Niall’s POV

We’re in the airport waiting to take our private plane so we can to go to New York. I don’t know what to do. Luna isn’t herself. She’s usually the talkative and happy-go-lucky girl who is up for anything. Now she’s not talking or even looking at anyone. I don’t blame her. No one is really saying anything to each other. I’m just sitting here staring at the floor trying to figure out what we’re supposed to do about tour now.

“Luna, you haven’t eaten today. What do you want from Starbucks?” Louis asks Luna. I keep my eyes on the ground but listen to their conversation.

“I’m not hungry.” Luna sounds short and annoyed. She has to be hungry. One of the reasons I love her so much is because she isn’t afraid to eat!

“Bull shit, what do you want?”

“I told you Louis, I am not hungry.”

“And once again, I say bull shit to that. Niall, what does Luna like from Starbucks?”

Great, now I’m getting pulled into this. “Grande mocha frapaccino and anything chocolate for food.”, I tell Louis without thinking. I keep my head down. My poor Luna. She is so close with her family. Her family is so wonderful and accepting. I don’t even think we got to tell them about Luna and I….

Luna’s phone has been vibrating non-stop. She hasn’t looked at it once. To her right now, no news is good news so she’ll ignore any and all news she can.

“Hello?” I hear her finally say into the phone. Good, she should be kept updated.

“No, I’m on my way home. I’m about to board the plane….. Oh…. Yes….No.. You’re lying to me. NO!” Luna started to get upset. All the guys are watching her, but none of us know what to do. “STOP LYING TO ME.. Yes you are!!!” Luna started yelling into the phone with tears in her eyes. This is bad.

“Luna, shhh. It’s okay.” I finally go over to my flawless girlfriend and hold her.

“NO Niall!! It isn’t!” She yells as she drops her phone to the ground. She covers her eyes with her hands and starts sobbing to the point where she can barely breathe. I just rub her back and hold her because I have no idea what to do. Well obviously I have to comfort her, but I need to be smart. I can’t get caught in public doing “boyfriend things” as management likes to say.

I look up to the rest of the boys. They obviously don’t know what to do either. Louis walks over with the Starbucks drinks. He completely missed the phone call.

“Okay, now you actually have eat something Luna.” Louis says not noticing she’s sobbing. He gives the rest of the guys their drinks without a word, but when he walks over to us he stops dead in his tracks. He looks between me and the rest of the boys before walking over to Luna and hugging her. He motions for the rest of the boys to come over and they all follow Louis to where we are sitting.

“Luna honey”, Louis starts, “I don’t know what it is, but it’ll all end up okay. I promise you. Your family will pull through. Just take some deep breaths and you’ll be home soon.”

“No,” Luna pauses for a minute, “M-my mom..” She falls apart again. I feel water hit my cheeks too and I notice I’m now crying with her. I look up and the rest of the boys are either crying or have tears about to spill over in their eyes.

Liam sighs loudly and walks in front of Luna, “Stand up.” he says to her. We all look at him confused. Luna sniffles and wipes her eyes and cheeks. My poor baby. She can’t stop crying and her eyes and cheeks are red and puffy from it. It melts my heart to see her this upset. To my surprise, I watch as Luna stands up and looks Liam straight in the eyes.

She’s angry, and I don’t know why but I can see it in her eyes that she’s mad. Luna stares Liam down until he breaks the silence and says, “Luna, you need to tell us everything you know about the situation at home once we get on this plane”. Luna just nods before the tears take over her again and she can’t breathe. She tries to sit, but ends up falling forward somehow into Liam. If it wasn’t for Liam, she’d be on the ground right now.

And it kills me to watch my gorgeous girlfriend in Liam’s arms sobbing and gasping for air. I want her to be in my arms. I want her to be happy. I want everyone to know that she’s mine and I plan on keeping it that way.

“C’mon, the planes ready”, security tells us. We nod. Luna is still crying in Liam’s arms as he rubs her back. I know it’s wrong to be jealous, but I can’t help but get a little angry that she isn’t with me right now. I should be the one protecting her and rubbing her back so she feels safe. Not Liam. Me.

***

We’re all on the plane sitting with each other. It’s about a 3 hour flight and it’s only been 30 minutes. Luna is finally in my arms and starting to calm down. I’ve been doing everything I can do to make her relax and it’s slowly working.

“Luna?” Liam says quietly, “Can you tell us now? We need to know everything so we can help you.”

Luna nods, “My mom is, well, my mom passed away”, she says almost in a whisper. It doesn’t take long for everyone to start crying. She doesn’t deserve this. My girl doesn’t deserve this.

“Luna, did she know about you and I? Did you ever tell your parents?” I asked her quietly after a little bit. I had to know. I don’t think she told them. I haven’t even told my family. I have to do that…

Luna shook her head no as she began to sob more.

“Niall she would’ve loved you so much. She did, in fact when she first met all of you guys in New York she told me she liked you the best because you didn’t have any tattoos”, Luna said laughing a little through her constant tears, “She would have been so happy to hear I found someone good to look after me on the road.”

I kissed the top of Luna’s head. I loved her so much. I wish I could take away all her pain. I want so badly just for her to feel happy again. She deserves to be happy. She makes so many other people happy. Do the fans know? Do they know that we’re going to have to reschedule some shows. We haven’t done that ever, but we need to do it now. We can’t just do the shows without Luna. She’s the best part of each show!

***

Luna stayed in my arms throughout the entire three hour plane ride. I rubbed her back and kissed her head and played with her hair. I want her to feel safe. I need for her to feel safe. She would cry for a little while then stop again and again until she wore herself out towards the end of the flight and fell asleep in my arms.

Harry sat across from us for most of the flight. Harry was Luna’s best friend besides me. He was mine too. They grew pretty close on tour since they both have similar personalities. I know nothing would ever happen between them though. Luna always said how Harry was like her big brother that she always wanted and Harry called her his little sister.

The plane landed quietly in the pitch black. I looked at my phone. Great, it’s 3 in the morning and I haven’t slept yet. Luna wakes up slowly once she heard everyone moving around us.

She look around worried and then looks at me, “Niall, tell me it was just a bad dream. Please. Say you don’t know what I’m talking about and we’re going to Disney World so I must’ve just had a bad dream.” she pleads me with tears spilling from her beautiful eyes.

“I-I’m sorry baby”, I whisper, “I can’t.”

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Notes

Sorry this took so long to update. I want to make sure I'm writing this to the best of my ability and I've been super busy with work, so updates might be a little less frequent but still frequent.

Next update should be Sunday (hopefully)

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