Recap:
"Excuse me." I say and walk hurriedly toward Annie and her mystery boy.
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30 minutes earlier
ANNIE'S POV
We walk into Nando's and I smile. "I've always wanted to come here." I say.
Mackenzie nods as Elaine leads us toward Perrie, who sits in a back booth. I'm about to follow them when someone bumps into me.
"Whoops! Sorry." A low voice says. I turn around and my eyes widen. A guy stands there, and man was he good looking. He had brown hair that was short on the sides, and more hair on the top that was sort of flipped up, (A/N: I am terrible at describing how it looks. Remember Liam's hair before he shaved it? Yeah like that) and he gorgeous brown eyes. He was wearing a white Aeropostale hoodie and some dark wash jeans.
"It's no problem." I say with a smile.
The guy smiles back and says, "You're not from here are you?" I shake my head and he nods. "I can tell. Your accent."
I notice that he also has an American accent and I say, "You must not be from here either. Where are you from?"
"St. Louis."
"No way! Me too!" I say with a laugh. "Where do you live?"
"Oh just these apartments in the central part of the city. You?" My mouth drops open and he laughs. "Don't tell me,"
"Central part of the city." We say simultaneously. We both laugh and he smiles.
"Hey, do you wanna eat together? Unless you came here on a date or something..." He asks sweetly. I think back to last night with Niall, and what Elaine said about moving on this morning.
"You know what. I'd love to." I say and hold out my hand. "I'm Annie."
"Chase." He says and shakes my hand. "I just gotta tell my friends where I'll be."
"Same here. Why don't you grab a table and I'll meet you there?" I say. He nods and I walk to where the girls sit.
They all raise their eyebrows at me as I stop at their table. "I'm so sorry guys but, I'm going to eat with that boy over there." I say pointing to Chase.
They all 'Ooo'. And I smile. "Well don't leave him hanging! Go!" Elaine says with a smile. "Go give him what Niall doesn't deserve."
"Thanks Elaine!" I call back and wave. I walk to where Chase sits and smiles. "Hey."
"Hello." He says as he stands up. He pulls out my chair for me and I smile.
"Why thank you." I say as I sit down. "You're such a gentleman."
"My mom raised me well I guess." He says with a crooked grin. I laugh and grab a menu.
"I've never been here. What's good?" I ask, flipping through the pages.
"I'll order for you if you want." He says. I nod my head and he takes my menu from me. "So what brings you to London?"
My smile fades away and I look away from his eyes. "Uh..."
"It's okay. You don't have to say." He says sweetly. "So what apartment number are you? Maybe we live close by."
I smile gratefully at him for changing the subject and I say, "46." His mouth drops and I laugh. "Are you 47?"
He smiles and says, "45."
"Neighbor!" I say and high five him. "I suppose we'll be seeing a lot of each other then."
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So You Love Nando's More Than Me? [One Direction Fan Fiction]
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