Niall Horan Child Preferences Book 2

#37 One Love Manchester

In this imagine, you, Niall and your daughter all went to the Ariana grande concert where the attack happened. You were all injured but not seriously and you go to the one love concert with Niall and your daughter.

Your POV

"C'mon love, let me clean your face" I said to my 3 year old daughter, Aaliyah.

She still had quite a few cuts and bruises from the attack . She had a cut on her forehead, one in her cheek, two on her arm, one on her stomach and one on her leg. She had stitches for every cut.

"No! It hurts mummy!!" She cried, tears escaping her eyes. I looked at her sorrowfully.
From the attack, Niall had some cuts in his face that required stitches , some in his stomach and legs and he also fractured his legs but his leg is fine now. I had some cuts on my face , arms and legs and I had a big wound on my stomach.

Niall came in the bathroom where me and Aaliyah where.
"What's up princess?" He asked once he saw Aaliyah's crying face.
"I need to clean her face but she won't let me because it hurts her" I told him.
"Hey" he said bending down in front of Aaliyah who was sat on the edge of the bathtub.
"How about mummy cleans your face but she'll be careful not to touch your cuts, okay?" Niall said and Aaliyah nodded.
I carefully began to wipe her face. "Ow" she cried. "All done, now lets go" I said and Niall picked her up.

"Are we going to get hurt again?" She asked. "No, of course not princess, don't be scared to go to a concert because of what happened" he said kissing her cheek.

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We arrived backstage at the one live Manchester concert.

Ariana came over to greet us. "I'm so glad you could come! I'm so sorry for what happened to you" she said. "It wasn't your fault" I said. "Are you still able to perform?" She asked Niall and he nodded.
"Do you want to come with me and we can get you some sweets or ice cream?" Ariana asked Aaliyah who was in Niall's arms.
Aaliyah nodded shyly. "There's no need to be shy, she's nice" Niall chuckled placing Aaliyah on the floor. "Come on then Aaliyah" Ariana said holding Aaliyah's hand and taking her to get some ice cream and sweets.

"I love this city, I love the fact that when something happens everyone comes together, in London it isn't like that as much" I said leaning my head on Niall's shoulder as we sat down.
"Yeah and the crowds are amazing too, I've always loved performing in Manchester, you feel really welcomed" He said.

Ariana returned with Aaliyah who had some ice cream.
"Niall, it's your turn to go on stage" Ariana told Niall and he nodded Gerri up to get ready to come on stage.

Ariana sat in Niall's seat and Aaliyah was on her lap.
"You don't have to talk about this if you don't want to? But how close was you when the bomb went off?" Ariana asked. "We just entered the foyer when it happened, but I can't imagine how you felt when you found out about it" I said.
"I was a wreck, honestly I was blaming myself, I was thinking it was my fault those 22 people died, I still do but I try not to as much" She said.
"You definitely shouldn't blame yourself, it's not something we knew was going to happen" I said.

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Ariana was now on stage.

"I would like to invite my friends from backstage all out here for this song, this is one last time." Ariana said.

We all walked out on stage standing in a line. I was next to Niall who was holding Aaliyah.
We swayed to the song thinking about those innocent lives lost on what was supposed to be the best night of their life.