Untamed Love

Chapter 13 - Tess

Chapter 13 - Tess

I opened my mouth and closed my eyes as the first melodic note drifted out of my mouth. 

Circles, we're going in circles

Dizzy's all it makes us

We know where it takes us

We've been before

Closer, maybe looking closer

There's more to discover

Find out what went wrong

Without blaming each other

I opened my eyes and made eye contact with the dirty-blond headed Irish bloke that was sitting opposite me. Butterflies filled my stomach as he looked at me in a way I have never seen before. Was it... No! It couldn't be. 

Think that we got more time

When we're falling behind

Gotta make up my mind

Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games

And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change

And we take, take, take it for granted that we'll be the same

But we're making all the same mistakes

Wake up, we both need to wake up

Maybe if we face up to this

We can make it through this

Closer, maybe we'll be closer

Stronger than we were before, yeah

Make this something more, yeah

Think that we got more time

One more falling behind

Gotta make up our minds

I closed my eyes and tried to shut out the thought of Niall looking at me with love in his eyes. It was clear. I-I think Niall likes me. Do I like him? I continued singing. 

Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games

And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change

And we take, take, take it for granted that we'll be the same

But we're making all the same mistakes

Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is

When it's broken, you say there's nothing to fix

And you pray, pray, pray

That everything will be okay

While you're making all the same mistakes

 "Happy birthday Niall" I said as I kissed him on the cheek.

"Happy birthday Tess. Goodnight" He kissed my forehead and we lay down on the trampoline.  Niall had protectively put his arm around me as we drifted off to sleep.

NEXT MORNING

I yawned and felt something covering and tickling my face. I opened my eyes and my vision was cut off my some dirty blonde hair. "Niall" I said softly trying to push him off. "NIALL! BLOODY HELL WAKE UP!" I yelled. 

"WHAT? I'm up. I was always awake. What are you talking about?"

I rolled my eyes as I dangled my legs over the edge of the trampoline. As I was about to hop down Niall dragged me back by the waist and started tickling me. "N-N-NIALL! S-ST-STOPP!" I laughed. It looked like I was writhing around in pain, and I was. I kicked out as a reflex and ended up getting Niall in the balls.

"AWWWW...FFF... AHHH!" He yelled as he doubled over in pain

"OH MY GOD! NIALL ARE YOU ALRIGHT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO! I'M SORRY". He was silent for a few minutes as I kept appologising.He looked up with tears in his eyes.

"I-Its alright. I m-mean it d-doesnt hur-rt that much". I kissed his cheek and we lay down again on the trampoline. The butterflies were back. SHIT! 

"Um... I'll go and um, get some ice. Stay there and don't move". I walked away feeling guilty and confused. I went to the kiosk and climbed over the bench and took some ice and put it in a plastic bag. I hope Niall will be okay. When I got back Niall was looking better.

"That's quite a kick you have Tess"

"Haha. I know. I did karate. Remember?"

"Oh yeah"

"I'm so sorry Niall. It was a reflex, I swear"

"It's alright Tess. I'll be fine. Why don't you call Harry and tell him to come over and help us. I'm not going to be able to walk, you're not going to be able to carry me. My phone is over there"

I walked over and called Harry's number. "Hey Niall"

"It's not Niall, It's Tess"

"Oh hey Tess. Whats up?"

"Well I accidentally kicked Niall in the balls. Like really really hard. He can't walk, I can't carry him so he asked for you to come over and help"

"Yeh sure. I'll be there in about 7 minutes. See you then"

"Bye!" I turned to Niall "Don't worry Ni, Harry is comming". He took the ice off and winced in pain. He tried to move his legs but then screamed out in pain.

"Niall! Don't move. Please. You'll only hurt yourself more". 

- Harry -

Tess accidentally kicked Nial in the balls? That's quite funny. I started chuckling. I liked Tess. Not as a friend, but more. She was sweet, funny and compassionate. I was thinking since she was best friends with Niall, she wouldn't want to ruin their friendship so maybe...

NO!

Tess was off limits. Niall said to each of us that she was off limits. Its hard not to like Tess.