No Control-n.h

Chapter 9

JADES POV

I scan my time table to see what my first class is as Harry leaves for his. Turns out, I have music first, so I ask one of the professors where it is and she directs me a few doors down.

Quietly, I open the door to find the everyone staring at me like i'd commited a murder.

"Take a seat next to Niall please Jade," the teacher says.

I take it, Niall completely ignoring me when I say hi to him.

"You can do some partner work today on whatever instrument you choose, work with the people sat next to you," the teacher explains.

I look over at Niall, wow this is uncomfortable.

"Do you play guitar?" I question him.

"Yeah, do you?" he mumbles.

"A little," I lie.

"I can show you," he says with a small smile.

"Ok, lets do it," I grin and we go to a separate room.

I play a few chords, slipping up on purpose.

"Here let me help you," he offers.

Niall takes the guitar from my hands and sits down opposite me.

"Sit here and i'll put your hands where they need to be," he tells me.

I cautiously sit on the chair in front of him and he guides my fingers to the neck of the guitar and then to the bass. He places my fingers on the right strings and helps me strum the notes.

After about five minutes he's taught me some chords that I secretly already know. Once we've had half an hour practice we had to go back in and showcase what we've done.

I wait till last and play what Niall "taught" me with complete ease as he looks at me in shock.

Once I finish I walk back to my seat smirking at Niall who looks pretty dumbfounded. After class is finished, I gather my things.

A hand squeezes my shoulder, turning me around.

"You didn't tell me you could play like that," Niall says as we head out, walking at the side of me.

"Didn't think it mattered," I smile.

"Well, it would have saved us some time because I was actually looking to talk to you about something," he mumbles.

"Oh," I reply, feeling slightly uncomfortable.

"Nows a good time I guess," he shrugs.

What am I to expect? Is he going to tell me the truth about the whole Cara situation? Or is he just going to tell me something completely stupid and disappoint me?

I wait for him to speak up and just as he's about to, I feel myself being pulled into someone and they kiss my cheek.

I look up to see it's Harry.

I pull his hand into mine, almost forgetting that we're pretending to date.

"Didn't expect that," I laugh.

"You're my girlfriend, i'm allowed to surprise you aren't I?" he smirks.

I glance over at Niall who has a small frown etched on his face.

"Niall, what was it you had to tell me?" I ask him.

"Doesn't matter," he sighs, walking away.

Sighing myself, I let go of Harry's hand and head for the exit door.

"Its not working," I say.

"Whats not working?" Harry questions, as he walks in sync with me.

"Trying to make Niall angry. Its obvious he's just getting pissed off about our PDA and thats about it," I groan, throwing my curls back.

"No, I reckon he's jealous," Harry insists.

"Yeah well, it just doesn't feel right anymore. Lets just forget about it, it was kinda childish anyway."

I shake off Harry's persistence, opening my door.

"Right," Harry frowns, walking back to his dorm.

Everyone has a free period now because the english teacher couldn't make it in today so it looks like I'll be sat on the sofa doing nothing for an hour.

"Hey Jade," Vanessa beams, her phone in hand.

"Hi," I smile, pulling mine out.

"I'm going for lunch with Lou during this free period. You don't mind do you?" she asks, grabbing her jacket.

I shake my head, even though I extremely mind and don't want to be left alone but she should go be with her boyfriend.

She blew me a kiss from the doorway, before smiling and shutting it.

After about an hour of watching through my watch list on Netflix, I decide to go grab my guitar and have a little play around with some chords.

Setting my hands on the correct strings, I play to my heart's content and sing along softly.

There's a loud knock at the door and I put my guitar down. Opening it, I find a very shy looking Niall.

"Oh, hey," I smile.

"Hi, can we talk?" he mumbles, looking at his feet.

"Sure," I say, opening the door wider.

He walks in slowly, heading to my
room.

"I need your advice," he begins as I sit opposite him.

"Ok," I sigh, resting my head on my hand.

"What would you do if you already have someone that you thought you really liked but you kind of are really attracted to someone else?" he asks, looking flustered.

Is this about me and Cara?

Without thinking, words tumble out of my mouth.

"Go for the person you want," I say, like word vomit.

Fuck why did I say that? This makes me just as bad. I look up at him, almost drowning in his blue eyes.

They divert to mine like he's looking straight through me, then down to my lips and back up again.

Suddenly, he moves forward, crashing his lips against mine, pulling me around his waist.

His lips are soft and delicate and I melt into them, running my hands through his hair. He pulls my hips against him, sliding his hands around me to cup my arse. I pull away, feeling my face heat up like a radiator.

Niall looks just as red as I imagine myself to be.

"Jade I-" he begins but we're cut off by the door flying open.

"Jade? Niall?" I hear Cara say and I jump off Niall, a pit of guilt forming when she rushes in the room.

"Here I am," I say, turning away from the couple.

"Vanessa told me you two were here. I just wanted to know if you wanted to have a girly night? You know, me, you, Nessa and Luce?" she offers, running her hands through Niall's hair.

"Uh, sure ok," I say, trying my best to smile.

I can't help but feel horrifically guilty but also slightly annoyed by her small affection towards him.

"Ok, come on Ni, we'll go get some snacks for us girls, you can help me choose seen as you're a food expert," she giggles, pecking him gently before taking his hand and pulling him out the door with a good bye.

Why the fuck did I do that?