I quickly sat up and wiped the little tears that did come through away, “Uhm yeah I’m just fine.”
“Oh, well you didn’t seem too fine a few moments ago.” he said.
I heard rustling and the sound of the chains on the swings moving.
“I’m fine.” I said.
“Are you sure?” he asked.
“Yeah, I’m not going to talk to a stranger about my problems.” I said, “I don’t want to bother you with my misfortunes.”
“You won’t be bothering me…” he started.
“My name’s Melody.” I said quietly.
“Well, you won’t be bothering me Melody.” he said in a think Irish accent.
I shook my head, “It’s nothing…”
“The names Niall.” he said simply.
I looked over and saw the bright blue eyes of THE NIALL HORAN.
“Niall?” I asked.
“I’m taking you’re a fan….?” he asked.
I nodded slowly, “Yeah, kinda.”
“Kinda?” he asked.
“Yeah kinda.” I smiled.
“What’s wrong with me?” he asked.
“Nothing’s wrong with you.. I just don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable and run away thinking I’m going to rape you or something.” I laughed.
He gave me a scared look and laughed.
“You’re really funny.” he smiled.
“You’re the first person to ever say I was funny.” I said.
“The others may have never gotten to say it because they were laughing too much at your jokes.” he said.
“Oh shut up, I’m not funny.” I said shoving his shoulder lightly.
His laugh was beautiful.
‘I can’t believe I’m actually having a conversation with Niall fucking Horan.’ I thought, ‘This is the greatest thing that ever happened to me! Omg. Wait until the people of tumblr hear this!’
“Do you wanna go get Nando’s with me?” he asked out of the blue.
I gave him a confused look.
“What? I was on my way to Nando’s when I saw you sitting over here and I wanted to make sure you were okay.” he said.
“So you just walk around London all day?” I asked.
“Actually, I live quite close to here. My mum’s in town and she went out today with my neighbors daughter.” he said.
“Oh my god!” I said.
He looked at me, “What?”
“I live next door to you.” I said.
“You what?” he asked.
“You’re mum is out with my sister.” I continued.
“Ah, so we’re neighbors?” he asked.
I nodded.
“Well, at least I know where you live now.” he winked, “Come on, let’s go get Nando’s. You’ve had Nando’s before, haven’t you?”
I shook my head and he gave me a weird glare.
He stood quickly and grabbed my hand, “Come on then you’ve gotta have some now!”
I laughed and tried to keep up with him.
“Niall, I can’t run in these boots.” I said.
He stopped and turned towards me, “Hop on my back.”
He crouched down and I jumped on his back and wrapped my arms around his neck.
“Let’s go.” he smirked, “Hold on tight.”
He quickly ran off towards Nando’s, we were laughing the whole way.
“Ah, we’ve arrived.” he said when we got there.
I jumped off his back and fixed my sweater. We walked in and sat at a table.
“You’ll love the food here.” he said.
“I’m sure I will Niall!” I said.
“Oh come on, I love it here!” he said.
“And I’m sure you’d live here if you could.” I said.
“Damn right I would.” he said laughing.
I shook my head and looked at the menu.
“Get the Peri Peri Chicken. It’s amazing.” he said.
“Alright.” I said.
We ordered and when the waitress walked away Niall looked at me.
“Are you going to tell me what was wrong with you earlier today?” he asked.
“That’s a story for another day.. I don’t really want to talk about it right now.” I said looking down.
“Mel, you don’t have to tell me now if you’re not comfortable.” he said, “I’m not trying to push you to say anything. You can tell me if and when you’re ready.”
I looked up at him, “I can tell you part of it.”
“You don’t have to.” he continued.
“I want to.” I said and looked down at my lap.
I felt Niall sit beside me and wrap his arm around me.
“Listen love, if you don’t want to talk about it right now, I understand. If it’s hard to talk about it, you don’t have to tell me right now.. you can tell at another time.” he said softly.
I looked at him and smiled weakly, “You won’t get mad at me?”
“No I wouldn’t get mad at you.” he said smiling, “Why would you think like that?”
“Uh, my ex he used to get mad at me if I wouldn’t talk to him about every little thing that happened in my life.” I said quietly.
“Let me tell you one thing, I am not like most guys.. and I’m certainly not like your ex.” he said, “You seem like such a sweet and down to earth girl, I can never be mad at you.”
I smiled, “You’re such a sweetheart Ni.”
He looked at me and smiled, “Oh shush.”
“You’re blushing Niall.” I said laughing.
He poked me in the stomach and laughed, “Am not.”
“Yes you are.” I laughed.
He started tickling me.
“Stop it Niall.. haha. Quit it.” I laughed.
“Hm.. let me think about it.. no.” he laughed and continued tickling me.
“Niall..” I laughed, “Quit it. I can’t breathe.”
He stopped and I sat up.
“If you ever try something like that again, I’ll hurt you.” I smiled.
“You could never hurt me, I’m Niall.” he laughed.
I giggled, “Oh be quiet Niall.”
