Nialler's Princess

Chapter 16

Not long after we left home did we arrive at the restaurant. The whole car ride there Niall had held my hand and I was all butterflies and rainbows inside. Although I couldn’t understand why Niall would suddenly want to act this way I was definitely not going to argue. Lexi, of course, stared at me the entire time in the car but I tried to ignore her. It was really hard considering she kept wiggling her eyebrows and puckering her lips at me. I really hoped Niall hadn’t seen that. As we got out of the car Niall let go of my hand. I liked it better when he was holding it…

“Ooh good choice” I heard Lexi say

“Well I can see why you didn’t tell me we were coming here” I said as I looked up and saw we were in front of one of London’s most luxurious restaurants.

“Too late” Lexi said and began to push me forward towards the door as the boys followed

I couldn’t help but notice at the people who were staring at us. The guys didn’t seem to notice probably because they were used to it. I couldn’t even imagine getting so much attention all the time that you would become completely unaware of it. Lexi didn’t seem to mind it but I was beginning to feel awkward…

“Are you okay” Niall whispered in my ear as if I wasn’t getting enough attention from the girls in the restaurant

“Ye- Yeah I’m fine” I said and bit my lip looking around. There were people taking out their phones. Great…

“Here is your room” said the man escorting us as to a private room for dinner

“Ooh, not bad” Lexi said and sat down before anyone had the time to pull her chair out for her. She never liked people doing things for her.

“Come on” Niall said and put his hands on the small of my back and I made a little noise which I hoped he hadn’t heard. He started walking me to a chair next to Lexi where he guessed I wanted to sit.

“Thanks” I said as Niall took my chair out for me then continued to sit next to me. Was it me or was he really close? Not that I minded but it just didn’t seem like something Niall would do. Everyone else took their seats and began to look at the menus. Everyone seems to have gotten beer, or wine in Lexi’s case, except for Liam and I. Once we all ordered our drinks the waiter left and left us to chat alone.

“So, why the private room?” I asked

“We thought it’d be easier to talk without a lot of people making noise” Harry said

“Yeah this way we can get to know you better” Louis said then went back to reading his menu

We were all silent for a second everyone looking at what to order except for me. I just couldn’t get over how close Niall was to me. It felt as if he had purposely scooted his chair close to mine. If I put my arm on the table I was sure his would touch mine. I guess I could do that but I really didn’t want to push anything. He might pull his away to give me room. He was an odd boy but he was a real gentleman…

“Do you know what you’re going to order” Niall asked me but I hadn’t really looked at it much seeing how pricy everything was

“Umm I’m not sure yet… Maybe-”

“Alright so let me get this straight,” Lexi said not looking up from her menu. “You guys are paying for everything right. Like, I don’t even have to worry about the price or anything. Ow! What? Don’t kick me Mel!”

“Yes of course we’re paying. We invited you so just pick whatever you want” Liam said

“Alright good” Lexi said and stuck her tongue out at me

“You’re a child” I told her and they all laughed to my relief. Although Niall had told me a lot about all of the guys in his band I had still been pretty nervous to meet them all. I knew they were nice but they were celebrities after all. Lexi was never too shy to do anything so I didn’t think she’d mind being here but I on the other hand barely slept thinking of tonight. Not only were they extremely famous boy band members but also super cute and Niall’s best friends. What if they hadn’t liked me, what would Niall have done? All this thinking was giving me a head ache. I sighed and went back to reading the extremely overpriced menu.

“Are you all ready to order?” asked the waiter as he came in to our little room after some time had passed and with him came our drinks. He went around the table and took everyone’s order. Finally it was my turn to choose

“Umm, well…” I said as I still couldn’t get over the prices I mean seriously how is food this expensive?

“Give me that” Lexi said taking my menu and ordering for me. She knew what I liked so I wasn’t as scared of what she ordered as I was at the fact that I didn’t know the price. The guy left with our orders and I turn to stare at Lexi. “What? I’m hungry and knowing you, you would’ve just ordered water.”

“…So” I answered not knowing of a better come back and crossed my arms

“So how long have you and Lexi known each other?” Liam asked me

“About two years now, I think. I met her when my mum and I first moved here to London.”

“Yeah I moved here for school a couple of months before Mel and her mum moved here so I knew my way around. She had gotten a little lost and I helped her home. From then on we just hung out.” Lexi said with a shrug.

And of course Lexi oversimplified everything. The story of how we met was a lot worse than me just getting “a little” lost. I had gotten to London a few days earlier than my mom and was completely bored there. We hadn’t set up any kind of internet or cable so I was left to nothing but… well just nothing really. After hours of boredom I finally decided to go for a walk. I had told myself I would only go a couple of blocks away then come right back but that didn’t happen. I ended up taking a wrong turn on the way back and got way off the path home. In the end I walked in circles for what seemed like hours until the sun began to set.

After not recognizing anything nearby I ended up at a park and sat down in one of the benches they had. It had been a long day and with the new home, divorce of my parents, loosing Niall, and everything else that had happened recently this just brought it all together.

That’s how I ended up in crying in a park bench in front of strangers who walked by. I heard a bunch of noise and looked up to see Lexi, although I didn’t know her then, arguing with some guys. She looked really tough considering she was yelling at some really scary looking guys. They eventually stopped arguing, the guys left, and Lexi turned around to see that I had been looking at her. I guess she was still mad over whatever she had been arguing about and started yelling at me too. Only for a little bit though, until she noticed I had been crying. She eventually got me to stop crying and helped me home. The next day she even stopped by to check up on me to make sure I was okay. She can be tough as nails but she can also be the sweetest person on earth… 

“Mel!” Lexi yelled in my ear

“Ow! What?!”

“Food’s here.” She said casually and started eating from the plate in from of her. When had that gotten there?

“Are you okay there Kitty?” Niall asked me looking a little a little worried. Wow his eyes are so blue. So deep and beautiful…

“Ow!” I yelled as Lexi pinched my cheek. It didn’t hurt that bad but it wasn’t pleasant either. All the guys laughed. She finally let go and slapped my cheek. Well more like patted but it still hurt.

“She’s fine.” She told him and turned back to me. “Now eat okay?”

“Okay” I said and we all started our meals. Niall of course way ahead of all of us. We made small talk during the meal and I got to know the One Direction boys a little better. They really were great guys. I think Harry liked Lexi too but I don’t think she noticed. We kept on eating when my phone started to ring…