Nialler's Princess

Chapter 14

Lexi and I sat outside on the swing-set as I told her about my day with Niall. I skipped the part where I was sitting on his lap of course because if I told her that I’d never hear the end of it. Since we had gotten back home I couldn’t help but think of Niall’s snapback and those girls. A small part of me wondered if it would really be worth it to spend time with Niall when so many girls would probably try to kill me. I heard about the death threats the other band member‘s girlfriends had gotten and I didn’t really think that it’d be easy to deal with. What was I thinking? Niall wasn’t even my boyfriend, we were just friends. Just friends.

“You okay?” asked Lexi. “You’re looking a little flushed.”

“I’m fine…” I said and shook my head fast. “Yeah I’m fine don’t worry about it”

“Right…” she said not believing me so I decided to change the subject

“Oh did I tell you? The guys have invited both of us to dinner tomorrow”

“What?!” she screamed jumping out of the swing. “And you waited until now to tell me?!”

“Well I figured that you’d be too distracted after I told you to listen to anything else I said.”

“I’m having dinner with One Direction!” she said jumping up and down

“Like right now. You’re not listening to me are you?”

“What should I wear? And what shoes? Should I go shopping?”

“Yup not listening” I said and continued to push myself back and forth on the swing-set. My mom had said it was useless to buy one of these cause I’d get too old for them soon but frankly I was pretty sure I would never get sick of this. They were fun, except it rained a lot, and I had a feeling that one day it would rain too much and the mat above it would collapse. Still it was fun out here…

“You!” I heard Lexi scream and looked up. She was staring at me with her hands on her hips. Had I done something? I didn’t think so but… “Honey, hey, back to earth.”

“Huh? Sorry I- Wait, what are you doing?” Lexi grabbed my hand and practically dragged me into the house. “You’re going to dislocate my shoulder!” 

Lexi didn’t say anything until we got up to my room. I was starting to think this was serious. She threw me on the bed and stood in front of me with her arms crossed. Quiet. Now she had me worried.

“What are you going to wear?” she said still looking serious… she was kidding right?

“You’re kidding right?”

“I don’t see why I would be kidding. You are going to dinner with Neil! You need to look incredible!” she said very seriously

“… Why do you keep calling him Neil?”

“Don’t change the subject!” she said and made her way into my closet.

I just sat there, knowing it’d be pointless to argue with her. Instead I went over to my laptop and played my Cher Lloyd album. She had an amazing voice and wasn’t afraid to act weird. I respected that.

“Hey!” I yelled as Lexi spun me around and pressed clothes against me.

“Will you hold still! This is for you and Neil and my future nieces and nephews” she said as she threw those clothes where I had been sitting on the bed and went back to the closet

“Nieces and nephews? What are you planning our wedding already?”

“Of course! That’s the maid of honor‘s job isn’t it” she said as she came back in with even more clothes. I tried distracting her, reminding her she needed to pick clothes out for herself, but nothing worked. It’s as if she had made it her life’s mission to get me to date Niall. Not that I minded…

“What’s this?” she asked as she pulled a black bag from the back

“Oh those are some clothes my mom got me for when I go with her to those fancy meetings and stuff. I usually never go so I just leave them there.”

“Hey, Mel, do you know where we’re going for dinner?” she asked looking very thoughtful

“Um, no, I didn’t ask. Why?”

“No reason…” she said as she put the bag down and walked over to me. Before I realized what was happening she pulled my phone out of my pocket and locked herself in my bathroom.

“Lexi! What are you gonna do with that?” I asked feeling worried but got no reply. I heard her talking on the other side of that but couldn’t understand a word she said. As hard as I tried all I heard were mumbles and then some shuffling as she walked out of the bathroom.

“I know something you don’t know” she said in a singsong manner as she walked over to the black bag of clothes.

“What?” I asked cautiously

“Where we’re going to eat.”

“Where?”

“I’m not telling you” she said with a smile as she opened up the bag of clothes. “Mother of- How have I not seen these before?” she asked as she pulled out, one by one, the dresses my mother had gotten me.

“Because I never wear them. They’re way too… not casual. All I need is a good jumper and jeans and I’m good.” I told her picking out a different song from the computer

“Well you are definitely wearing one of these tomorrow night. Now shoes” she said and grabbed what seemed like every pair of shoes I had.

“You’re cleaning that up”

“Do you even own any heels?” she said looking through my assortment or flats, converse and other sneakers. I just shrugged and spun around in my desk chair. “You’re not helping”

“Never said I was” I told her and continued to spin around. I tried going as fast as I could until everything started to blend together. It always took a while for me to get dizzy so I did that for some time. When I finally stopped I found that Lexi had put everything away, although I had a feeling the inside of my closet was a mess that I was going to have to clean that up later. All that was left was a dress sprawled on the bed with one of my pair of heels on the floor.

“Oh hey you found some”

“Yeah no thanks to you” she said from her seat on the floor

“You seriously want me to wear that?” I said as I looked at the outfit more closely. It was a solid teal color, very fitted, sheath off the shoulder dress. It was thigh length and Lexi had matched it with a pair of suede ankle boots heels that weren’t too tall but were still heels. Next to them was a Lottie bag that I forgot I had. It was an incredibly beautiful outfit… just not for me. I frowned.

“Hey you better wear it after what I just went through” she said picking herself up from the ground. “Anyway I’m gonna go now. It’s getting late and I still have to pick up my own outfit you know.” She winked at me. I walked Lexi to the front door and said goodbye. It was late but not too late that I would get scared for her. Even then Lexi could certainly take care of herself. Her place wasn’t too far away anyway. I walked back to my room and put the clothes Lexi had chosen for me on my dresser next to where I had left Niall’s snapback.

I picked up his hat for some reason then set it back down and went to change into my pyjamas. Ever since I had heard his voice on my voicemail I couldn’t stop thinking about Niall. I thought I had finally gotten over him but I guess I was wrong. Could I be blamed though, really? Niall was funny, sweet, and adorable. If there was such a thing as a perfect guy he was definitely it. But Niall was famous now and could have any girl he wanted. Singers, actresses, models even. It was probably best that we just stay friends.

“Well goodnight” I said to myself and sighed. Hopefully tomorrow wouldn’t be so bad