Summer Love

Chapter 9

HELLO

I am currently driving 9 hours to the Outer Banks for vacation so I have time to write.

Thank you for all your kind comments. I read every single one of them and they are what push me to update (:

Much love,
gwen xx

July 2011

Niall's POV*

"Who is she?" Carter pulled a photo out of her pocket and handed it to me. I didn't move, didn't speak. Where the hell did she get the photo of Cassidy and me?

"Niall?" Carter asked. I stood up and turned away from her, walking towards my cabin and leaving my guitar on the dock along with Carter.

"Niall!" Carter yelled, chasing after me. I stopped and turned around to face her.

"You're just going to walk away?" She said, hands on her hips, the photo of my past between two fingers.

"Who the hell gave you the right to go through my stuff and take my personal belongings!" I screamed in a fit of rage. She seemed taken aback as she fumbled for her words.

"I was cleaning up the mess and it was just-"

"There for you to take and flaunt around? As if I want to tell everyone my entire life story about a girl I fell in love with!" I interrupted and could feel my face turning an angry shade of red.

"No I was just trying to help I-"

"You wanted to help me? By what fixing me and my little broken heart? My heart is broken, I am not sad. I am pissed and I don't think a photo of the root of my anger will resolve that." I spit back in her face. She hung her head low to the ground and I thought I could see the sparkle of tears running down her cheeks.

"I didn't mean to make you angry." Carter squeaked under her breath.

"Nobody ever does. I'm always angry." I replied pulling at my hair with one hand and snatching the photo from Carter with the other.

"Don't touch my things." I added, then turned on my heel and left with the crumpled photo in my fist.

Carter's POV*

I stood alone, shocked at what had just gone down. As far as I knew, Gabbie and Zayn were both asleep so I couldn't go to them for advice on what to do. Niall stormed off towards the bonfire part of the campsite and I was left alone near the dock.

Why was this girl Cassidy the trigger of his anger? I needed answers and I wasn't going to stop until I received them.

I picked up Niall's guitar that he left on the dock, then headed towards the bonfire where sure enough, he sat on a log studying the photo in his hands. I slowly approached and didn't know whether to sit or run away.

"Don't be a mouse, sit." Niall's voice interrupted my thoughts and I turned a shade of pink in embarrassment while I found a seat next to him on the log.

"You forgot your guitar." I quietly said, handing him the instrument which he placed on the ground next to him. We sat in silence for a few moments until he broke it with a simple statement.

"I'm sorry I snapped on you." He apologized causing my eyes to go wide at this sudden change of mood.

"Niall, it's fine you had every right to be angry with me. I never should have gone through your stuff." I replied, fiddling with a bracelet on my wrist.

"Carter, I truly am sorry if I scared you or made you cry. I never meant to. It's just a touchy subject with me. You're my anchor and I am sincerely sorry that I yelled at you." Niall turned to face me and I gave him a slight smile.

"It's okay, I promise." I placed my hand on his and smiled.

"I met Cassidy in 2009, a year before I was on X Factor." Niall began his story.

"Niall you don't have to." I stopped him and he grinned at me.

"But I want to." He answered and I blushed a bit as he continued his story.

"We met in the school hall on day. I literally fell for her. No like literally, I slipped on the water from the leaky water fountain and fell into her. Her books were soiled but she just laughed because she said she didn't need them anyway. She was insanely smart, like insanely. She knew everything about me, my every move and everything I was going to say. Not to mention she was drop dead gorgeous." Niall winked at me and I let out a small laugh.

"We were inseparable, the power couple of our class. She was there when I tried out for X Factor and got through. She became more and more distant from me though as I progressed through the competition. She started the change, she wasn't the same Cassidy I met in grade school." Niall shifted uncomfortably on the log and I leaned in to listen.

"When we were at the week of the finale, she disappeared. I tried calling her and her parents but nobody returned my calls. I got a letter the week after the finale saying that she never wanted to see me again and talking about how much of a bad person I was. She had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ran away from home. I still don't know where she is now." Niall finished and I placed a hand on his thigh.

"I just have so much anger towards myself because I feel like I should have known that something was wrong, you know?" Niall added and I nodded my head. I knew exactly what he was talking about.

"You couldn't have known what was going on with her. You had so much to focus on. You aren't a horrible person. You can't be angry with yourself forever." I responded causing him to show a small smile.

"Thank you. I actually feel a lot better letting that all out." Niall said. I nodded my head as a 'you're welcome' and he moved closer to me on the log.

"Carter, you are very important to me." Niall blurted out. My heart began beating quicker then normal and heat escaped my cheeks.

"As are you to me."

"You are my anchor and I can trust you. Do you trust me?" Niall asked causing me to think. Do I?

"Y-yes." I stuttered as his face neared mine and his steady breath hit my face.

"Good." Niall whispered and in one swift movement, his lips softly collided with mine, causing butterflies to erupt in my stomach.

I was kissing Niall Horan.

Allll right.

Longer chapter then usual because it has been a while but I have a lot planned so I am trying to get this plot moving.

Comment your age if you see this.

Also has anyone been or is in the outer banks, North Carolina ??

It's my favorite vaca spot

Much love,
gwen xx