LET'S BET (Harry & Niall FF)

chapter 3

NIALLS P.O.V.

I run confused through my whole flat searching for my mobile phone which is belling. My towel, which I attacked around my hips after I took a shower, almost drops away. I finally found my phone in the bathroom under my trousers.

“Niall here”, I say, without looking at the display before to see who called me. “Hey”, I hear a deep voice saying into my ear. It’s Harry. “What’s up?” I go out of the bathroom into my living-room and sit down on the couch. “You never guess who has a date on Friday”, Harry says swanky. “You and Bethany, right?” When I said her name, I remembered that I wanted to text her. “Yes”, I hear Harry happily saying. “So, who do you think is losing the bet?”, he adds. I sigh. “Harry, a date doesn’t mean having sex.” Harry laughs. “I know, but she likes me. Didn’t you notice today?” I nod, although Harry can’t hear me. “She likes you and you’ll just break her heart.” I get angry. I like Bethany and I don’t want her heart to get broken. The saddest thing is that I know Harry will break it and I can’t save her from this. I really like her, maybe just as a friend, I don’t know. I can’t let this happen. But Harry is my best friend since years and I can’t grass on him. This would break our friendship I think. Maybe. Although Bethany is just another girl for him, he would be disappointed about me. And Bethany is just a girl I know less than a day.

“Niall, are you still there?”, I hear Harry screaming into my ear. “Yes. What did you say?” Harry sighs. “We haven’t talked about the price, the winner gets” “What do you want?” I ask bugged. “Your Coldplay CD. The special edition, which you can’t get anymore.”  “Okay” “What about you?”, Harry asks, still in a happy mood. I think about it for a short time and then I’ve got an idea. “I want you to promise me something”, I say to him. Harry sighs. “I want you to promise that you will never hurt a girl again” Harry sighs again, this time louder. “Are you serious?” “Yes” Then we finish this topic and come to another.

**

After Harry and I ended the call, I text Bethany. I don’t actually know what to write.

Hi Bethany. It’s me, Niall. I just want to say that today was really great. Maybe we could meet another time. Just talking, nothing special. Xx

I don’t want Bethany to think I fell in love with her, but I want to meet her again, alone. Without Harry. I want to get to know her better, just as a friend.

I don’t have to wait long for an answer.

Hey. Sure, would be great meeting you again. Maybe this week end? I haven’t planed much, just two things, but I can accommodate you definitely this week end. Just text me when you have an idea of what we could do together.

I am happy that she wants to meet me again too. I’m not sure if I should text her back now, because she said I should text her back when I have an idea for our meeting. But then I decide to text her back, I mean, what could I do wrong?

Great. I don’t know. Where would you like to go?

Bethany didn’t write back this evening. Maybe she fell asleep, because she has school tomorrow. I am not miffed about it.