[rewritten]
Here is the next chapter
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*Just as a quick side note, I don't know what Liam's house looks like*
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Niall's P.O.V
"We've been texting a lot lately, straight through the day." I answered Harry's question.
We were both sitting at Liam's table, talking to each other as the music played. Liam was having this weird get together thing, randomly during the week. It was small, really small. The only ones that were here were the lads and I, Perrie, and then Josh. I don't really get why he wanted to have everybody over, but I didn't mind. I needed something to distract me from Liz, otherwise I would be thinking about her for the rest of the day.
"And your date?" Harry asked.
"Why do you keep asking me about it?" I asked.
"I don't know, you wouldn't shut up about it. I just want to know how it went?" Harry said.
"Other than the fact that I spilt soda on me, it was great. She was perfect and I was saying some really good shit that she was blushing over. It was great." I said. Harry smirked and leaned against his seat. "What?" I asked.
"I just think it's weird how you're so into her. I've never seen you like this. Not even with Hannah." Harry said.
I cringed as I thought about the brunette I once thought I loved. "Liz is so much better than Hannah. Hannah was just... a bitch. And Liz is just great, I can't even explain it. She's one of the only girls that actually cares about the real me. Most girls are fascinated by the bright lights and the fame, but she likes me for me. It's different. I can't explain it, but it's different." I said.
"Good to know." Harry said, looking at his phone. A ghost of a smile appeared on his face and he looked up at me again. "Okay so I need you to do something for me. Can you get me a soda?" He asked.
I glared at him before sighing and nodding. "Fine." I muttered, standing up. I walked around the counter and opened the fridge, kneeling down to look in the fridge. I heard movement and the chair moving, but I chose to ignore it. "All he has is Pepsi." I told Harry.
"Oh, well than in that case I'll have a water." My eyes widened at the familiar voice and I quickly stood up, looking at the table. Sitting in the chair that Harry was before, was the only girl that I wanted to talk to. Her piercing blue eyes started back at me as she smiled, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.
I mouth opened as I stared at her and she laughed quietly. The corners of my mouth titled up and I started walking towards her. Liz stood up and reached out to me. My heart seemed to stop at the sight of her reaching out to me and all I wanted to do was hold her. I raised my hands as I finally reached her, cupping her cheeks in my hands.
I didn't hesitate to lean in and kiss her. There was nothing that I wanted to do more than this. Liz put her hands on my chest and for a second I thought she was going to push me away, but she started to kiss me back. I moved my left hand from her cheek to her back, pulling her closer to me. I pulled away for a second before kissing her again. Liz giggled, something I didn't think I would hear in person for a long, long time.
Liz pulled away, standing back as she looked up at me. "Hi." She laughed, the corners of her eyes crinkling in the corners.
"What are you... how did you get here?" I stuttered out, still not believing that she was in my arms right now.
"I wanted to surprise you. I'm not sure how to say this without coming off creepy and obsessive, but we moved to London." Liz said.
"Wait, what?" I asked, not believing that this was real life.
"Julie and Caitlin thought it would be easier if we moved to London, being that Syco records is here. And I was a little nervous because of leaving my family, but we're here. What do you think?" She asked.
"Of you living in London? Holy shit, it's the best thing in the entire world. Our second date is going to be so much easier now. I can't believe that you're living in London. Where in London are you?" I asked, bringing my other hand to her back. I couldn't stop myself from rubbing my hands up and down her back. I couldn't believe that she was actually here.
Liz scrunched up her nose a little as she thought. "I honestly have no idea. Everything is so different here. And I didn't know that you don't use Euros here." She said.
"Of course you didn't," I laughed, "God, I still can't believe you're here. We should have our second date soon, anything you want and it's me treat." I said.
"That sounds wonderful, but I'm going to be pretty busy for the next few weeks. We're going to start working on a single. I'm so excited. I can't believe it. Oh and you'll never guess what happened at the airport. It was so weird. People kept looking at me and taking pictures and it was so damn weird." Liz rambled.
"Well you better get used to, you won't have much privacy. Do you want to get out of here? I don't really feel like listening to them joke about us being together. They won't give us a break." I said, nervously waiting for her answer. I didn't want to do anything with her, I just wanted to be alone with her and not have our friends joke about the fact that I won't take my hands of Liz, because I know that I won't be.
"Uh, yeah sure. Let me just grab my coat. Oh! I can show you my new apartment, or flat as you all call it. Plus it'll give you an idea on where I live." She said and I laughed at her adorable Maine accent.
