It was quite awkward for Sarah at first cause since she had recovered from being unconscious everyone was acting like they all cared a lot more for her than they used to. Especially, Jeremy, Sam, and now Niall. But Niall took it a bit far than what she had expected.
What did he mean by he missed me? Why did he kiss my hand? Such thoughts started bubbling up in Sarah's mind. She felt a bit awkward as she looked in his eyes.
Before when she used to see him in his eyes, she used to greet a cold or an unexplainable feeling in it but today it was something else. Today, those eyes told some other story. The story of pure affection for someone, the story of longing to love someone. Those eyes today, looked so innocent. These feelings which she could see in those two beautiful green eyes were new for Sarah.
But besides these feelings, she could also see tiredness and dark circles below those near to perfect eyes. Niall's eyes were a bit red too which made it look scary. But deep inside those eyes was flickering happiness. Though his eyes looked weary and red still it looked relieved and sparkly for some reason. The reason which was unknown to Sarah.
Here Niall had determined not to control his feelings but to just let it out gradually for Sarah now. He decided to gradually show his feelings to Sarah which he had been carrying in his heart as a burden for her all this time.
He sat beside Sarah and stared at her with those affectionate eyes. His thin light pink lips were curved up a bit. Sarah looked here and there in this awkward situation. She even cleared her throat and shifted a bit to left, away from Niall to avoid this awkwardness.
This act of her made Niall scoff. He looked down while scoffing and shook his head lightly. Sarah looked at Niall with widened eyes.
'Why are you laughing?' She asked being a bit hesitant.
Niall looked up but before he could say anything his eyes got locked in one place, her eyes. She looked even more lovely with her eyes widened. He looked at those stunning eyes for a bit and the next moment he got a bit close to Sarah.
Sarah blinked almost thrice not knowing what Niall was about to do. He was gradually coming closer and closer to her and she got frozen at her place.
Now he was not too far away from her when someone knocked at the door of Sarah's room. Niall backed up and they looked at the door.
Emma came in with a bright smile and said,
'Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Niall but we have to go now. There is a meeting to attend.' Emma said looking at Niall.
Niall nodded and Emma smiled. She then looked at Sarah whose eyes were still bugged out. Her eyebrows got furrowed and she asked Sarah by raising her eyebrows, what was wrong with her?
Sarah got back to normal and shook her head rapidly. Niall stood up and looked at Sarah who was still shocked. Seeing her reaction he smirked and said,
'Let's go.'
Emma nodded and went out and Niall followed her. Before closing the door he just looked at her and smiled a bit.
The door was closed and now in the room was Sarah and her thousand thoughts and questions popping every moment when she thought about what just happened.
She started thinking and thinking forgetting for while about the condition of her. Forgetting that doctor had restricted her to think much. Thinking much or trying to recall her past could be harmful and could make her head ache which could be unbearable.
For a while, she forgot all these instructions and started thinking a lot, and suddenly again a scene pop up in front of her eyes...
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'Walk fast he is waiting!' someone ordered me, who was walking behind that girl and was trying to match her pace.
'Where are we going? Will you please tell me!' I asked being a bit frustrated.
I was walking somewhere on the grass, I could hear some music playing in the background. I saw myself wearing a silver dress ending just above my knees. I don't know where was I going.
'Keep walking!' Ordered that girl again.
Her voice was familiar, everything that I could see around seemed like a negative reel of a photograph. I looked at the girl with a smile and she smiled back to me. It felt for a second that she was Lisa. But why in this dream I was with Lisa? And where was she taking me?
That girl took me out on a lawn and I saw a guy standing there, a tall guy. His face wasn't that clear, I ran towards him and hugged him. He hugged me back. And the last thing I remember before I screamed my lungs out covering my head with my hands was,
I was back in the small room, it was all dark again. That old man came in with a stick in his hand and he approached me yelling,
'Call me daddy!!'
I screamed and soon someone came in.
'Sarah you're okay? What happened?' The person who came started asking me and shake me so that I can recover from whatever I saw.
'I saw the man again! He'll kill me!!' I yelled and hugged the person standing beside me.
After hugging I realized it was a man, I got a bit embarrassed so I tried to step back but he hugged me back tightly and said,
'Don't leave, stay like this for a while.'
From the voice, I realized that it was Mr. Niall. Oh shit! What did I just do? I cursed myself. But now, even if I tried to get away from him he hugged me even tighter. He caressed my hair and said,
'Don't be scared I'm here.' He said and after staying like that he suddenly lightened up the grip and stepped back.
I looked at him with widened eyes again and he shifted his gaze from my eyes to out of the room and said,
'Don't overthink much, just rest.'
And he left the room and I exhaled a large amount of air, it was like a tension created in the atmosphere whenever he is near me now. Suddenly, he came again. I saw him as my eyes naturally got widened again and he said,
'Don't widen your eyes.'
'Just like that.' He said and pointed my eyes.
I blinked twice and he left making me think again,
What is wrong today with him?...