Smile For Me || Niall Horan

17: Moving On

Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world.

It was so foreign. I hadn't kissed anyone in three years. The feeling was forgotten in my mind. 

After about five seconds I pulled away to look at him, as much as I didn't want to pull away. I honestly could have stayed like that with Niall all day. 

"Does that answer your question?" he asks. I manage to nod. "Look, I'm sure you don't want a boyfriend. I understand if you don't. I just couldn't stand to wait another day without you knowing how I really-"

I kiss him again, mid-sentence, to shut him up. I pull away, smiling at him. He looked very shocked. 

"Okay...I'm confused," he declares. I giggle and roll my eyes. 

"Goodnight Niall," I say, turning to go back to bed. 

"Wait," he says, grabbing my wrist gently. "What are we now?" 

"I don’t know," I say shrugging. "I guess we'll just have to wait and see." I smile sweetly at him before climbing back into bed. I fell asleep to silence. 

I didn't need Niall to sing to me. I didn't need to stay awake all night. I just slept. Like a normal person. 

How? Why? What?

I had a nice dream I suppose is the reason. That's my theory at least. All my others had been nightmares or involved someone dead from my past like my parents or Jake.

This dream wasn't a nightmare. It didn't involve anyone that brought back painful memories. I don't know what it was. Maybe it could be a shot of the future. Whatever it was I liked it. I liked this dream. It didn't frighten me or traumatize me or leave me in tears. 

So for the first time in a long time I got back to sleep on my own. With no one's help. 

As much as I love Niall's beautiful voice, falling asleep to silence after waking up from a dream is something I don't get to do often. And I liked the change in routine. 

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"GOOD MORNING HAPPY WORLD!" I hear Louis' voice ring out through our hotel room. 

"Go away," I mumble, covering my head with blankets. 

"Niall why are you on the couch? Any who, GET UP! We need to leave for the tour!" he jumps on my bed as he speaks. I groan. "See? Even Niall's up now. COME ON LEXI! You're the only one." 

"Ugh. Louis!" I move my leg, tripping him. He falls onto the soft bed, glaring at me. "That's what you get for waking me up." 

"Psh. Fine. I'll let blondie wake you up from now on. We leave in an hour. HURRY UP!" he yells cheerfully as he hops off my bed and leaves the room. I hear Niall chuckle. I cover my head with my blankets again, closing my eyes. Just five more minutes...