Stay. (A Niall Horan FanFiction)

Chapter 38

Niall and Sarah parked side by side. He helped her grabbed the grocery bags out of the back of her car. There weren't a lot they both had 4 bags; 2 in each hand. They walked towards the elevator to get up to Sarah's floor, and put the bags down in the elevator. Sarah took out her key while she had free hands. The doors opened and they walked down the small hallway to Sarah's apartment.

She fumbled with the lock a bit. When she got it open, they walked in without taking off their shoes and put the bags right in the kitchen.

"Just leave them there I'll put them away." Sarah said walking to the door to close it and take off her shoes.

"I thought I was going to help you." Niall followed with a pout.

"You want to?"

"Yeah."

"Ok." She shrugged. She personally hated putting groceries away, so she didn't expect Niall to either. She was kind of shocked when he said he did.

Together they put the stuff away. Niall asked where certain things went every few minutes, but they were done quick.

"Thank you." She kissed him.

"No problem." He kissed her back.

"So what time is it on again?" She asked as they walked over to the couch.

"Eight I think. Check."

Sarah powered on the tv and the pvr. She went to the channel Criminal minds is usually on and checked all the time slots.

"Eight thirty." She said.

"Oh," Niall looked almost embarrassed for getting the time wrong. "Well it's six thirty now, what do we do?"

"I haven't been on tumblr in a while." Sarah gasped and jogged over to her room. Niall groaned. He didn't see the wonder in tumblr. What was the whole point in it anyway?

Sarah emerged from her room with her laptop in her hands. She had it open and was turning it on. She plopped down on the couch beside Niall. He reached for the remote to put something else on in the mean time. He surfed the channels, but nothing good was on. So he left it on the channel that would play Criminal Minds in 2 hours.

His eyes wandered around the apartment. He was bored. Sarah eyes were basically glues to the screen and she used her index finger on the arrow keys to scroll up and down a never ending page. She occasionally let out a laugh, or an "aww" when she saw something she thought was cute. It was almost as if she forgot Niall was there.

He got up and walked to the front door where the table with the pictures of Sarah and Avery were. The picture of them at prom was no longer there and he wondered why. In its place was another picture of them. They were little, about 6 or 7 years old, it appeared to be the first day of school. They were both small and their bright, big pink backpacks looked much larger than them. Sarah was in a floral tights with a blue long sleeve and she had bangs. Her hair was black back then. Avery was still blonde, except her hair was a bit longer. She was in a red long sleeve, a jean skirt, white nylons and black flats. They were adorable. Niall found himself staring at the picture with the frame in his hand. He looked at Sarah.

Her eyes were squinted because of the sun, and her hair was sort of messy. It was half pulled back and the rest was down. Her hair got lighter since then. But the length is just about the same. Although, she did grow since then. She looked the same but didn't. She still had some of the same features she just lost her baby face.

"What are you staring at?" She interrupted his thoughts.

"What? Oh." He put the picture frame back where it was before. "Um, I was just looking at the picture." He scratched the back of his head and shuffled over to Sarah.