"Sounds great. I'll get your coat, what does it look like?" I said, slowly stepping back.
"It's black with wool on the hood. I'm going to go say bye to the girls." Liz said. I nodded and quickly stepped closer to her, kissing her forehead. I stepped away and looked down at her, watching as she slowly opened her eyes and shyly smiled at me.
We both started walking towards the living room and I couldn't stop myself from setting my hands on her hips as we walked, me walking behind her. Liz laughed and put her hands over mine, intertwining our hands. I laughed and pulled her back to my front, wrapping my arms around her stomach.
"There's the happy couple. And as touchy as ever I see." Julie teased from her spot next to Harry.
"Shut up." Liz laughed as I leaned down and whispered in her ear that I was going to get her coat.
"See look at that, secret whispers." Julie said next. I rolled my eyes and walked over towards the closet that Liam hangs jackets. I opened the door and looked for the jacket that Liz described. I recognized all the jackets except three, so it was easy to find Liz's. I laughed at how adorably childish the jacket was and then closed the door, turning to go back to Liz.
"Oh and see that, they are leaving. Just play it safe, use protection." Julie said. Liz's cheeks got bright red and I felt bad for her being embarrassed. I walked over to her and reached out, squeezing her hand.
"Leave me girl alone." I said as I held out her coat for her. She slide her arms through the sleeves and I pulled the jacket, setting it on her shoulders before turning her around.
"It's not our fault. I mean, you're zipping up her coat. You do know she's nineteen, right?" Caitlin laughed.
"At least he's not talking about her. Liz this, Liz that." Harry said.
I rolled my eyes at the annoying people I called my friends and wrapped my arm around her waist. "Come on love, let's go." I said.
Liz nodded and waved to everyone before flipping Caitlin and Julie off. I laughed along with everyone else before guiding her towards the door. I grabbed my own jacket before walking out of the door, closing it behind us. I looked over at Liz, who was staring down at the floor as we walked towards the lift. I smiled slightly and reached across, wrapping my arm around her waist.
" 'm sorry about them. They kinda suck." I said, still looking at her.
Liz only smiled, shaking her head as she looked up at me. "Don't worry about it, I'm used to it."
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I grabbed Liz's hand as she stepped out of the car, smiling timidly at me. I couldn't help but smile in return as I intertwined our hands together. Closing the door with my free hand, I looked around to see if anyone had noticed us yet. There were a few people with cameras around the building and I couldn't help myself from growing nervous. I didn't want Liz to be exposed to this, though I knew she already has.
"They've been out here since they followed us home from Syco. It's weird." Liz said quietly.
"I've got you." I said, nodding my head towards the building across the street. "You live in there?" I asked.
"Yeah. Why?" She asked, looking up at me.
"Because I live about a block or two away." I smiled, "Now come on, we should get inside before we get more pictures taken." I said.
Liz smiled at me for a second before nodding. I squeezed her hand as we started to walk towards the crosswalk, waiting for the light to turn green. There were a few other people with us, though there were more cars. It was almost rush hour after all, I'm glad we got here now instead of in ten minutes from now.
We quickly crossed the busy street and as we approached the building that she lived in, I noticed the paparazzi getting a little bolder and moving closer to us. I even heard one of them call our names. I instinctively let go of Liz's hand and wrapped my arm around her shoulders, bringing her closer to me. I tried my best to hide her face from the flashing of the camera, though it wasn't for too long because we were soon in the building.
I dropped my arm from her shoulders and took her hand, following her past the door that led to the staircase and towards the lifts. Her blonde waves laid out on the back of her hood and I couldn't help but smile at her as we stepped into the lift.
"You know, I'm really glad that you're here in London. I can't believe it, but I'm really glad that you are." I said as I unzipped my jacket.
"I know. It's always been my favorite city, ever since I was a little girl and I watched the episode of Friends where Ross was getting married to Emily." Liz said.
I laughed at her ridiculous reason as to why she loved the city, but went along with it. "You're adorable, you know that?" I asked, setting my hands on her waist and bringing her closer to me.
"So I've been told." Liz said, laughing a little.
"Oh really?" I raised an eyebrow, "By who?" I asked.
Liz smiled and stood on her tippy toes, leaning towards my ear as she whispered, "Nick Jonas." I laughed and quickly kissed her cheek before she pulled away. She covered the cheek I kissed with her hand and smiled.
