Make You Believe (Niall Horan Punk)

Chapter 22 - Unchained

*Niall's P.O.V.*

I grabbed my books out of my locker, closing the locker door to see Skye standing there.

"Holy shit" I said, when I saw her, not realizing she was there.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. What did you do this weekend?" She asked. I looked at her for a second, realizing she was trying to be friends again without either of us trying to apologize. Genius.

"I drove down to New York to crash at my Aunt's and I hung out with a friend" I said, tired.

"You look tired" she said as we started to walk to class.

"We went to a party Saturday night and slept in Sunday and hung out there until about ten p.m. before I started to come back"

"Did you get a new tattoo?" She asked, nodding towards the cling wrap on my arm.

"Yeah, my friend is a tattoo artist. His name is Ed. I got this about six p.m. yesterday"

"What did you get?" She asked.

"It's a secret"

"Why is it a secret?"

"I dunno, I just prefer showing people over trying to describe it"

"That's understandable. Why didn't you just stay home today if you were driving most of the night?" She asked.

"Because my dad said I could go hang out in New York this weekend if I'm in school Monday. If I'm not, I can't go back until we have a school vacation" I explained.

"Oh, speaking of vacations, guess what holiday is coming up!"

"Thanksgiving. Even though I'm not American, my dad and I celebrate it because of all of the food. It's one of my favorite holidays" I told her, she laughed in response.

"Are we still gonna hang out this weekend or are you gonna hang out with Ed?"

"I'm not sure yet. I'll probably just hang out here with you"

"Just hang out with me? What, am I not good enough to hang out you? You'll have to settle on hanging out with me?" She joked.

"Yup" I said, popping the 'p' "exactly"

"Well maybe you're not good enough to hang out with me" she crossed her arms.

"We all know that isn't true. You're lucky to hang out with a stud muffin like me" I joked, continuing to play along.

"Fine Mr. Stud Muffin, since you think you're so much better than me, you can find someone else to hang out with" she said, saying Mr. Stud Muffin in a mocking tone.

"It will be easier for me to find someone to hang out with than it will be for you" I joked.

"That's actually true" she said seriously.

"No, it's not"

"Yes, it is"

"No, it's not"

"Yeah, it kind of is, thanks to Alicia" she said. I felt myself go stiff at the sound of Alicia's name. "Well, this is my class. See ya later" she said, leaving for her class.

"See ya"

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Saturday morning I went to Skye's apartment, like we planned, and I knocked on the door.

She opened the door and invited me in.

"Mom, this is Niall. Niall, this is my mom" she introduced.

"Hi Miss O'Sullivan" I greeted.

"Hello Niall" she replied. She didn't appear to judge me based on my tattoos, something that everybody else tends to do.

"Do you need any help?" Skye asked her mom, who was preparing a feast as fast as she could.

"No, thanks. You two have fun" she said, continuing.

"Why are you cooking?" I asked.

"I'm cooking for one of my friends' bridal shower" she said.

"We're gonna hang out" Skye said, walking towards her room. I started to follow her when her mom stopped us.

"You guys can hang out in here" she said. I could tell she was telling us instead of suggesting because she didn't want a repeat of last summer.

"Alright" we said, sitting down on the couch.

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After a while, my dad text me to come home because my mum wanted to take Greg and I out to dinner.

Skye's mom had left about thirty minutes ago for her friend's bridal shower.

I got up and Skye and I walked towards the door.

"See ya Monday" I told her.

"See ya Monday" she replied.

I leaned over and kissed her cheek. As I pulled back, I realized what I had done and started blushing.

"Sorry, I don't know why I did that" I apologized.

"It's fine" she blushed.

"Well, I'll see you later"

"Yeah, bye" she said before I left.
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(A/N)

Haven't had Niall's P.O.V. for a while. (not counting chapter 21)

💋 -TVo