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c h a p t e r || 11

Chapter eleven.

"What are you doing tonight?" Gina asks over the phone.

"Ehm... I'm going out" I say quietly.

"Really? With who...? No! With Niall?" she figures out before I can answer. "I knew leaving you two alone would be a success!"

"Hah, yeah, I wanted to kill you at first. It was so intense!"

We talk for a bit longer before I have to hang up to get ready. Molly had given me the night off, happy that I had plans.

I jump into the shower and quickly shave away the tiny stub on my legs before hoping into a pair of black jeans. With that I wear a red and black plaid shirt and a tube scarf.

I put on a little makeup and grab my wallet, keys and phone and head downstairs.

"Molly, I'm going now" I say and she meets me in the hallway.

"Can I talk to you about something before you go?" she asks when I put my jacket on and I nod. "Well, Ben heard you the other night when you got home, and he thought it was a bit late. So... what I'm asking is that you maybe don't do that... anymore?" she seems nervous and I feel my cheeks burn up.

"Yeah-yeah. Of course. I'm so sorry. Gina called me and wanted me come out, I didn't know we were going to be outside that long..." I ramble on and she holds her hand up to make me stop.

"No, it's fine. But don't let it be a habit!" she smiles.

I nod, tell her goodbye and walk out. Niall is parked outside the street and I hurry into the car.

"Hi!" I smile.

"Hi, there. You look great!"

"Thanks... you too! So, where are we going?"

"I was thinking somewhere to eat?"

I nod my head and watching the streets pass by. After about fifteen minutes we stop by a small diner. It is a bit outside of town and it lies on a hill with a view of the whole city. The sun is set on the ocean and it is one of the most beautiful view I ever seen.

Niall opens door for me we settle down in a booth. A waitress comes over and takes our orders and we soon get our cokes.

"So... you want to play twenty questions?"

"Sure" I laugh. "I start... Hmm. What's your favorite animal?"

"Cheetah, how are you?"

I laugh. "That's not exactly what I expected... but I'm fine!"

"Well, it's a question" he winks at me and I almost blush.

Why does he have to make me feel like this? I have never really been in love with anyone before, except Orlando Bloom, ha-ha. We play the remaining questions, and even though I am quiet curious about Niall's life, I don't want to be too sneaky. He seems to be a guy who is very secret about his life so I try to ask the simplest questions.

The food is delicious, I'm eating a classic 'Italian lasagna' and Niall orders hamburger.

"Wow, this was amazing!" I lean back in the leather seat. "You got three questions left"

"I save them for later" he smiles.

Oh, his pearly white teeth makes you want to curl up and die.

We sit there for another moment before I look at the clock. It's eight at night. I don't want to be in more trouble with Mr. Wood than I already am so I should probably tell Niall that I have to go.  
I don't want to be a total geek, but I want to stay in New York!

"We should probably get going..."

"Already? Okay..."

"It's just that I told Molly to be back by nine" I'm telling a white lie, that's okay right?

He nods, and put his jacket on and I do so as well. We have a little fight about the payment by the desk and the cashier look confused between us. Niall wants to pay for my food as well, but I say that he doesn't have to. It ends up with me giving up.

"Thanks, but you didn't have to do that" I say when we get into the car.

"Well, I wanted to. I asked you out, right?"

"Ugh, fine. .." I feel defeated, which I am. "Let me pay the next time then?"

"Hmm... Let me think about it" he winks and I point my tongue out at him. This day had been really nice, and it's all thanks to Niall Horan. Who would have thought that?

SO SO SO SORRRY FOR BEING SO LATE WITH AN UPDATE. I MOVED AND I DON'T HAVE INTERNET WHERE I LIVE YET. HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE ME! ;-)
LOTS OF LOVE <3
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