Torn

Chapter 13

The next morning I woke up with a slight headache. I slowly got up but just to fall back into my bed again. I found myself thinking about last night. Niall's sweet touch and the way he looked at me at the club came up but so did Harry's face. The dimples when he smiled and the way he pushed back his curls. Laying there dreaming back to the confusing night of yesterday my mom suddenly called on me from downstairs. "Niall is here! Come down and eat breakfast with us!"

I quickly got out of bed which made me a bit dizzy but I managed to stay on my feet this time. First when I was standing in front of the mirror I realized that I still had last night's dress on. I quickly got out off it and changed into some sweatpants. As I slowly walked down the stairs I could hear Niall and my mom laugh and talk from the kitchen. My mom absolutely adored Niall. They had gotten along great ever since the first time they met.

When Niall saw me at the door, his face shone up.  "Good morning, love, your mum and I have made pancakes."

I smiled in reply and sat down on the chair next to Niall. I took his hand in mine and felt the warmth of his skin.

"Ash, how did you get home last night? Louis was so determined to drive me home straight away I didn't get a chance to ask him to drive you as well", Niall asked and bent forward to kiss my cheek.

"I took a cab not so long after you had left."

I could hear my own voice saying the words but I didn't understand what I was saying. I lied but I didn't know why. Harry and I hadn't done anything wrong last night. Despite that I couldn't bring myself to tell Niall. But I don't think I was protecting him. I think I was protecting myself from what I was feeling. I was confused and not ready to deal with it yet. I just wanted everything to go back to normal.

After breakfast Niall and I decided to watch a movie up in my room. When I laid there in Niall's arms my phone went off. I crawled out of bed and found my phone on the desk. It was a text message from Harry: "How are you feeling today? Had a lot of fun yesterday."  Before I had time to reply I felt Niall's strong hands grabbing my waist. He lifted me up and kissed me hard making me drop my phone to the floor. He threw me down on the bed and started to kiss me all over my body, making me forget all about Harry. But just for the moment...