Our Summer of Direction

Chapter Twelve

Emilea's  POV from the carnival night

I frown when Niall follows Katie out of my room, but shake it off as Louis grabs my hand and practically drags me out of my own house.

“What car are you riding in?” Liam asks climbing into his car.

“Katie’s car.” I say jumping into the backseat while Harry claims shotgun. When we get to the carnival Harry and Liam squabble over who is paying and Niall asks if I want to go on a couple roller coasters. Liam beats him and I nod. One of the groups suggest we split up and I see Katie start begging Harry for a ride on a coaster. I laugh and Niall looks at me questioningly.

“Harry hates roller coasters and they are Katie’s favorite thing ever.” I giggle noticing the irony.

“That poor boy; he will submit so easily.” Niall says leading me over to a ride. We ride on 4 roller coasters before a fangirl notices Niall.

“OMG!!! NIALL!!! I love you!” She screams drawing a crowd around us. I try to be patient until girls start asking for kisses.

“This is the part where I step in.” I say before Niall can say yes or no.

“Back off; I saw him first.” The girl who asked for a kiss says.

“You know what?” I say stepping a step closer to her. Niall grabs my waist and pulls me back closer to him.

“Em, don’t.” He warns.

“You’re right Niall. I won’t beat her. I’ll do this instead.” I say turning quickly and hooking my arms around Niall’s neck. I pull his mouth to mine and I hear the Barbie fangirl gasp angrily. Niall doesn’t seem to notice or care because he wraps his arms around my waist letting me kiss him better. When we pull back I see that we are finally alone again.

“So, wanna go on another roller coaster?” I ask blushing. Niall nods and we go ride another roller coaster without touching. I get a text later saying that I have to take Katie’s car home since I have the keys.

“Everyone is leaving do you want to go?” I ask after reading the text again.

“Sure.” Niall says awkwardly. We have been awkward for the whole night since I kissed him and blew it off as nothing.

“Do you want me to drive you to your house?” I ask when we get in the car.

“Nah, Let’s go to a pub.” Niall says reclining his seat. I don’t question what he says and drive to the nearest pub. They don’t bother checking my ID and Niall and I walk in. He buys me a beer and himself one too.

“Do they sell HOOCH here?” I ask with a smile. Niall nods and orders two of those as well. We drink the beer first and end up ordering a couple more and I can feel my head getting fuzzy but I still drink the HOOCH not wanting to seem like a pansy. When I start slurring my words Niall laughs and starts screaming “NO MORE HOOCH FOR YOU!!” at the top of his lungs over and over again.

“Can I call you two a cab?” The bouncer asks when we get outside after our drinks. I nod and give him my address. The bouncer calls us a cab and gives the man the address. When we end up there I don’t really think of the fact I will have to get Katie’s car in the morning. I get out of the cab and walk over to my house. Niall and I stumble more than anything. Niall looks at me questioningly when I don’t go to the front door and instead start scaling the tree. I don’t respond and Niall follows me up even making it to my windowsill. The moment I get inside and Niall is too I start making up my bed for sleeping. Niall comes up and grabs me giving me a kiss.

“I like you.” He slurs kissing me again. I smile even though I know he is incredibly drunk. I hand him a pillow and blanket and he grabs every stuffed animal out of my closet. I almost yell at him when he grabs Mr. Bear but let it go and fall onto my bed passing out.