The doors to the lift open and she walked out, me hot on her trail. The floor only had two doors on it, and I realized that we were at the top floor, where the biggest flats would be. Liz reached into her back pocket and pulled out her key.
I waited as she opened the door, walking in a flipping the lights on. "Home sweet home." She said as she turned around to face me. I walked into the flat, looking around. It was a really nice place. It was medium in size and the glass doors across from me really opened up the room.
"Don't like the flat?" I asked. From the tone of her voice, she seemed a little upset.
"Oh no, I like it. It's beautiful. It's just very different. I miss my old house and I miss the ocean in my backward." Liz said, taking off her jacket and draping it across the back of the couch. I followed her lead and set my jacket with hers, then sitting down next to her. "You know," Liz smiled, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. "I would wake up in the morning and go to my bedroom window. Dolphins would be swimming around in the ocean. It was the best."
"It sounds like it was." I said, leaning against the back of the couch. Liz nodded, leaning against the couch next to me. I wanted to wrap my arm around her and bring her closer to me, but I didn't want to overwhelm her. We've only had one date that could barely be counted as a date and I have no clue when our second would be. We weren't boyfriend or girlfriend. Though I really wish that we were. I would give anything to officially call her mine.
Questions of whether or not she really did like me filled my head and I looked over at her, watching as she smiled and talked about how much she loved the ocean. I couldn't concentrate on what she was saying, the only thing that filled my mind was if she liked me. Would she be willing to be my girlfriend and deal with everything that came with it? The lack of privacy, the fans and the hate, my busy schedule. Would she really be okay with that?
"Liz." I cut her off. She stopped talking and looked over at me, her pouty lips looking irresistible. I wanted to kiss her but I knew that I couldn't without talking to her about this. "Do you like me?" I asked.
"What?" Liz asked.
"Sorry, that was a weird way to ask it. But, do you like me? Would you be willing to be me girlfriend even though there would be hate and there would be no privacy- but you'll be giving that up soon enough. But there will be a ton of hate and I won't be around a lot of the time. I just don't... how could you want to put yourself through that?" Liz looked at me with wide eyes and before she could talk, I spoke again.
"I sure as fuck like you. A lot. Like, I can't get you out of me mind and it's driving me insane knowing that someone could take you away from me at any moment and I don't want that. I have to know, do you like me? Really like me, as in liking me enough to give up a lot of shit for us." I said.
"What..." Liz said, clearly confused. "How could you doubt that... hold on." Liz said, standing up. I watched as she walked into a different room and I sighed, hanging my head in my hands. I was an ass. I cursed at her after having a perfectly fine day. More than fine, it was fucking amazing and I probably ruined it. I don't know what I'm going to do if she's mad at me.
I looked up when I heard footsteps, my eyes immediately going to the stuffed unicorn in her hands. Liz walked over to me, sitting down next to me. I turned to face her as she spoke. "You got me Horsey when you asked me out on that first date. Since then, I've slept with her every single night because you got her for me, Niall. On top of that, I stressed out so much this morning because I was nervous for what you would think of me. Because the truth is, I like you and I care about you. And I didn't want you to think of me as plan, like everyone else."
"Ever since I saw your audition, I wanted to get to know the real you. I wanted to know all the little quirks that make you. I wanted to... I don't know. But there has been so many times where I'd see a picture of you or a video and thought to myself that I would give anything to get to know the real Niall. The one that annoys his friends, makes mistakes, says weird shit and makes weird faces. And now that I am getting to know the real you, there's nothing in the world that will push me away. I like you, okay. I like you a lot."
My mouth parted as she finished. I didn't say anything as I grabbed her waist and pulled her into me. My lips met hers in a rushed and desperate attempt to show her how much I cared for her. Her hands cupped my cheeks as I pulled her on my lap. Liz's hands moved from my cheeks and to wrap around my neck and I tightened my arms around her waist.
I was the first to pull away from the kiss and Liz giggled as she opened her eyes, playing with the hair at the back of my head. I smiled lazily down at her, running my thumb in circles on her back. "So if I were to ask you to be my girlfriend right now, you'd say yes?" I asked.
"After a few minutes of fangirling, yes." She laughed, leaning her head on my shoulder. She was sitting sideways on my lap, so her legs were rest on the couch next to me and her back was against the armrest.
"Good." I finally replied, holding onto her just a little bit tighter.
It was quiet for about a minute before she spoke up, "Aren't you going to ask me to be your girlfriend?" She asked timidly.
"Not yet."
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