"What? Did you think everything was going to be all normal proposing to Mikayla?" Liam fired back to Zayn in their argument.
"It was normal?" Zayn said straight back to him. They were still arguing over the whole proposing-thing, since Zayn was all over the tabloids for it. It wasn't the best publicity for their upcoming tour next year.
"No, that's the point, Zayn.. listen, We're not normal people." Louis told him, suddenly joining the conversation.
"No. How about you listen, this is my life. Not yours, not the band's, not anyone else's, but mine." Zayn stormed out of the living room. Well, that didn't end well. Neither has anything lately, considering I haven't talked to Niall in a day since the kiss. Louis got up shortly after and tells us he's leaving to go on a date. I start to wonder who it's with.
"So...this is probably...really bad timing. But, do you guys think I should officially end it with Laura?" Harry said. I tried to bite my tongue, I really did.
Maybe I should just keep things quite of the matter. But I guess it's okay to break the ice of the topic. Niall gets up from the couch and storms into the kitchen, Liam follows him in mumbling something about a recipe. Wow. Niall was that embarrassed about kissing me? Well, two can play at this game.
"Actually..now that you mention it.. she seems like one of those people that does something amazing in the moment, then completely ignores you and any other connections you've ever had with them." I gasped for air, happy to get it off my chest. I looked at Niall who stands eating a bowl of cereal jaw-dropped.
Harry said, "Okay..well I guess I could jus-"
"Actually, now that were on the subject, doesn't everyone deserve a second chance? I mean..maybe she can't find the words to express her feelings to you? Er..right?" Niall jumped onto the couch next to me. Too close when were battling it out. I scooted over a bit, to the edge of the sofa.
"Yeah..I think both of you are right. I'm gonna go ring her right now. Thanks, guys." Harry said then gets up and goes to the other room to dial her.
"Hey, you, me, coffee tomorrow? 11:00?" Niall whispers in my ear, even though we're both alone in the room.
"Sure." I say softly to myself. Maybe it's better to make friends than enemies..but does that rule apply to super-cute amazingly-talented food-loving Irish boys? I guess I'll have to find that out for myself.
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THE NEXT DAY, STARBUCKS, 10:56 AM
I walked into the cafe, not knowing what to expect on the date with Niall. Was it even considered a date? All that I know is, that I came there 5 minutes early to calm myself down. I bought two cups of coffee, one for me and one for Niall. I waited about two minutes and Niall walked in, the door bell chiming. He was wearing his usual snap-back, with some sweats and a white V-neck.
"Hey there. How's it going, love?" Niall took a seat across from me. What should I say, that I've been thinking about are relationship all morning? No.
"I'm good, what's up with you?" I replied, trying not to sound weird.. I need to keep myself calm, I've never been this nervous talking to him before, so why should I start now?
"We need to talk...about you know...what happened." Niall told me. Wow. I'm honestly in shock that he said that so non-nonchalantly. So..what do I say back?
"Um..yeah..we do.." I said, but that last of my words I sort of drowned-out in my cup of coffee. The taste of the sweet, creamy latte, calms me down.
"I really like you...but.." He said..looking around the room for support.
Of course there was a "but." There always was. It could never just be, "I love you, Jenna." Not that I wanted Niall to say that. I was pretty pissed off at him, blowing me off like that.
"But what? You're too embarrassed to ever make a move on someone like me?" I blow up at him. I was expecting him to immediately say something in rebuttal, but instead he put his hand on top of mine.
"No. I would never be embarrassed to go out with someone like you, It's just...I don't know how the other band members would react to us dating." Niall said, then takes a sip of his coffee I bought.
"Who.. exactly? I mean, I think none of them would be mad?" I say back, why was it the band members he was worried about? I would be more worried about the fans?
There was a long, awkward silence at our table. Niall looked at me with his big blue eyes. For a moment, I just stared into them, basically asking for his trust. He leaned and brushed a strand of hair away from my face. I admit it. I was officially in love with Niall Horan. He leaned in and gave me a long, lingering kiss.
"Can you keep a secret.?" Niall whispered to me as we kissed.
"Yeah..sure." I whispered back in between our kissing.
"Louis used to like you, I'm not sure if he still does, but that's why I'm nervous."
I pulled away from Niall for a second.
"Oh. Really? Well, we can still date with that.. information. We'll just keep our relationship a secret." I said as we break from our kissing-session. I realized we were in public, and even though it was too early in the morning for anyone to be in the store, you never know who's going to snap a picture.
"Okay, but Jenna, this is going to be kinda hard, we will have to avoid paparazzi, the band, management..basically everyone." Niall told me, he pulled me closer for another kiss.
"I'm in if you're in."
