Niall’s POV

As I look around myself, I notice that everyone is having fun. Zayn and I were having an interesting conversation, having some drinks and all, pretty chilling. As I keep looking around, I see that one of us is missing. I thought that it was Liam and Danielle, but when I saw them on the dance floor, I turn to the front and see that Bree is not there. Where could she be?

“Hey, have you seen Bree?” I ask Zayn.

He looks around and shakes his head. “Could she be in the bathroom?” He asks.

I shrug. “Maybe.”

Zayn and I kept talking, but this time I was waiting for Bree. I kept looking around, trying to locate her, but he never came. I started to get worried and as Zayn said he would get more drinks I told him that in the meantime I would go outside and look for Bree. After I made my way outside, I saw all the people in line waiting to get in. I thought she could be with a friend, but then I remembered that she just got here, and we were the only friends she had for now.

I walked away from the club, the lights from the bridge that was nearby calling my attention. As I turn around to see them, I saw the benches aligned and only one person sitting in one of them. It was a girl, and I could tell because of her long hair, but when I see her white pants, and navy blue shirt I knew it was Bree.

I walk towards her and as I get closer I can hear her sobbing. I get worried immediately, but I don’t want to freak her out, so I just sit down beside her. She cleans her tears quickly, but prefers not to look at me.

“Why are you crying?” I ask. “What happened?” And that’s when she looks at me. Surprise is all written in her face, but instead of talking, she just throws herself at me. She took me by surprise, but when I hear that she’s still crying, I wrap my arms around her, comforting her. “Hey, it’s okay,” I say, stroking her back softly.

“No, Niall, it is not okay.” She says still sobbing. “Everything’s a mess! I’m a mess.” And this is when she finally pulls away.

“Relax,” I reply. “First of all, try to calm down,” I say. She nods and takes a deep breath. “Do you want water?” I ask, but she shakes her head. She takes a deep breath one more time and clean her tears to try to stop crying. “What’s wrong?” I finally ask.

She sighs. “Nothing, I just… I miss my family, I miss my home, I miss everything,” She admits. And that’s when it hits me. Everything. That’s why she felt sad when we were in the London Eye, and on the way back home. Hearing Liam talk on the phone with his mum might had something to do as well. God, I’m so stupid. How could I forget about something like this? Paul had told us about it, and I completely forgot.

“I’m so sorry,” I say almost in a whisper, not knowing what else to say.

“Its fine,” She replies, cleaning more tears that are threatening to fall. “I just, I never felt like this before, and honestly I don’t know what to do. I miss them so much, but I can’t do anything about it and I’m always crying like a baby which makes me feel useless.” She explains, sniffling later.

“It’s okay that you miss them and its okay to cry over them, it’s understandable. I always think that crying and letting everything out is good, it makes you feel a bit better later on,” I say, giving her a small smile later and it grows when I see that she’s returning it. It’s really small, but at least it’s something.

“My mom used to say that,” She says, but then her smile fades. “I really miss them.”

“Look, time is the only thing that can heal this. You’re always going to miss them, you just need to get used to it. I’m guessing that bringing you here was not a good idea, and you can totally blame us because we are 5 stupid boys that didn’t think of what you wanted to do in the first place. But yeah, you need to get distracted, and with time you’ll get over it. In the end, everything is going to be alright,” I say. She nods and gives me a small smile, but it makes me feel good that at least I’m making her feel better. At least just a little. “Besides, these 5 stupid boys are always going to be with you and you’ll see that you’ll have a laugh with all of us,” I add, making us sound like the big thing.

“I guess,” She says slowly. She lets out a sigh and stares at the floor like if it’s the most interesting thing in the world.

“Hey,” I say, taking her chin and lifting it up so she can see me. “Trust me when I say that everything is going to be alright,” I say, cleaning the remaining tears that were streaming down her cheeks. I look into her eyes and just then I can see how much pain she’s feeling. I don’t know if it’s because of what just happened, but she seems extremely sad. Then again, who wouldn’t be after what happened to her.

