Nialler's Princess

Chapter 13

*Niall’s POV*

“You haven’t seen her for two years and you give her a phone charm?” Zayn said as he sat on the couch.

“It’s a panda charm… She loves pandas!” I defended myself as all they were doing was staring at me. I wanted to get her something better but she wouldn’t have let me

“I just don’t see why you couldn’t get her something nice” Lou told me shaking his head as if disappointed.

“Yeah something better like… like that bracelet you got her last time. That one was nice” Harry said and I sighed and shrugged my shoulders. They just didn’t know her like I did. She never accepted nice or expensive gifts well. Buying her things was like walking on eggshells. I was closer to her than probably anyone, even the lads, but buying her a present was still one of the hardest things I could ever do in my life.

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“Niall! What is this?!” Kitty screamed as soon as she answered the phone. It hurt my ear a bit

“I see you got your present. I’m great thank you for asking” I tried to joke around but I felt as if I could barely speak. I had spent months looking for what I thought would be the perfect present even asked the lads for advice. As soon as I had mailed it though, I had turned into a nervous wreck. I was never affected by anything but waiting for her reaction to my gift I was driving myself mad.

“Sorry I’m glad you’re okay but this is too much. This is silver! How much did you spend on this?”

“Don’t worry about the price. Do you like it?” I asked hopefully. I had given her a small charm bracelet for Christmas with only one charm, a panda. Since we were little pandas had always been her favorite animal. It had been a while since I had sent it and we were already back on tour but her mom had taken her to her grandparent’s in America during Christmas so she hadn’t gotten it until then. I had actually hoped she had been home during Christmas visiting her father or at least in London so I could see her but she hadn’t. In fact she had even stayed there a couple of extra months and hadn’t returned to London until the beginning of March. It was as if we were purposely being kept apart. It was torture…

“Yes, of course, it’s beautiful. But you seriously didn’t need to get me something this nice. I would’ve been glad with just a phone call. In fact that is the only present I’m allowing from now on.”

“Kitty” I sighed. She was the most amazing girl in the world but she was also the most stubborn. Although I couldn’t help but admit that was part of her charm

“Niall, a normal person buys cheap stuff or makes things, not go out of their way to buy me a silver charm bracelet!”

“Silver’s not that expensive.” I tried to defend myself but if she knew how much I had really spent on her she would be screaming even louder.

“But it’s pure silver. Pure Sterling Silver! I may not have a lot of jewelry- alright I have none… well I guess I do have this bracelet now…” she drifted off.

“Damn she’s so cute” I whispered and slammed my hand against my mouth when I realized I’d said that out loud. Please don’t have heard it, please don’t have heard it, I thought to myself

“Huh, did you say something,” she asked and I sighed with relief. “Gah, I did it again didn’t I? Well anyway just don’t do it again alright? You know how I feel about you spending money on me”

“I don’t mind. Besides now that I can of course I would want to buy my best friend something. So what if I bought you a silver bracelet I hardly buy you anything anymore. And so what if the panda is made of diamond-” I said slapping my hand to my mouth again. I hope I didn’t really just say that out loud. What was it about this girl that made me lose all control over anything that I said…

“Niall…” she said and I braced myself for what was to come. “Niall please tell me you didn’t just say diamond…” I said nothing and I heard her give out a heavy sigh

“This charm is made of diamonds?!” she screamed and I had to take my phone away from my ear.

“Kitty I know but it wasn’t that expensive I swear!”

“It’s diamonds?! You got me diamonds?!”

“Kitty I- Hello? Kitty?”

“Hello?” I heard her say, but it wasn’t Kitty

“Oh hi Jenna, where’s Kitty?” I asked her mom. It had felt weird at first calling her by her first name but after their divorce I wasn’t sure if it’d be best to call her Miss or Mrs. anything so Kitty told me to just call her mom by her first name, Jenna. Kitty always called my mom by her first name anyway and Jenna didn’t mind so I called her that from then on

“She was yelling a lot so I took the phone from her. Did you get her diamonds?” she asked but not at all mad. Jenna had always been very similar to Kitty except for the accent and the taste in fashion. I remember Kitty coming over to my house while her mom went shopping ‘cause she didn’t like it herself. That was the only real big difference between Kitty and Jenna, one liked buying things, the other hated when anyone spent things on her.

“Uh yeah the panda charm on her bracelet has little diamonds on it. I didn’t think she would notice but I accidently told her… Is she that mad?” I asked worried that she hadn’t taken back the phone already

“Aww that’s so cute. Oh and don’t worry sugah she just missed your lovely presents is all. Melody!” I heard her say and then there was a thud.

“Hello?” I said a little worried she had hung up

“No! Sorry Niall my mum wouldn’t give me back my phone”

“Niall! Come on mate we have to go!” Liam screamed

“You have to go?” Kitty asked sounding disappointed. Definitely one of the cutest sound she ever made

“Yeah we were waiting for an interview at PopStarMagazine so I thought I’d give you a call”

“Busy as ever huh. Well I guess I better let you go.”

“Yeah I’ll call you later”

“Niall wait!” I heard her yell right before I hung up.

“Yeah?”

“Thank you for the bracelet” she said in a very soft voice that made me want to skip this interview, take the next flight to London, and just hug her and never let go

“You’re welcome” I said and hung up

For the rest of the interview, and the rest of the day, I couldn’t take my mind off of Kitty. I kept getting distracted during the interview and was taken off guard when one of the interviewers asked me if I had a crush on someone. My mind had immediately gone to Kitty but after they said the name of some actress I hardly knew of I just shrugged it off. After that I just went on like any other day; spending time with the lads, joking around, and secretly wishing I was with Kitty. Just a regular day.

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“Don’t worry about it guys, she loved it” I told them getting back to the present and went to get some food.

“Of course she would if it’s from her little Nialler” Zayn said and jumped on me

“Get off!” I yelled at him but just laughed and the lads laughed with me. It was fun being with my mates but it was nothing like being with her… I missed Kitty already…