Laney:
After telling Niall about Riley I felt better. The two of us stayed on the bathroom floor for what felt like hours. My bare legs were cold against the tiled floor. I felt myself begin to shiver as Niall pulled me closer to him. I looked up at his face and his blue eyes made my stomach do flips. He smiled at me and started to stand up. I followed him as he walked up to my room. From the silence I could tell Sam was still asleep and mom wasn’t back home yet.
I watched as Niall pulled a pair of shorts, a white tank top and some boxers and socks out of his suitcase. “Mind if I shower?” he asked rubbing his neck. I shook my head and led him to the bathroom. I walked in after him and closed the door behind us. “Uhm, Niall?” he looked up from his blackberry that was powering on in his palm and his eyes met mine. “Yeah babe?” I looked down at my feet as my cheeks warmed from his words. “I need to shower too so don’t take forever” I said a lot louder than I expected and walked back to my room. I flopped onto my bed and thought to myself that he was going to kill me with his perfection.
I let my eyes close and thought about the day I met him. I wasn’t nervous around him really, just sensible I guess. I folded my hands over my face and thought about what I could do to keep him entertained for the next two weeks.
I heard the door open as I stood in my closet going through my racks of clothes. “Holy poop!” I heard Niall shout as he walked into my closet still shirtless. His hair was wet and it stood up a little, but it looked cute. He laid his arm on my shoulder as I pulled a jean romper off of a shelf in front of me. “You have a buttload of clothes.” I laughed and shook him off of me. “Okay, I’ll be right back and then you’re mine for the day” I said with a shy wink. Niall pouted as I said the words “only today?” I giggled and shook my head “you know what I mean, just get ready.” I walked to the bathroom, took off his shirt and the rest of my clothes and climbed into the shower. Which just so happened to be the same shower he was in just minutes ago.
I shook the idea of his toned body under the same shower head as me and quickly washed up. As I pulled myself out of the shower I realized I forgot my bra in my bedroom. “Shit” I muttered to myself as I wrapped a towel around my body and another above my head. I pulled myself out of the steamy bathroom and pushed my door open. Niall was laying on my bed looking at my ceiling that was painted light pink. “I forgot something in here so could you just like, close your eyes?” I asked as he turned to look at me. Right away he returned his attention to the ceiling and closed his eyes. I pulled on my clothes and began brushing my hair. I finished brushing my hair and decided not to say anything about being done. I climbed onto my bed and straddled Niall. “Hello ms.” He said as I leaned in and let my lips touch his. I wasn’t sure if it’s what he wanted but it felt right.
“Laney?” Niall asked as I pulled away. “What?” I looked at him curious. “Nothing” he said with a smile. I lifted myself off of him and stepped onto the floor. “Come on, I’m taking you somewhere” I said grabbing my wallet and a pair of sunglasses. I watched Niall as he slid himself onto the floor. He stood beside me and as we reached the base of the stairs he moved his fingers in between mine.
“Where are we going?” He asked for the three hundredth time. I told him to hush up as I kept my hands on the wheel. I told him the radio had to stay off and he could only talk at red lights and stop signs, I still wasn’t thrilled about driving. We pulled into the parking lot of iHop and both of us jumped from the car. As we walked in we were seated right away and I felt Niall reach for my hand under the table. We both ordered pancakes, bacon and orange juice and we asked for crayons and paper. The waitress looked at me like I was joking and reluctantly brought us printer paper and crayons.
I started my drawing and I felt Niall’s eyes drift to my paper. “No peeking!” I said covering my paper with my free arm. He started to draw on the other side of me and we almost didn’t realize our food came. As we ate or food I tucked my drawing away in my pocket and returned to holding his hand. The waitress brought our bill and I reached for my wallet but Niall pushed my hand away and paid. “You’re a poop” I said with a laugh. I pulled my phone from my pocket to check the time and suggested we go to the mall. Niall nodded and we headed back to my car.
