Niall Horan Fanfic Chapter 20: The Climb
Niall and I woke up the next morning fairly early. He smiled at me.
“I’m glad I stayed. If I didn’t I’d have to wake up to Liam’s face brushing his teeth.” Niall laughed.
“I’m glad you stayed to.” I replied smiling.
“What time do we need to leave for the venue?” he asked.
“Erm…like eight…I think.” I mumbled burying my face in my hands.
“What time is it?” Niall asked.
“OH MY GOD! ITS SEVEN THIRTY! WE HAVE A HALF AN HOUR! I NEED TO SHOWER AND GET DRESSED AND DO MY HAIR AND BRUSH MY TEETH AND EAT! WE’LL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME!” I screamed sitting up abruptly.
“Babe, calm down.” Niall said stifling a laugh.
“It’s not funny!” I screamed again throwing a pillow at him.
“It kind of is. And babe for the record just put your hair in a ponytail and don’t shower you smell fine. I think.” He said proceeding to sniff my armpit.
“Don’t sniff me.” I said laughing.
“You smell fine. Kind of like me, cause of our snuggle, but it’s cool.” He said laughing.
“Ew, I smell like a boy! Cooties!” I said.
“Oh ha ha.” He said.
My phone rang. It was Ally, so I answered.
“Hey there.” She said.
“Hey what’s up?” I asked.
“Nothing what are you doing today?” she asked.
“About that, I need to go because we need to be on the road in like 10 minutes and I just woke up, but I’ll call you later.” I said.
“Alright have fun.” She said.
“You too, with whatever you’re doing today.” I said.
“I love you bye.” She said.
“I love you too. I’m sorry.” I said.
“Don’t worry about it.” She said.
We hung up. I was so glad she was an understanding person. I don’t know what I would do without her.
I got dressed and Niall and I ran out to the bus. We were exactly on time. Paul looked at us angrily, but we didn’t care, it was only 7:57, we had 3 minutes.
On the bus, everyone was fairly calm. We were all tired, from the party last night, and no one was in the mood to talk. Niall walked over to his bunk and climbed in. He sighed loudly. Then he coughed loudly. He cleared his throat.
“Do you want something?” I asked.
“Wasn’t it obvious.” He said.
“I’m sorry you are going to need to give me a little more information.” I said in the way he always did.
“That’s not fair.” He said sadly.
“Well, what do you want?” I asked.
“A SNUGGLE!” he said.
I ran over to him and jumped into his arms. I rested my head on his chest, and he placed his cheek on my head. I fell asleep. When I was still half asleep I heard talking.
“You really love her don’t you.” I heard Louis say.
“Yeah, she’s just special. You know?” Niall answered.
“Yeah, I have the same thing with El.” Louis said.
“It’s crazy but I feel like I want to be with her forever.” Niall said.
I tried not to smile. He wanted to marry me. Curse my young age.
“It’s not crazy. It’s love.” Louis said.
Niall rubbed my hair, and kissed my head.
“I love you Hazel.” He whispered.
We pulled up to the venue. Niall carried me bridal style out of the bus and into the venue. We got inside and my dancers and I went straight into hair and make-up. Niall came over while I was getting my make-up done.
“Why are you putting that stuff on your face?” he said.
“Because. I have to.” I said.
“No!” he said grabbing the make-up artists hand.
“Niall stop it!” I said jumping out of my seat.
“No! You don’t need this! They can’t do it to you! BAD MAKE-UP ARTISTS BAD!” he hissed at everyone.
I chased Niall around the room three times as he screamed how the make-up artists were ‘poisoning my beauty’ and how ‘make-up was the poison of the world’ then he said something about how starving he was. He finally tripped over a chair and fell. A colorful cloud of powder formed over him as the make-up got crushed from him falling on it.
“Would you calm down?” I said laughing at how ridiculous he looked.
“No! I shall protect you honor.” He said.
Paul came in and escorted Niall out. I couldn’t stop laughing. My dancers and I went to lunch and my phone rang. It was my mom.
“Hello.” I said happily.
“Hazel?” she said.
“Yeah? What’s wrong?” I asked. She sounded worried.
“Hazel I don’t want to worry you, but Ally was in a car crash. I don’t know all the details, I’m sure she’ll be fine, but I just wanted to let you know.” She said.
I got nervous. “Are you sure she is okay?” I asked.
“The doctors said it was nothing life threatening.” She said.
“Okay, well let me know the second you find out more.” I said.
“Of course. Love you. Bye.” She said.
“Love you too.” I said. Then I hung up.
She’ll be fine, I thought to myself. I had a show to put on and couldn’t let everyone down. I just wanted to put this all out of my head. I went and found Niall. He was sitting with the boys.
“Niall, can I talk to you?” I asked.
“Can it wait, me and Zayn are having a very intense staring contest.” He said.
