Niall's Neighbor

Chapter 1

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Kieran's POV

It was a nice winter day, one of those days were it's not too cold but not hot. I was lying in bed, scrolling through my Instagram, when I got the bright idea to put up my Christmas lights. I jumped out of bed, and hopped downstairs into the garage, where I searched through the pile of boxes. As soon as I found the one titled "Holiday" I picked it up and carried it outside.

As I started hanging up the decorations, I noticed my neighbor come outside to start fixing his truck. He looked up at me and smiled, so I waved at him. I continued to put the decorations up, which included me stringing up the white and blue lights, and setting up the light-up reindeer in the front yard. I glanced over at the guy, who seemed to be having troubles fixing the truck.

"Do you need help with that?" I asked politely.

He looked over at me. "Uhh, sure?" He looked at me confused. I then noticed he had some sort of accent.

I walked over to the truck and looked at the engine. I evaluated it for a minute and noticed the problem.

"Your engine is rusty. " I stated. "Do you have any soda? Preferably coke?"

"Yea, ill go get it," he said before running inside of his house. It took me a second to understand that he was Irish.

He came back with the pop in his hand. He handed it to me, and I took the handkerchief and poured some soda on it. I started scrubbing the rust off of the engine.

"Wow, I didn't really expect that to work," he told me after I was finished.

"Haha, my friend is a mechanic, so he taught me how to do that," I giggled.

"Thanks. I'm Niall, by the way," he put his hand up, waiting for me to shake it.

"Kieran. Nice to meet you, Niall!" I exclaimed. Man, was he cute.

"Hey, do you mind helping me hang up my lights? You did a great job on yours."

"Sure, it's no problem. I can't stay long, though. I have to work in a few hours." I explained pushing my hair behind my ears.

"That's alright! Uhh, let me go get the lights. You're welcome to come inside if you'd like,"

"Okay," I said walking towards the door.

About an hour later, we had finished the lights on the lawn, and were about to start stringing the lights for the roof. I climbed the ladder, and started hanging them up. I had gotten most of it up, but I was having difficulty with one part. I stood up on my tiptoes to get a better reach,but I ended up falling through the air. As I thought I was about to hit the ground, I felt a pair of strong arms wrap around me. I glanced up, to see Niall standing there with his lips lingering just above mine.

A car honk startled me, and I ended up jumping out of Niall and falling on the ground. I looked up to see where the noise came from, and I saw my boyfriends car sitting in my driveway. My breath hitched, and I got up and walked towards the car. I waved goodbye to Niall and got into the car.

"Hey babe!" I exclaimed. But when I looked to see his face, I saw his eyes burning with anger.

"Who the fuck was that, Kieran?" He spat.

"Relax, he's just my neighbor. I was helping him put up his lights," I explained.

"Really, because it looked like he was about to fucking kiss you!" He retorted.

"Did you not see me fall off of the ladder? Why the hell do you think I'm trying to fucking cheat on you, Jacob? Can't you just trust me!?" I shouted in his face.