You completed telling Niall everything and sat in silence for what seemed like forever. For the entire time you were spilling the past history you had with Harry to him, he not once grimaced in anger nor smiled. Not commenting or interrupting at any part throughout your explaining, you had his full, undivided attention.
'Niall?' you said noting his silence. 'yeah babe' he replied. 'are you upset,angry,confused, all of the above, none of the above?' 'you and Harry, seriously?' he said, his gorgeous smile appearing, you could see a bit of his braces presence. 'what ? I'm sure if we would have stayed together, it wouldn't have taken over 3 years to get a proposal from him' you said as you nudged him with your elbow wondering if the boy would ever claim you as his fiancé, instead of just his long time girlfriend. You spent the rest of the day just chilling around Niall's London home, watching movies cuddled up and enjoying delectable popcorn.
'You don't have to come if you don't want to' you said to Niall who was standing in front of you. 'but I want to be there for you' he told you. You were going in to get your very first tattoo today at a well known tattoo parlor, along with Harry who was getting yet another tattoo added to his already extensive body art. You'd turned 18 just days before, which the boys insisted on taking you to pub since you were know of age to drink in the UK turning it down rather saying you wanted to get a tattoo, not get a hangover.
You decided you wanted to get a half infinity sign, half heart symbol on the inside of your wrist that you'd drawn up and had been known to sign autographs with.(even though you weren't famous the fans still loved getting pictures with you and getting your signature, which you didn't understand but still loved doing if it kept you from getting massive amounts of hate). You made it to the tattoo parlor a half hour later. Harry led the way in, with Niall in tow behind you holding your hand. Harry led you in and introduced you to the individual whom would be doing your tattoo, named Cason.
You were sat in a chair waiting for Cason to begin that tattoo. As Cason began the tattoo, you let out a bit of shriek to which Harry called out 'newbie' from across the room. It helped when you looked at Niall rather than the wrist that was slowly becoming no longer bare, but rather now contained a gorgeous tattoo. You held onto Niall's hand throughout the entire process, squeezing onto it as the needle begin puncturing the skin and leaving ink behind and loosening your grip on it as you slowly got used to the feeling. You said a thanks to Cason for doing an amazing job to which he replied 'no problem y/n, don't forget to apply Vaseline to it at least a few times a day, and remember it will scar over'. You waved goodbye to Harry who was still working on adding a couple tattoos to his biceps.
'let me see it' Niall said as you got out of the parlor. You held up your wrist so he could see the completed product. 'as beautiful as the women who got it' he said smiling and giving you a gentle peck on the cheek before opening the passenger door to his Range Rover for you. You slide in and he made his way to the driver's side door and you headed away. You couldn't believe you'd finally done what you said you wanted to do for the past few years, but you were so glad to have done it.
That night you and Niall went out to dinner at Nando's since it was Niall's very last night with his braces on. 'how excited are you to finally be getting them off?' you asked him. 'extremely, you remember how exciting it is don't you' you shuddered at remembering your brace face days. 'sure do. but aren't you afraid you're going to have fans who'll only like you for your new pretty teeth?' you questioned. 'do you really just ask that?' he asked while chuckling a bit 'they're not true fans if they just like me for my teeth, I suppose.' he finished answering. Dinner took a couple hours, and then you walked back to Niall's house since it was such a lovely evening in London, but you had to kick off your heels part of the way back no longer being able to handle the agony they were putting your typically tennis shoe wearing feet.
Niall had headed off early to get his braces off that morning, so when you woke up at nearly 10 the house was completely empty. You took that opportunity to turn up the tunes and make yourself a lovely breakfast meal. You got on Twitter and saw that a lot of Directioners were tweeting about how Niall now had his braces off, but wasn't showing anyone yet so that his girlfriend could be the first one to see him braceless, as he'd told them earlier before he went into the dentist.
You saw his vehicle pull up in the drive around 45 minutes later and rushed out to his car excited to see him. 'so.......' you said. 'so' he repeated back. ' show me,please' you said nearly jumping as you said it. 'cheese' he said as he finally flashed his beautiful smile that was no longer held by braces. 'gorgeous darling, absolutely gorgeous' you said snickering and pulling him in for a kiss. 'hey babe' he said 'yeah?' you answered. ' can you go get some clothes on?' you looked down and saw you were still in your sleeping clothes which consisted of a baggy jumper and basketball shorts, both of which were Niall's. 'why' you asked. 'because I talked to that owner of the puppy we've been wanting to get and she said we could come and get him today' he answered. ' really?' you said excited with the news. 'yes, so go get on some clothes for the day and we'll go straight there'.
You ran back into the house at lightning speed. Heading to the guest bedroom you were staying in, throwing on a Ramones tour tank top you'd recently purchased and a pair of jeans along with your favorite black Converse high tops. You threw your hair in a fishtail braid and applied a bit of makeup, which Niall was to fond of but still allowed you to do knowing it made you more secure. You were back down in the foyer in 20 minutes and were ready to go.
You made it to pick up the puppy in an hour. You were immediately out of the car as soon as you got there only stopping once to check that Niall was right behind you. You made it to the door and Niall knocked. A women of her 40's opened the door inviting you in. 'and the puppies are over her' she pointed you to a pen of goldendoodles. You thanked her and continued over to the pin finally spotting the puppy you and Niall had picked out. You went over and picked him up out of the pen.
You noticed on the collar there was something shiny, you continued to figure out it was. You saw the diamond first and looked over to Niall to ask him what it was, but you saw he was knelt down on one knee.
'Y/n, I know I've made you stick with me as my girlfriend for longer than any girl deserves and I'm sorry for that, but I honestly didn't plan on waiting this long for this moment to be with someone who loves me for well me and not just for my money, my career, or my Irish accent. You've changed my life in so many ways and not a single one of them is negative. You're always honest with me, you come and support me and the boys, and have established yourself in a career you love that just so happens to involve me. You understand when I'm angry and just need someone to sit with me and hold my hand while I calm down. You've been there with me through up downs. You can make me laugh, and you are beautiful in each and every single form you have. You allowed me to make our relationship public, even though you feared the hate you would receive. You've inspired me to be a better man. You understand my busy schedule and don't get angry when our dates are often interrupted by fans because you love me. I guess what I'm trying to get at is I love everything we are, everything we have, and everything we could have, but I need you answer one question for me first' he said.
' and what would this question be darling?' you asked.
' will you, y/n, marry me, Niall Horan and no longer be my long time girlfriend but instead take the title of fiancé and eventually Mrs.Horan?'
'I thought you'd never ask, YES, Mr. Horan I will gladly accepting this role as fiancé to the one and only Nialler"
Niall then took the ring from the puppy's collar and placed it on your left ring finger. He got up from his kneeling position and gave you a passionate kiss with your new puppy right smack in between you two. 'this is the beginning of our lovely family' you said as you and Niall both looked at the adorable puppy who was snuggled up against your chest,fast asleep.
