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Chapter 5: I'm Sorry

~Harry~

I opened the door and looked into her blue eyes. She made eye contact with me and my knees grew weak. "Harry? What are you doing here?" Niall asked. "You told me I could come by, if I wanted to. And I was bored." I shrugged walking up to the counter. "Hi, I'm Ella." She said holding out her hand. I shook it. "And I'm Harry." I smiled at her and she smiled back. Niall stared at me, I could see him in the corner of my eye.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." I said. "Nope." Niall said sitting down on the stool. "I'll be right back." Ella said before heading in the back. "You were bored, eh?" Niall asked. "Yeah, kind of. But I really wanted to meet Ella." I shrugged. "Course ya did." Niall mumbled. "Listen, if you want me to leave. I'll go. I don't want to intrude anything." I said. "Harry, that's what you came here to do. Don't think I'm that stupid." Niall said.

"You don't have to get defensive about it, lad. I just wanted-" I started to say but he interrupted. "I know, Harry. Stay, whatever." He snapped. I sighed. I didn't mean to hurt his feelings about coming here. Like I said, I just wanted to meet Ella. Ok, I have to admit, a part of me wanted to come so Ella would like me.. Maybe more than Niall. Niall didn't make eye contact with me.

Ella entered the room again. She sat behind the counter again. She looked from me to Niall then back to me. "Is everything alright?" She asked. "Yeah, everything's fine." I said a little to quickly. She nodded slowly, I knew she didn't believe me. "Are you sure?" She looked at Niall who had his head down. "Niall..?" She said placing a hand on his shoulder. "I need to go. Have fun Harry." Niall said getting up

quickly and walking out the door.

"Did I do something?" Ella asked. "No, I did." I said scratching my head. She looked at me confused. "He really likes you Ella. A lot." I mumbled. "Really?" She asked shocked. "Yeah, and I thought if maybe I came here. You would be distracted by me. And like me." I said quietly. "Oh." She whispered. "I have to find him. I'll see you around?" I said. She smiled and nodded. "Yeah." I smiled at her and walked out the door to find Niall.

I ran in the direction I saw Niall walk in. I started pushing through people to find him. Honestly, I felt terrible for doing this now. I didn't mean to make him leave, I just wanted to see Ella. I ran back to the house and walked through the front door. Niall was sitting on the couch with a blanket pulled up to his neck. "Niall-" I started to say but stopped. He looked up at me and his eyes were red and he had tear stains on his cheeks.

I made him cry. I made Niall cry. "I'm so sorry." I whispered sitting next to him. Niall just shook his head. "Why'd you leave?" He mumbled. "I want to make sure you were ok." I said. "And why would you care about my feelings." He said. "Niall, I know coming there was wrong. I thought Ella would like me more than you. I just- I like her too." I mumbled. "What? You probably had said 2 words to her. You don't know anything about Ella." He said.

"I know, it's just-" He stopped me. "I know I told you to come, but I didn't really think you were going to. Harry.." He paused. I looked at him. "I've never felt this way about anyone before, anyone. She's just so special. I feel like she's gonna fall in love with you not me." He whispered. "Why?" I asked. "You always get the girls. The girls always throw themselves at you. Me, they reject me. Ella, I think she may like me back." He said.

"Niall, I didn't know." I said. "I'm sorry. Go back." I said. "What?" He asked. "I'm staying here. You go win over Ella." I smiled at him. He shook his head. "She was really disappointed when you left." I said. "She was?" He smiled. I nodded. "Ok, I'll be back later." He said getting up. He opened the door. "Niall..?" I said standing up. He looked over to my way. "I'm sorry." I said. "It's fine Harry." He said. I nodded and he walked out the door.

I flopped down back on the couch. I took a deep breath. I didn't know Niall felt that way. I felt bad now. When he said that I get all the girls and no one wants him. I felt horrible. He thinks he's useless. I just hope Ella likes him as much as he likes her. I couldn't bare to see Niall heartbroken.

~Ella~

"Ella! Two guys like you at once! That's a big step for you!" Jane said excitedly. "Shut up, Jane." I said annoyed. I hated when she teased me about boys. "Sorry." She said sarcastically. "Why do you get so offensive about it?" She asked. I didn't reply. I didn't know what to say. "Ella..?" "I don't know." I said quickly. "El, do you want to talk about anything?" She asked.

"No, I just-, I need to go home." I said grabbing my bag. "What did I do now?" She asked. "Nothing. I just don't feel good." I shrugged. I walked out the door and ran into Niall. "Hey." He smiled. "Hi." I said fixing my bag on my arm. "Where are you going?" He asked. "Oh, I'm going home." I said. He nodded sadly. "Before you go.. Do you want to get some lunch?" He asked.

"Actually, I'm not feeling very well." I lied feeling terrible. "Pleaseee." He begged. "Fine. But I'm paying." I laughed. "No, I am." He said. "Nuh-uh." I said, he rolled his eyes and grabbed my hand. I smiled to myself and we started walking down the street. We stopped at a little café and sat down in a little booth. Niall just smiled at me and I blushed. "You blush a lot." He laughed. "I'm not used to all this attention." I said.

"How can a girl that looks like you not get attention." He said. I bit my lip trying to think of something. "Uh, I'm shy at school. Don't have a lot of friends." I shrugged. I didn't fully lie, I am shy at school. He nodded taking a sip out of his drink. I looked out the window. I saw my dad crossing the street. He started coming close to the café. "S***." I whispered. I put on my sunglasses and pulled my beanie farther eover my head.

"What are you doing?" Niall asked. "My dads in here." I whispered. "So?" He said. "He thinks I'm at work. And.. Uh he's protective..?" I mumbled the last part. "Oh, well. I'll ho get the check." He said standing up. "No, wait until he leaves." I said pulling him back down. My dad looked around the place then looked straight at me. I put my head down trying to look like I wasn't staring. I looked back up and he walked out the door.

"Thank god." I whispered.

"Can I go get the check now?" He asked.

I nodded taking off my sunglasses.

Niall got the check and I slumped down.

"Niall?" I said as he sat down.

"Yeah?"

"Promise me if you ever see my dad around don't talk to him or do anything. Just leave or walk away, ok?" I said.

"Why-?"

"Just promise."

"Ok, I promise."

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Authors Note:

Hellooo, can we get to over 230 reads by the next chapter? I hoped you liked it! More is coming!!!

~Sam