Chapter 11: Holding On Forever

A/N: Niall is Bold; Liam is Italicized others are Plain; But you should know that already.

Thank you guys for reading this horrible horrible fanfic ^.^. This is the last chapter; but there may or may not be a epilogue, depending on people's thoughts on this story I guess like 1000 Hits and 5+ good reviews? Not much left :) xoxo

Liam held Niall's hand as they wheeled him into the operating room, his heart sunk when they took him away; leaving him in the waiting room wondering if he'd ever see his Nialler again.

His hands were trembling, the doctor explained to him that the procedure would take anything from three to five hours to complete. So he sat there, twiddling his thumbs and looking through their pictures together on his iPhone. His favorite was when they went to the beach together. Niall's cheeks red from the heat as they sat under a rainbow beach umbrella overlooking the clear blue waters of the ocean resembling Niall's eyes; Kissing each other and getting looks from the other visitors.

It was as if they were just a two pieces of a puzzle, they made each other whole. He couldn't think of living life without his beautiful boyfriend. The boyfriend he loved; needed and wanted.

The two planned to move in together once they graduated next month, neither of them having stable jobs yet would get help from Liam's mother. She knew that Liam cared for Niall and vice versa and would do anything to help them. Liam had been the lucky one in terms of family all of his life and Niall was always jealous when he came over and saw them on the couch watching movies together.

The procedure had extended over the six hour mark; Liam worried for his irish heartthrob's sake.

Sweat dripped from his brow as he sat there, completely frozen while the doctors wheeled Niall and the stranger away.

He ran in the direction of the ER, hoping to be able to see if he was okay only to be stopped by the doctor.

"Is he okay?" His lips quivering with fear "Please tell me he's alright."

"He's fine, too early to know if the new lung will be rejected but for now he is in stable condition."

"Can I see him?"

The doctor moved out of the way allowing Liam to enter Niall's room. The boy's features were pale. He ran his hands through the boy's luscious blonde hair the only thing still vibrant about him at this moment; gently placing a kiss on his forehead. Liam held his lover's hand the remainder of his time there, whispering loving words into his ear hoping that he was conscious enough to understand or even remember what he said.

When Niall awoke he was greeted with a vase of his favorite flowers Blue Cupid's Dart, and a warm smile from no one other than Liam Payne. The boy's coffee brown eyes aglow with happiness.

"Hey sweetie!" his tone extremely cheery.

Niall smiled and pulled Liam into a kiss, passionate and warm as always.

"Im glad im still alive, I've missed you.." His lips now ruby red." I don't even want to think about-"

"All that matters is that you're still with me. Hey, I went out last night after leaving here and I got you something."

He pulled out a sterling silver necklace, with the charm shaped into a heart with surrounding topaz crystals that said "L + N".

"I had it engraved, so it's more sentimental. Do you like it?"

Liam had placed it around Niall's neck and it shone brightly because of the morning light.

" I don't know what to say, I love it Li.. thank you."

"You know, doc said you'd be out of here in two weeks. What'll you say we go out to your favorite restaurant when you get out of here, eh?"

Niall's mouth went agape.

"Nandos?" He mouth started watering, he hadn't had "real" food in over a month. The crummy hospital food was all he had. They practically were depriving him of delicious food.

"Yeah, and you can get anything you want. My treat."

They joined their hands together, their eyes focused on each other's.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

" I don't know why I didn't tell you that sooner. We could've possibly avoided everything bad that's happened so far. I couldn't think of life without you Niall I'm glad I've met you.

I'm glad i've dated you, kissed you. Im glad we've shared all these moments in the short time we've been dating but even before then life with you was great. You make my heart go wee everytime I see you and you bring joy to me."

" Li, i've always been scared. Scared of the repercussions of my decisions...

Remember the time I snuck out late and went drinking with my pals?"

Liam nodded.

" I was terrified, and when I got home it was like a sigh of relief my father didn't notice. He was a terrible man and he had strict rules. I was his trophy so I had to be a "good boy" all my life, which meant if I ever broke a rule i'd get hit. "

He hesitated.

" Being with you, breaking all the rules was the right decision for me. Im no longer that scared little boy I was a few months ago. You made me who I am today, I'm proud to be yours and I'd do anything to live this life over and over, with you."

" I have a surprise, um you know how we'd talk about moving in together and starting our life on our own?"

He nodded

" Well mom agreed to it, as you know. What you don't know is that she's going to pay our first three month's rent so we can get started. With the scholarship that I have i'd go to college for free so it won't affect us as much."

" Seriously! Tell your mother that I love her and thank you. I can't even explain what this means to me, what this means for us."

Niall was sad that Liam had to leave so soon, they shared another kiss before Li bid him goodbye.

The boy was let out of the hospital sooner than he had expected, he'd made a full recovery but he'd have to not partake in any sports or physical activity until his new lung had gotten used to normal activities.

Niall was angry that he couldn't fuck his boyfriend for another few weeks, but he snuck in some blowjobs. At Least he could do that, right? Not like Li was against it or anything.

They had spent the remainder of senior year, catching Niall up on his schoolwork. Luckily Niall had been doing good enough to pass his classes. He did well on his finals but not as good as he wanted to.

Then graduation came, the school's campus was alight with happiness.

Liam was named valedictorian of his class, and Niall had gotten recognition for his amazing plays on the football field.(A/N: Forgot to mention he was a football player, It was in the prologue that I never uploaded. Sorry!")

They were now free, away from the hell that they went through the past four years.

The two boys had found a nice starting apartment near the edge of town.

Liam going to school full time and Niall working at a local Bakery.

Life was hard on them, but they persevered through it the best that they could. Liam hoped that he could graduate from college soon so he could help Niall as much as he could.

Sometimes Niall would come home and he'd be overworked and just wanted to shut out the world, and Liam understood him.

Together they built their life together from scratch, even though it wasn't perfect it was what they had hoped for.

The chance to be together, To live side by side with one another. To share their love freely without consequence.

That's all that they wanted. All they needed was each other.