Niall’s POV

My eyes shot up to see that the spot next to me was empty. Esther was gone. I sat up and scanned the room for my princess; but no sign of her. Where is she?

I got out of bed and went to the living room. The lads were sleeping on the floor and the girls were I think in their bedrooms. No Esther in the living room. I checked the kitchen if she was there (she’s normally there) but nope, no Essie.

I shook Louis awake and asked if he knows where Esther is but he just grumbled and went back sleeping. I guess that’s a no.

I tried calling her but it was useless because I heard a ringing tone and it was Esther’s phone. Why did she leave her phone? And where is she?

 Heather exited from her bedroom and saw me. “Hey Niall, why so up this early? We have a day off” she told me and went to the kitchen, I followed her.

“Well I woke up alone, did you saw Esther?” I asked her band mate. Maybe she knows where Esther has gone. I mean she never leaves without her permission.

“No, I just woke up Niall” she chuckled as she made herself tea. “Want some?”

“Yes please” I replied. I was still worried where Esther was. “Do you know where’d she gone?” I asked.

“I don’t know did you check the bedrooms?” she inquired. I shook my head in response. The hotel room’s too small for Esther to hide. Besides, why would she hide from us anyway?

“Don’t worry, she does this all the time” Heather mentioned. I shot her a questioning look. She never leaves without saying something. “Wait, what date is it?” Heather snapped.

“Uh, July 2nd” I checked my phone for the date.

“Oh” Heather quieted and gave me a cup of tea. “Don’t worry, she’s fine” she assured me.

“How do you know that?” I asked.

“Like I told you, she does this all the time; she’ll be back around afternoon” Heather replied leaving me in the kitchen. What does she mean by that? What’s going on?

“What do you mean Heather?” I followed the brown haired girl to the living room. She was waking up the lads telling them to move to their bedrooms.

“Well, she does this every month, you know leaving to someplace every 2nd of the month” Heather explained. “She goes to some studio and when she returns she hands our producer a bunch of songs, she does song writing”

“Oh right, I remember when she went missing” I remembered. I was always panicking when Esther wasn’t around. March 2, we were doing a concert, April 2, interview, May 2 we were told that Esther visited and friend and June 2 I was panicking because I was her boyfriend now.

“This day is really odd, she went out early” Heather checked her watch. Yeah she’s right, it’s around—“It’s only 11 o’clock, she normally leaves after lunch”

“Why does she always go to the studio every 2nd day of the month anyway?” I questioned. I’ve wondering about it since the start of the tour.

“Well, every 2nd of every month, well it’s like an anniversary for Esther…” Heather answered. Anniversary for what? “Since she ran away from home” she continued. What? She ran away? “She doesn’t like talking about it, so she’d never mention it to you and the lads”

“But why didn’t she tell me this?” I furrowed my eyebrows.

“I think she’s not ready yet, just let her take time, I’m sure she’s planning to, don’t worry” Heather patted my back. Monica soon awoken and noticed me and Heather in the kitchen.

“Hey morning peeps” she greeted. We replied good morning to her. “Did Ian left already?” Oh right Ian was here.

“Yeah, he said he’ll do some recording to do” Heather answered. I suddenly had the urge to ask them about Ian. He and Esther seemed pretty close.

“Is uh, about Ian” I started. They shot me looks and waited me to continue. “He and Esther seems pretty close, are they best friends or something?” I inquired.

They had a long paused until Heather spoke up. “Well, we were in X Factor with him, and Esther and him were close friends” she paused. “They uh…”

“They dated right?” Monica snapped then covered her mouth automatically. WHAT? They dated before and she didn’t tell me? I took a long pause and thought.

“Where is this studio?” I asked. They shot me nervous looks. “Where?” I stated.

Esther’s POV

She said, 'I was seven and you were nine

I looked at you like the stars that shined

In the sky, the pretty lights'

 And our daddies used to joke about the two of us

Growing up and falling in love

And our momma smiled and rolled their eyes'

And said, 'Oh, my, my, my'

Take me back to the house in the backyard trees

Said you would beat me up, you were bigger then me

You never did, you never did

Take me back when our world was one lot bad

I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried

Just two kids, you and I, oh, my, my, my, my

Well, I was sixteen when suddenly

I wasn't that little girl you used to see

But your eyes still shined like pretty lights

And our daddies used to joke about the two of us

They never believed we really fall in love

And our momma smiled and rolled their eyes

And said, 'Oh, my, my, my'

Take me back to the creek that's reaching dark

Two A.M, riding in your truck

Yet all I need is here next to me

Take me back to the time we had our very first fight

Slamming our doors instead of kissing goodnight

You stayed outside 'til the morning light, oh, my, my, my, my

A few years ago when comin' around

We were sitting at our favorite spot in town

Then you looked at me, got down on one knee

 Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle

Our whole town came and our mommas cried

You said, 'I do' and I did too

Take me home when we met so many years before

Where we rock our babies on the very front porch

After all this time, you and I

When I'll be 87 you'll be 89

I'll still look at you like the stars that shine

In the sky, oh, my, my, my

I finished another song that reminded me of home. (A/N: I know it’s Taylor Swift’s song but pls. pretend Esther wrote it) Well except for the guy part, I grew up with no guy neighbors so I don’t have a guy childhood friend.

I’ve been writing some songs for our next album. I’ve done this before, every 2nd day of the month. I’ve done it because it’s like a monthsary for me after my dad died and I felt like it was my fault. So I ran away… well yeah I did. I stayed with Monica for a while after that, and there enters X Factor.

I did a new pattern of strumming and thought of a new song again. “Am I asleep; am I awake or something in between? I can’t believe that you are here lying next to me…” I thought of some lyrics.

Well, I thought of it when I woke up in Niall’s arms. I still can’t believe that he’s my boyfriend. I mean I only thought of that in my dreams. “Or did I dream that we were perfectly entwined? Like branches on a tree or twigs caught on a vine” I sang and stared at my guitar. That could make a great song.

I started to write it down on my paper pad and wrote the chords I used with it. I was startled to hear someone speak to the microphone of the studio. “Nice song you’ve got there” I saw Ian smirk at me.

“What are you doing here?” I asked exiting the recording room.

“Thought I’ve find you here” he shrugged and looked at me. I chuckled bitterly. “Why?” I faced him and turned serious. “You know I want to be alone during this day, it’s like my self-time—my space for myself”

“Well I thought you needed a friend” “I don’t okay, it’s my alone time, let me think” I snapped. “Let me be alone for a day”

“You can’t Esther” he started. “You can’t be alone; you need someone to talk to”

“And why is that?” I crossed my arms.

“I’ve seen the hate all over twitter, I know it affects you, badly” Ian told me.

“I’m trying not to get affected okay? That’s why I need to think alone, clear my mind out” I walk pass him and grab myself a coffee. “Coffee?” I offered as I turned around I was surprised that Ian hugged me.

“Remember that time you told me, when you just have to let your emotions out? And just cry it all out?” he reminded me. I told him that when were still in X Factor.

“Yeah? I think that’s what I’m doing right now. You know, through songs” I replied still in his arms.

“I think you need tears this time, plus, your family--” “Don’t, please don’t mention them right now” I stopped him pulling away but he pulled me back.

“Esther?” an Irish voice called me from behind. I pulled away and turned around to see Niall staring at me with a hurt expression on his face.

“Niall?”

Uh oh. :O