Always Him

Chapter 12 - The Party

All at once, something tore me from my thoughts. A tap on the shoulder...
I spin on my toes, facing the person who had tapped my shoulder. And before I could identify them, they had pulled me into an embrace. I start to freak out internally. Until I realise this person has brown curly hair. Phew. It was only Harry styles. WAIT, HARRY STYLES!! Harry friggin Styles is hugging me! "Hi, Analise right? I'm Harry, you remember me from our concert don't you? You came backstage and went off with Niall, my band mate. We didn't see you again. So do you remember me?" He asks. "Of course I remember you!" I blurt out. He smiles at me, his eyes glistening in the light. "Phew that's good then, so you wanna go dance? Niall is here somewhere". I smile, and he grabs my hand and leads me through the dancing people. We start dancing and Harry challenges me to a dual, who can do the worst dance moves. We laugh at each other's stupidity. Harry spins me around, but like the goof he is, he let me go and I went falling backwards. But someone catches me. I turn around to see bright blue eyes, Niall's bright blue eyes. "Careful princess" he says in his thick Irish accent, his smile wide. I can't help but blush and he laughs. "You're cute when you blush" he said, which made me blush more. "Shh Niall that's not even funny!" I tell him, embarrassed by how red I was. Harry comes behind us and hugs us both, shouting group hug. Everyone around us all started hugging us, because they're all drunk and there we were, Niall and I, stuck in the middle of this massive group hug. We find a gap between people, and he grabs my hand and drags me through to escape the group of people. We escape into the back garden laughing, and then I realise he's still holding my hand. When he realises he lets go. We start to walk towards this big tree with little twinkling lights tangled in the branches. It looks absolutely beautiful in the dark. It was mesmerising. Just like his eyes...

"So Ana, where's Luke? You're always with him normally" he asked. I explained to him that we weren't on speaking terms, not going into detail about everything because it was so hard for me to even hear his name, let alone talk about him. He seemed to understand. "Best friends do that" he muttered as he pulled me in for a tight hug to make me feel better, he must have seen how upset I looked. He smelled really great, and he was so warm. He wrapped his strong arms around me and rested his head on top of mine. "You look gorgeous tonight by the way princess" he smiled. "Thank you Niall, you're truly as remarkable as I thought you'd be" I confessed, my cheeks burning red. "Thank you angel" he whispered as he pulled me out of a hug, slipping his arms around my waist and pulling me close. I moved my arms to his shoulders and we started to sway. We were dancing, slowly turning to the music. Our eyes locked on to each other's. And it was in this moment I realised how truly handsome he was.

Luke's p.o.v
I had to escape the noise of the party. There were too many drunk bodies falling about making more noise than needed. I grabbed a beer, and walked up the stairs. I couldn't think with all this racket. I walked into Calum's room, knowing there would be no one in there. I locked the door behind me, so I wasn't going to be bothered by drunk couples stumbling in looking for a room to have a quick fumble about in. I walked towards the balcony doors, I needed quiet and fresh air. I stood there on the balcony, my head facing my shoes resting on my arms. I can't even gather my thoughts together. What is wrong with me?! I look out, over the garden at the trees towards the back. They look so beautiful tonight, with twinkling white lights tangled through their branches and winding around their trunks. I see something moving in front of the trees. It was a couple. Don't they look cute! Wait... Is that who I think it is? Niall? "Get in there mate" I whispered to myself. Then the girl turned round, her arms reaching for his shoulders and I recognised her smile instantly. I can't believe what I'm seeing! I'm full of rage and hatred, and I'm broken and I just want to hit Niall for trying to steal her.

I run. I run through Calum's room, out of the door, down the stairs and through the hall to the kitchen, pushing everyone out of my way. I get to the back door at the beginning of the garden and I stop. What if he could make her happier than I ever could? What if she wants him and I'm just a part of her past? What if she doesn't love me anymore? I stop thinking, and get extremely angry again. How dare he! I run out towards them, shouting his name. "NIALL! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! ANA HOW COULD YOU! WHY WOULD YOU BOTH DO THIS TO ME??" I scream at them both. "I love you" I almost whisper. She looks at me with tears in her eyes, unable to speak. I look at her, on the verge of tears myself. I feel someone from behind put their arm on my shoulder, but I don't lose eye contact with her. I hate it when she cries. "Luke, cmon, don't ruin Calum's party. Let's go..." I hear a females voice behind me, presumably the voice behind the hand that was still on my shoulder. All I could do was have my eyes locked on Ana's, tears streaming down my face. I felt like I was stuck in that moment forever, until the females hand spun my torso around for me, and embraced me in a hug. In that moment I realised it was my friend Lily. She pulled me out of a hug and looked at me, wiping the fallen tears from my cheeks. "Go find Harry, and tell him I said you have to go home. I'm sure he won't mind". I nodded, I couldn't speak. It felt like the impossible. I didn't dare look behind, back at her and Niall standing there together. I just walked as fast as I could away from them, trying not to let any more tears trickle down my cheeks.

I'm glad I had Lily there. If not I would have hurt Niall and made things worse with Ana. I've known Lily for years. She's always been my wing woman. She has really nice, straight brunette hair and cute little glasses that compliment her smile. You could tell she was smart and full of wisdom by the way she acts and looks. She's absolutely amazing. Her and her girlfriend are the cutest couple! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention she's bisexual, which makes her a great wing woman when I used to try to meet girls. She'd know which girls I should entertain and which ones to let slip. Whenever I told her about Ana, she'd tell me she was the one and I knew she was right. Although she hadn't met Ana until now, she had always said that Ana and I were meant to be, and that when the time is right we'll end up together. I thought we would too, but now she's fallen for Niall. What am I gonna do? I don't think I can do this anymore, not without her. Not without my Analise...

A/N - I know you guys were waiting for an update so while I could I was writing the next chapter :P so here it is!