“Uh, well, yeah, I guess.” I said. I didn’t mean to but my voice cracked at the end.
“Are you okay?” he asked quickly turning away from Zayn.
“Um, no, not really.” I said, tears spilling from my eyes.
“Hazel, what’s going on?” he asked.
I didn’t even wait for us to be in private. I spilled everything.
“They said it was nothing, but I can’t help worry that it is something.” I finished.
“Hazel, everything will be fine.” Liam said. Niall pulled me into a tight hug, and rubbed my back.
“Everything will be fine.” Niall whispered in my ear.
I didn’t say anything. I stopped crying after a few minutes but Niall still held me. He knew how close me and Ally were and that I would be destroyed if anything bad happened to her.
The show was going to start in about an hour and I had to go get my costume on. While I was in the back the dancers and I joked around and it took my mind off of Ally. We were finally ready and then we took our positions on stage.
We did all our numbers and we ran backstage for a costume change for the finale. I was going to check my phone to see if my mom called with anymore news but there wasn’t enough time and I couldn’t find my phone. We quickly changed, and I had a weird feeling in my gut. We ran out on stage and did our last number. Olly Murs was next so one of the girls introduced him and I ran backstage.
I was looking for my phone and Niall walked over to me.
“You did great tonight babe.” He said kissing my head. He looked sad, or something.
“Thanks. What’s up?” I asked.
“Nothing.” He said shaking his head.
“Do you know where my phone is?” I asked him.
“Yeah.” He said pulling it from his pocket.
“Why do you have my phone?” I asked.
“I didn’t want you worrying about checking it during the show. I didn’t want you to be distracted.” He said.
“Oh, that’s cool, but did my mom call?” I asked.
“Hazel. Promise me you won’t freak out okay?” he said.
“Niall…what happened? Is Ally okay? What’s going on?” I asked.
“Promise me.” He said.
“Tell me.” I said back.
“You need to listen okay. Your mom called.” He said.
“Okay? What did she say?” I asked getting concerned.
“Hazel. Can this wait until after I perform?” he said.
“Not really.” I said.
“It will be better if it does.” He said, “Trust me.”
“Fine.” I said.
He kissed my head and ran out on stage. They did there thing, and then we got back on the bus. I was dying to know what my mom said.
“Niall, tell me now. Don’t beat around the bush. Tell me now.” I said sternly.
“Sit down.” He said.
I sat. He grabbed my hand.
“Hazel, Ally, she’s, she’s gone.” He said.
Niall and I woke up the next morning fairly early. He smiled at me.
“I’m glad I stayed. If I didn’t I’d have to wake up to Liam’s face brushing his teeth.” Niall laughed.
“I’m glad you stayed to.” I replied smiling.
“What time do we need to leave for the venue?” he asked.
“Erm…like eight…I think.” I mumbled burying my face in my hands.
“What time is it?” Niall asked.
“OH MY GOD! ITS SEVEN THIRTY! WE HAVE A HALF AN HOUR! I NEED TO SHOWER AND GET DRESSED AND DO MY HAIR AND BRUSH MY TEETH AND EAT! WE’LL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME!” I screamed sitting up abruptly.
“Babe, calm down.” Niall said stifling a laugh.
“It’s not funny!” I screamed again throwing a pillow at him.
“It kind of is. And babe for the record just put your hair in a ponytail and don’t shower you smell fine. I think.” He said proceeding to sniff my armpit.
“Don’t sniff me.” I said laughing.
“You smell fine. Kind of like me, cause of our snuggle, but it’s cool.” He said laughing.
“Ew, I smell like a boy! Cooties!” I said.
“Oh ha ha.” He said.
My phone rang. It was Ally, so I answered.
“Hey there.” She said.
“Hey what’s up?” I asked.
“Nothing what are you doing today?” she asked.
“About that, I need to go because we need to be on the road in like 10 minutes and I just woke up, but I’ll call you later.” I said.
“Alright have fun.” She said.
“You too, with whatever you’re doing today.” I said.
“I love you bye.” She said.
“I love you too. I’m sorry.” I said.
“Don’t worry about it.” She said.
We hung up. I was so glad she was an understanding person. I don’t know what I would do without her.
I got dressed and Niall and I ran out to the bus. We were exactly on time. Paul looked at us angrily, but we didn’t care, it was only 7:57, we had 3 minutes.
On the bus, everyone was fairly calm. We were all tired, from the party last night, and no one was in the mood to talk. Niall walked over to his bunk and climbed in. He sighed loudly. Then he coughed loudly. He cleared his throat.
“Do you want something?” I asked.
“Wasn’t it obvious.” He said.
“I’m sorry you are going to need to give me a little more information.” I said in the way he always did.
“That’s not fair.” He said sadly.
“Well, what do you want?” I asked.
“A SNUGGLE!” he said.
