Adopted By Niall Horan

Graduation

One Year Later

Three Hours Before Graduation

"Derick I'm scared." Ashley said.

"You'll be fine."

"What if I do something stupid? What if I walked on stage and trip? What if I fall of stage? There will be so many cameras to capture me embarrassing myself." She sat on her bed.

"Like I said. You'll be fine. I'll be there too. If you embarrass yourself then I'll do something worse." She smiled.

"Thanks." I sat next to her and kissed her.

"Now I need help with an outfit." She said getting up and walking towards her closet.

"Go naked." I suggested.

"Um. No thanks." I frowned. She grabbed three dresses.

"Which one?" She asked holding them all up.

"Um. Why not jeans and a t-shirt?"

"Because its graduation. What are you wearing? I can pick the same colors."

"Jeans and a t-shirt." I respond. She stared at me annoyed.

"What color t-shirt?"

"White."

"Then I'll wear this one." She grabbed a white dress with cuts on the side. She turned around and walked into her walk in closet. She closed the door and came out a few minutes later with the dress on.

"What do you think?" She asked.

"You look hot."

"Great." She grabbed a pair of heals and put them on. She walked over to her bathroom and started doing her makeup. I walked out and went to my car. I grabbed the white t-shirt and went back inside. I walked in her room and changed I looked up and saw her staring at me biting her lip. I smirked and walked over to her.

"Like what you see?" She blushed and nodded. I smiled and she turned back to what she was doing. I wrapped my arms around her.

"Go away. I'm putting eyeliner on."

"You can't do that while I'm holding you?"

"No. You're holding my arms down. Go away!" She whined. I stood back and watched her put more an more layers of makeup on her face. I shook my head and walked out.

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"You won't fall." I assured her as we got out of the car. She nodded.

"Why are you so nervous? You're never like this when we have interviews."

"I don't know. Usually I don't care what people think but I'm really nervous."

"All you have to do is go on a stage grab a price of paper and shake a few hands." She looked at me and nodded.

"I love you." She said.

"I love you too." I kissed her and we walked over to the big crowd of students. We sat down and listened to people talk and give long speeches.

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"Ashley Horan." She looked at me and smiled. She walked on stage and flashes started going off. She gave a big smile to everyone in the crowd and walked off the other side of the stage.

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"Derick Tomlinson." I walked up the steps and flashes went off. Everything went quick and I met up with Ashley on the other side. She grabbed my hand and smiled.

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We threw our hats in the air and everyone cheered. Flashes we're going off and people were walking everywhere. We found our hats and walked over to our families. We talked till the paparazzi came. We took a picture all together and they kept screaming at us to take a picture with just Ashley be I. We moved to the side and took a picture. More screams filled our ears as we posed to take one more picture together. She went to hug me and I picked her up bridal style and kissed her. She smiled and I set her down. We walked to the car and Ashely gripped onto my hand.

"What's wrong?" I asked looking at her.

"They're here." She whispered.

"Who?" She pointed to a random place in the grass. Her parents sat there watching us. I couldn't help but wonder how long they were here. I went to walk faster and Ashely almost tripped in her heels. I picked her up and we ran to the car. She tried not to be pissed. She grabbed my arm and we drove to a restaurant we had reserved.

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After we payed our bill we drove home and all hung out in the living room. We all changed and talked. We started watching a random movie. Ashely took me into the kitchen and looked up at me.

"I love you so much. I just want you to know that." I said to her looking into her eyes.

"I love you too." We stood there swaying back and forth hugging.

"Meet me in the guest room." I whispered. She smiled and nodded. I walked up there with her and we stood in front of the door.

"So there's this girl a really like." I said.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. I really wanna kiss her."

"I think she want to kiss you too." We kissed and looked over to everyone smiling in the doorway.