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Niall's P.O.V
"Liz, baby, it's time to get up." I said, shaking her shoulder.
She fell asleep on me about an hour ago, but the plane is about to land and she should probably get up. Liz opened her eyes and sat up, rubbing her eyes. I laughed and strapped in my seat belt, and then hers. She smiled and thanked me before leaning against my shoulder and closing her eyes again. I laughed and looked down at her.
"Liz, c'mon we are landing." I said.
"Fine, I'm up." She groaned and sat up.
Within the next few minutes the plane landed and everyone started to get up and get off. I unstrapped my seat belt and stood up, making sure that Liz wasn't asleep again. She wasn't, thank god, and she stood up as well. After grabbing the carry on luggage that we were sharing. I took Liz's hand and let her to where the exit was.
"Do you think there's going to be paparazzi or fans?" Liz asked, letting go of my hand and wrapping her arms around my free arm.
"I don't know. I don't think that anyone knew we were coming. Unless someone on the plane saw us and spread the word." I said. Liz started talking about how excited she was about me meeting her parents as we were walking down the terminal. I tried to pay attention, but I was lost in my own thoughts.
I am really excited to meet her parents, just like she is. But I can't stop the nerves that are slowly taking over. In about a half an hour or so I'll be shaking the hand of Liz's father. I've seen her father in the videos I watched before I met Liz, but this is so much different. That was through a video not in real life. I need to make them like me because I'm so in love with their daughter.
When we got out of the terminal I pulled Liz closer to me. For a small airport it was pretty busy. I know that Liz has been in this airport tons of times and I don't want to get split up because that would be bad. I'd be late meeting her parents and that wouldn't make a good impression. I sighed and rubbed my head. I'm starting to get a headache from all this worrying about her parents liking me.
I guess Liz must have noticed my actions because she pulled me over to the side where it wasn't as crowded as where we were. I put the smaller suitcase down and she took my hands before I could do anything with them.
"Niall, what's wrong? I thought you were excited for this." Liz asked, scrunching her eyebrows together. Shit, she took this the wrong way.
"No, no baby I am excited for this. I'm just... I don't know. Since the plane landed I'm getting a lot more nervous than I thought I would be." I said, dropping her hands and pulling her into a hug.
"Do you want to talk or...?" She trailed off. I shook my head and rubbed small circles into her back. I know how much she loves that.
"No, I just need a few minutes hugging my girl." I said, making her laugh and wrap her arms around my neck.
I closed my eyes and a small smile played on my face as Liz ran her hands in my hair, playing with it. God, I love this girl so much. Liz's got me through so much without even knowing me. I hugged her tighter as Liz spoke up.
"Niall, we should get going or we'll be late at meeting them." She said. I snapped my eyes opened and pulled away.
"Yeah, we should go. We've got to be there first so they'll like me." I said, grabbing the bag.
Liz rolled her eyes at my logic and took my hand. I smiled at her and kissed her nose, knowing that she loves it. It's weird how much I know her. I never thought that I'd ever know someone as much as I do with Liz. But we've been dating for so long that I guess comes with it.
"Alright, luggage claim is over there." Liz said, nodding her head towards somewhere behind us.
I took her hand and she led me to wherever the luggage claim was. It really is a big airport and I have no idea where to go. How many times has Liz been here? Well at least twice becuas- why am I even thinking about that? I don't see how that matters. All that matters is that it's a huge place and there are so many people here.
When we got to luggage claim Liz didn't recognize anyone, so I have a few more minutes to slow my breathing and collect my thoughts. I grabbed my green suitcase of the thing and then set it down, grabbing the pink one next to it that belonged to Liz. I remember before the tours started we had the suitcases next to each other. I was so closed off about the tours, I wouldn't tell her anything about it. I feel like an idiot for that. I've learned that I can't keep anything from Liz.
"I'm so excited, Ni. My parents are going to love you so much." Liz said, wrapping her hands around my waist and sliding her hands in my back pockets. I couldn't keep the blush off my cheeks at the fact that she just stuck her hands in my back pockets. I'm not going to lie though, I really like it.
"I can't wait for you to meet my parents. My mom texted me like ten times on the plane asking about your favorite food." I said, making Liz laugh and lean her head against my chest.
I leaned down and kissed the top of her head, smelling the strawberry shampoo. It was a nice mix with the vanilla perfume she always wears. She looked up at me, kissing my lips. I smiled through the kiss and wrapped my arms around her. I was the first to pull away, but only because Liz can rap really fast and she can hold her breath for like two minutes.
