The boy with the guitar...

Chapter 24: What really happened...

The small party got going again fast and the music blared through the speakers. I walked over to the stereo and popped in 5 seconds of summer latest album. I slipped on my flip flops and ran down the small set of stairs leading away from the pool. I popped my neck along with my fingers. Amnesia came on and they blared it. I stuffed my hands into my pockets and walked towards the small woods. I began walking and weaved in and out of the woods. I heard something behind me, but ignored it. I took a few more steps before sitting down on a big rock by a small stream. You could see a few fish swimming around and trying to find food. I smiled and went to say something like someone was with me. I just shook my head and felt my eyes water up. No one could see me so I just sat there.

The sun that was shining in front of me was blocked out by a figure. "May I sit with you?" A voice rang out in my ears. I just nodded and scooted over. He sat down and looked at his hands, "Ella," His hand grabbed onto mine.   "Niall," I looked down and he put a finger underneath my chin pushing it up. My eyes met with his beautiful blue eyes. "Just, let me do this." His hand moved from his lap all the way up to my cheek. I closed my eyes and melted into his hand, I opened my eyes again to see Niall moving closer. His forehead rested against mine and I brought my hands up to both of his cheeks. He closed his eyes and pressed his lips carefully on top of mine. I closed my eyes and kissed back, this is the best thing ever.

We moved in slow motion, but in reality we weren't. He just pulled me into him more and I melted into his strong hold. It felt as if everything around us had stopped and froze in time. We parted slightly but kept each other close, "I missed you so much." I said kissing him again. "I missed you too baby." He stroked my cheek with his thumb. We moved away from each other only enough to see each others faces. I rested my head on his shoulder, he wrapped his arm around me and held me close. "Ella, I'm so sorry." I looked at him, "What? Don't be like that Ni, it kills me." I reached up and met my lips to his. When we pulled away the sun shone perfectly on his face, like an angel. An angel with a black eye, "Woah there cowboy." I said when I saw his eye. "It's okay, just a black eye." He tried to reassure me, I crawled onto his lap.

I grabbed his chin with my hand turning it to the side so I could see his eye better. He was purple and blue, "What the hell Ni?!" I said trying to get closer to his eye. He winced, "Ouch that hurt!" He pulled my hands away and put his head in my shoulder, "What happened?" I spoke softly playing with his hair. "Someone threw something at me and I couldn't duck in time." He said squeezing my sides slightly. "Who did?" He stiffened up. "Who?" I brought his face out of my shoulder. "You don't want to know." He focused on his lap. "Niall James, who?" I put a hand underneath his chin. "Lily." He said lowly.

"Who?" I said and held his face in my hands "Lily." My eyes grew wide, "Its okay babe. I promise." He smiled and wrapped his arms around my waist. I grabbed his phone out of his pocket and ran out and back into the clearing. "Ella!" He yelled after me. I scrolled through his contacts and hid on the side of the house. I found her name and pressed call, after three rings she answered. "What?" She sounded annoyed. "Don't ever touch him again or else." I said and gritted my teeth. "Well hey Ella! I should've known it was you." She said and I could tell she was smirking. "Well now that you know who this is, touch Niall again and it's over for you." "Oh does last night count? Oh my gosh he's fucking amazing!" She said and I stopped and hung up.

I came back around the corner and saw Niall standing there arms crossed. I gave him his phone and he walked towards his friends. "Woah what happened to you?" Liam said coming to look at his face better. "What hit you?" Louis said tilting his head down some so that he could see the whole thing. The bruise went farther up past his eye and slightly above his eyebrow. "Her phone." I smacked his shoulder and got up. "Why did you hit me?!" He rubbed his shoulder and stood up. I looked up at him, "I'm pissed and you were the closet thing that I could hit!" I said and started pacing.

"Wait, I thought you covered it up?" Zayn said coming over to him. "It really isn't that bad! It doesn't even hurt!" Niall said smacking the chair beside him. "That's not the point." I said and he looked down at me. "Then what the hell is the point?!" He screamed making me jump backwards. "Niall calm down." I said rubbing my hands together. "Calm down?!" He took a step towards me. I squeezed my eyes closed and opened them again, "I told you this was a bad idea! I'm out!" I yelled and ran through the house and grabbed my keys and ran out towards my truck. Before I could get there Niall was standing in front of the drivers side door. I stopped and looked at him, "What did I screw up?" I looked at him.

"Nothing, absolutely nothing." He said and walked over to me. "I couldn't let you get away this time." He said stopping in front of me and everyone came around front. He bent down on one knee, "Holy shit." I whispered to myself. He pulled out a tiny box from his pocket and held it for a second. "Ella I can't let you go without again, it hurt like hell. Baby life just isn't the same without you beside me." He stopped and opened the box and looked up at me. "I found my princess, will you marry me?" He stared at me. I choked on the tears and nodded, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" I smiled. He slid the ring on and hugged me tightly.

We pulled apart and he wiped my tears away, "I love you." I said and he smirked, "I love you too baby." He bent down and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his waist and laid my head on his chest. Our friends cheered and caused my face to turn red.

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