The Soldier (a n.h fanfic)

Chapter 17

Niall is taking me to have lunch in an Italian restaurant somewhere in the outskirts of Mullingar. Which is great because as soon as he mentions food my stomach starts to rumble and I can't wait to get there and dry up completely.

This day couldn't be more perfect and there's more to come. Niall still hasn't given me his present yet. I'm curious what it is. I even took a look around the car while he was drying up but I didn't see any presents. He said he is going to give it to me at eight in the evening. Eight in the evening was the time I was born which means after lunch we're going somewhere. I feel like I am on a mystery birthday date with Niall which I wouldn't trade with anything else.

Niall holds my hand as he open the front door to Antonio's. The smell of pizza and spaghetti comes out and my stomach make a weird noise giving me the sign to hurry up and eat.

The rain is still pouring down and this weather makes everything look dark. There is a group of fifteen or maybe fourteen year old girls in a table giggling and chatting. They instantly remind me of me and my friends when we used to go to this pizza place and talk and laugh about everything.

"Niall, long time no see." A middle aged man with an Italian accent comes to give Niall a hug. He is wearing a white apron and has his hands full of flour. He must be the cook.

"Hey, Antonio." Niall smiles. "Do you have a table for us?"

"You finally brought your girlfriend with you here?" Antonio say as if he has been waiting for this day to come.

Niall smile and nods at the same time and wraps his arms around me. Both of us follow Antonio to a table near a window and few steps away from us there's a jukebox. I have never seen a jukebox before in a restaurant. I usually find them in a diner.

Antonio hands us the menu and say that he's coming back to get our order. "Sorry about him." Niall apologies.

"It's fine. Who is he?" I ask.

"He is a friend of my dad. They go way back and before I went to war my brother and I used to spent a lot of time with him." he replies.

I head to the bathroom to dry up. Niall said that their was no need to for him, he's going to wait for Antonio and give him our orders. My hair is still wet and thank god I didn't wear a white T-shirt this morning because if I did everyone would know what colour my bra is.

I get out of the bathroom and see Antonio and Niall talking.

"You okay babe?" Niall asks as he sees me approaching them.

I nod and sit. "I gave him our orders." he adds. I am having a pizza with lots of mozzarella on top, baked ham and mushrooms and a coke as a drink. The last time I had one was ages ago.

"What's your name?" Antonio say while putting his pen and his notepad in his apron.

"Mia. Nice to meet you" I say. We both shake hands.

"Take care of my boy eh." he laughs and race back to the kitchen as his wife starts calling him to help her and to leave the two of us alone.

''Enjoying your day princess?'' Niall asks.

''Of course. I haven't celebrated my birthday like this ages ago.''

''And there's more to come.'' he laughs. '' I'm going to take you to somewhere after here that you might love.''

This is one of the reasons why I love Niall. He knows what I like, he knows how much I love surprises and he knows that I want this year's birthday to be amazing and one that I won't forget.

Our orders came and I have never tasted such delicious pizza anywhere in my life. Guess, I'll be coming here more often.

''Go and choose a song.'' Niall say pointing to the jukebox as we finish eating.

''Okay. What song should I choose?'' I ask him.

''It's your day. You pick babe.''

I head over to the jukebox. Their is tons of music to choose from and it's so hard to choose because they are all my favourite. I go for This Is What It Takes by Shawn Mendes and press it.

''May I have this dance?'' Niall ask and bows. I take a look around to see if

anyone was watching. Few people were still in the restaurant but I didn't care even if their was lots of people I wouldn't mind right now.

''Of course, you may.'' I smile.

I securely wrap my arms around him and he place his hands on my waist and pulls me closer to him. The music began playing and I couldn't feel anywhere safer. We both danced and danced. We turned, he twirled me around within the music and we moved with every muscle of our bodies. This was the definitely the best part of the day.

''I still got one more place to take you.'' Niall whispers as the song finishes. ''Let's go.'' Niall grabs me from my hand, pay Antonio and we both get in the car. The rain has stopped now and the sun is going down. One more place to go and this day become another memory.