More than this

More Than This : Chapter 35 : Girls Can Be Brutal

Niall's POV

We stayed hugging each other for quite a long time. It feels amazing to hold her and talk to her again. I really wish we could stay like this forever. Damn, I really should push this feelings aside.

Now I've really come to accept it that Ariana and I just can't be something that I wanted, I decided to just end what I'm feeling for her or tell her at least that I'll stop what I'm feeling for her because I wasn't the only only one getting hurt, I knew she was hurt too so I thought of this as the best thing to do for the both of us – I hope.

Before breaking the space between us, I hugged her tighter and finally let her go. She sighed, looking at the ground and then looked at me.

“What am I ever going to do without you Niall?” she asked. I wanted to try to lighten up the mood so I decided to mess with her a little bit.

“You'd probably die of despair or – ” I stopped and look at her. She raised a brow, doing an odd expression which I find pretty amusing, “I was just kidding” I said confessing, “You'd probably better of without me” With that I got a slap on my arm from Ari.

“Since when did you get so brutal?” I asked her. She actually was for the past couple days.

“Since you've been avoiding me – you know, it hurts” she said.

Trust me I know how it feels, times a gazillion.

I wanted to tell her, but that wont probably be a good idea since I've just promised her that I would no longer be expecting more from her.

“Well – we're talking now so problem's solve then? No need to be brutal. Friends?” I said offering another hug.

“Oh, enough hugs for now” she said, doing a declining gesture using both of her hands.

“You have to be the first girl who's turned down an offer to get a hug from this Irish lad” I said, pointing down on me.

“Well I'm glad to be the first one to do so” she said looking so serious, but then, “Nah, I was just kidding” she said, letting out a chuckle, “So I think it's time for us to go, it's getting really late already”

“Yeah, I think we should. The lads might be worried looking for us.”

“Let's go” she said, taking my hand – and for the first time, I didn't feel the same amount of electricity into my veins.

Alex's POV

I got this feeling on the summer day when you were gone.

I crashed my car into the bridge. I watched, I let it burn.

I threw your shi* into a bag and pushed it down the stairs.

I crashed my car into the bridge.

I don't care! I love it.

I don't care!

My vision started to get blurry, drinking my I don't know – 27th glass of vodka? But I continued dancing with every random girl I come up to. There was a little bit of making out, oh no correction – a lot of it, but nothing happened more than that. Hey, I might be in Vegas but I had people with me and I do not want to lose the relationship I established with them. So I tried to keep it decent and chill, not exceeding my limits.

While I danced with the girl I was currently with, I noticed a girl from the other side of the room looking at me. She was dancing with a guy, while she drank. Having one last shot, she walked towards me.