I ran over to him and jumped into his arms. I rested my head on his chest, and he placed his cheek on my head. I fell asleep. When I was still half asleep I heard talking.
“You really love her don’t you.” I heard Louis say.
“Yeah, she’s just special. You know?” Niall answered.
“Yeah, I have the same thing with El.” Louis said.
“It’s crazy but I feel like I want to be with her forever.” Niall said.
I tried not to smile. He wanted to marry me. Curse my young age.
“It’s not crazy. It’s love.” Louis said.
Niall rubbed my hair, and kissed my head.
“I love you Hazel.” He whispered.
We pulled up to the venue. Niall carried me bridal style out of the bus and into the venue. We got inside and my dancers and I went straight into hair and make-up. Niall came over while I was getting my make-up done.
“Why are you putting that stuff on your face?” he said.
“Because. I have to.” I said.
“No!” he said grabbing the make-up artists hand.
“Niall stop it!” I said jumping out of my seat.
“No! You don’t need this! They can’t do it to you! BAD MAKE-UP ARTISTS BAD!” he hissed at everyone.
I chased Niall around the room three times as he screamed how the make-up artists were ‘poisoning my beauty’ and how ‘make-up was the poison of the world’ then he said something about how starving he was. He finally tripped over a chair and fell. A colorful cloud of powder formed over him as the make-up got crushed from him falling on it.
“Would you calm down?” I said laughing at how ridiculous he looked.
“No! I shall protect you honor.” He said.
Paul came in and escorted Niall out. I couldn’t stop laughing. My dancers and I went to lunch and my phone rang. It was my mom.
“Hello.” I said happily.
“Hazel?” she said.
“Yeah? What’s wrong?” I asked. She sounded worried.
“Hazel I don’t want to worry you, but Ally was in a car crash. I don’t know all the details, I’m sure she’ll be fine, but I just wanted to let you know.” She said.
I got nervous. “Are you sure she is okay?” I asked.
“The doctors said it was nothing life threatening.” She said.
“Okay, well let me know the second you find out more.” I said.
“Of course. Love you. Bye.” She said.
“Love you too.” I said. Then I hung up.
She’ll be fine, I thought to myself. I had a show to put on and couldn’t let everyone down. I just wanted to put this all out of my head. I went and found Niall. He was sitting with the boys.
“Niall, can I talk to you?” I asked.
“Can it wait, me and Zayn are having a very intense staring contest.” He said.
“Uh, well, yeah, I guess.” I said. I didn’t mean to but my voice cracked at the end.
“Are you okay?” he asked quickly turning away from Zayn.
“Um, no, not really.” I said, tears spilling from my eyes.
“Hazel, what’s going on?” he asked.
I didn’t even wait for us to be in private. I spilled everything.
“They said it was nothing, but I can’t help worry that it is something.” I finished.
“Hazel, everything will be fine.” Liam said. Niall pulled me into a tight hug, and rubbed my back.
“Everything will be fine.” Niall whispered in my ear.
I didn’t say anything. I stopped crying after a few minutes but Niall still held me. He knew how close me and Ally were and that I would be destroyed if anything bad happened to her.
The show was going to start in about an hour and I had to go get my costume on. While I was in the back the dancers and I joked around and it took my mind off of Ally. We were finally ready and then we took our positions on stage.
We did all our numbers and we ran backstage for a costume change for the finale. I was going to check my phone to see if my mom called with anymore news but there wasn’t enough time and I couldn’t find my phone. We quickly changed, and I had a weird feeling in my gut. We ran out on stage and did our last number. Olly Murs was next so one of the girls introduced him and I ran backstage.
I was looking for my phone and Niall walked over to me.
“You did great tonight babe.” He said kissing my head. He looked sad, or something.
“Thanks. What’s up?” I asked.
“Nothing.” He said shaking his head.
“Do you know where my phone is?” I asked him.
“Yeah.” He said pulling it from his pocket.
“Why do you have my phone?” I asked.
“I didn’t want you worrying about checking it during the show. I didn’t want you to be distracted.” He said.
“Oh, that’s cool, but did my mom call?” I asked.
“Hazel. Promise me you won’t freak out okay?” he said.
“Niall…what happened? Is Ally okay? What’s going on?” I asked.
“Promise me.” He said.
“Tell me.” I said back.
“You need to listen okay. Your mom called.” He said.
“Okay? What did she say?” I asked getting concerned.
“Hazel. Can this wait until after I perform?” he said.
“Not really.” I said.
“It will be better if it does.” He said, “Trust me.”
“Fine.” I said.
He kissed my head and ran out on stage. They did there thing, and then we got back on the bus. I was dying to know what my mom said.
“Niall, tell me now. Don’t beat around the bush. Tell me now.” I said sternly.
“Sit down.” He said.
I sat. He grabbed my hand.
“Hazel, Ally, she’s, she’s gone.” He said.
