Still The One (Niall Horan)

Chapter 55

Author's Note #1: 

The first part of the chapter you've all been waiting for is finally here, it's going to be split into two! Hope you like it! I finally figured out how to post pictures at the beginning of the chapter so here you go. This is how I envision the proposal. And if you want to know when I post a new chapter, you can follow me on instagram (I follow everyone back) I always post a story when the chapter's up :) My ig is cristy.lealr

∼June 14, 2022∼

*Sofia's P.O.V.*

The tour ended 11 days ago and I'm missing everyone like crazy. It's so weird going back to just being Niall and me and not having everyone with us 24/7. Although it's been great having a lot of more privacy and free time. After the tour ended, we stayed in London for the weekend with the band basically celebrating the end of the tour and then Niall and I headed to Ireland to visit his family, which is where we are right now. But not for long, since Niall woke me up a few hours ago and told me has a surprise for me for our anniversary and that it involves traveling. 

"You're almost ready petal?" Niall hollered to me, he was sitting in the bed, watching golf as always while I was packing. He had already finished packing, or so he said.

"Yep, everything's packed now." I answered as I joined him in bed. 

"Perfect. So we're going to have lunch at my mom's and then we're going straight to the airport from there."

"Sounds like a plan. At what time does the plane leave?"

"It leaves at 7."

"And at what time does it get there?"

"Around 8:30 or 9 why? What's with all the questions?"

"Nothing, I was just asking." I replied nonchalantly. As always, Niall was keeping our next destination a surprise and I pried any clue I could out of him that could help me figure out where we were going to next.

"I know you Soph." He knew me so well. "You're trying to figure out where we're going to aren't ya?" 

"No I wasn't." I lied, putting on the best I'm innocent face I could muster.

"Bullshit you were."

"I swear." I said standing up from the bed, phone in hand, ready to lock myself in the bathroom to start researching destinations that were an hour and a half or two away.

"Where are you going?" He eyed me questioningly.

"The bathroom." I said as I nearly got to the door. And a second later, Niall sprung from the bed and rushed towards me.

"Oh god, you're going to look for flights that leave at 7pm and last for an hour and a half to two aren't ya? I knew you were trying to figure out our destination." He exclaimed, happy that he had caught on to what I was going to do.

"No I wasn't." I still held on to my lie.

"Then you won't mind if you leave your phone here while you go to the bathroom do ya?"

"Not at all." I handed him my phone as calmly as I could before closing the bathroom door. His satisfied grin being the last thing I saw as the door closed. And as soon as he was out of sight I silently cursed. "Fuck!" I whisper exclaimed.

"You know I'm still standing right by the door right?" Niall laughed. I cursed some more before opening the door, I obviously wasn't going to use the bathroom. "I know you too well petal." He leaned in to place a kiss on my forehead.

"Sometimes I wish you didn't." I forced a smile.

"Oh come on, I love surprising you. Don't you like it?" He asked, as a genuine smile appeared on my face.