BRINLEY'S POV
"Can you forgive me?" "At this point I'm fucking pissed at you so no." I nod and bite my fingernails the whole way home in nervousness. The one person that has always been on my side I have know gotten to turn against me.
Just as we're turning into the parking lot, Niall gently removes my fingers from my lips.
"Bad habit." I mumble, not meeting his eyes.
"I'm sorry Brinley. I shouldn't have overreacted that way. You didn't know anything about ... that and I never told you. I didn't want to have to scream at you, I was just angry about everything. I mean what kind of mother kicks her own daughter out of their house?" I smile.
"Mine. You know she was this close to almost killing you." I say, squeezing my fingers together until there's next to no room in between them.
"Oh yeah? Well what can I say, I have that kind of affect on people."
He pops his collar and I giggle at him.
"Let's go." He grabs my hand and leads me inside. I step over a few bodies and we reach his bunk.
"Here." He hands me a pair of sweats. I clamber up to the top bunk and wiggle out of my pants, tossing them to the ground. Well on Niall. He looks up at me with a smirk.
"Anything else you want to throw down?"
In a burst of unknown bravery, I toss down my shirt.
"Yup." He looks at the shirt then back at me, then at the shirt.
"Well alright then."
I giggle and slide his sweats over my hips, rolling them over a few times. I then clamber back down the ladder and onto the bottom buck. Niall has already made himself cozy on the floor with a blanket. I hug my arms to myself as I try and fall asleep - but to no avail.
"Niall?" I call out.
"Yeah?" I meet his eyes in the dark.
"Can you sleep with me?I'm too afraid to sleep alone."
Partially that, partially because I'm cold, and partially because I want to see him shirtless.
"Of course." He stands up and gives me a slight push to the end of the bunk bed, making room for himself. He wraps his arms around my chest pulling myself to his front.
"Uh Niall?" I ask.
"What?" He mumbles, about to fall asleep.
"Can you let go a tiny bit? You're crushing my rib cage."
"Oh yeah."
He loosens his group and I give out a little sigh, finally able to breath. I scoot a little away from him, still leaving one of my hands connected into his loosely.
"Much better." He breathes into my ear and I nod a little bit before falling asleep.
THE NEXT MORNING
I wake up, my face smashed against the wall. I try and scoot back a little bit but Niall's in the way. I instead try to climb on top of him, giving my face room to breathe. It works. I massage the left side of my face, trying to get some feeling back in it. I attempt to try and clamber off of Niall without disrupting him. His hands go from his sides, to my waist, locking me in place.
"You're comfortable." He mumbles, eyes still closed.
I smile and lay down on top of him, wrapping my arms around his waist. I try to go back to sleep when a bright white light flashes in front of my close eyelids. I blink them open and see Audrey with a phone, snapping pictures of Niall and I.
"Audrey!" He yells, finally opening his eyes. She giggles and covers her hand with her mouth.
"Momma told me to get a picture of you two for your wedding or something. Are you getting married soon? Are you going to have babies?"
She looks shocked at us. I look down at Niall, waiting for him to answer because I have no clue what to say. He winks back up at me then looks at Audrey.
"Maybe in a few years and if Brinley wants to get it in then -" I slap my hand over his mouth, stopping his words.
"I don't know Audrey, can I get back to you on that?" She nods happily and skips away, singing the Wedding March. I look at Niall.
"So when do you want to make babies?" He sarcastically asks, batting his eyelashes.
"Oh fuck off Horan." I again try to roll off him but he doesn't let me.
"Care to join me on that?" He says. Once he sees my menacing glare, he changes the conversation.
"How'd we end up in this position anyway?"
"I woke up and my face was smooshed against the wall. Nice to know you share well."
He sticks his tongue out at me while I check my phone for messages from my mom. None from her, but one from that mysterious number.
It reads : Hey beautiful ;).
I groan in frustration.
"Niall do you know this number?" He glances at it then back into my eyes.
"Can't say that I have babe."
"Niall, what am I going to do? What about high school, my mom, everything?"
"Take it one day at a time.That's all you can do. And this day in particular, can be spent with me."
"In this position?"
"If that's what you wish, princess." He kisses me softly and I blush. I lean back down into Niall, resting my head on his chest.
"Where do I put my hands?" He asks.
I giggle, "You're new to this, huh?"
"Okay little Mrs. I'm-so-experienced." He says, calling me by my new nickname.
I giggle and stop when I notice Niall's eyes trained on me.
"What?"
"I just like the way you laugh. Your eyes crinkle up and you bite your lip. It's cute." He says in all seriousness.
I blush a deep red and try to cover up my smile. I pick up one of Niall's hands, mine seeming dwarfish in comparison. Then, I set it on my hip.
"There."
"Now where does the other one go?"
"Niall it's not rocket science. It's easier than running away from flashing blue and red lights."
"Oh ha ha, you're so funny." He rests his other arm on my own, stroking my fingers up and down.
"We're gonna have to get up sometime."I say softly, looking up.
"I bet you we can stay in here all day."
"C'mon, we need to go do homework." I pat his chest and get off him.
Unfortunately for me, Niall hates that idea and grabs my ankle in an effort to pause my escape. This ends up with my face meeting the floor.
"Niall you fucking idiot!" I yell at him, grabbing my ankle. I look up at him to see him laughing his head off.
"Okay okay, I'll go study with you." He smirks and grabs my wrists, tugging me up to his chest.
He grins down at me and I smile. One of the older kids - I think his name is Dillon - walks by.
"Get it Niall!" Niall glares at him.
I laugh, this time waking up one or two kids. Oops.
FOUR HOURS LATER
"My brain can not intake this much information at once! I'm going to explode!" Niall yells dramatically.
I shove more textbooks at him.
"Study up. What college do you want to go to anyway?"
"Wherever you plan on going."
I smile and kiss his lips, snuggling into his chest. He wiggles around a little bit, making himself more comfortable.
"I was thinking of going somewhere like New York to college. I've applied to a few colleges, but I'm not sure."
"Which ones have you been accepted to?" Niall asks me, his eyebrows furrowed.
"Juilliard, Florida State, and I think CSU."
"Hey! I got accepted into Florida State too!" Niall exclaims. I smile and kiss his lips, hugging him fiercely.
"I'm so proud of you! We need to celebrate some way."
"I know something." Niall rolls up my shirt a tiny bit and kisses my hip. I shove my shirt back down.
"Nu - uh." I smile at him again before I hear a big commotion from the doors of the Great Room. I crane my neck around and try to look at what all the screams are about. Niall stands up before I can. I notice his eyes widen a tiny bit before he rounds on me.
"Brinley you need to either leave or hide. Now."
I nod and stand behind him. He gives a light chuckle.
"Babe. I was thinking more of the backyard or something. Maybe even under a bed." I nod and notice Aubrey running up to Niall.
"My mama wants you over there. Now." She pants, pointing to where a group of people are gathered.
He nods and places Aubrey in my arms.
"What the hell is going on?" I ask Niall. "Don't worry about it." He kisses my forehead and I turn around, heading outside - not before he squeezes my butt though.
I glare at him as he retreats into the circle, Niall giving me a big smirk. I walk quickly outside.
"Aubrey did you see what was going on there?" I ask.
"Just a really big guy with tattoos. He was scary." She buries her head into the crook of my neck and I pat her back, calming her down a tiny bit. What the fuck is going on?
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