One (Niall Horan FanFiction)

Chapter 6: Explanations

Maggie Morgan

The drive home is so long. My goodness, in what corner of London is that mansion situated huh? Its been hours since I left Niall's house but I guess I'm not halfway to my apartment.

I know that as soon as I get home I need to tell aunt Nans all the details of what happened to me last night. Then we'll have this heart to heart talk, her, saying its okay to be broken sometimes, maybe he is right that we're not really meant for each other, and it is good that we already learned that before its too late, blah blah blah.

Aunt Nancy is not really my aunt. She's my officemate in the first company I worked when I moved here in London 3 years ago. We really went together well, me calling her 'Aunt Nans' in the office, and she's really fond of me. I, being a "very kind child willing to work for my family even though it means far away from them and being all alone here in London" as she always say before, showing her symphaty towards me.

So we decided to move together in the same apartment, since she is also not a native London girl. She's an Irish, she moved here because just like me, Aunt Nans has a dream that she knew she can only fulfill once she get here. She experienced a lot of things in her more than 20 years of stay here, so even though she didn't find a man and have her own family, she can say that she already lived her dream. Sometimes she would even say "Having you here with me is more than enough to say I have a family."

The cab stopped. Finally, I'm home.

"Aunt Nans, I'm home!" I said as I open the door of our apartment.

"Maggie! Maggie my dear, what happened to you last night? Are you alright? What happened? Tell me!" she came running from the kitchen as soon as she heard me enter the living room and hugged me so tight then checked all over me.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine, don't worry about me." I said as I drop myself on the sofa.

"Oh my goodness, what happened to your hair? Why it is so messy? Have you forgotten to comb your hair?"

So she noticed it. That's the thing with her, she'll brag about everything even the tiniest detail. Even the facial muscle movements when she's talking to someone, sometimes she makes something out of it.

"Uhm, at my friends house," I lied "uhm, I went for a shower and I haven't seen the label of the bottles, so I accidentally used the body scrub for my hair."

"Who's this friend of yours? Where do she lives? Why it took you so long to come home? You called at 10:42 am and it's already 12:36 pm."

See, she notice everything.

"Erm, uhm..." am I going to say that I stayed at the house of Niall Horan of One Direction last night? That Joey broke up with me last week and reality just hit me last night so I went drunk.

No. Yes. I mean no, I'm not going to tell her that I slept at a popstar's house last night, in a I-really-don't-know-where-it-is-in-London place, but yes, I'm going to say that Joey and I are alredy over.

"Uhm...Aunt Nans, I want to say something..." my voice trailed off. Okay, here it is.

"What is it? Tell me darling" she said then she sit next to me in the sofa.

"Joey and I already broke up."

She was shocked. There was dead silence between us for a minute as she let my last words sink in her then she finally speak up.

"Oh my god honey, I'm so sorry. I know it is very hard for you. Tell me what happened." Then she put her hand in my back and circled it to try to ease me down.

I sighed. "It happened last week. But it is only last night that I realized its really over" now I'm sobbing again. "Its just he said we're really not meant for each other."

She wraps her hands around me. "Oh darling, it's okay, it's okay. Maybe he's right. It's good that he realized it before its too late. It's okay, as they say there are lots of fishes in the ocean. You can find someone who is much better than him." See, I told you, she's going to say that.

"I know." I smile. "I'm on my way to moving on now. Its just, I know this is going to take some time. And that's the reason why I didn't come home last night. I went drunk."

"You should have called me so I can fetch you and take you home. Where did you stayed overnight?" She untalngles with me and gave me a questioning look.

Okay, here it goes. She asked again. If I am going to tell her what happened, she will really freak out.

"Uhm..."

"And we have a hot issue going around social media right now. Someone spotted One Direction's Niall Horan in Funky Buddha last night drinking with a girl. Oh my gosh, has Niall already found himself a girlfriend?  The source also said that he saw Niall bring the girl in his car! Uh huh, so that's the thing. Well, must say Niall is getting a bit of carefull now because the lucky bitch is a low profile person. Anyway let us not jump into conclusions yet and let Niall explain himself. Let's se if he's going to deny it again or be honest this time."

And there goes my candid pictures messing with myself last night at Funky Buddha last night. With Niall. Flashed in every television in whole UK. Crap. I'm dead.

Aunt Nans stares at me probably waiting for my explanation.

"Look, it is really not what you think aunt Nans," I turned to face her and look directly in her eye "people really get it wrong. I only met Niall yesterday, there at the pub, and I was drunk as I have told you that I really can't manage myself so he just took me home because he can't leave me there alone."

"So you sleep with him last night" she said flatly like she can't spill those words out.

"No, I'm not!" I exclaimed. "Technically. I'm in his room and he's at his living room, sleeping at the couch."

She stares at me again probably thinking for the next thing to say.

"Are you sure nothing else happened?" she said in an audible whisper. I can tell that she's afraid if ever whatever she have in mind is right.

"Yes. I swear." I raised my right hand like I'm making a life promise. "He explained everything. I guess he's not the guy who, you know, do that stuff." I shrugged.

She let out a heavy breath that she've holding since those pictures showed in our tv screen."Okay, okay. I trust you dear. Maybe you're tired. I'll prepare lunch then you can go rest." She hugged me then stands up.

I head to my bedroom and flunked myself straight at my bed. Gosh, everything happened to fast. From getting drunk to the rumors about me and that Niall going around now, what else is about to happen?

My mind replayed everything that happened to me starting last night, as I thought about our pictures I just saw until I finally decided to let my tiredness take over me.

AN: I'm so sorry if it took this long! I know I promised that I will give the next update if it reached 150 reads, and since you gave me more than that (and I can't believe it happened that fast) I'm going to give y'all a double update today!! Yay, let's give Maggie a toast for that! Haha! Okay, that was lame. -.-

I'll post the next update in a bit! See you again in the next chapter :) xx