Downhill (A Niall Horan Fanfic) ON HOLD

Chapter 3 - Realization of the Tomato

Chapter 3

Realization of the Tomato

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I still can't believe I'm even here. I should be in the crowd, with all those other fans. I was just a normal girl. I had such a downhill life, but now I'm here. I feel like I seriously don't deserve this...

"Hey, Maddie, are you even listening?!?" I snapped out of my thoughts and saw Lacey and Niall staring at me. I turned into a tomato again.

"Okay, so, since you weren't listening, I'll give you a recap." She said, her tone harsh.

"One Direction is asking if we wanted to go to Nando's for dinner, and I said yes. So now we're going home to get properly dressed," I looked down at my clothes. They looked fine, amazing actually. I NEVER wear clothes like this.

"I don't think-" but Lacey interrupted me.

"Look, we are going out with ONE DIRECTION. Do you want to make a fool outta yourself? I say that we go to your house and get better clothes-I mean, paparazzi will be everywhere! We’ll be on the news, and it would be preferred we look our best. Besides," her eyes looking at me teasingly, "I think that you should look your best on your first date with Niall!" I looked at her, my eyes wide, my face as red as a tomato, and steaming ears.

"Oh, right, you need to look perfect for Louis, right, got it.” I shot back at her. She gave me a glare and started blushing. "Oh c'mon, don't be so uptight!" I told her. 

We began to walk out the door and Niall came up and hugged me goodbye. I just simply waved back at him as the car left. Louis also came up and gave Lacey a quick peck on the cheek, and it was her turn to look like a tomato.

As we got in the car I joked, "Looks like you've got a new boyfriend...tomato face!"

"Oh, shut up already!!!" she said in a childish tone, giving me a teasing death glare. I knew she didn't mind, though. Louis had already stolen her heart.

"So, what're you wearing tonight?" Lacey asked.

"Just my favorite white jumper and black jeggings." She looked at me, waiting for more. "And my favorite blue flats." I finally said, which gained a smile from her.

"Now it's my turn," I said, "What're you wearing?".

"Oh, my dark purple cocktail dress and heels." Lacey stated, still doing her makeup. When she was done, we got in the car. "I hope you don't become a tomato again! It’ll blend in with your blush though! You put WAY too much" She teased, and I gave her a friendly slap on the arm.

“But seriously, did I?” I asked.

“Yeah…” she trailed off.

After scrubbing some blush off my cheeks with a paper towel, which lemme tell ya, is hard to do, we walked into Nando’s and the lads were trying to “disguise themselves", but it wasn't working very well. They were all wearing sunglasses, but everyone knew that behind those shades were One Direction. Girls had made their own single file line to their table,(even though the girls were pushing their way through and it pretty much became a mob) all getting something signed. As we got closer, I could tell that they were exhausted from all the stress.

Lace was so eager to see Louis I suppose and then yelled, "YO, ED SHEERAN IS NEXT DOOR AT MCDONALD'S!!!" And all the screaming fans immediately abandoned the table.

"Hey, thanks Lace," Louis complimented. Lacey turn into a tomato.

“She was SO eager to see her Lou Lou!” I joked.

“H-Hey!” she slapped my arm lightly,”Don't thank me, they'll be back... in around, maybe an hour!"

Zayn looked at her oddly and asked,"If it's next door, why would it take so long?"

"Oh, because the nearest McDonald's is two miles away!" She exclaimed. We all burst out laughing.   

Niall looked over at me and then said to everyone, "Hey, let's trade phones!" Everyone agreed and we input our numbers into the other phone. When I got to Niall's phone, I quickly inserted my number and texting, twitter, and Facebook address with a heart after each one, and then passed it. When I got my phone back, Niall had done the same but put a clover. Ah, as expected of a leprechaun. He looked over at me and smiled, and I mouthed back a 'Thank you'. Liam finally spoke up.

"Ya know, why don't we order now?" And we all murmured yes.

When Harry stood up, he said, "I'm getting a taco!"

"Harry, you do know Nando's doesn't serve tacos, right?” I said, popping Harry's bubble.

"Yeah, of COURSE I knew that!" He muttered, and Lacey and I laughed. I got up and ordered an EXTRA hot peri peri chicken, and Niall glanced over at me.

"Are you ready for extreme heat?" He asked, a smile on his face.

"Um, yeah, I've had it at least twenty times before." I said firmly, crossing my arms over my chest.

“DANG GURL!" He replied, slapping my shoulder lightly.

When we all got back with our food, we played a little mini game of truth or dare. It was Louis' turn. "Truth or Dare?!" He asked me.

I just quickly said truth, and he muttered, "Darn it." I giggled.

"Have you ever dated anyone before?" He asked.

"Um, yeah…” I answered quietly. I could feel Niall tense up.

"But I'm not in a relationship right now."

"Why'd you break up?" Harry asked. Of course he would ask that! Being Harry and all. I paused and took a breath.

“Well…he…cheated on me with some girl WAY better than I am and it just made me think no one likes me..." I finally said.

"I really don't see why no one would like you! You're perfect!” he blurted out. Then Niall started to look embarrassed and turned into a tomato. He looked over at me and smiled. I turned into a tomato and I could tell Lacey mentally face palmed herself.

“Hey!!! You two tomato heads are perfect for each other!!!!” she joked. That’s when a huge realization hit me. 'Does Niall like me?' Suddenly, I heard a stampede of feet outside.

"Great, just great." Lacey sighed as MORE girls than earlier started rampaging into the restaurant.

“Does anyone have Ed Sheeran’s number?” I asked.

“We do,” the guys answered in unison.

“Then why didn’t you call him and make him go to the McDonald’s 2 miles away?!?!” Lacey screeched as she jumped on all of them. I shook my head and ignoring the mad stampede of fangirls and the desperate cries for help from the lads. I thought more about if THE Niall Horan actually likes me, Madeline Snowhill, a simple, normal girl with a terrible past that pushed her downhill and she could never climb back up. Until now.

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