"You know, we forgot to get the apartment in L.A. I guess we were just so busy and after everything that happened over the tours we just forgot." Liz said, resting her head on my chest again.
I cringed at the thought. The tours were just horrible. Not the tours itself because I loved playing for all the fans, they mean the world to me. But Liz and I broke up twice. Well, I guess you can't really call it a break up because we literally flew out to fix things within a few hours. Besides, the tours aren't over and we still have the Australian part to go.
"We'll get one eventually. But in all honesty, I like our flat back in London. We've got all our guitars, the kitchen where you make great food, our bedroom, oh and our really big TV." I said, laughing a little at the end.
"Please, all of those guitars are yo-" She stopped talking and pulled away from my arms.
Liz looked behind me and a smile broke out on her face. I turned around, looking around but I didn't see anyone I knew. Liz ran around me and started running towards a really large man. Oh God, I think that's her father. He's not large in height, well to Liz he is, but he's got more of a broad shoulder look then anything.
She literally jumped into his open arms and he spun her around. I smiled, remembering that Liz told me she was a Daddy's girl. Okay Niall, it's now or never. I grabbed the carry on bag and put it over my shoulder, almost like a purse. Did I just think that? I'm going to go crazy. I grabbed Liz's suitcase in one hand and my suitcase in the other.
It was a little hard carrying all the suitcases over to where Liz was, but I had to try and seem like it was easy because I don't want them to think I'm a wuss or anything. By the time I got there, Liz was a crying mess and there was a women standing next to her father. Before anyone could say anything someone ran over and picked up Liz, swinging her around in a circle.
"Toby! I've missed you so much. Kacey!" Liz said, getting off of her older brother and hugging a tiny girl that was standing behind her mother. I honestly didn't even see her, that's how small she is. Is she really ten?
"Okay everyone, this is my boyfriend Niall." Liz said, taking my hand and looking at me. She sent me a reassuring smile as her father spoke up.
"It's nice to finally meet you Niall, you can call me Greg." He said, sticking out his hand.
I told him it was nice to meet him too and shook his hand. He's got my brother's name, that's pretty cool. Liz's mother, who introduced herself as Cindy, gave me a hug. Of course I played the card 'Now I know where Liz got her good looks from'. It worked really well because she blushed and laughed, which sounded a lot like Liz's.
"So Niall, as you know I'm her older brother, Toby. It's my job to protect her, so if I hear about you hurting her I will fly out to London and beat your ass." Toby said.
I took a step back, looking over at Liz to see if he was serious. She tried to hold back a smile, but failed miserably and started laughing along with the rest of her family. I could feel my cheeks growing hot and I knew they were a deep red. I really hate how much I blush. Liz laughed and took my hand, saying,
"It's fine Ni, he's just kidding." She gave Toby a look, and he rose his hands backing away.
"We should probably get going, the drive is thirty minutes and we still need to have dinner." Cindy said, taking Kacey's hand.
I went to grab Liz's suitcase, but her father grabbed it instead, saying he'd take it. I nodded and thanked him before grabbing my suitcase and the carry bag.
"You want me to take that?" Liz asked, pointing to the bag. I shook my head. I'd never make my girlfriend carry it, especially not while her family was watching me.
Liz settled with taking my hand, which is fine with me. I sent her a smile and followed her parents and siblings towards the exit. I don't' know why but her little sister hasn't said a word to me. I know that Liz said that she was a fan of One Direction, is it possible she's nervous or something? I really hope she likes me. I can't have Liz's little sister hate me. I really can't.
"Niall, you did great. They already like you, especially my mom. I can already tell." Liz said, her voice low enough that her family didn't hear.
She squeezed my hand and I looked down, smiling at her. I would've kissed her, but in all honesty I don't think that her father would like that at all. I'm not even sure if holding her hand at this time is acceptable. I know that her father has never really liked Liz's boyfriends, which I'm glad because I hate every guy she's ever dated- and yes I know that I haven't met them but I don't care.
By the time that we got back to Liz's car, which was a red S.U.V her dad has drilled me with questions about my job, my home life, and a few other things that I can't remember. I have to spend a whole car ride with her family, which isn't bad but... I'm just really nervous.
"Relax babe, I can practically feel your nervousness." Liz teased. I rolled my eyes and walked over to Toby, who was putting Liz's suitcase in the back of the car.
