(For Adelina) This is the Best Song Ever

The quickest way to man's heart, is trough his stomach

A Niall Horan fanfic

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The ticking of the clock was unbearable for Annabeth, who was staring at it the whole time. They had Math now, and it was so silent that you could hear a mouse passing by, if there was one. She yawned loudly, but quickly shutted her mouth when the teacher frowned at her. Her glasses were on the top of her nose and her eyes were narrowed. Young, but looking like an old hag, as Ally always said. Ally was Annabeth's best friend since kindergarden, and always supported her. She needed some support right now, she has been fighting a lot with her boyfriend this month, nothing special about that, except when you had to count the paparazzi, the jealousy and the deadthreats. Yes, deadthreats, because Annabeth's boyfriend is Niall Horan from One Direction.

They met 4 years ago, on an afterparty with her best friend. She was quite shy, and she didn't consider herself as One Direction's biggest fan, but she did now the Irish guy who could make her heart melt when he sang or laugh. They made eye contact from a distance, both not willing to take the first step. But later in the evening, he had a few drinks, he finally stood up and walked towards her. The only thing that stopped her from flirting, was the fact that she just broke up with her boyfriend because he was cheating on her. She always convinced herself she didn't need any love anymore, but Niall was a tough one. "Did it hurt?", he said, She frowned at him. "What?", she said, looking in his eyes. "When you fell from Heaven", he laughed short and she joined him. "That was the lamest pick-up line EVAA!", Annabeth said, and laughed even harder, releasing a little snore that he Niall found cute from the beginning, but she couldn't deny the fact that she was blushing when he said that. Niall just raised his shoulders, still smiling, and looked at her. "Can I offer you a drink?", she didn't know why, but she just shook her head, replied: "No, thanks" and looked at the other people dancing. It was a stupid action, but when she tought about it now, she realised that it was the right thing to do. "Do you want to dance then?", she smiled at his proposal, and looked at his hand, who was raised. She took it and he guided her to the dancefloor where they danced all night. The evening was ending, and she still smiled when she remembered, when she was playing 'hard-to-get'. It was already turning into morning, and Ally was sleeping on a table, probably had to many drinks, when Niall turned to her. "Can I take you home with me?", she never admitted that she was blushing, but she still had an option when she was looking at Ally, she wasn't an easy one. "Never in your wildest dreams, Mister", she whispered in his ear, she was happy he could laugh about it. He did brought her and Ally home, and had the courage to ask Annabeth out in front of her parents. And all their dates involved food, wich wasn't a very big suprise

"ANNABETH!", the sharp voice of Ally was echooing trough her brain and Annabeth woke up grumpy, "Class is over, you're going home with me?", Annabeth looked at her best friend for a while and then realised something, "Sorry, Al, but I have to go and talk to Niall", Ally just smiled, "I was hoping you would say that, I couldn't go either", Annabeth just raised an eyebrow, "Then why bother to ask?",  "because I wanted to hear you say it" she replied. She grabbed her camera and walked towards the door, but stopped before leaving the classroom, "I've got a date with Louis, to be honest", Ally said quickly and ran away, leaving a confused Annabeth behind...

Annabeth quickly took her stuff and runned as fast as her feet could handle to his appartment, ignoring all the photographers. She took her key, but hesitated. ' What if he's going to break up, without giving me a chance?' that was going to be something she couldn't bear. She loved him, and she knew he wasn't like that. The key went in the lock and she fell inside. Niall was grinning. "What're you doing, love?" he teased. Annabeth ignored it and stood up, as quick as she could ever be. "I don't want to fight anymore!", she yelled, "Me neither", he replied, but Annabeth didn't listen. "I know it's hard to be with me while you have to deal with those photographers and touring and the boys and having some quality time..." she was ranting, wich she always did when she was nervous or apologizing. "Annab-", he tried, but she kept talking, "Anna-", nope, still not listening, "ANNABETH!", he yelled to shut her up. She looked at him with big eyes, and he smiled again. "You don't need to worry, Love", he assured her with a gentil voice, "I'm not leaving you, you are too important." she turned pink and was sitting on the floor now, tired of her heavy backpack and the running. "Sorry...", she finally said, after all those years. And it felt as a relieve. She never wanted to admit her own mistakes, and she never said sorry, she just wasn't like that. She was stubborn, and always got what she wanted, well most of the times. Niall was suprised by her apologize, but not amused. He frowned and pulled her in for a hug, "It isn't your fault, we're both just stressed about all of this", she nodded her head. "Let's forget what happened this month, I don't want to see you upset", she nodded again, whiping a tear away. They looked into each other's eyes, and he gently kissed her forehead, "Let's go out, where do you want to eat", she smiled, always food, and smiled at him. "There's a restaurant, just a few streets from here", he was looking interested, "What's it called?", She laughed quickly grabbed her bag and kissed his cheek. "Nando's".

And she always knew that her mother wasn't joking when she said: "The quickest way to a man's heart, is trough his stomach"

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