Missing You (A Niall Horan story)

Chapter 7

Chapter 7:

"Hey Niall." Zayn says casually handing him a bowl of popcorn.

"Hey Zayn, oh look popcorn!" Niall says before eating some of it.

"Hey hands off until the movie starts!" Zayn laughs.

"Alright Alright." Niall says before taking another bowl of the counter and walking into the living room.

"Are you okay Miley?" Zayn asks looking at me being frozen to the spot.

"Yeah fine it's just weird seeing him. I don't know." I smile

He smiles back at me and we walk into the living room and hand a bowl of popcorn to the group.

I sit between Harry and Liam. Niall sits down on the other couch beside Perrie and Zayn. I see him looking at me in the corner of my eye. Harry puts his arm around me, I know he means it in a friendly way so I let him.

"Right what film shall we stick on then?" Louis asks from the other end of the sofa.

"The Notebook?" Eleanor suggests.

"That's too sad!" Perrie says

"How about batman?" Liam asks laughing

I hit him in the face with a pillow, I hear everyone laugh including Niall. Danielle cuddles up to Liam and he wraps his arms around her. I smile watching them, remembering when Niall would do that to me. I glance over at him he is watching Liam and Danielle too, I wonder if he is thinking the same thing as me?

"What about Grease?" I ask

"As long as you promise not to sing Danielle!" Perrie laughs

We all laugh as Danielle blushes. Louis being Louis chooses the sing a long version and insists that we all sing along, even Danielle.

As the film went on and each song played I couldn't help but sneak glances at Niall, he had his gaze firmly locked on the TV and was sitting quite tensely. I don't blame him, I felt the same way.

Harry has a lovely voice and I watch him as he sings along with the others. I look over to Niall, the last I heard him sing was when I couldn't sleep, he sang to me to try and help me fall asleep, his voice was beautiful. I often found myself begging him to sing to me just so I could hear it. He was singing, and laughing as Louis pulled Eleanor to her feet and started to spin her around.

Harry pulled me up too and started to dance with me. I laughed and jumped into his arms before being spun around. When the song finished we all sat down tired from our bad attempts at dancing. A short time later the film finished and we all begin to catch up.

"So Miley, how have you been?" Harry asks me

I feel everyone's eyes on me including Niall's.

"Eh I suppose i've been good, I missed you guys a lot though!" I say smiling

"We all missed you too!" Eleanor says

Everyone smiles at me, I look at Niall he is smiling at me. I smile back then Harry puts his arm around me, I felt unsure as to how Niall would feel about this but decided it was just innocent affection from an old friend.

We chat a little while longer before I feel my eyes start to feel heavy, struggling not to fall asleep. While it had been a great evening catching up with everyone, my emotions were all over the place. From the anxiety of seeing Niall to the worry that the friends I had distanced myself from might not welcome me back, tonight had drained me. Thankfully it had gone smoothly, and even though Niall and I haven't exchanged any words it wasn't unbearable to be in each other's company.