"It's worth it to see you." Niall whispers. And from that point on, everything was secretive and incredibly worth it.
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My eyes fluttered open as my alarm buzzed. I didn't have a problem with getting up though. I pulled on a white lace shirt and some mint-colored jeans. Today Niall and I would sneak out to the mall. So far, our relationship had been successful. The boys had not a single thought that me and Niall were going out. But for our outing I'd need a disguise. So I just pulled on some sunglasses, it was little but they covered up some of my face at-least. My phone rang signaling a text, surprisingly it wasn't from Niall. It was from Harry.
Harry: Hey, have you seen Niall?
I ignored it, hoping it wouldn't raise suspicions.The doorbell rang, I quickly slipped on my sparkly Sperry's and answered. I greeted Niall with a kiss.
"Hey babe."
"Hey, you." I said back. He was too cute.
"So let's get going!" Niall said. I saw he was wearing not much of a disguise, but that was okay.
After a short car-ride of radio, kissing, planning and more kissing, we came to a conclusion that we would head to the Food Court first. Both of us admitted, it was the best part of the mall.
"Aw, this is our third week anniversary!" I told Niall as we parked.
"I'm lucky to have you, love." Niall gave me a kiss.
But as we were both distracted by each other, bright lights started to blare in my eyes. Paparazzi. We were still in the car, but not driving.
"Shit." Niall said. We both rushed into the mall and headed straight to the Food Court. Probably not the best place to hide, but it was the only place we could go quickly to. After some ordering and eating,the paparazzi seemed to get bored, and most of them left. I looked down at my phone. I decided to log onto my Twitter, I hadn't gone on in two months, but my account still existed. I typed in Niall's name, looking to see what people may have been tweeting about. In less than an hour, pictures had already surfaced of Niall and I kissing in the car.
"Don't let the pictures get you down."
He was right, though. They didn't know me for me, they just knew me from the pictures. My name was already trending on the Worldwide Trends, along with "Niall."
"@liamlovealways: If that bitch, tries to steal my Niall, I will hunt the whore down and kill her."
"@igotdazouis: jenna is probably another beard she doesnt even act interested in niall, he deserves better."
I read these tweets in my head. I wouldn't dare to read it out-loud, it would just make Niall feel guilty. I scrolled though more, each tweet feeling like a stab to the heart.
"@londonharold: Jenna is legit the definition of a whore, she's probably slept with all the boys #poorniall." I read in my head, feeling a bit queasy. I was not used to this.
"I love you." Niall reached for my hand and squeezed it tightly.
"I love you too." I stared at his big blue eyes. I glared down, my head was starting to hurt from all of this. I got some hate when I hung out with the boys, but it was never this bad.
"I-I have something to show you...for only you." I said, the words struggled to come out of my mouth. I didn't realize I was so nervous just to talk to Niall.
"Uh, sure. What is it?" Niall asked with a confusing look.
"Uh..this." I pulled a sheet of paper out of my back pocket. Written on the sheet were lyrics about Niall.
"Oh my gosh, did you right your own song? Hold up, I only want to hear it when you can sing it for me." Niall smiled at me. I nodded, agreeing, and put the paper back in my pocket.
A little while later, after shopping and more eating, we headed home. We pulled into my driveway and headed inside. I was shocked when I opened the door to find my friends were already there.
"Why are you all in my house?" I set down the keys on the counter. I knew the answer, but I may as well act like I didn't know why.
"You know why! Jenna, I can't believe, you didn't tell me about your boyfriend!" Caroline, my sister, yelled at me. She hugged me still squealing from her excitement. However, apparently not everyone was excited about the pictures.
"Niall, how could you be so irresponsible and to do that?" Jake asked. (I already knew Jake from Management, we had some run-ins with partying with the boys before.) Niall and him discussed a few things quietly to themselves. Niall looked like he wasn't giving up, Jake looked like he was going to explode.
Meanwhile, I was being harassed my Harry about Niall and I's new profound "sex-ationship." Whatever the hell that meant. When I looked over at Louis, he just looked down to the ground. His face looked a mix of sad and disappointed, which confused me. Zayn wasn't at my house though, which was normal, he had Mikayla to deal with. Liam was also there, he added a few words into Niall and Jake's conversation, but he looked tired. I yawned, quite tired myself from the day's activities.
"Okay, well I'm going to bed, everyone!" I yelled, immediately silencing everyone. They all looked from their conversations and just stared at me. Before I could sneak out of the room, Niall took a step forward and pressed his lips against mine. In that moment (even Harry's laughing and rooting as we kissed) everything in the world was dead silent to me. It was like nobody else existed, just Niall and I. I knew this relationship was going to be hard, I did. But, like Niall had said it felt like it was worth it. It was worth all the trouble to see Niall.
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