it's @cristylealr, it would mean the world to me. I'm so grateful for all the love you're giving my stories and my tiktok vids!