The Neighbors

Chapter 25

"Hello?" I say and set Lux down on the couch.

"Hey Shea," I hear Niall's voice through the phone speaker. I watch Lux climb onto Harrys lap.

"What's up?" I ask and clean up some of the pizza from earlier. I'd been here almost all day helping the boys babysit.

"I'm in your driveway, you ready to go bowling?" Niall asks.

"Shit, yeah, I forgot about that," I say and look up at the clock. It's already 7:45.

I hear Niall chuckling, "that's okay, I'll be waiting," he says.

"Okay, I'll be right there,"I say and hang up the phone. Harry holds Lux and she giggles.

"Shit," Lux says. Oh no.

"Lux.. What did you say?" Harry asks her.

"Shit!" She says with a smile and Harry and I both giggle at her profanity.

"How could you teach her that?" Harry asks with mock disgust.

"Sorry.." I say sheepishly and gather my things from the table.

"Where are you going?" Harry asks.

"Bowling with a friend," I say.

"Oh, I'm going bowling with Louis next weekend," he says.

"Yeah, that's about all we do for fun in this town," I say as I walk towards the door.

"Yeah, that's what Louis said, I guess I'll see you tomorrow at school," he says.

"Alright, tell Noah I said byyyyyyeeee," I say and he giggles.

"I will," he says and playfully tosses Lux over his shoulder before walking to the other room with her laughing loudly. I walk myself out of the door and see Niall's silver truck in my driveway.

As I walk across the street I see Niall climb out of his truck and run around to open the passenger door. I walk up to him and he smiles.

"Hey Shea," he says.

"Hey Niall, you any good at bowling?" I ask.

"Not the slightest bit," he says and I laugh.

"Well I'm pretty good, I'll teach you," I say.

"Thank god," he laughs and so do I. I climb into the truck and buckle my seatbelt while he runs around to the driver side.

"So, why were you at the neighbors house?" He asks as he pulls out of the driveway.

"I was helping the Styles babysit," I say.

"Oh yeah, Noah's your boyfriend," he says and if I didn't know any better, I'd say he looks disappointed.

"Well, actually, we've only been on one date, he's not my boyfriend yet," I explain to him. Noah's not my boyfriend yet, but I hope he will be soon.

"That's cool," he says and looks at me to smile quickly before turning his head back to the road.

"Yeah, I guess that makes me a single pringle," I joke and do a little dance with my fingers. He chuckles at me.

"You wanna know something?" He asks and I shrug.

"Sure," I say.

"I think Pringles are delicious," he says and I laugh.

"Who doesn't?" I say.

"That's very true," he laughs. He has such a cute laugh. His laugh would make a good song. It should be my ringtone.

A familiar country song come on the radio while he's driving and we both sing along.

"No sir I ain't been drinkin," Niall says and picks his pop can up from the cup holder.

"I ain't even had one beer," I sing along.

Niall and I dance along to the song. Country music isn't my favorite music, but I like it because my dad would always play it and it gives me a sense of comfort.

"And I know I'm all over the road, and I can't help but go," he sings and playfully swerves his truck slightly.

"A little bit of left a little bit of right," I say and gesture with my thumbs to the left and right.

"It's hard to drive with her hand over here on my knee," Niall sings and I put my hand in his knee and playfully shake it. Him and I both laugh. I'm enjoying singing with Niall.

"You better not put you hand on my knee like that again, or I'll actually crash my truck," he warns and I laugh.

"You can't handle a little girls hand?" I tease.

"Not if you're that little girl," he says and I laugh. I know that he's just playing around, but I feel like he's flirting with me and I know that Noah wouldn't exactly like that. Of course Niall doesn't mean any harm. Actually, I'm not doing anything wrong by flirting, Noah's not my boyfriend.

Niall and I laugh our whole drive to the bowling alley. Niall's a pretty cool guy.

When we get there he parks the truck and we walk up to the shoe rental desk to see Liam.

"Hey Liam," Niall says.

"Hey Liam, I didn't know you worked here," I say.

"Hey guys, and yeah, I've been working here for a little bit now," he says. He's wearing a maroon work shirt and jeans. Niall's wearing a 5sos t shirt and basketball shorts. I like 5sos a lot, they are pretty cool. I even have a fangirl crush on Ashton Irwin.

"What size shoe are you?" Liam asks.

"Oh, I'm a size five," I say.

"Really?" Niall asks and sounds surprised.

"Yeah," I say and Liam places a pair of size five shoes next to Niall's.

"You have tiny feet," Niall says and looks down at them.

"Yeah, I do," I say.

"That's cute," he says and smiles. I reach for my wallet but he pays Liam before I could get it out.

"You don't have to pay, Niall," I say and he shakes his head.

"I already did," he says and smirks.

"It's not a date Niall," I say.

"It's not?!" He says in mock surprise. I playfully push his arm earning a chuckle.

"You guys are on lane 13," Liam says and I nod.

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