Just a Photographer (Niall Horan)

Chapter 13

(Niall's POV)

I stepped out of the shower and suddenly heard the most heart breaking sound, Ava was sobbing loudly in between hurried German that I couldn't understand except she kept repeating one word that I did understand, 'nein', meaning 'no'. I quickly rushed out of the bathroom and quickly put a pair of shorts on, not bothering with anything else, not even my boxers. By the time I reached the living room, where Ava was, she had dropped her phone and was just curled up in a ball on the floor, sobbing. I quickly pulled her into my lap and cradled her head to my chest with one hand and let the other rub slow circles on her back to hopefully calm her down.

"You'll be ok, Aves. I love you so much" I told her over and over again just rocking her gently. Once her crying had calmed down enough for her to speak, I lifted my head up from where it was resting on top of hers. Although my heart was pounding out of my chest, I tried to hide it as the last thing I wanted to do was stress her out anymore.

(Ava's POV)

He cupped my face in his hands, the tears slipping down my cheeks as he gently rubbed his hand up and down the slope of my back. My chin wobbled as I looked up at him with glossy, blood shot eyes.

"What happened pet? Are ya ok?" he whispered, reaching over to me with one hand to brush some hair off of my damp cheek. He tucked it behind my ear, and I let out a shaky sigh, his touch felt so good to me.

"My Opa (grandad)... I don't... don't know what I'm going to do," I muttered into the material of Niall's shirt. "I have to get to... to Austria, I have to get there as soon as I can, I don't know how..."

"Don't worry about that, Aves," Niall told me as I carefully sat up and peered over at him. He gave her a small, reassuring smile despite his eyebrows being furrowed as he was worried and also very confused about what had happened that had caused this. I wiped under my eyes with my fingers.

"I can fly you out."

I shook my head, "no... no I can't allow you to do that."

"Ava, you are very important to me. I want to be there for you, for your family. Please, just let me do this for you..." mumbled before he pulled me back into his chest and he gave me a kiss to my forehead.

That evening Niall and I were at the airport boarding a plane as Niall had promised. I couldn't believe that Niall had managed to organise all of this while still looking after me all day. He had even managed to book first class tickets to give us more privacy at this difficult time. I still haven't even told him what happened just that it involved my grandad, I just couldn't bring myself to say the words out loud.

Niall held me the whole time we were on the plane and also while we were in the car to my grandparents' house. When we arrived, it was 5am so we decided to get a couple of hours sleep before we visited my grandad in hospital. Everyone was fast asleep when we arrived so I took Niall straight to my bedroom, although I knew everyone would question why we had slept in the same bed in the morning I didn't let Niall sleep anywhere else. I don't know why but Niall's touch comforted me more than anything else, since Niall had pulled me into his lap all those hours ago I had barely let him step away from me, I felt like Niall's touch was the only thing that was the only thing keeping me from going insane with worry.

The next morning, I rushed downstairs to see my grandma and brothers, I hugged them all tightly as I hadn't seen them since I left to move to London. Now that I was actually seeing them, I wondered how Niall was going to cope, my grandparents only spoke German and my brothers' English wasn't too good, however I didn't have time to stress about that as Niall suddenly appeared in the door way. He didn't move into the room any further until I lifted my head from my grandma's shoulder, and he felt it was appropriate.

"Oma, Leute, das ist mein Fruend, Niall, er ist derjenige, für den ich arbeite. Er hat es mir ermöglicht huete hier zu sien." (Grandma, guys this is my friend, Niall, he's the one I work for. He made it possible for me to be here today.)

"Nice to meet you" Niall said as he held his hand out for my grandma to shake. She just pushed his hand out of the way and pulled him into a hug, repeating one of the few English words she knew, 'thank you'. 

After Niall was also introduced to my brothers, we all headed to the hospital to see my grandad. As soon as the hospital was in sight my grandma began crying so I gently held her hand with one hand and Niall's with the other.

I let out a sob as I saw my grandad lying on the hospital bed and ran towards him, my hand instantly feeling cold as it left the warmth of Niall's. I spoke to my grandad quickly in German, watching as he began to tear up at the sight of me. I held his hand tightly and began catching up with him after I was sure that he was doing ok. Niall stayed quiet as he stood off to the side of the room and watched her. He didn't want to impose, but just wanted to make sure he was near if she needed him.

After I had caught up with my grandad, I introduced him to Niall. After we had done talking, I moved away to let my brothers talk to him and walked over to wear Niall was standing and almost collapsed into Niall, emotionally exhausted and craving the feeling of safety that Niall's touch provided me with. His arms were already opened for me as he saw me approaching him, he pressed a light kiss to my head before pulling me in tight against his chest. I felt the burn of his fingertips on my scalp as he pushed my frizzy, unwashed hair out of my face. I shook under his touch as his arms wrapped themselves around my curves, as he pulled me closer to him as I finally let out all of the emotions I had been feeling all day.

I would always be grateful for Niall and his never ending care for me , he constantly showed me that he loved me and I meant a lot to him whether it was something small like giving me his jacket if he noticed I was cold or buying me a drink when we went out or something big like letting me move in with him when I had nowhere else to stay or flying me out to Austria without any notice. 

a/n: I really hope you enjoyed this chapter, it's one of my favourites, Niall's just so cute in it!! I've done a big plan of the next few chapters so they should be coming pretty regularly although I am starting school again so that might affect the updates slightly though I'm trying to write as many as I can now so they're ready to publish. 

If you enjoyed this chapter remember to like it, it really helps with my motivation!