"So Niall, you really love my sister. Tell me, what's her favorite color?" Toby asked, grabbing my suitcase and putting it on top of mine. I put the carry on on top of the suitcase, glad that the car was big enough.
"Easy, blue." I said. I've never had any problem not knowing Liz. I do know her like the back of my hand and I have a feeling that Toby might be asking me questions and questions about Liz.
"Favorite food?" Toby asked, closing the door to the trunk.
"Trick question, she loves all food. But she says can eat Chinese for the rest of her life." I said. Toby smiled and nodded his head.
"I like him Liz, he's a keeper." He said, walking over to Liz. She looked up from Kacey and over to Toby, and then to me.
God, she was beautiful. I smiled back and walked over to her, taking her hand. I helped her get into the car and then let Toby and Kacey get in before getting in myself. I honestly think I earned some points for that because Toby left the spot next to Liz open for me. Which was great for me because as soon as I sat down she grabbed my hand, easing some of the nerves that are still in my stomach.
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By the time we pulled up to Liz's house Liz must have told them everything about her tour. Well not everything because she left out our two break ups, which I'm fine with. I don't want her family knowing about how insecure I got about Liz leaving me. I've only got one chance to make them like me and I can't have them knowing about it.
But anyway, her house was gorgeous. It was all made of stone, but it also had a modern day look to it. Her property was huge and as soon as I got out of the car I could smell the ocean. I didn't know we were that close to the ocean. The house was gorgeous. What is she going to think when she gets to Ireland? She obviously grew up with a lot of money around, something that wasn't always around when I was growing up. Of course my family had money, I mean both my parents had good jobs but Liz... she must have had so many vacations, she must have gotten everything she wanted. She sure as hell wasn't spoiled, that was obvious. I guess her parents are really down to earth.
"What do you think?" Liz asked, the wind blowing her hair around. I nodded, looking down at her.
"It's gorgeous." I said.
I would've kissed her but her father was getting out of the car and I'm sure he didn't want to see that. But I really wanted to kiss her. As soon as we are alone, we should be alone soon. I wonder if we'll be staying in the same room. I hope we are going to stay in the same room.
I gave her hand a squeeze before going over to Greg, who was beginning to unpack the car. I helped him take out the luggage while he talked about how when he was in high school he was in a band. I thought that was pretty cool. Hopefully it will give us something to talk about. So far he's a really nice guy and I hope he likes me a lot.
"Just giving you a warning, Niall, my wife has been planning this week by every second. The first thing on the list is a huge dinner so I hope the eight hour flight made you hungry." Greg joked, reminding me a lot like my brother.
"It has." I laughed. "Mr. Jo- Greg, I just want to say thanks for letting me stay here too." I said, grabbing my suitcase and then grabbing the carry on. Greg has already grabbed Liz's suitcase, so all that was left was mine and the one Liz and I share.
"It's fine Niall, I've actually been waiting to meet you since the X Factor finale. The way Liz talks about you is actually pretty funny, she really loves you." Greg said, making my cheeks heat up again. I should see a doctor about that.
"I love your daughter a lot." I said, hoping that I didn't take it so far.
"Oh I know that, I can tell by the way you smile whenever you look at her." He said, making my cheeks heat up again. I'm so going to schedule a doctor's appointment.
Cindy walked up to me as Greg closed the trunk and started talking about the dinner she was going to make. According to her it'll be ready at eight and she apologized for it being so late. After reassuring her it was fine, we all started to walk into the house.
It was a gorgeous house, definitely prettier on the inside. Cindy immediately went to the kitchen and Greg and I started to bring the suitcases up stairs. In all honesty all I was doing was whatever the hell he said. I wasn't going to just not listen to him. That would be bad, and I don't want bad. I want good.
As soon as we walked into the room the belonged to Liz I laughed at how much the room Liz screamed at us. It was all pink and it smelled like vanilla. I swear if I died and went to Heaven this is exactly what it would be. After Greg and I set down on the luggage Liz walked in. The first thing she did was jump onto her bed, which made us all laugh.
"I better go make sure that Cindy isn't burning the chicken. I'll leave you guys to unpack." Greg said, walking over to the door.
He went to go close it but then looked at me before leaving the door open. Once again my cheeks burned at the thoughts that must have gone through his head. I don't know if I should tell him that I haven't slept with his daughter, but I think that might be a little awkward.
I shook the thoughts from my head and looked up, seeing Liz walking over to me. She wrapped her arms around my neck and leaned in, kissing me. I smiled through the kiss, finally glad that I could kiss her. She pulled away first but I leaned in and kissed her again.
