Small Talk (Niall Horan)

Chapter 15

After the fireworks ended, we headed back to the restaurant and out the back door to the car, our hands intwined. When we reached the car, Niall, being the gentleman that he is, opened the car door for me, before sprinting to the other side to get in the drivers seat.

"Thank you for the most amazing day ever Niall." I spoke as soon as he got in.

"No problem babe, I had an amazing time as well." He smiled at me. But wait, had he just called me babe? I could die right here, this day was absolutely perfect, I'd never forget it, June 15th, 2020. The day Niall asked me to finally be his girlfriend. Wow, never in a million years had I ever imagined that this would ever happen to me.

The whole car ride back home we kept stealing kisses from each other, holding hands and just being all coupley. It still felt so surreal to me. As we got closer to Nialls house I started thinking about what would happen next, would he want us to sleep in the same bed? Did he want us to have sex? Because I totally wasn't ready for that. Would the dynamics change now that we were together as a couple? I started panicking inside but tried to remain calm on the outside so that Niall wouldn't notice. After an excruciating 5 minutes of me overthinking every possible scenario that could go down we finally arrived. As soon as we went through the front door I said

"I'm going to go take a shower." Before sprinting upstairs into my room. Great Sofia, just great. Now he'll think that you're avoiding him, or worse, regretting the decision of accepting to be his girlfriend. Fuck me. I got out of the shower and put on my pj's before heading back outside to find Niall. He had already changed into his pj's as well and was just watching tv in the upstairs family room.

"Hey." I nervously called out to him.

"Hey, everything okay?" He asked me nervously.

"Yeah, sorry about that." I responded as I sat next to him on the couch. "I just got really nervous all of the sudden."

"It's okay Soph, don't worry." He smiled as he took my hand in his. "I was going to watch some tv, but I'm actually really tired. I think I'm gonna head to sleep now." 

"Yeah, I'm really tired as well." I told him, and he could sense the nervousness in my voice still.

"Okay, what's wrong babe? You know you can tell me anything, it's still us."

"I know, I know. Well...okay...I'll tell you. I'm just...not the kind of person that has sex on the first date. There I said it." I blurted out the last part as fast as humanly possible. Niall started chuckling.

"I know you aren't Soph, don't worry. I wasn't going to ask you to have sex with me tonight. Although, if you feel like it..." I smacked his arm. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding."

"Okay, I just wanted to let you know that. I really really like you, and we might be boyfriend and girlfriend, but I'm just not ready yet."

"It's totally fine, don't worry. C'mon, let's go to sleep. You can sleep in my room with me if you'd like. No pressure. And we wouldn't do anything besides sleeping, and maybe cuddling." He told me as he helped me get up from the couch, that's how lazy I was. 

"You promise?" I asked. I wasn't ready to have sex with him yet, but sleeping in his arms did sound pretty tempting and besides, there was nothing wrong with it.

"I swear." He placed his hand on his chest. 

"Fine, let's go to sleep then." I spoke as I took his hand and led him to his bedroom. 

"I love it when you take the lead." He spoke when we finally got there, I turned to look at him and he raised his eyebrows at me.

"Niall..." I started.

"I'm joking Soph, relax." He told me as he embraced me before kissing me. And before I knew it, we were on the bed, kissing each other. We made out for about 15 minutes straight, before I stopped him, not wanting things to go too far.

"I think it's time to go to sleep."

"Fine." He pouted.

"Well, come here, one last kiss." I told him as I kissed him softly. "Good night baby."

"Night babe." He kissed my cheek one last time, before I turned around and he put his arms around me. I loved being the little spoon. 

I was just about to fall asleep before I remembered that I didn't call my mom. Fuck. What if she saw pictures of me and Niall together? Just the two of us and no other girls, so it would be obvious that I wasn't with my friends. She was going to be so pissed. Shit. I debated for a minute with myself wether I should just call her right now or in the morning, but then Niall's soft little snore solved that debate for me, I'd call her in the morning. I wasn't about to wake him up just to go talk to my mom. Come what may, I just had the most perfect day of my life and I wasn't going to risk it turning south if I called her and she got mad at me.

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Author's Note:

Hey there guys! How are you enjoying the story so far? They're now boyfriend and girlfriend! Finally! I'm really hoping you enjoy it and any suggestions and/or grammar corrections are more than welcome. Don't forget to follow me, vote and comment, it really helps me out and I'd love to hear your thoughts!