Learning how to fly (Niall Horan fanfic)

17 - An old feeling

*Harry's POV*

We were all ready to go when Niall and Rikke entered the house. I jumped on Niall's back and he carried me out to the car. We split up in two, Liam, Danielle, Niall and me in one of the cars and Louis, Eleanor, Zayn and Rikke in the other. We had planned a nice day, where we should see some of the greatest attractions in London, most because we wanted to show Rikke the city, but it was also a long time since we had been there ourselves. It was actually Louis and El's idea, and they had arranged it, so that there would be no screaming fans and no paparazzi, so the lads and I could enjoy the day too. It's not that we don't like our fans, of course not, we love them more than anything, but sometimes it's nice spending a day like a normal unknown person again. And Niall didn't wanted the whole world to know about Rikke yet. He actually was a little quiet now when I think about it.

"So what happened?" I asked him. Danni and Liam was on the front seat so they couldn't hear what we talked about.

"Huh?" Niall said and looked over at me.

"I just asked what happened between the two of you since you are this quiet, it doesn't seem like you"

"Ehm… I don't know man, I've just had the most amazing day" he said as his face broke into a big smile showing his braces and everything.

"Tell me about it Niall" I said now with a big smile too. You cannot not smile when that boy smiles.

"Well last night she told me everything about herself and I went to sleep on the couch, you know, but she didn't wanted to sleep alone, so she fell asleep in my arms and not by accident this time" he looked down at his hands and began to speak again.  He told me about a water fight they had this morning and about how they ended up making out in the shower. I clapped him on the shoulder and we talked a bit more about what they had done the night before. As we arrived to the first place, I think I knew just as much about Rikke as he did, he even told me some pretty shocking things about her family.

"Are you sure this is okay with Rikke? That you tell me all this, I mean"

"Yeah, she knows we tell each other everything, and Louis and Liam already knows" he said, and boy I just hoped he was right.

We stood out of the car and I saw Niall ran over to Rikke and whisper something in her ear as he hugged her from behind. I smiled at them, it was really nice to see Niall this happy.

Paul arrived and I ran over to him and jumped into his arms. "Rikke" I called "There's someone I want you to meet!"

She ran towards us and I jumped down from Paul and introduced them to each other. She liked him right away, of course, everyone loves Paul. El and Lou ran over to us, took Rikke's hands and ran of with her. I clapped Paul at his back and said with a smile "Kids will be kids, right" and ran after them.

*Rikke's POV*

We all sat home in the boys flat, Perrie had joined us in the middle of the sightseeing. I've had the most amazing day in my life, I think. Everyone of us had so much fun and I was getting closer with the girls since we'd spent a lot of time together while the boys fooled around. El and I also got some time to talk alone about Louis and hers date, Niall's and mine evening/morning and about the thing Louis told her about me. She told me that she had cried when she heard it and it almost made me cry.

Niall and I hadn't spent any time together through the day. We had just acted like friends, I don't know why, everyone knew there was something between us anyways. But then of course we weren't more than friends. Not that I minded, I mean, I wanted him this morning, but I'm not in love with him or anything.

Right now I sat between Harry and Perrie, and the other guys sat somewhere else around the living room. We weren't really doing anything, just hanging out like friends does, I guess. Friends… Wow, it was weird sitting here, so many people, last time I did that was probably at my little cousins birthday or something like that. Do you know the feeling not having any friends? Or, of course I had Mie, but more than one would be nice. Not that I don't have enough in her, she's the thing that make me keep going, but I'm just saying it would be nice with a group of friends, like the one Niall has. Friends who you can count on at any moment of the day, friends who will always be there for you. Or at least a family who loved you.