Torn

Chapter 7

I woke up before Niall that day and I decided to buy breakfast for both of us on Starbucks which I had noticed was located only two minutes from our hotel. I threw on a pair of sweatpants and put up my hair in a messy bun. When I stepped out of the hotel, I understood what a mistake I had made. There were paparazzi everywhere and they started to take pictures of me. I panicked and ran back into the hotel. In the elevator on my way back up to our room I asked myself if I was ready for all this. Was I ready to not have any privacy anymore and not be able to go out and buy breakfast without putting makeup on first? But then I started to think about last night with Niall. It had been magical. It made me realize that I would give up anything for him, even if just to spend another hour with him.

When I got back to the hotel room, Niall was awake. I told him about my morning and he laughed and called me a newbie. He said that he could go and buy us breakfast and a couple of minutes and kisses later he was out the door. My phone went off and I saw that I had gotten a lot of texts and missed calls. I opened the text from my best friend and was kind of nervous if she would be mad. I hadn't told her anything about Niall and she had had to find out about it at the same time as the whole world did. But I had misjudged her. She was understanding as always and only said I had to let her meet the boys and tell her all about Niall. I replied with: "Of course. You're going to love Niall. He's exactly like the guys we always dreamed of when we were younger. He really is Prince Charming."  It felt like a big relief that everyone now knew and that I could talk to my best friend about it. The whole relationship felt more real and I really felt so happy.

Niall got back from Starbucks with breakfast. The minute he walked in the door he put his arms around me and said: "I'm more hungry for you than for breakfast" and started to kiss me roughly.

After a couple of minutes of things that reminded me of yesterday Niall stopped and looked seriously at me and said: "Ashley, I'm so happy about how everything is right now and I don't regret for a second that I told the world about you. But ever since last night my manager has called nonstop and I can't ignore him forever. I have to find out what is going to happen now when I didn't comply with the contract."

"But they can't do anything serious right? I mean you're 19 and Niall Horan. You have to be able to do what you want to with your life", I replied.

"It doesn't work like that. They may kick me out of One Direction, Ashley. I may never be on stage again... But if I could do it all over again I would still choose you. I will always choose you, Ashley..."