After All This Time [Niall Horan fanfiction]

Those Eyes

As Spencer made her way through the VIP hallway, she couldn't help but feel anxious. She was, after all, about to see the boy who changed her whole life in one brief meeting.

She entered the room with about fifteen or twenty other girls and hurried to snag a chair by the door that the boys would soon be entering through. All the other girls seemed to have come with their best friends or their mothers and as she watched them, she couldn't help but feel a pang of loneliness and longing for the family she left behind.

Just as she was beginning to slip into long forgotten memories, she heard the door open and the level of chatter rise several decibels to and earsplitting scream-fest which could only mean one thing. The boys were here.

As Liam, Harry, Louis, and Zayn entered the room, they were immediately swarmed by almost every girl asking for pictures and autographs. Niall, however, was the last one to enter the room and was left awkwardly standing by himself with only one girl asking for a picture.

Spencer made her way over to him and as she did, he glanced her way as if to see who could possibly be coming over to him. As soon as they made eye contact, all rational thought was thrown out the window. His eyes, those blue-green oceans, made everything around her disappear and it was as if they were the only two in the room.

"Hello love, what's your name?" Niall asked in his thick Irish accent.

"Uhh......oh um, Spencer, Spencer Greene" she stammered.

"Well, it's lovely to meet you Spencer, what can I do for you? Would you like a photo? Perhaps an autograph?"

"Um, yeah that would be great", she said with as much enthusiasm as she could muster.

He didn't remember her, after all she had gone through to see him again, and he thought she was just some average fangirl that only loved him because he was part of One Direction.

"We've actually met before", she stated, hoping it would help jog his memory.

"Oh really, I'm terribly sorry, I meet hundreds of fans at every venue, it becomes impossible to remember every single one" he said apologetically.

"Oh, we didn't meet at a concert; it was three years ago, here in California?"

"Spencer? Oh my god, you've changed so much! When did u change your hair color? No wonder i didn't recognize you," he teased.

"A while ago, long story," she replied.

Niall could sense that it was a tough subject for her to talk about so he left it there. Yet despite his best efforts to respect her privacy, Niall couldn't help but wonder what made this once young, carefree, and outgoing girl become the shy, selfconscious young woman that stood before him today.

However, he quickly recovered and said "Well I would love to hear it sometime, how about over a cup of tea?"

"I would love that," she replied with a smile.

For reasons he could not fathom, her smile had him at a loss for words. The way her eyes went from nervously staring at the ground to timidly meeting his took his breath away.

After an awkward pause, Spencer broke the silence, "So do you want my number or should you give me yours?"

"I don't have my phone on me so i think it would be easier for me to give you mine."

"Alrighty, here," she said while handing him her outdated iPhone 2.

Niall quickly punched in his information and sent himself a text message so he could save her number when they got back to the hotel. As he handed Spencer back her phone she noticed his new name in her contact list, "Niall, your favorite leprechaun". Chuckling to herself Spencer returned the phone to her pocket.

"Nice name," she teased.

"Yeah, what can i say, the ladies love me."

"You wish!"

"Yeah, pretty much....," he said awkwardly.

"Oh Niall, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that," she apologized.

"Its alright, everyone knows I'm not the favorite," he said nonchalantly.

All of the sudden there was a loud clapping noise as the stage manager attempted to gain control of the room. A hard task with just teenage girls, but throw in the most popular boy band in the world into the mix, and you're in for a challenge. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally managed to get them all to quiet down.

"I'm terribly sorry ladies, but its time for the boys to bead back to there bus."

There was a collective groan followed by a chorus of protests. After several hurried goodbyes, the boys left the room and the girls began filing out of the room.

As Spencer entered the parking lot she glanced at her phone, only to discover that it was already well past midnight. She hurried to her car and began the hour drive back to her hotel.

After pulling into the space designated for her room number, Spencer gathered her things and headed to her room. Once inside she took a hot shower and dressed in her favorite hoodie and a pair of comfortable sweats and settled into bed. Upon checking her phone she saw that she had 2 new messages.

From: Niall, your favorite leprechaun

Hope you had fun tonight :) about that cup of tea, how does tomorrow sound?

Wow, she hadn't expected him to text her so soon. After the initial shock wore off, she set about replying.

To: Niall, your favorite leprechaun

Tomorrow sounds great, what time did you want to meet?

Once she hit send she check the other message

From: Your favorite beotch Nicky

OH MY FREAKING GOD SPENCER HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL YOUR BEST FRIEND THAT YOU MET NIALL FREAKING HORAN!?!?!?! Check your twitter right now!

Spencer did as she was told and was shocked to find that Niall had already followed her and even tweeted with a tag.

@NiallOfficial: Cant believe i ran into @SpencySpence tonight! It has been forever and a day! Love the new hair by the way ;)

No. Freaking. Way. She couldn't believe that he had actually tweeted her. With a winky face no less. She set about replying with a smile plastered on her face.

@SpencySpence: It was great to see you too @NiallOfficial and thanx, but i know you miss my sexy red locks ;P

With a sigh of happiness, Spencer put her phone on the charger and was fast asleep before her head even touched the pillow.

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Ok so if you can't tell, this is my first ever fanfic, actually, this is the first time I've actually tried writing a legit story so I hope you enjoy it. The next chapter will start off at Niall's p.o.v.

The was updated on 6/25/13