New Guy

Chapter 17

Nicola's POV:

"Yes! I love you guys! I can't believe we actually finished the whole song! I know it's like.. wait.. what's the time, Liam?" I say happily, super hyped that we finished, no matter how long it took us.

He rubs his eyes and picks up his phone, checking the time. "Ummm.. 9pm.."

"Oh, awesome! We only took three hours! Better than I thought." Zayn says, high fiving me.

"Uh.. Guys.. Actually we took twenty-seven hours.. It's the 25th." Liam adds. Woopsy. We skipped school. Again.

"Well... At least we got the song finished?" Zayn half asks-half states with a nervous smile. I roll my eyes and groan. Mum's going to get me for this stunt.

*A while later*

I sneak inside the house as quietly as I can, trying not to disturb my parents who would not let me get away with this for the world.

I dash upstairs into my room, only to be caught red-handed by the one and only Miriam, otherwise known as - my mum.

"The school called me. I'm assuming they made a mistake and you attended.. You wouldn't lie to me, would you, Nicola?"

I gulp and look down before peeping back up at her. "I'm sorry, mum. The school was right. Zayn and I were at Liam's house writing a song, and before we knew it, it was a day later.. Sorry, sorry, sorry!!"

"Well, thanks for being honest with me. But you didn't come home and you didn't attend school, I was worried about you! You're grounded. Your curfue is 7pm and if I catch you out later than that, you'll be grounded for longer and the curfue changes to 6. Now, get to bed. Goodnight."

I groan and sigh before texting my friends about what happened and hopping into bed.

Nina's POV:

I check my phone again for the billionth time. A text!

Oh, it's from Nicola.. I open it and read the fact that she's grounded.

Still no texts from Zayn.

He asked me out and skipped it like it was nothing. He better have a good excuse prepared.

I sigh and I'm about to start playing a game on my phone before I let out a massive yawn. Now that I think of it, I am quite sleepy.. I hop up off the couch and head to my bedroom.

I don't even bother getting changed before curling up on my bed and falling asleep almost instantly.

***

I wake up to the sound of my phone ringing in my ear. So loud. Too loud. I guess the only way to stop it is to answer it.

"Hello..?" I answer sleepily, rubbing my eyes.

"Nina! Nina, I'm so sorry! I got caught up with something and I didn't know what time it was and I skipped school and ugh, I messed up! Give me one more chance?" Zayn's hurried and panicky voice bursts through the speaker in a rush.

"Slow..Slow down.. And Zayn, you blew me off yesterday without a single word. One more chance."

And with that, I hang up.

This date better be the best dang date I've ever been on.

Niall's POV:

I take a deep breath and knock on the door. I wonder if she'll even be awake..

The door swings open to reveal a beautiful looking Nicola. I don't think I've ever seen her looking so good.

"Niall? What are you doing up so early?" She asks in a quiet, sleepy voice.