The Last Goodbye

Niall was only a few footsteps away from me. I looked at Niall and parted my lips to speak, but I couldn't muster up the smallest sound. He stared at me with his head slightly titled almost as if he was giving me a full body examine from head to toe. I still felt Harry by my side and I was squeezing his hand, a little to tightly maybe. I didn't have the intentions on letting go.

"You know if I didn't already know who you were I would say you are giving me the most offensive glare." Niall laughed. He cleared his throat and smiled. He tried to at least. It came off as forced and he looked uncomfortable. I didn't say anything at first because I knew what I wanted to ask him, but I didn't know how to. Then I realized he couldn't see Harry. I couldn't feel the heat of his hand anymore. I turned and faced where he stood and I didn't see him either.

"When you came through my line I thought I was having a heart attack. It was like I was seeing a phantom. Then there you were alive and breathing" Niall said stuffing both of his hands in his pockets.

"I know the feeling." I said under my breath.

"What did you just say?" He asked me.

I easily ignored him, because I kept turning around over and over trying to find Harry. He was just beside and now he's gone. I was beginning to panic like a lost little kid in a store. "Chambers what are you looking for?"

"Why do you keep calling me by my last name?" I said my voice sounding shaky and loud enough for people to notice. Niall waved away two approaching body guards. The two men nodded their heads and turned around, but kept their eyes on Niall. Readying to swoop in on me at any given second.

"And why are their picture of me in this." I said holding up his book. "Well isn't it obvious?" Niall said.

"No actually it isn't." I said sounding more aggressive than I felt. There was a car accident and I was in this accident. Only problem I'm having is piecing it all up because something doesn't fit the equation properly. If we did know each other than why was Niall years older than me?

"Feisty I like it! This attitude must be part of the upgrade package Victoria 2.0." He waved his hand in the air like he was writing it. I crossed my arms and prepared myself for the crude language I was about to use. "I was joking." He said shielding himself. "There came a time when you where accustomed to it ." Niall smirked.

This time I really was glaring at him. He thought he could just turn any situation around by just flashing a wickedly amazing grin. Unfortunately it was working. Even though we just met I felt like I could tell him anything and everything on the spot. He seemed like someone I could trust immensely. "Who am I to you?"

"The girl that slipped away." He answered it. His voice came out in song. "Is this that humor you were mentioning?" I asked.

"What? I wasn't the only one that thought about it at some point." Niall admitted. I sighed and shook my head. "Were you and I friends?"

"Hell yes we were. Good friends." Niall said holding up a fake glass."So you know about the accident then?" I pushed.

"Yes and no, I passed out." He said blatantly. "Well what can you tell me then?"

"H-have you read the accident report?" Niall huffed. "Not completely."

Niall took one of his hands and rubbed his face out of frustration. "What does not completely mean?"

"It means I only saw my face on an old newspaper article and my friend Beth only told me what she read online." I said cringing at every word I spoke. Niall got closer to me and put both his hands on my shoulder. He had to lean his face down, because he was taller than I. "When the first ambulance left everyone thought for sure Harry was dead. We heard more sirens and more paramedics showed up." His voice cracked, he cleared his throat. "You were the first person to receive medical attention, but you weren't the only one Chambers." Niall said flatly.

I pushed my shoulder so that Niall wasn't touching me. "Bullshit!" I cried out.

Niall shook his head and looked at me with pleading eyes trying to get my to understand. "It's not Victoria. And deep down you know what I'm telling you is the truth!"

My mind was reeling. I was gasping for something to say. I started pacing under the flags that hung above me and my hands began to feel numb. Everything was starting to feel numb. "You were injured really badly." He said trying to reach out for me. I wasn't allowing myself to stand still, I couldn't.

Trying to make myself calm only made me more frantic. "Victoria why do you think you see him as if he was dead to you." Niall caught onto me. His face was red and his eyes were filled with so many emotions. I could barely see him. My eyes were clouded with the tears that wouldn't stop falling. Like it was beginning to rain after a long and miserable drought.

Niall's voice sounded desperate."Because . . . you never left the hospital."

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