How it All Started (A One Direction fanfiction)

Chapter 14

We start walking to the path that leads to the trail, and we collectively decide to take the scenic route that takes you to the top of the mountain. And it's the longest path, which we have all day to enjoy.

As we enter, the scene immediately reminds me of going hiking as a kid. The tall trees, towering over you making you feel like only a small particle in the expansive forest. And the smell of the woods, it just reminds me of summer. This has by far been the best summer of my life, even if it has only been a week. First, I reconnected with my childhood best friend and now we are back and stronger than even. Second, I made five new best friends and one of them happens to be my possible new boyfriend. I honestly couldn't have asked for a better turn out for this summer, and it's not even over yet.

"Brooke." I hear Niall say which snaps me out of my current thoughts.

"Yeah?" I say, not sure wether he had previously been talking to me before.

"I don't know I'm bored." He laughed. I love the way we can just talk, about anything. It seems like we can just be who we are around each other, and I'm starting to see this the more we are around eachother.

"Then talk to me." I laugh back as I start to swing our intertwined hands.

"I think that after this camping trip is over, we should go on a real date." He said looking at me with a wide grin on his face.

I tried to contain my excitement, because on the inside I'm freaking out. Niall Horan wants to go on a date with me. If you would have told me this two weeks ago, I would have laughed in your face.

"I think that's a great idea. What should we do?" I ask as I look up at him only to see him smiling like an idiot. A very cute idiot at that.

"That's for me to figure out, and you to find out." He said with a mischievous look on his face.

"You're not gonna try to murder me or something, right?" I jokingly ask. Why do I always think he's gonna murder me? I just realize that every time I don't know what's gonna happen with him I think he's going to murder me. But I don't think I have to worry about that.

"No, I wouldn't murder you. I like you too much." This made me blush so much I think I look like a tomato. My face literally feels like it's on fire and it's extremely uncomfortable. I'm really not used to this, no ones made me blush this much before.

"You're cute when you blush." Niall chuckled as my poked my check, which made me laugh. It's like he can read my mind or something.

"And you're cute ALL the time." I said back courageously as I pinched his cheek with my other hand like a baby.

"Cute? That's all I get?" He said with an extremely cheesy sad face on.

"Wait let me take that back. You're the sexiest man ever to walk on the planet Earth. That better?"

"Much." He replied after giving me a peck on the cheek. This, of course made me blush even more and give me the worst butterflies in my stomach. Even the smallest things he does make me go crazy.

"So how's life been?" He asks. Even though I try to answer this as normally as possible, it just won't work.

"Good?"

"Not great?" He says sadly.

"I guess it's great, I mean I'm having a great time here." I say to lift his spirit, even though I can't tell if he's joking or not.

"Same. Plus I met you, and that's been making my life extremely great." He said, putting an emphasis on extremely.

"Right back at ya, Horan." I say in a somewhat joking tone but at the same time letting him know it's true. I mean, meeting him has been one of the best things that's ever happened to me. I know we almost just met, but I can tell I want to be with him for a long time. Wether it's just friends or more than that.