Nialler's Princess

Chapter 9

The weather was pretty good, considering it was London anyway. A good 18 degrees and only slightly cloudy this was a very nice weather. I walked down the streets of London thinking of what I was going to say. Of course I’d seen pictures of him online, on TV, and well just about everywhere, but I hadn’t seen him in person for two years. And the entire way to the hotel all that was in my mind was the memory of our last goodbye…

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“You better not forget about me when you’re big and famous” I told Niall as he packed his suit case. After his X Factor audition he was so excited to pack for boot camp that he practically just shoved all his things into a bag. Now, I was helping him set all his mess into a neat pile and packing that instead.

“Of course I won’t forget you! You’re my best friend!” he said as he pushed a bunch of clothes into a ball and tried to fit them in.

“Give me that!” I told him laughing. “You’re going to wrinkle them! Seriously you expect to become a star when you can’t even pack right.” I said shaking my head

“I can pack right! I just choose not to” he pouted. Niall always had a problem admitting when he was wrong.

“You’re lucky you have me” I joked and took out his clothes to fold them correctly. “I swear your room in the X Factor house is going to be a mess without Maura and I to clean it up for you.”

“Yeah…” He said suddenly very quiet. It worried me when he was quiet; he was always so cheerful and fun that times likes this were rare. The way he sounded made me put down the clothes I was folding and focus solely on him.

“Niall, hey, I was kidding! You’ll do fine on your own.” I said trying to cheer him up.

“Kitty…” he said softly but I stayed quiet waiting for him to finish. “Kitty, do you really think I’ll make it to the house? I mean for that I’d have to pass boot camp and then the judge’s house and… I don’t think I can do that.”

“Niall, I-”

“I know what you’re going to say,” Niall interrupted. “You think that I’ll make it but let’s be realistic. All the people there are going to be great, some of them getting four yeses and I barely got three…”

“Niall but you are great you were just nervous and with a little more practice you’ll be perfect.” He didn’t look like he believed me so I kept going. “Nerves are a way to keep you grounded when you’re famous. You’ll do fine. The thing I’m actually worried about isn’t whether you’ll make it but how you’re going to handle not having food with you all the time. I mean you’re going have to put it down to practice so-” was all I got out before I was pulled into a hug.

“Thank you” he sighed into my hair as chills ran down my spine. Niall held onto me tighter and I couldn’t help but hug him tight too. I knew that this was the last time I was going to see him for a very long time. Everything about him made me shiver. The way he held onto the small of my back with one hand and the back of my head with another… As I rested my head on his shoulder I could hear our breaths syncing up, both slightly shallow. My heart was racing from being so close to him that all I could hope was that he didn’t hear it. I lost track of the time while in that hug and I couldn’t help but let my mind drift to a place where if Niall knew existed I would have blushed like mad.

“Kitty…” he whispered in my ear and his hot breath was almost enough to make me pass out.

“Yeah?” I whispered back not daring to move a muscle away from him and I heard him give a big sigh

“I-”

“Niall? Mel?” we heard Maura call from the hallway. We quickly pulled apart and made ourselves look busy. Even though this was certainly not the first time we hugged, something about the way we had done it, it made it seem like others shouldn’t be allowed to see it. My heart was racing even harder as Niall’s mum walked into the room.

“Hi how are you kids doing with the packing?” she asked

“Fine” we both answered simultaneously and much too fast.

“Well Mel,” she said not having noticed the speed of our answer, “your mum’s waiting for you in the living room. She said to tell you to hurry before she misses her appointment.”

“Alright I’ll be right there” I told Maura as she walked out of the room

“Well guess this is goodbye” Niall said as he shuffled his feet and looked at me with those deep blue eyes.

“Not if you call me like you said you would” I told him and gave him a quick hug

“I’ll miss you”

“I’ll miss you too” I said and walked out of the room, looking back at Niall as he watched me go, feeling like I could drown in the deep blue of those eyes

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I was so lost in the memory that I almost missed the hotel, which was saying something. It was one of those hotels where it was obvious that celebrities stayed at from time to time. And if the lavish decorations and grand appearance weren’t enough of a clue the, what seemed as, thousands of girls outside shouting “One Di-rec-tion” would have been my second. It seemed as though many on them were trying to sneak in through the sides and security was having a bit of trouble controlling them. I went inside and made my way to the front desk to a man who looked a little less than friendly.

“Hi I-”

“Listen girly,” he began to say in a bitter tone. “I’m sick of all you girls trying to get in to see that group of guys so unless you are staying in this hotel get out. And right now we’re all booked, so… get out.”

“I’m here to see… Kole Higgs?” I said as I checked the fake name Niall had told me to give. “He said he’d be in room.. 1993… Really? That boy needs a better imagination.” I told myself at his obvious birth year.

“Oh, Oh! Oh yes of course Kole Higgs, right” The rude man said as he realized that I was here because Niall wanted me here. “Here is his room card and I’m sorry for the inconvenience.”

“Yeah, alright” I said knowing he was more sorry to have almost upset a famous boy band member than to have been rude to me. I made my way to the elevator to see a big group of girls outside giving me bad looks. I had a feeling this was what it was going to be like to anywhere near Niall from now on. Well this was going to be interesting…