My Muted Music Love

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter 17

Elizabeth

I pulled away from the kiss and Niall smiles at me. I get up and Niall follows. He looks at me questioningly and I turn back to the piano. Niall grabs my arm and gently tugs me towards the other direction. I shake my head and try to pull my arm out of his grasp, but he won't let me. I give him a small smile and put my hand over his hand that's on my arm. I pull his fingers off one by one and place his hand in mine.

"I almost lost you twice. I'm not going to let you get near that piano anytime soon." Niall said seriously.

I sigh and tug his hand towards the piano, pouting. He stays in place and shakes his head. I keep tugging on his hand and when I realise that it won't work, I stop. I kiss him softly on his lips and he relaxes a bit and kisses me back. I smile into the kiss when I realise this and quickly pull back and pull him towards the piano. I sit down in front of it and Niall looks at me desperately.

"Please, princess. Don't. I can't stand to see you like that. It hurts me to see you cry, I don't know if I could save you again. I can hardly remember what I did the last two times. I'm sorry for pressuring you into getting over your fear. It's my fault, but please. Don't do this. I beg you. Please." My heart breaks when I see a tear trickle down his cheek.

I scoot over and pat the seat, gesturing for him to sit down. He stares at the seat and hesitantly sits down. I peck his cheek before turning towards the piano. I take a deep breath and let my fingers run across the keys. As I'm playing, I take deep breaths, trying to calm myself down whilst paying close attention to the keys. I'm a bit rusty as I haven't played for a few years, but I easily get lost in the music.

Before I know it, my fingers start to effortlessly move across the keys. The sound coming from the piano fills the room. I start to press a few extra chords once I've gotten a bit more used to playing. It sounds different, but nice so I keep pressing extra keys and chords here and there until I decide I had enough and end the piece. I turn to Niall to see him looking at me wide-eyed.

"You were- that was amazing." I smile at him and pull him into a tight embrace.

He puts his arms around me and gives me a squeeze before getting up. I follow behind him and he leads me out of the room. I look back at the piano one more time before closing the door behind me. He takes me to the kitchen where he gets out an apple and bites into it. I sit down on a stool across from Niall and play with my fingers.

"Do you want something?" Niall asks with his mouth full and I just shake my head.

I look at the time on his clock and see that I should be heading back to the orphanage right about now, so I hop off the stool and point towards the door. Niall looks at the door for a few moments before understanding what I was trying to say. He holds a finger up whilst chewing his apple, and I just roll my eyes at him. He swallows his food and stands up as well.

"You need to leave?" I nod my head and a thoughtful expression crosses his face.

"Wait-didn't you say you live in an orphanage?" I nod my head again.

"Then why do you need to go back? You could stay here!" I smack my hand over my face while shaking my head at him.

"What? It's a good idea." I smile at him and give him a kiss on the cheek before walking towards the door.

"Wait! If you have to go, can I walk you there?" I hesitate a bit, but nod my head. He grabs my hand and pulls me out the house.

Once he does, he realises that he doesn't know where the orphanage is so he gestures for me to lead the way. I tug him towards the direction of the orphanage and we walk there in silence, swinging our arms back and forth. Enjoying each other presence. One we get there I stop and Niall looks at me before turning his head towards the orphanage. After a few moments, he turns towards me and starts pulling me towards the orphanage.

Once inside, I lead Niall into the kitchen and gesture for him to sit down. Once he does, I start making dinner for everyone. I feel Niall's eyes on me whilst I am cooking, but I ignore it and continue cooking. A few people came out at the smell of food and gave Niall a weird look, but disregard him once I give them food. I set out the rest of the food for everyone and make an extra plate for Niall and give it to him. I sit next to him and he looks at me confused.

"Aren't you going to eat something?" I shake my head.

"What do you mean? You need to eat. C'mon have some of my food." I shake my head again.

"Don't make me force feed you." He threatens and I smile and reluctantly nod my head.

"Good."

I don't actually eat much of Niall's food, but I don't think he noticed with how quickly he was eating. When he finished, I wash his plate and take him outside. We lay down on the grass, my head on Niall's chest, looking at the stars. There aren't many stars out tonight and the moon is covered up by the clouds, but I still think it looks beautiful.

"Hey Elizabeth?" Niall asks and I sit up so I could look at him.

"Has anyone ever told you that you're beautiful? You are." I blush and look at my lap. Niall sits up and lifts my head up before lightly kissing my lips.

"I have something for you." He says before digging in his front pocket. and pulling something out of it. He cups it in his hand, so I can't see it. I look at him confused and he takes a deep breath before speaking again.

"Elizabeth, I've known you for some time now and I want you to know how special you are to me. You are the nicest, sweetest, most beautiful person I've ever met. You are so smart and interesting and caring towards others. Every time I see you I feel the need to smile. You have done so much for me and words can't describe how I feel for you. With how much you've gone through, it's pretty obvious to me that you are the strongest person I know. I'm so glad I met you. You've made me a better person. Here is my thank you."

He shows me that a locket was inside his hand. The chain was silver and had a few greyish stains on it. Attached to the chain was a silver locket with small swirls making an amazing design on it. I take the locket and open it to see that there was a picture of Niall with his mother and what looks like a younger version of Liam and Zayn on one side. He looks a few years younger in the photo and he has a huge smile on his face.

There's no photo on the other side and I close it. I gesture for him to put the necklace on me and he takes it while I turn around. I move my hair out of the way and he puts the necklace on me. I touch the locket and smile. Once Niall snaps it on, I turn around and kiss him. He seems a bit taken back, but still kisses me either way. He pulls away from the kiss and gives me a quick peck.

"Elizabeth?" I look at him.

"I-I think I'm in love with you." My eyes widen and I cover my mouth with my hand.

"Please, don't say- or well, do anything. I just wanted to tell you." I feel my eyes water up and soon enough tears start streaming down my face.

"Why are you crying? Did I do something? I'm sorry if I did." He starts to panic, but I shake my head and smile through my tears.

"Happy tears?" I nod my head.

"Well I don't care. I don't like to see you cry, so stop." He says whilst wiping my tears. I kiss him and he pulls away and lies back down pulling me into him. I curl up into his side and watch the night sky.

I felt like I could stay in his arms forever.