Forgive and Forget [One Direction FF]

Chapter 3

Eline POV

Niall wrapped the blanket around the both of us and I cuddled up to him. It felt good being around him again, feeling the touch of his arm around my shoulder and the smell of his cologne entering my nostrils. I had missed him. Before Lynn and I left England last summer, Niall and I made a promise to talk to each other on skype as much as we could, but unfortunately, I had to break that promise. I had to be around Lynn all the time. I had to help her pick up her life again and I’m sure that if I wouldn’t have done that, we wouldn’t be here in England right now, going to college. The doctors had told me there might have been a chance she wouldn’t remember me, but fortunately she did. I wouldn’t know what to do without Lynn. She’s my best friend, and if she wouldn’t recognize me anymore, my world would probably fall into small little pieces. She was the person I could tell anything to and we shared so many memories together. And the thing that hurts me most, is that I’m talking in the past. She WAS the person I could tell anything to and we SHARED so many memories. I can still come to her with my problems of course. She would still listen, but she never knows how to response, just because she doesn’t know what happened. But most of the good memories we had, especially those from our summer in England, were only left in my brains. Just like Harry, I had expected things might come to her mind as soon as she’d be here again and see Harry’s and Niall’s faces, but the truth is worse than our expectations. Thinking of how I’m feeling about all this, I realized how bad it must feel for Harry as well. I don’t know exactly what was going on between those two during the summer, but I’m almost sure it was more than just a friendship. I turned my head to look at him. He and Lynn were sharing a blanket, just like me and Niall. A little bit of a smile was adorning his face, but there also was a bit of pain in his eyes. I knew how much he was looking forward to seeing us again, especially Lynn and now his dreams of her remembering him were crushed. “Ah, I hate this part!” Lynn suddenly woke me from my daydream and I immediately locked my eyes on the screen again. The part where Scar lets his brother Mufasa down and he dies. Lynn always cries at this part. I usually do too, but I haven’t been catching up with the movie very much. I rested my head on Niall’s shoulder and grabbed his free hand to intertwine my fingers with his. This reminded me of when we watched a movie at Niall’s apartment. Niall and I were in the exact same position as we were now. We stayed like this until the movie had ended and Niall’s stomach started screaming for food. Lynn looked at him with a strange face, while Harry and I just started laughing.

“Sorry, happens more often,” Niall told Lynn.

“Even though you ate the whole bowl of crisps…” I laughed and Niall just shrugged his shoulders.

“You know me.”  It was silent for a while, until Lynn started yawning.

“Sorry,” she immediately apologized. “Today’s been a bit tiring for me.” I nodded in agreement.

“Yeh, maybe we should go to bed,” I said and got up. “Do you guys know the way back to your apartment?” I asked Harry and Niall.

“Yeah, we do! It’s not that far from here,” Harry said and the  two of them got up as well.

“I’m already going to change myself,” Lynn said, probably to avoid the awkward situation of a goodbye. She quickly waved at Niall and Harry and then disappeared in the bedroom. I lead the boys to the front door.

“I’m sorry,” I quickly apologized myself towards Harry. “I really had hoped she’d recognize you, but this is really hard for her. I hope you guys understand.” They nodded at the exact same time. “But only her memory left! She didn’t really change that much as a person, so I don’t think it won’t be that much of a problem to become friends again and stuff! And feel free to visit us or call me anytime!” I said. “Also you, blondie!” I said to Niall and poked his belly. He started laughing and then pulled me into a hug.

“I’m sorry, sweetie. I’ll call you as soon as we’re home!” I nodded and smiled before I pressed a kiss on his soft, pink lips. When I let go of Niall, I quickly hugged Harry and then the two boys left our apartment.