The One in the Crowd

Niall is with the guys in the studio recording their next album. He’s tried reaching Alyssa for a good three months, but she seems to have cut herself off from him.

“Nialler, she’s not going to answer. If she hasn’t talked to you for this long, I don’t think she ever will again…we’re really sorry, mate.” Liam said. Niall slumped down in his chair.

“I really miss her, lads. I know we aren’t dating anymore. I wish we were, but it’s just too hard with this distance thing. We have two different lives. I love her so much…I hope she’s doing okay.”

Niall’s phone starts ringing and it’s Alyssa’s number. “It’s her!!” he screams with joy. “Hey princess! I’ve missed you so—oh, hi Mrs. Maggio…What?!? Oh my gosh is she all right??.....Oh no….okay I’ll fly there as soon as I can. Thank you so much.”

“Vas happening, Nialler?” Zayn asks worried.

“Alyssa is in a coma!!”

“WHAT?!?” the boys ask incredulous.

“The love of my life is in a coma…and it’s all my fault!! If I hadn’t broke up with her, none of this would have happened.”

“What are you talking about? How did she even get in the coma?!” Louis asked.

“It was a suicide attempt! And left on her bed was a piece of paper that said Goodbye Niall so her mom looked on her cellphone for my contact to call me!”

“We have to get to America right now!” Harry said.

“No, I want to go alone. I don’t need you to come with me!” Niall cried.

“But we ARE coming with you, now let’s go!” Liam said. They all hopped on their private jet and zoomed off to Florida. Hours later, One Direction arrived at the hospital.

Niall ran to the receptionist and shouted at her, “I need the room for Alyssa Maggio!!!”

“I’m sorry, who are you?” she said slow and confused.

“We’re One Direction! And my girlfriend is Alyssa Maggio! Can you please tell me her room number?!” he shouts again.

“Room C213…and keep your voice down, sir.” She says. The boys run up to the second floor, C wing to look for Alyssa’s room. They find it and the five of them run in.

What they find, is a horrible sight. Her head is all bruised, she also appears to have a broken arm and she’s knocked out, unconscious. The doctors have her hooked up to multiple tubes and IVs and her body is ghost pale. Just the sight of her makes Niall fall to his knees and weep. Alyssa’s mom comes over and rubs his back. After a bit, he gets strength to stand and the guys all embrace him.

“You must be Niall. It’s nice to finally meet you. I just wish it wasn’t like this.” Alyssa’s mom says.

“It’s nice to meet you too, Mrs. Maggio. So…what do you know? What did she do to get herself in this state?”

“After I found the paper with Goodbye Niall written on it, I found another one that was a half sheet. …It’s a letter to you. Her suicide note.” Her mother says going to cry in the chair. Harry goes to comfort her while Niall begins to read.

My Dearest Niall,

Since the day you broke up with me, I’ve been a mess. I can’t help but waste away my days smoking, cutting myself all over with my razor blade and knives, and even came as close as loading my gun with its one bullet and putting it up to my head. I decided not to do that, but instead, do something else. Something where I wasn’t killed off right away, but had some time to suffer through pain like I do with my cutting.

So, I’m going to go in my car, drive into traffic, and hope I crash into a car. If I’m lucky, I’ll get head trauma. Even hit hard enough so that I forget the memory of you ever breaking my heart. Before I leave to do this, because I know we’ll never meet again, I want to say that I love you very much and we had a good run. But you ended it, and my reason for living was gone, so now I’ll be gone too. I hope you have a fulfilling life. I’ll watch you from up above. Take care.

Love Always,
- Your Princess
As Niall progresses through the letter, he progressively starts to lose it. He cannot believe that he is the cause of her suicide attempt and her coma. By the end, he’s on his stomach on the floor, pounding his fists shouting, “No! No! No! No!”

Louis and Liam pick him up off of the ground by his arms finally, and when he’s on his feet, he runs over to Alyssa’s hospital bed, falls on top of her pale, frail body and cries and cries and cries.

“It would be best for us to leave him alone with her now.” The nurse says to the others. They all agree and Louis, Liam, Zayn, Harry, and Alyssa’s mom all go out of the room with the nurse leaving Niall to be alone with his fading princess.

Notes

This is the last sad chapter, I promise! I know the story kinda took a turn for the worst really quickly. Until tomorrow, take care lovelies! <3