Love Life and Niall Horan

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"Are you okay though?" He smiled at me.

"Yeah I'm fine, I miss my Mum a lot though." I frowned.

"Me too." He added. "I've not seen my family in ages. I should be able to see them all on my birthday though."

I forget that they all must miss their families too.

"You go back to Ireland for your birthday?" I asked.

"Of course. It wouldn't be my birthday without my family." He grinned.

"Yeah I don't think my Mum's going to be here for my birthday." I frowned, resting my head on my hand sadly.

"I don't even know when your birthday is but you'll be okay, right? You have Liam and James. It's his birthday too."

"September 10th... and yeah I guess I'll be fine. I have you lot here with me." I grinned at him.

"Hey your birthdays right near mine!" He cried.

"Yeah I know. Harry told me." I laughed.

He shrugged, grinning.

"What do you think Louis is driving them crazy with now?" I added.

"I have no idea. That lad can talk for hours without stopping I swear." He laughed.

"Yeah I can believe it."

After that we fell into silence, both of us just sitting there staring at our feet.

"Natalie?" Niall asked quietly.

I looked over at him and smiled, "Yeah?"

"I- uh I-"

"You?" I laughed nervously, not knowing what he was going to say.

"I want ice cream, let's go." He grinned before grabbing my hand and pulling me in the direction of the ice cream van.

"Oh." I whispered.

I don't know what I was expecting him to say, certainly not that. I didn't like him anymore anyway, he was just my best friend, nothing more. Well that's what I was trying to convince myself anyway.

Niall was humming to himself and I was lost in thought, so it was silent. Not an awkward silence; but a thoughtful one.

Suddenly I realised what song Niall was humming.

"You're humming Ed Sheeran, Firefly aren't you?" I grinned at him.

"Yeah I love it. Do you like it?" He grinned back.

"Are you kidding me? It's like my favourite song. I love Be Like You and Miss You too."

"I've heard Be Like You and I love it, but I've never heard Miss You." He admitted grinning at me before looking at his shoes and continuing to walk, still holding onto my hand tightly.

"It's amazing. Listen to it sometime." I told him and he nodded.

"Why do you always hold my hand?" I asked after a while.

"Oh I'm sorry." He said, letting go, "I don't even realise."

"It's fine, I didn't mind." I admitted.

He just put his hands in his pockets and walked over to the ice cream van.

I just sighed and followed after him.

"Hey what flavour do you want?" He asked once I got there.

"Just vanilla please." I grinned.

He ordered and the man handed us our ice creams.