out of the blue / n.h

Chapter 81

"Hi, Denise?" The blonde girl asks, she looks really pretty.

"Hey, Alice, is Maura around?" Alice. . . what is she doing here?

"Oh, no, she went to the grocery store just a minute ago. And, this must be. . ." She points to me.

"Melanie." I inform her, her eyes become bigger by the second and she suddenly sends me a smile.

"Well, I'm going to Judith's house with Theo, then. Do you want to come?" Denise asks, turning the stroller around.

"Melanie should stay here a bit with me, Niall mentioned you the other day." Her voice becomes a little more quiet.

"Well, if you're looking for me, I'll be right next door." Denise points to the house next to Maura's. I nod and follow Alice in. A sudden Niall-ish scent fills my entire nostrils as I walk into the room, oh how much I miss him right now. I can't stop sniffing like a dog. The house is decent looking. It's not too fancy but, decent. Alice leads me to the kitchen as she serves me toast and milk.

"Thank you." I smile at her then she takes a seat in front of me.

"So, you're staying at Denise's for a while now, yeah?" She asks in her own Irish accent. I think I'm getting used to it now.

"No, at Bob's actually." I chuckle. "He invited me over, so, I thought that I should come." I shrug.

"Wow, you guys bond? Really cool." Alice smiles, she looks pretty my self esteem is decreasing. "So, you're Niall's ex-girlfriend." She asks for like informing.

"We, kind of, broke up." I rest my head on my palm, propping it with my elbow. "What about you? Are you, like, securing the house while they're gone?" I raise my brows.

"Uh, no. I live here."

"You what?"

"For a while, until my parents back from their trip." She nods.

"Oh," I nod.

"I'm—Niall's girlfriend." She adds. My heart stops. I dart my eyes to the door and shake my head.

"I'm sorry, Alice. I—I have to go." My voice shatters as I quickly head to the door.

"Wait, it's okay." Alice stands up, keeping up with my pace. "Melanie, it'—"

I close the front door behind me and walk to the pavement, holding the urge to cry as I see Denise inside, talking to another new born baby with Theo and a woman whose supposed to be Judith. I don't want to intrude them, so I just walk to the park next to the house. I sit on the swing and lightly stirring it with my foot.

A girlfriend? Why? Why would he do this to me? How am I going to get him back into my arms if he has a girlfriend? I'm no longer a thing for him. It was a mistake to go here, anyway. I let a tear fall from my eyes. Why the fuck do I have to cry all the time?

NIALL HORAN

I play the song on repeat as I scroll picture to picture of selfies Melanie and I took. "Don't waste your time on me, you already the voice inside my head. I miss you, I miss you. . ." I sing my heart out as I strum the guitar. I let my eyes glossy as I think of her. The way she sings and smiles and. . . Fuck, I need a break.

 I get out of bed and take a shower since I hadn't taken a shower. I get dress up and dial Anthony.

"Niall! Finally you're alive!" He screams throughout his hoarse voice.

"I'll be there, tell the lads." I hang up quickly and grab my car keys. I drive through the familiar neighborhood as I park my car in front of the pub. I open the steel door to see Anthony and my other old friends.

"Niall! Oh my God, I miss you buddy!" Brand wraps his arm around my neck and leads me to my old friends as they cheer all along by my presence. "Come on! Have some shots!" I take a gulp of the guilty pleasure as I take countless shot glasses into my throat.

"Hey, Niall." Alice greets me and takes a seat beside me. It's still cold and she dresses like a hooker.

"Yeah." I groan.

"Since we are living in the same house, I think you need a ride home." She teasingly offers.

"I drive with myself." I say, taking a sip of another vodka.

"You're not going to drive when you're this drunk." She massages my shoulder with her hand. I want to jerk away but I don't really care right now. I groan and stand up on my foot.

"Just, take me home, now." I walk in my best lazy way as I wave my friends that are playing cards and pool game. I punch the keys and the car lits up by the lights. Alice drives the car to my house and I groan at how damned I am right now for drinking too much. I walk to my bed and throw myself on my bed as Alice sits next to me, giggling. "What."

"Nothing, you look cute when you're drunk. You're all red." She lays next to me and then she leans in closer and crush her lips on mine. No, not again. What if Melanie sees this.

"What if Melanie sees us, she will be mad at me." I whine.

"She's in America." Alice sits up as she strips her hooker dress off of her. I don't have the intention of having sex with her. I only want Melanie and Melanie always. She leans in and sits on my body as she kisses my whole fucking face, I close my eyes and picture Melanie. I kiss her back but there are still no sparks and Alice's lips are too thin that it doesn't feel intimidating.

"Melanie. . ." I moan her name.

"It's Alice, Niall. . ." She says as she starts to unzip my pants. I sit up and stand on my feet. The thought of having sex with Alice sickening me. Let alone, to know that she's now the slut of the gang. I zip my pants up and walk out of the room. "Niall! Where are you going?"

"Out!" I shout at her and walk out of the house. I decide to sleep in my dad's since he's in town but then my phone rings. "Hello."

"Niall," Anthony answers. "come over to my house. Me and the lads are here!" He says, still drunk.

"Okay." I turn the wheels around to Anthony's house and decide to sleep there.