Unpredictable [n.h. au]

sixteen.

After driving for thirty minutes or so, I made it to the address from the text on Niall's phone. It was a huge, white mansion - fountain in the front, a huge landscape that seemed to spread across thousands of acres, various colored flowers growing all across it. It was one of those most magnificent places I had ever seen.

I snapped myself out of it and remembered why I came here: to figure out what the hell Niall was up to. Oh yeah, and return his phone.

With the size of the mansion and multiple cars parked in the front, you would think Natalie was right about the whole party thing. But this didn't seem like a party of any sort. It was eerily quiet, no music playing. Sighing, I grabbed my phone off the car charger and glanced at the time.

7:08

Right then, a message from Natalie came up.

so what was it after all? some sort of SECRET CULT???

I rolled my eyes at her text and swiftly moved my fingers across the keyboard.

no i'm not sure what's going on. & don't mess with that cult shi.t ok, that scared the hell out of me

I didn't give her a chance to reply back once I locked my phone, sat back in my seat, and looked around the place. Surely someone would see me and question what I was doing here, so I figured it was best to just go and ask for Niall and give him his phone back. What would be the harm in that?

I got out of the car and locked it. I didn't care how nice this place was - you could never be too safe.

Making my way (an: downtown) to the massive mahogany front doors, two dogs suddenly ran out from the dark, causing me to scream. Two pit bulls appeared but neither one came at me. Instead, they approached my slowly and sniffed me, like all dogs do when meeting new people. Then they sat down and looked up at me as if they wanted something. I began petting them and soon was caught up in their cuteness.

"Aw, who's a good dog?!" I said in a funny voice as I pet their heads while simultaneously reading their collars. "NINA." "KING."

"Nina and King, huh? What cuties you are."

The dogs loved the attention they were receiving, but it was interrupted a short second later.

A young lady, maybe in her 20s or so, appeared at the entrance. "King! Nina! ¿Qué estás haciendo? ¿Por qué estás ladrando?" (King! Nina! What are you doing? Why are you barking?)

The girl was wearing a black, silk dress that flowed in the wind as she stepped outside, with a shiny gold necklace and matching bracelets to complete the look. As she called out for the dogs her eyes met mine.

I automatically stopped playing with the dogs once she approached, standing up quickly out of nervousness. What was I supposed to say? I just showed up here looking for Niall.

"Lo siento mucho, señora," (I'm very sorry, Madam,) I said quickly. "Vine aquí devolver algo. ¿Um...es Niall aquí?" (I came here to return something. Um...is Niall here?) Thankfully, I had the advantage of Spanish being my first language.

She stared at me in confusion, backing away slowly as if I were some sort of pyscho. But then again, she had a reason to be suspicious. I obviously didn't belong here.

Suddenly, Niall popped up at the entrance. "Angelica! Dominic está pidiendo su ayuda...." (Angelica! Dominic is asking for your help....) Niall noticed me waiting in the driveway of such an extravagant place. I still had no idea what the heck he was doing here.

"Hey," I waved awkwardly. My hands grasped the phone from my pocket. "I, uh, brought you your phone."

"Perdón por favor, Angelica." (Excuse me, please, Angelica.) He shyly smiled at the young lady, whose name I now found out was Angelica. She glanced at him before returning inside.

The blond haired boy sauntered towards me hastily, gripping my wrist with his calloused fingers, and took me to the front of his car. I guess he didn't want me here or didn't want anyone to know of my presence.

"Veronica," he whispered angrily. "What the heck are you doing here?! You can't be here!"

"I should be asking you the same thing! What are you doing here, Ni-"

"Niall?! Niall," a voice called out.

"Shi.t," Niall squeezed my hand tightly. I knew he was anxious, but I didn't know why.

"Just a minute, Dominic," Niall shouted out in response.

"Come back inside, my boy...and bing your friend with you."

AN: DUN DUN DUNNN! What's gonna happen? lol what do you think of this chapter?

& I know I say this all the freakin time but sorry for the wait :(
I'm preparing for college and just finished orientation today and I have to meet with my advisor and get a bunch of stuff done before classes begin! It's exciting but also very frightening. But I'm ready for it. :)

oh & 5 YEARS. WOW. So glad to be part of such an amazing fandom! And I will always be here to support my boys. Thank you, Liam, Louis, Zayn, Niall, and Harry for everything! 💘💘💘

p.s. can't wait for september 3rd. if ur going to otra buffalo I will see u there.

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