This Love (Niall fanfiction)

chapter 32

Niall's P.O.V

I wake up with my chin resting on the top of Cleo's head, breathing in the scent of her shampoo. She swiftly brings her arms around to wrap around her stomach. Her eyes squeeze shut even tighter. I pull her in closer, drawing shapes in her lower back attempting to ease whatever pain she had. I start to wonder if she's hurting from last night and immediately feel guilty because I may have caused Cleo pain.

Cleo whimpers quietly because she thinks I'm still sleeping. I'm wide awake wondering what's wrong with her. She lowers her head down, rubbing her hair over my chest.

"Shit." Cleo cursed. She quickly scrambled out of bed, pressing her palm hard to the bed to boost her speed. She ran to the bathroom and slammed it shut. I got out of the bed after her, but she had shut the door in my face. She knew I was running after her so she sped up her pace.  

"Cleo are you okay?" I knock on the door asking. I hear her scramble up from wherever she was in the bathroom and make her way to the door. She cracks it open and walks off to where she was before. I open the door fully and follow in behind her, closing it shut.

"Are you okay?" I ask walking towards her. She leans against the sink counter and I place myself in front of her. I linger my head down and place a kiss on her lips.

"Cleo..." She covers her face with her hands and shakes her head. I gently grab her by her wrists telling her it's okay and ease her arms away from her face to see that she's red. I don't understand why she's red in the cheeks. She puts her hands over her face again and mumbles something.

"You have to move your hands away from your face, Love. I don't understand what you're saying." I chuckle a little trying to get a laugh out of her, but it's not working. She slowly moves her hands downwards from her face.

"It's my... um... "

"Your time of the month?" I say lightly laughing finishing her sentence off. I cross my arms and raise my eyebrows at her.

"What's wrong with that?" I'm slightly laughing because I still don't understand what she's embarrassed for. I don't prefer to talk about this at all, but it's for Cleo.

"I don't...have any... um..." Cleo says while she cups her hands around her face. She runs her fingers through her hair and picks at the endings, trying to avoid eye contact with me.

"Well, then I'll be back in a bit. Stay in here and don't walk around the flat." I say pointing at her before I see her turn a darker shade of red.

"Well, at least we both know you aren't pregnant." I tell her laughing. I walk over to her and kiss her forehead.

"Thanks." She says looking at the ground with her face still red. I place another kiss on her forehead before walking over to the right side of the counter to reach my sink. I brush my teeth and wave to Cleo. She  stayed pinned to the sink counter as I left. I slide my grey sweatpants over my underwear and put on a white shirt. I go downstairs and put my shoes on and grab the keys off of the hook. I pull the key out of the lock once I get outside, making sure it's locked I twist the handle.

I park my car in the parking lot and put on my sunglasses even though it's still early in the morning and the sun is barely out. It's awkward for a guy going in to purchase feminine products. I walk in get what she needs along with a movie and jelly beans for Cleo to munch on while we watched the movie.

Cleo's P.O.V

I just stand in my same position for my sake while Niall is gone out to the store. I brush my teeth and walk over to the mirror and try to do something with my hair. It was in a bun and it was a little on the messy side. I grab the tie out of my hair and grab a brush from the drawer and brush out the knots. I hear someone coming up the stairs and finish my hair. Niall actually didn't take that long like I had expected him to. I can hear him walk closer to the door then stop at the door to open it.

"Well, that was fa-" I quickly cut myself off realizing I wasn't talking to Niall. It was my uncle, Peter.