Limitless (Niall Horan Fanfic)

Chapter 29

Mia’s POV

It’s 11am and I’m only just getting out of bed…shit! I grab a towel and run into the bathroom turning the shower on and jumping in, yelping at the cold water since I didn’t wait for it to warm up, but it’s too late now, I soak my hair in the gradually warming water and then grab the shampoo. Apparently it is not my day today since way too much shampoo comes out of the bottle and there are bubbles everywhere, I scrub at my foaming hair under the water and let the army of bubbles retreat down the plug hole before grabbing the conditioner, thankfully the normal amount came out and I was able to handle it better. I scrub my body getting rid of any remaining traces of sleep from my body. I then quickly grab my towel and quickly dry my skin before wrapping the towel around my soaked hair. Having done all of this I then go back into my room and grab a pair of jeans and loose top with a white blazer before grabbing a pair of owl earrings and then applying my makeup as fast as I can. I look at the clock and see that it’s now 11.30, I smile to myself briefly before remembering that I’m in a rush and so I grab the bag with clothes, makeup etc… that I had packed and my handbag shoving my purse, keys, phone, iPod and lip stick in. You know the essentials. And then I head for the door but turn back to grab her present before turning back to the door.

“Hi mum, bye mum.” I say as I pass the kitchen on the way to the front door.

“Oh no you don’t. You haven’t had anything to eat or drink this morning, get in here.” Her voice is stern and I know that arguing with her will only slow me down so I hurry into the kitchen to find that she has already poured me a bowl of cheerios and a glass of milk.

“Mum…my cereals all soggy.” I complain as I take my first mouthful.

“Be quiet and get it down you.” She says and I pull a face but do as she says, there is no way that I am going to get to Laser Tag on time. I finish up the rest of my soggy cereal and glug down my milk before roughly wiping my mouth and running towards the door.

“I’ll take you.” My mum calls, laughter playing out in her voice and relief washes over me, secretly I had hoped that she would say that. I hear the tinkling of keys as she picks them up and then she was next to me as I open the door. I speed walk to the car while my mum dawdles and I give her a look to tell her to hurry up but it doesn’t seem to work. She slides into the car next to me and I roll my eyes at her.

“We’ve got plenty of time.” She sings and I again roll my eyes at her. I sit quietly as my mum drives, listening to the soft purr of the engine. My mum was right there is plenty of time since we actually get there early. I climb out of the car and wave my mum off before going to stand just inside the main entrance since the wind is cold despite the sun signifying that autumn’s beginning to set in.

I go and sit down on the steps and pull my phone out of my pocket. I have a message from Georgia.

*Hey, are we meeting at 12?* Received 9.00

Well there isn’t much point in replying to that now, I just hope that she didn’t just text me. I have no other messages and I can’t be bothered to do anything else so I lean my head against the banister, still holding my phone loosely in my hand.

“Hey, I didn’t expect to see you here.” A familiar voice sounds from behind me.

“Oh, hi Zack.” I say, hearing the surprise in my voice.

“So what brings you here, I never pictured you as one for violent games.” He chuckles taking a seat next to me.

“Well then clearly you don’t know me at all.” I laugh and he smiles at me.

“So you do play violent games?” He asks me raising his eyebrows.

“Well my dad was a huge gamer when he was younger and well I guess he never really stopped so I’ve played video games pretty much my whole life, gradually getting more and more violent and so now I’m a beast at Laser Tag.” I boast and he chuckles.