𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 - 𝐍.𝐇

four

The flight to Dublin wasn't too long only around 1 hour and 20 minutes then the drive to Mullingar was around the same time. Maura and her husband picked us up from the airport and they tried to convince us to stay with them but Niall insisted on staying in a hotel and not stressing them out with a kid. We were dropped off at the hotel and my smile slightly dropped and I wasn't sure why when I saw that it was the same one Niall and I stayed in all those years ago

"Suprise!" Niall said with a large smile

I chuckled in surprise and looked at him

"I thought it closed down?"

"I did as well but when I found out it was still running I had to book it!" He told me happily

I just smiled at him

"Need help getting the bags?" Chris asked

I was about to speak up but Niall answered for me, the opposite actually

"No, we'll be alright"

Exiting the car, I helped bring some of the bags to our room. We were on the bottom floor, room 2, unlike last time. The view was still so beautiful, and a feeling of sentiment ran over me but I shrugged it off.

I bring in the last bag that contains 5 of 7 tracksuits that James owns and some other small things. Niall is practically jumping around the room like a new puppy with its owner while he packs stuff away. It's quite adorable

I kind of just stand there leaning on the doorway watching him with a wide smile on my face. I didn't realise until Niall looked at me and chuckled

"You gonna help then?"

I laugh awkwardly not noticing I was staring and answered

"No, I'm not" Niall puts his hand on his chest as if he was offended "I'm going to get some food"

I walk away purposefully flicking my hair to make him laugh and it did. Something inside me lit up. Something I haven't felt in years. But it was something I wasn't allowed to feel, not with him anyway

There was a small shop that sold fish and chips a little bit down the road from where we were staying. It used to be a little coffee shop. Niall and I visited here.

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"I am so high on coffee right now!" Niall whisper-shouted at me causing me to laugh, customers turned to us before returning to their conversations

"Maybe you should stop drinking now, you've drunk like 4 cups" I suggest to him but it seems to go through one ear and out the other

"It's too good though, I've never had coffee this good before!" Niall once again raised his voice, I roll my eyes and took the glass from him forcefully

"You're mean, I am tired" Niall sulked like a baby

"And who's fault is that?" I ask him "You're the one who suggested the third round, I was already tired out by one"

"We couldn't stop! I was at my best! I was so good wasn't I!"

"Honey, I'm sorry but Liam will always be better than you at Mario Cart"

"Fuck Mario Cart" Niall crossed his arms before laughing at himself for being like a child, Niall leaned in and spoke

"Come on though, I was quite good"

I rolled my eyes. Agree to disagree I guess

"Yes you were very good" I answered sounding exhausted

He smiled but not before planting a small kiss on my forehead

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Right before ordering, Niall rushed when he saw me, clearly out of breath. I was confused and so was some people around me, the others were hypnotized by him and his tiny streak of hair falling in front of his eyes. Maybe I was actually the one mesmerised by him?

"I thought we were gonna go somewhere fancy?" He questioned quietly but people were still staring

"We can't go anywhere fancy with a three-year-old," I tell him, his face drops a little and he pauses before talking

"I don't know if you're talking about James or me?"

He was being serious?

"Obviously James"

His smile quickly returned

"Ahh okay, that's good to know. But you're right we'll just get this then."

Niall suddenly approached me and leaned his head on the top of mine, reading the menu on the little screens above

"Ooh everything looks so good we might just h-" Niall began, I knew what he was going to say

"No. We are not ordering everything on the menu." I stop him

He tuts and finally goes up and orders what he and James are going to have, I decided to go with what Niall had.

It took a while for the food to finally come out, it took so long I had to make sure James hadn't turned into a full-grown adult. Niall entered the room with the bags of food and the amazing smell hit my nose making me smile and close my eyes in delight

Niall sat next to me, handing my food and in-process caused us to touch hands, it's cliche but it felt like a spark happened when it happened

I was so confused about my feelings because why was I suddenly feeling like this? Niall and I spent time together so wouldn't it have built up then? Not just now?

I was confused but all I really knew was that at this moment, I like Niall for the first time in a long time.