I Will Always Love You - A Niall Horan Love Story

Chapter Thirty One

*Charlie's POV*
"How are you feeling today, babe?" I ask, pushing his bowl of cereal towards him.
His eye is bruised completely now, and his lip is still a little swollen.
"Better, but my eye hurts and I can't even lift my eyebrow," he replies.
"I'm sorry this happened," I whisper.
"No, don't be. It's ok."
He gestures for me to come closer and I do. He kisses me softly and then goes back to eating.
"Oh my god, what happened to you?" Stacey cries, as she comes in.
She is followed by a worried looking Eleanor and Danielle.
We explain what had happened last night, they hug Niall, tell him it'll be ok, then go back upstairs to get changed.
"Can we go out today?" I ask, turning back towards Niall.
"Where to?"
"How about we go shopping until lunch time, then we get some Nando's for lunch, then shop some more and tonight we can walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge, yeah?"
He nods, "Sounds good!"
We finish eating then go to our rooms to get ready.
I have a shower, brush my teeth and get dressed into: http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=53822546, and then I meet Niall downstairs.

"Niall, you eat like a pig!" I laugh, watching him shove food in his mouth.
"Hey, you're the one dating me!" He says between chews.
I laugh again.
"One time, I read online that people buy padlocks and write on them, and then they attach them to the fence on the side of the bridge. Do you want to do that?" I ask.
"Sure. Is it even legal, though?"
"Well, you're not actually allowed, but heaps of people do it anyway. We just have to make sure the security guards don't catch us."
We finish eating, go shop some more and buy a permanent marker and padlock.

We park the car near the stairs to the bridge, then write 'Charlie + Niall 4eva' on the padlock, before getting out and heading up the stairs.

"It's so beautiful," I whisper, when we are about a quarter of the bridge.
"Like you," he says softly.
I smile and grip his elbow, and then slide my hand down his arm and tangle my fingers with his.
When we are in the centre of the bridge, we look up to see the Australian Flag, and luckily, there was no guard there, so together, we attach the padlock to the fence.
We step back and take a look.
It was much bigger than the others there, so it stood out.
Niall kisses my forehead, before we begin walking again, hand in hand.
"I'm cold," I shiver.
"What happened to your jacket?"
"Left it in the car," I mumble.
He lifts his jumper over his head, and then hands it to me.
"You don't have to," I say.
"Are you cold?"
"Yes."
"Then wear it. I'm fine, honestly."
I put the jumper on and continue walking.

By then end of the night I was exhausted. We had walked across the bridge and walked back.
We arrived home and gone up to Niall's room.
I couldn't be bothered to go to my room to get pyjamas, so Niall grabbed out one of his shirts out and handed it to me.
The bottom of the shirt reached just under my butt, so I just took my shoes and jeans off.
I took my hair out and got in bed with Niall.
"Goodnight. I love you," I whisper, kissing him.
"I love you more," he says, as I turn to face the other way. His arm immediately goes around my waist, and I tangle my fingers through his.