bestfriends {nh au}

pt. 10

MACY'S POV

I get my stupid boot off today and can go back to practice! I do feel bad about not spending time with Niall, though. But he understands. I know he does.

I'm basically bouncing in my seat sitting at the doctor's office. I can't wait to be done with this. To get back on the track.

The doctor comes out and calls my name. I grin and walk into the room. Perhaps I'm the only person to ever be excited about walking into a doctor's office.

"A little excited today, Miss Johnson?" Doctor Peters asks me.

"You have no idea."

Long story short, the boot comes off and I walk out thanking him.

I drive back to school, it's lunch hour at the moment so I text Niall. Within the minute, Niall is walking towards me. I grin and run. I run for the first time in weeks. I throw my arms around Niall's neck and laugh. Not because anything is particularly funny, just because I'm so obnoxiously happy.

"Niall, look, I can use my left foot again!" I point down.

"I can see that, babe. Congrats." He gives me a peck on the lips and my smile grows. He intertwines his hand with mine as we walk into the commons. "You hungry?"

"Not really." I answer.

Everyone's eyes widen as we walk past them. That's when I realize, this is the first time Niall and I have really done something couple-y at school.

I hear people whispering and get a bit paranoid. What if they're all talking about how he's too good for me? They wouldn't be wrong....

Niall leans down to whisper in my ear. "Don't worry about them, May."

A shiver goes down my spine and I nod. We go and sit down with our usual group of friends. They're surprised as well. Makenzie is giving me a "Why the hell didn't you tell me?!" Look. Harry is giving the same look to Niall.

"Okay, when exactly?" Rachel asks.

"Just last night, actually." Niall answers.

"Okay, how exactly?" Liam mimics the structure of his girlfriend's question.

"That could be kind of a long story." I say.

Louis glances at the clock on his phone. "There's 15 minutes left of lunch. Go for it."

So I tell the story, at least my part. I include everything. Starting with getting "stood up". I finish with Niall telling me he loves me, and saying I love him, too. Niall would sometimes add in how he was feeling at certain parts of it. At the end they all "awww." And Niall and I blush.

"Okay, but we all knew it was gonna happen sometime." Katie says and they all nod.

"Uh, I didn't know it was gonna happen." I point out.

"Yeah, me neither." Niall agrees.

"Okay, everyone except for you two." Harry corrects.

I roll my eyes.

Lunch ends and Niall walks me to class.  "I'll come see you at your practice today, alright?"

I nod and smile. "As long as you don't distract me."

"No promises." He laughs. "See ya later, babe." He kisses my cheek and walks away, waving.

I walk into my English class and it seems like everyone is staring at me. Josh, sitting in the seat next to me, leans toward me. "You and Horan, aye?"

I blush, nodding. "Yeah."

"I knew it. You guys are cute." He says, turning to face the board again.

I pull out my notebook to do the entry task. "Thanks."

After eighth period I immediately rush to the locker room. I pull out my bag and change into track shorts and a t-shirt, changing into a sports bra as well. I pull on my running shoes and throw my hair into a ponytail.

I practically run out to the track and set my bag on the bleachers. When everybody else arrives, me and the other captains lead everyone in general warm-ups and stretches. After that, we split into events and I lead my hurdlers in our specific warm-ups.

We then all get on our spikes and set out the hurdles. Today, our work out is three one-hundreds off the third hurdle and two three-hundreds off the third hurdle. As promised, Niall shows up to the track and sits on the bleachers.

Throughout practice, various people express to me how glad they were I was back. I thank each of them and tell them I'm glad to be back as well.

After that work out, all the other hurdlers are excused to go home. I keep going. I do three more full one-hundreds, two more full three-hundreds, and do about 5 block starts.

I get done with my extra work out and grab my water bottle, gulping down the liquid. Niall comes up to me. "You look great out there, Macy." He compliments.

"Thanks," I say, out of breath, "But, not great enough." He hands me a cup. "What is it?" I ask.

"An extremely healthy, but delicious, smoothie made by yours truly." He states proudly.

I smile at him. "Thank you so much." I drink down the smoothie and am actually really impressed by how good it is.

Niall tells me it contains kale, strawberry, banana, blueberries, almond milk, and zero calorie yogurt. "And see? I wasn't a distraction at all."

"Damn, I love you." I tell him.

"I love you too."