this town

7. Someone new

2007
                                        Brooke

"There's Niall!" Emma shouted over the loud music. It was our first teenage disco. It was mental! Me, Emma and Sally make our way over to him. When we get to him, he's talking to another girl I've never seen before. She has her skirt half up her arse and the patchiest tan I've ever seen. She's wearing the most rotten makeup and has sharpie eyebrows.
"Who's she?" I ask.
"Eh... This is Ciara." He says slowly
"Heya" the girl Ciara says to me. "Isn't he gorg?" she whispers to me in a not so quiet way.
I was a bit thrown off by what she said.
"Eh I dunno" I reply to her, not able to think of anything else to say.

The whole night, that Ciara wan was talking to Niall and touching his arms and trying to flirt.
"If she doesn't stop, I'll deck her" I say to Emma and Sally.
"Oooooh is Brooke Jones jealous?" Sally mocks me.
"What? Absolutely not! She's just annoying me. And I can tell Niall's uncomfortable"
"ahh right." Emma smirks
"Why would I be jealous of anyone?, especially her?!" I ask to prove a point
"She trying to rob your man" Sally states
"He is not my man! And no one can rob him from me"
"Whatever you say hun" Emma jokes.

I don't see what's so funny about that. Niall is not "my man" and that girl is annoying him, and me. When I tell you if she doesn't stop soon she'll be six feet under fairly soon.

Ciara goes in to kiss Niall. As soon as I notice I run over to him.
"Babe, let's go get drinks" I say to him.
Niall looks confused and then goes along with it.
We quickly get out of there.
"Thanks a mill Brooke" Niall says relieved
I laugh "no bother Ni. I can't stand her" we both laugh it off. "I didn't want your first kiss to be with patchy over there" I burst out laughing.
"Yeah" Niall says smirking. He then mutters something under his breath but I can't hear since it's so loud

            Niall and I decided to leave after that. On the way home we stopped in the playground. We were there for so long that we both fell asleep. Niall must've woke up because at about 5am he woke me and said we have to go home. Niall walked me to my house but I didn't want him to walk home on his own so my mam let him stay.

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*ding*
i check my phone and i have a hape of messages from the girls.
"whats up" i send them
"Brooke!!!" Sally sends.
"What happened with you and Niall last night??" Emma sends
"Nothing? Whacha mean?" I'm very confused at this stage. I'm trying to think of what happened but nothing comes to mind that's bad.
"There's photos of u two asleep in the playground together" says Sally

"What?"
"Yeah there all over Facebook and Instagram"
"We literally didn't do anything"
"What happened anyway?"
"We literally just went to the playground after the disco, we were there for a while so I'm guessing we fell asleep. Nialler woke me up and we spent the night at my house"
"Oooh you should tell niall bout this one"
"Ye I'll wake him now"

"Ni" I say gently
"Hmmm?" he whines still half asleep
"There's photos of us last night all over Instagram."
"So?" He says in his sleepy voice
"Everyone thinks we slept together last night"
"What?!" Niall sits up
"Look"

I show him the photo.
"We're just lying next to each other, how did they get that from that?" Niall asks
"Well we left the disco early, we disappeared and didn't answer anyone's calls, we fell asleep in a playground, and I'm lying on your chest in the photo." I explain
"Ooooh yeah, that seems a bit sketchy to be honest."
"Ye think?" I laugh
"Well we'll just have to tell them the truth."
"They won't believe us" I sigh
"I'll make them believe" Niall seems determined.

I just hope he doesn't go too far. He's quite the hot head so he easily gets angry.