I keep stroking her right cheek as I stare at her eyes, slowly moving to see every inch of her face. I always thought she was pretty, but now I realize that she is indeed beautiful. She has long eyelashes, and her light brown eyes just make me want to stare at them for a really long time. Her lips are full and a nice shade of pink and they make me want to… kiss her.

I start leaning in slowly, not being able to stop, although she’s doing the same. Could she like me the same way that I like her? Could she think of me the way I’ve been thinking of her all this time? I really hope so.

Her eyes close and mine close soon after that. I can feel her lips just below mine, but before we can connect them, a shout interrupt us.

“Niall, Bree, are you guys okay?” someone shouts.

I let out a sigh and pull away, slowly removing my hands from Bree’s face. I look at her and I can see that she’s blushing which makes me smile. I turn around only to see Zayn getting closer to us.

“Yes, Zayn. We’re fine,” I reply.

“You got me worried. After I came back with the drinks I waited you for like 15 minutes and you never came back,” He explains. “Hey Bree, are you feeling okay?”

Bree nods quickly. “Yeah, I just needed some fresh air and when Niall came to see if I was okay, we just stayed here talking. I’m sorry that we made you wait.”

“That’s fine,” He replies. “Anyway, are you ready to come back inside?” He asks. I turn to look at Bree and she nods, meaning that she is ready. We stand up from the bench and make our way inside the club, Zayn walking in front of us.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” I ask quietly so that Zayn can’t hear us.

She nods. “Yeah,” She says, giving me a small smile.

“Well,” I say looking at my watch. “At least we’re going home in a few, so you don’t have to deal with all this,” I say, signaling to the club and the people.

She giggles. “That’s fine.”

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After an half an hour of being in there, we all decided that it was time to go home. Liam and Danielle were getting tired and Zayn just wanted to sleep. I was feeling a little tired myself, and I know that Bree wanted to leave because she wasn’t feeling comfortable. The only ones that could keep going until sunrise were Louis and Harry, but they knew we had to leave.

The ride to Bree’s house, or better said Paul’s, was not that long. It was a quiet one because everyone was falling asleep, even Harry and Louis who had finally admitted that they were tired indeed. Bree’s head rested on my shoulder, just like this afternoon, but I knew she wasn’t asleep. I carefully took his hand, catching her attention.

“You okay?” I ask when she finally looked at me. She gave me one of her small smiles and nodded. She looked down at our hands and slowly, kind of hesitating, she intertwined our fingers.

“Thank you,” she says.

“It’s not a problem,” I admitted, and after kissing my cheek she rested her head on my shoulder again, our hands still intertwined. I don’t know about her, but I had a big smile plastered on my face. Something is telling me that she might feel the same way I feel about her, and that seriously makes me really happy.

After a few more minutes, we finally arrive at Paul’s house. Bree and I, slowly get out of the car and we walk towards the front door.

“My Uncle gave me these, so I wouldn’t wake him up when we came back,” she explains as she opens the front door. “Well, tonight was… interesting,” she says, making me chuckle.

“Goodnight, Bree,” I reply. “See you soon.”

“Goodnight, Niall,” she says. I hesitantly lean in and plant a soft kiss on her cheek, just like he did to me a few minutes before. She seems a little surprise, but once I see her smile, I know that everything is fine. “Bye,” she says.

“Bye,” I reply, walking towards the car as she closes the door.

When I finally get home, I get undressed and lay in bed only in my boxers. I’m really tired and all I have in mind right now is sleep. The more I sleep, the better, but my thoughts are interrupted when my phone rings, meaning that I have a text. I grab my phone from the bedside table and smile when I see who it is from. I opened it and then my smile gets bigger.

Bree – I know I said it already, but thank you so much for tonight. I really mean it.

Niall – It’s not a problem at all, babe. I told you, you can trust me, or any of the boys. We are your friends now.

Bree – Thanks :) Goodnight, Niall. Sleep tight.

Niall – You too, Bree. Goodnight :)

And that night, I go straight to bed with a big smile on my face.

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Hello! A little late, but better late than never, right? ;)

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