Anything to keep you [n.h + h.s]

Chapter 15

With a sigh I exit math class and head to my locker first thing I do. The second that I enter the corridor where I've got my locker I'm met with Niall, leaning against it. I smile at this and walk up to him.

"Hi Ni." I say softly and he looks up from his phone. He shoots me a wide smile the first thing he does and puts the phone away instantly.

"Hazza!" he says and hugs me warmly and my cheeks get all rosy. I smile widely and we let go.

"My ma couldn't stop talking about you last night during supper. She really was praising you." He giggles out and it's a heaven like sound. I shove my books into my locker and close it. We start to walk towards the cafeteria.

"Really?" I ask, trying to imagine Maura praising me at the kitchen table when the others are trying to eat, blocking her out.

"Yeah. Greg brought up something about his school to get her to stop. Not that we don't love hearing about how awesome you are Harry. We just, wanted to hear something else." he chuckles and so do I.

We enter the cafeteria and get in the line.

"I definitely understand you guys." I muse and I just feel so happy. And obviously so does Niall. He's got this kind of, happy glow around him and it feels warm and nice.

"Shut up. You love how much my ma admires you." Niall says as he grabs a piece of pizza as his lunch. He adds a lot of other junk to his tray and I shake my head, pondering over how he is so damn skinny.

"I don't." I add before reaching for a chicken salad. It's so good, but it's probably not as healthy as I would like to think. We both pay for our food after adding beverages to our trays and we walk over to Niall's usual table where Liam and Louis are already sat.

"Hello boys." Niall says and sits down next to Louis. The two of them turn their attention to us and smile.

"Hi Niall." they say in unison before Louis turns to me.

"Hi Harry. It's a pleasure to finally meet you properly." Louis says and shoots me a smile. Liam does too and nods, as if to show me that he agrees with Louis.

The two brown haired lads turn to Niall again and Liam opens his mouth to speak.

"So Niall. What do you and coach have planned for practice tonight?" he asks and I secretly pray that it's nothing too tiring. I'm so unfit compared to everyone else on the team. Niall chuckles and shrugs.

"That's for me to know and you to find out." he says with a cheeky grin that displays his braces. Niall then turns to me and takes a bite out of his pizza.

"Harry. I thought about the whole Ireland thing. We could ask our parents and try to see if they could perhaps help us pay. It would be so fun." he tells me after chewing the pizza. I ponder over it for a while before biting my lip. I could ask mum, but I don't know if she'd agree. Although it doesn't hurt to ask.

"I guess we could ask them." I say thoughtfully and Niall almost jumps in his seat, from the excitement.

"Yay! Siri would be so glad to see us and I could show you around and it would be amazing. Do you guys wanna come to Ireland with us too?" Niall excitedly turn to Liam and Louis and they look at him with wide eyes.

"We could make it into a funny little trip and Michael and Calum could come too!" Niall is getting way too excited and my excitement kind of decreases. I felt so happy about getting to be with Niall in Ireland but suddenly he wants to invite all our friends. Not that I mind them, I just wanted Niall to myself a bit.

"Luke too of course! How could I forget him." Niall shakes his head and Liam and Louis looks at him with concerned looks on their faces.

"Niall. Are you okay?" they ask him and I'm glad they did because I was kind of wondering the same thing.