Niall is on christmas vacation with his family so they are all gathered at the airport. There is an announcement that the boarding is about to start for their flight so they rush to the gate. The queue is extremely long and there are difficulties with the bus as there aren't enough to fit all the people and one of them fails to start. When they finally get onto the plane Niall looks for his seat.
He quickly finds it but there's a young woman sitting in the aisle seat so he politely asks "Hello! Excuse me but I need to get through!" "Oh, yeah, sorry!", she answers and stands up quickly and lets him through. "I'm Niall! By the way.", he introduces himself. "Talia!", she kindly responses shaking his hand.
"Nice to meet ya!", he says. "Nice to meet you, too!" The flight takes off a little while later and the two of them take out their headphones and turn on music. Talia gets a book out of her bag and reads for the entire flight while Niall takes out a notebook and scribbles some lyrics on it. Throughout the entire flight they barely talk and when they arrive they loose sight of eachother.
Niall and his family arrive at the hotel and when they get to the register there is a problem. "Hello there! We booked three rooms uder the name Horan?", Niall's mum says and the man behind the desk starts typing into his computer. "Uhm, I only have two rooms here..." "That isn't possible, wait, I'll look for the conformation email!", his mum replys and looks through her emails. She finds it and shows it to him but he still can't find the third room.
All of a sudden Talia walks up to the register beside them. "Oh, hey! Niall, right?" "Yeah! What are you doing here, Talia?" "I'm here with my parents! As are you as I can see!" "Christmas holidays?" "Yes! Hello! We booked two rooms...", she replys the first part to Niall and then turns to the lady behind the computer. "Yes, got you right here! Here you go, just go up to the fourth floor with the lift and your rooms are the first two to the left! If you have any further questions just ask. Have a great stay!", the lady replys handing her the keys.
"Sorry, I still can't find the room...", the guy appologises and Talia overhears it and turns towards them. "Uhm, I don't like eavesdropping but I just heard you're missing a room?", she asks and Niall nods. "Yeah, there's some kind of problem with our booking..." "Well, I'm in a double bedroom on my own so if you like, one of you's could share?", she replys .asking it sound like a question. "Would that really be alright with you?" "Yeah, sure, why not?" "Ok, then it's settled! Niall, you share a room with..." "Talia!", she interupts Niall's mum. "Yes, with Talia! Greg, you two get one of the rooms and the two of us get the other room! Thanks again, honey!", she continues explaining to everyone.
They go into their rooms and when Niall and Talia get to theirs they notice it's a king-sized bed but figure, that it will still be big enough for the two of them without them lying ontop of eachother. Each of them put their bags down and sort their clothes into the closet. Niall immediately leaves the room again to go meet his parents and brother downstairs in the lobby. They go for dinner and when they get back go up to his parents room to play a boardgame.
At about eleven thirty Niall goes back to his room and sees Talia sleeping already. He takes off his clothes and puts on his pyjamas. Then he gets into bed and stays on the left side of the bed as Talia is lying on the right side. The next morning he wakes up and sees Talia walking out of the bathroom. "Do you mind if I hop in the shower?", Niall asks when he gets out of bed. "Sure! I was just gonna go downstairs for breakfast anyway!", she starts and then notices Niall's pyjamas and adds "Oh god! What are you wearing?" "My mum got it for me!", he laughs a little ashamed of the christmas onesie he's wearing.
Niall hops in the shower and when he comes out of the bathroom shirtless Talia walks back through the door. "Oh, sorry!", Niall says pulling his tshirt on! "No need to be ashamed! Do you train much?" "Go to the gym a few times a week..." "I can see, well, could see, from the two seconds I saw you without tshirt!", she laughs. "Thanks, I guess!", Niall replys laughing aswell. For the rest of the day they barely see eachother again like the day before.
In the evening the two of them spend some time together and get to know eachother a little more. "So, where are you from?" "Mullingar! You?" "Dublin, right in the city centre!" "Cool! What are your hobbies? I would say reading?" "Well, if you count that as hobby then yes! I love reading! I also really like dancing and have dance class three times a week!" "That sounds like fun!" "It really is! What are yours?" "I play the guitare and piano. And I kinda started scribling down some lyrics about a year ago but they're no good." "I bet they are! Can I see them?" "I guess...", he answers looking for his notebook.
"These are really good!" "You don't have to say that!" "They are! They really are!" "Thanks!" Talia slowly gets uncomfortable which is why she rushes to the bathroom and puts on some shorts and a baggy tshirt. When she comes back out Niall is sitting there shirtless. They continue talking and at about twelve they decide to lie down in bed. Niall turns off the light and joins Talia under the covers. "Isn't it so weird to be in a warm place over christmas?", she asks placing her leg above the blanket and turning towards Niall. "It really is! At home I'd be freezing with like five layers and I'm sweating here in my sweatpants when I'm not wearing a tshirt!", he answers turning to look back at Talia.
They stare eachother in the eye for a while but can barely see that they are. A little while later Niall feels extremely tired. "Think I'm gonna try sleep now! Good night, Talia!" "Good night, Niall!" Niall falls asleep within two minutes and starts snoring which makes Talia giggle. Over the next few days they get to know eachother very well and exchange numbers when Niall and his family leave the hotel on the twenty-ninth of december. "It was great getting to know you!" "Same here! Have a good flight home!" "You, too, when you fly next week! I'll text you when we arrive at home!" "Thanks! And thanks again for sharing your room!" The two of them hug. "Absolutely no problem! Promise me to not give up on your songwriting, though! It really is good!" "I won't! Bye!" "Bye, Talia!"
