I Want You To Stay (A Niall Horan FanFic)

21: "I'm glad we're friends, Niall."

Lovely. Ladies. Da da da da da... Sorry it's a part from Les Mis.. :} stuck in my head.

Let's not stall and get started guysss (:

Kkay, here we go..

~Rachael Anne ❤️ xx.

Chapter 21: "I'm glad we're friends, Niall."

(AVERY'S POINT OF VIEW)

Damn, why'd I look?!

I had been sitting on my bed scrolling through twitter, and I saw Niall's tweet. It said "Almost home, ready to get back to work." Then, after I read that, I heard the elevator ding. I went to our front door to just see Niall dragging his bags to his door. It creaked when I opened it, and he heard it. He asked who was there, and I couldn't hide, so I showed myself. His eyes bulged a bit...

"Avery, I-I didn't realize it was you. It's nice to see you." He stuttered a little.

"Yeah, you too.." I trailed off a little.

"So, you look great. I haven't seen you in a while. How've you been?"

"I'm fine, settled in again, back into a routine."

"Well that's good.. Did ya miss me?"

His face looked serious, then he cracked a smile.

"Just kidding." He laughed a little.

"Haha... Yeah.." It was a little awkward.

"So! Did you want to hang out with the lads and I tonight? Amanda too? We were thinking about bringing Dani, Perrie, and El too."

"Um, maybe. I was gonna possibly go out with someone tonight..."

"Oh! You could bring her, or him?, along! I don't think the boys would mind. I don't."

"A-are you sure? Cause I could always just let you guys and Amanda go?"

"No! Bring whoever it is along! I'm sure we'd all have fun?"

"Okay, I'll let him know. His name is Christian, by the way."

"Ahhhh. Are you two friends?"

"He's, well, we're actually dating. He's my boyfriend, Niall."

"Oh... That's fun. Yeah, definitely invite him. We'll put our claws away tonight," he joked.

"Oh I'm sure. What'd you guys have planned?"

"Well, did you want to go to a club tonight?"

"Sure! That'd be fun, I haven't been dancing in a while."

"Perfect. I'll let everyone know. Tell Mandie for us?"

"I'll let her know. Are you sure that having Christian there won't bug you?"

"Not a chance. Aves, I'm fine."

"Okay, good. I'll tell him," I paused for a second just looking at him. "I'm glad we're friends, Niall."

"Me too."

Then he turned and unlocked his flat, brought his bags through the door and closed it.

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(NIALL'S POINT OF VIEW)

'I'm glad we're friends, Niall.'

That stung.

BUT, I couldn't let it hurt me. It's just a little bruise.

I have to show her tonight that I was over her. That I was moved on. That she can't rule my life.