Chapter 3

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School went by rather slowly,considering the anticipation for tonight it was expected. Practically the whole of year 11 were attending,though nearly all of Bridgeway were gossiping about it. I had to admit that I was now rather excited, I hadn't been to a house party in so long so I was eager to have some fun. Still, I was wary, these house parties have a reputation.

Soon enough it was the last lesson of the day, which fortunately was English. I strolled into the empty classroom, awaiting the rest of the class. I was unusually early so I spent my spare time counting the display boards and desperately searching for a desk lacking dried gum stuck on the underneath. Once satisfied with my desk, I sat down and began searching for my books,by this time the class was filling up.

"Oh my God Maddie!"

I turned to see a flustered Scarlet running towards me.

"Hello to you too." I giggled.

Scarlet was the typical 'barbie' girl. She was stunning, athletic and bubbly. That paired with her blonde hair and blue eyes certainly got the boy's attention, and boy did she notice it. Don't get me erong, I love Scarlet, but her ego seems to be growing more and more. I can only hope she'll stay down to earth.

"You know that kid you like? Niall? The hot irish one?"

The mention of Niall snapped me out of my thoughts, my focus was returned.

"Yeah.." How do people know I like him? Do I make it that obvious?

"He was talking about you in maths"

My heart rate rapidly increased, my eyes widen and I was now compelled for her to continue.

"What?! How do you know? What did he say? What?!"

"I'm not too sure what he said, but I heard him and his friends mention your name ALOT, they were trying to whisper but I still heard."

"What else did you hear? Was it bad things?"

"Oh no it definitely wasn't.."

"MADDIE!"

Scarlet was interrupted. I averted my gaze to find the source of the voice. It was him. I felt the blood rush to my cheeks and I could see Scarlet's grin out of the corner of my eye.

"Hey Niall"

He grinned at me and my heart fluttered, the butterflies in my tummy were making me feel sick. He grabbed a chair and sat next to me, then rested him head on his hands and stared straight at me.

"Yes?"

We couldn't help but giggle at eachother. Niall was so easy to talk to, he made you feel so comfortable when you were around him. It was almost impossible to feel awkward around Niall. Almost.

"You've quite a few admirers Maddie"

He winked at me, sending my cheeks a blaze. What was he talking about? Admirers? I didn't have any that I knew of, I was was of those girls that faded in to the background. Especially being friends with people like Scarlet and Amy, I didn't get much attention.

"What do you mean?"

"I heard some things."

He winked again, I quickly looked away, avoiding his teasing gaze and staring at the floor.

"It's no surprise though" He whispered in my ear, his hot breath fanned my face, leaving my whole body in goosebumps.

"W-w-what..?"

Niall laughed and began getting his English book and pens out his bag.

"Oh c'mon Maddie, don't play the fool, you must know the things they say"

"I really don't understand, who is 'they'?"

"Nevermind."

He grinned at me, he didn't seem to notice how flustered and nervous I was around him. I averted my attention to the front of this class, resting my head in my hands trying to get Niall to stop grinning at me. 

"Maddie?"

Everytime he said my name, fireworks went off in my stomach. How was he doing this?

"Mm hmm?"

"How do you not realise you're beautiful"

He whispered in my ear, his hot breathe fannning my face. Was he teasing me? No, he couldn't e..he whispered so no one else heard. But, how, what? Does he really think that? Once again, the breathe taking Niall had my cheeks burning, goosebumps rising and heart rate increasing. Surely he noticed the effect he had on me.

"Erm..thanks Niall"

I mustered the friendliest smile I could, I didn't want to make things awkward again. Luckily, Niall simply laughed it off. Almost on que, the teacher walked in and began to prepare for the lesson. 'Thank God that conversation is over' my subconscious spoke. Though I knew she was lying. I actually just gained a compliment from my crush.

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