Save My Life ~ N.H

7. Hits Different

I check how I look in the mirror of the club. I'm wearing a two piece sparkly pink outfit. Besides my makeup being a little smudged, I look great. But I don't feel great.

"Diana? You in here?" Andrea asks, walking in the bathroom. "There you are. What's up?"

"I just needed a break from the noise." I can still hear music booming.

"You sure you're okay? You haven't been yourself the past few days."

"I think I'm just a little sad because the movie is over. It was fun."

That's not the real reason. It's Niall. I don't know why it's not easy to move on from him. It's not like we were together. I just can't get him off my mind.

Was I too hard on him? Probably not, he has a girlfriend. I know I did the right thing. But the thought of him with someone else makes me sick.

"Ready to go back out there?" Andrea asks and I nod.

As soon as I step out of the bathroom I recognize Slow Hands playing. I swear this song follows me around.

"It's Niall." I say.

"Yeah I know, Sherlock." Andrea laughs.

"I can't hear this right now. I miss him. I'm so confused."

"What?" Andrea turns to me.

"Did I say that out loud?"

"Diana, what's going on with Niall?"

I may have not mentioned any of this to her. I kind of just have been laying around for the past week until Andrea forced me to go to the club.

"I found out he has a girlfriend but he was flirting with me at the premiere I think and then I was so mean to him and-" I spill the whole story to her, slurring my words.

"Okay you're drunk. I need to get you home."

"I wish Niall could take me home."

"Stop talking Diana. You'll embarrass yourself."

Andrea helps me into her car and drives to the apartment.

~

I wake up with an awful headache. I check the time. It's 1pm.

"You're up. Here's an Advil." Andrea says and walks over with water.

"What happened?"

"Nothing much. You just got too drunk so I drove you home. And I was tired so I slept on the couch." She pauses. "Oh yeah, you told me everything about Niall." She smirks.

"What's funny about it?" I ask.

"Nothing! Just the way you said it. You really spilled out all your feelings. I don't know how you got that drunk from 2 drinks."

"Oh god."

"You should probably talk to him. There seems to be a lot of unfinished business there."

"I just don't know why I'm hurting so much because of it. We only saw each other 3 times. Also sorry for ruining your night at the club." I say.

"It's fine. Your sadness made it a little hard to enjoy anyway."

"Can we walk to Starbucks? I need fresh air."

~

While we're walking I get a call from Katie.

"Hey Diana I was just wondering what the Netflix password was because there's this new show and this actor looks so hot so I need-"

"Katie you're on speaker phone right now." I laugh.

"Oh shoot who's there. It's not Niall I hope. Tell him he's hotter than the actor I was talking about."

"It's not Niall." Andrea butts in. "It's Andrea. I was in the movie."

"Ok cool. When can I meet Niall though?" Katie asks.

"Your sister is actually being difficult." Andrea says, taking the phone from me. "She kinda yelled at him and left in standing in the rain the other day."

"Diana why would you do that? You know what- it doesn't matter. Niall Horan could rub me over with a train and I would thank him."

Andrea laughs. "I like her." She says to me.

"Wait till you have to live with her for 20 years." I say, rolling my eyes.

"Hey I can hear you!" Katie yells.

"Okay bye Katie." I say.

"Wait what about the Netflix-" I hang up.

Andrea and I arrive at Starbucks and sit down.

"So enough about me." I say. "What's been going on with your love life?" I raise my eyebrows.

"There's the old Diana I know. But unfortunately I don't have anything to update you on. Life has been boring. And my standards are higher ever since you met a former One Direction member."

"Hey don't turn the attention back to me. I don't wanna think about him."

Andreas eyes go wide.

"Umm don't look behind you." She says.

I already know what's coming. I turn around and there he is.

"Diana." His voice is stern. "Can I please talk to you?" Please." He looks up and notices Andrea. "Oh wait. Sorry if I'm interrupting you."

Andrea jumps out of her seat. "No! Not at all! I was about to leave, so she's all yours. Great to meet you by the way!" She runs out.

Thanks Andrea.

Niall reluctantly sits down. "So it's okay if we talk?"

"Alright, explain."

~

Thank you for reading! I hope you're enjoying! I just wanted to tell you guys something. As you know every chapter is named after a song, so I made a playlist with every song so far! Not every lyric applies to this story, but I thought it would be fun to make!

If you want to give it a listen here's the link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EVKKX6Ut20EQerP8aI0Lx?si=wfAJibM5RfOe5y_VOJMHBg