The Brunette

Happiness

Chapter 26(Bella's pov): After a while, we all finally pick pretty much everything we all need for our apartments. The people at the store said that they'll be at our place by Sunday. Two more nights without a bed.

We all leave the store to look for somewhere to have dinner. We find a fast food place and we go in to eat. All the while, Niall and Louis are texting. They keep looking at each other. Maybe they're texting the same person... or maybe they're texting each other.

I feel excluded. Since they're probably talking about me anyway they might as well talk out loud. I say Im going to the bathroom and leave them for about five minutes. When I come back, they're not texting anymore. I decide to ask Niall later and to forget about it until then.

We walk back to the apartments talking and laughing as always. We get to the apartment and I take a shower first just in case they want to talk about me some more. Im not mad at them; I don't think that they're saying anything bad about me. I don't know what they're talking about or even if they are talking about me. I just know that they're saying things that they don't want me to know

(Niall's pov): All through lunch, me and Louis where secretly talking about what happened at the furniture store. When Bella left, we talked out loud about it, there wasn't much left to say except that I love her and that I was really happy we where getting closer but that I hated that Louis kept interrupting. Louis gave a few good excuses as to why he did. When Bella came back, I had the urge to hold her hand and kiss her cheek. But I couldn't. Im friend zoned. I am stuck.

I know I can't keep her friend forever. At some point she's going to realize that I love her and it'll be all over. We won't even be friends. I have to make this last for as long as I can. Back at the apartment, Bella showers first. I feel like crawling up in a ball. I don't think I can keep this up much longer.

She comes out of the bathroom wearing a grey Mickey Mouse tank top and pink sweatpants. Her hair is in a messy bun and she's wearing her glasses again. I get up to shower and as I pass her I smell roses and I almost collapse right then and there.

After I shower, I leave the bathroom and see her laying on her stomach looking at something on her tablet. She looks up at me and smiles. I lay down next to her. She's playing fruit ninja. After a while she hits a bomb and turns off her tablet. She shifts so that she's facing me. "Hey." I say, on my side too. "Hi." She replies.

I want to hold her.

I want to kiss her.

I want to tell her that I love her.

I want to tell her she should be mine.

"Can I play fruit ninja?" I ask. "Sure she says while sliding her tablet towards me. She watches me while I play.

Im barely responding to the flying fruit. Im thinking about Bella. After I play a few games I turn off the iPad and turn on my side again to see Bella already looking at me. At that second, Louis barges out of the bathroom.

(Bella's pov): He starts to drag one of his suitcases into one of the bedrooms. "If you're going to mess around tonight, try not to be so loud, I need to sleep. Night." I start to laugh at Louis. He knows we're just friends. "Shut up, Lou." I said. I get up to put away my iPad. When I come back, I sit next to Niall, crossing my legs.

"You tired?" Niall asks me. "Are you?" I retort. He needs sleep more than I do. Of course Im tired but Im not going to sleep anytime soon. "Yeah, but are you?" His accent is getting thicker, he's really tired. "Yeah, we better go to sleep." I start to lay down a little farther away from where I was when Niall suddenly holds me by my waist. I look back at him, a little surprised. "You cold?" He asks quietly. I nod, relaxing into his gentle, protective grip.

He pulls me down till Im lying down facing him. "Do you want to face me or to the wall?" He asks me carefully. I shrug slightly. He pulls me close so that my face is buried in his chest.

Everything is quiet. I can feel his heart beating. Theres no space between us. Our bodies are pressed together closely. I wonder if I should feel weird about this. I don't. Its just natural. We both shift at the same time and somehow our legs entangle themselves in each other. We both look at each other. He smiles at me and I giggle. I snuggle up closer to him. Ive never felt this safe before.

(Niall's pov): This is perfect.

Holding my love.

Holding the most beautiful girl Ive ever seen before in my life.

Holding the most beautiful girl I will ever see.

Holding my crush.

Holding my everything.

Holding my world.

Holding Bella.

Our legs are entangled, our chests pressed together, feeling each others hearts beating at the same time. She snuggles closer, if thats possible. I feel like everything's alright in the world.

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