"Niall," She laughed as soon as I pulled away, "I want to get out of these clothes. The shorts are making me cold." She finished. I laughed and looked down, looking at the shorts. They were pretty short and she did have goose bumps all over her body.
"Okay, I'll start unpacking I guess. Your dad didn't say anything about a guest rooms, does that mean that I'm staying in here?" I asked, not bothering to hide my excitement. Liz laughed and kissed my lips quickly before walking away.
I grabbed the suitcase and kneeled down, unzipping it. We're only here for a week, should I or should I not unpack? I'm sure that Liz wouldn't mind me using her dresser but is it worth it to unpack or not. I sighed and heard the door close. I didn't bother looking up. It was probably the bathroom door that I saw before. You know what, screw it. I'll just unpack the damn thing and repack it on Friday.
I wasn't going to change out of my tee shirts and jeans. Liz might be getting into her pajamas but I wasn't going to get in my pajamas. I grabbed a few of my shirts and stood up. Looking up I saw the door closed. Didn't Greg leave it open? I must be really tired. I turned around and looked at Liz, who was still in the room.
"Holy shit Liz." I said, dropping the shirts that were in my hand.
She was standing by her bed in only her bra and those tiny shorts. It's not like that I've never seen her like this because I have seen her in a bikini, but something about her just wearing that plain nude colored bra was a lot different. It was so much more intimate and she looked so fucking hot.
"Huh? Oh! Uh... I was thinking that I shouldn't change separately from you. You change in front of me, I didn't think that it would bother you. I could go in the bathroom or something." Liz said, biting her lip. Oh my god, that lip.
"No it's uh, it's fine. I'm fine. It's all cool." I said, swallowing the lump in my throat.
She blushed a little and reached for the shirt. The stupid shirt. God she looked perfect. Why does she pick now to do this? She couldn't have done this last night at the hotel. Then I could have done something about it. We could've snogged or something. I shook the thoughts from my head and picked up the shirts that need to get put in the dressed.
Unfortunately they were now unfolded and Liz would kill me if I put them away like this. I walked over to the bed and set the clothes down on the bed. I started to fold the clothes but a hand reached over and grabbed my green shirt. Liz's favorite. I looked up just in time for her to send me a smile and slip on the shirt.
"Uh Liz, if you wear that shirt downstairs don't you think everyone will think we... well we had sex?" I asked, making her eyes go wide.
"Oh god, you're right. I'll change." She said, taking off the shirt again. I groaned and looked away, but looked at her again. There's no way that I won't be able to stop looking even if someone gave me a thousand dollars.
She walked over to her suitcase and grabbed another shirt. After getting out of her shorts, which earned me a sight of her underwear that had little hearts on it. Most guys love it when their girlfriends where lacy thongs or something like that, but her innocent underwear is so much hotter.
"Stop looking at me." Liz said, tying the strings on her sweatpants and walking over to me.
"I wasn't looking, I was uh... admiring." I teased, sitting down on her bed. I finally finished the folding, but I think that's enough work for tonight.
She rolled her eyes and sat down on my lap, wrapping her arms around me. My arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer.
"I'm so glad we are here. I haven't been here in such a long time. So... do you like my room?" Liz asked, looking around the room. I laughed and nodded, looking around as well.
"It's so you. How come you never put any pink in our room?" I asked, looking down at her. Even on my lap she's still shorter than me. She shrugged and said,
"I don't know. I just like the way you get excited about decorating and when you come home with something that you bought for us. I don't know, I don't want to redecorate and make you mad or anything." She shrugged again.
I was about to tell her wrong she is and how I could never get mad at her for something like that, but her mother called our names from downstairs. She slowly got off my lap and pulled her up with me. She went to walk towards the door but I grabbed her hand and pulled her back to me.
"We are going to talk about this later, okay baby." I said. Liz nodded and took my hand. I let her hand go and wrapped my arm around her waist, kissing her temple.
"I love you Liz, I love you a lot." I said, squeezing her shoulder.
"I love you too babe, now c'mon I am super hungry."
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Okay, there's the chapter. I know it's really long but it's supposed to be super long. Haha, I literally spent all day working on this while watching Friends. Haha, it's also really late. Like ten minutes to midnight so I am really sorry that it's a late update. Like I said, it took all day.
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~Amanda<3 xXx
--The picture on the side is Liz's family. I made it myself, not to brag. haha, byee!!