temporary fix || n.h. au

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"Hey, Niall. You can go home if you want, I got to check up on one person then I'm heading home," I told him. 

He shook his head, "it's fine, I can come with you then I'll walk you home," Niall said as he stood up.

Ray is an elderly man. He's like a teddy bear, he has such a sweet, soft voice and he is always smiling at everyone. Ray always looked at the positive things in life rather than the negative stuff. 

I knocked before I opened the door, "Helloo," I said in a sing-song voice. 

"Sam!" I heard his cheerful voice. 

"Ray, there's my favorite man," I pushed the door open letting Niall come in after me. I gave Ray a hug and pulled up two chairs next to his bed.

"Ray, this is Niall. He's.." I paused not knowing what we were exactly.

"A friend," Niall finished for me while extending a hand to Ray with a smile on his face.

"Nice to meet you, son," Ray shook his hand. 

Ray and I got to talking, he asked me how I was and how I was doing at work. I asked him how the hospital is treating him to which he said was "fantastic!"

 After a few minutes of chit chatting about us, Ray quickly adverted his attention to Niall. "So, Samantha's friend," Ray started, "how'd you two meet?" I groaned as I dropped my head into the side of his bed. 

Niall had a small laugh, "Well, I actually met her last night at a club," Niall started before Ray interrupted him, "A CLUB? Samantha, what on Earth are you doing in a club?" Ray scolded me.

"Ray," I sighed, "I'm a 21 year old woman, I can take care of myself," I said while I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Mhmm," Ray gave me a stink eye which caused me to laugh, "I'm sorry boy, go on," Ray focused his attention back to Niall. 

Niall shifted in his seat, "Well, we met in a club then I bumped into her today at her restaurant then followed her here, and now here we are," he answered. Ray nodded his head then quickly jumped into the subject of sports. They talked for quite a while.

We left around 9:45. Niall and I were quiet on the way out of the hospital. Before we got outside I turned to him and said, "Thanks for being a good sport tonight, Niall," I teased, "you don't have to walk me home though. I'm fine on my own. You should get going on your way home, too." 

His face showed that he wanted to object but to my surprise he agreed, "It is getting late. Yeah, thanks for letting me come with you tonight. It was really.." he paused, "something." 

A smiled crept on my face, "well I'm glad you enjoyed it," I started walking away from him and towards the direction of my apartment as I said bye and gave a small wave.

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It took me about 15 minutes to get from the hospital to my apartment because I was speed walking. As soon as I opened my door, I was greeted with warm air that felt so good. 

I took off my makeup and contacts, leaving me with my glasses. I changed out of my work clothes, rinsed my body, then changed into something comfortable. I crawled into bed around 10:10, exhausted from work and the hospital. 

Before I fell asleep, I heard a knock coming from my living room. I groaned and turned over in my bed, not wanting to answer the door. The knock eventually became louder and louder, I threw my pillow across the room, threw my hair into a bun and searched for my glasses in the dark. What does Kate want, I thought. 

I walked to my front door and looked through my peephole. It wasn't Kate, it was Niall.

He was leaning over my door, breathing heavily as if he ran a marathon. I stood in shock behind my door, trying to comprehend why Niall was standing on the other side. A swift five knocks echoed throughout my apartment making me open my door. 

As I opened my door, Nialls head quickly snapped up and his eyes scanned over my attire. I moved to hide behind my door, only making my head visible, "Niall.. uhm, what are you doing here?" I asked, pushing my glasses up.

"I had a nice time with you tonight, Samantha. I had a great, fantastic, amazing time with you tonight," He spoke so quickly. 

"Hey, hey, hey. Why are you rambling about how nice tonight was?," I mimicked him from earlier today. His lips curled into a soft smile. 

"How'd you even find me?" I asked him. 

"I followed you," he shamelessly said, "you were walking as if someone was out to kill you," he laughed. 

"Well I'm glad I did, because you know someone was following me," I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Did you just want to tell me how nice tonight was or is there something more?" I asked, eager to go back to bed. 

"Yeah.. uhm.. I wanted to ask for your phone number?" He asked shyly, his cheeks turned a bright red and he wasn't looking me in the eyes. I cocked my head a bit to hopefully catch his eyes but he avoided me. 

"So maybe we could do this again sometime, you know? Because I had fun, you seemed like you had fun, it was fun," he nervously added. 

I laughed lightly at him, "sure, blondie," I offered my hand for his phone. He handed me his phone in a flash and I added myself into his contacts.

I handed him it back and he quickly tucked it into his pocket. "Is that it, now? I would really love to go back to bed," I shifted from one foot to another. 

"Yeah, yeah. Thanks," he smiled and started to walk away. I was about to close my door when I heard him call my name from down the hallway, I stuck my head out to look at him. I caught him with a sly smile walking down the stairs saying, "I had a nice time with you tonight." Then he was gone.

AUTHORS NOTE: Hey guys, this chapter is pretty shitty because it's finals week and I have been packed with a lot of things. I hope you guys enjoy it though :)

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