Perfect » n.h {COMPLETED}

XXIV

I run to Niall, pulling him in to a tight hug.

"I've missed you, love."

I smile, closing my eyes. I feel a sense of safety and complete serenity.

"You too, Ni."

•••

Cotton candy and butterfly kisses; giant pandas and carousel rides--though I despise the idea of carnivals this one ironically was amazing.

"To top off the night," Niall starts, breaking me from my thoughts, "we will ride the Ferris wheel."

I roll my eyes at the thought. Quite possibly the most boring ride here--the Ferris wheel--is how we are ending everything. "Do we have to?"

He laughs, intertwining our hands. My heart races at the slightest touch of his hands. We board the wheel quickly, as the line was quite small. We sit across from each other, and he looks at me. Well, honestly, stares.

"What?" I ask, oblivious to what he was thinking, and what his reasoning for staring at me was.

"I'm just admiring you, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it."

I blush, looking away as the ride begins to slowly progress upward. As it approaches the top, more people arrive to get in line, causing us to stop at the top.

"Melanie?"

"Yes?"

"Would.. Would it be alright if I kissed you? Or would that be, like, awkward or something? I mean, it's okay if you don't want to, I'd understand and I-"

I cut him off, kissing his lips and running my fingers through his hair. It was cliché, something you'd see in a movie--the ones that make you want to vomit because they're so cheesy and unrealistic? Yeah, those. And, for once, cliché felt amazing, and I never wanted to be anywhere else but with Niall.

•••

I entered my room, plopping down on the bed and happily sighing.

Niall kissed me.

My heart was still beating out of my chest, when my phone went off.

Nialler x<3: I love you, Mel.

Me: I'm quite fond of you as well, dork:)

•••

As I lie here, at 3 in the morning, I realize something I never even thought about before: could I be in love?

Now, I may have never felt what it was like to be in love, but I sure as hell knew something was wrong with me. My heart races, my stomach flutters, and I'm suddenly happy, all when somebody says a name. A name--that name being one of the only things keeping me alive.

It was a new experience for me--you know, having a reason to want to live.

It wasn't until I started thinking about this that I realized, I'm falling for this boy, and fast, if I do say so myself.

What do you do in a situation like this? What do you do when you've given your heart to someone, becoming completely vulnerable; when you put your everything into one person?

And, what do you do if it doesn't work out? What do you do if the throw your heart on the ground, stomping on it and laughing? What do you do when they leave you with fake smiles, and the heart wrenching sound of "goodbye" on repeat, like a broken record?

Yeah, I'm scared that I'll lose everything when he leaves. I'm scared that he'll leave in general. But hell, I'd rather him break my heart than anyone else, because something about this boy has caused me to completely, utterly, and hopelessly lose myself in my love for him.

And I wouldn't change it for the world.

(A/N)

Short chapter, sorry. But, it's my birthday so I wanted to update for you guys:)