Downhill (A Niall Horan Fanfic) ON HOLD

Chapter 8 - A Step Ahead

Chapter 8

A Step Ahead

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       “Don’t screw things up, Mrs. Tomato!” Lacey called after me as I walked into Nando's. I tried not to turn into a tomato and it worked!

I started mentally complimenting myself when I heard,"Um, Ms. Snowhill?”

“Ah, yes?” I asked looking behind me. There was a woman in the Nando’s staff uniform.

“Um, Mr. Horan is waiting for you in that room,” she said as she pointed to a door at the back.

I nodded and said a quiet thank you before walking off in that direction. I started to get excited while making my way there, but as I got closer, I started to worry. ‘What if he rejects me?What if I ruin it?Will we still be friends?Does he like someone else?’ was all I could think of as I approached the door. My hand was on the knob, and I was about to turn when I hesitated. I thought over all the consequences, the negative outcomes outnumbering the positives. The only positive solution I could think of was that, ‘You’ll be happy forever, Maddie’.

            That was all I needed to turn the knob and push open the door.       

I walked in and Niall looked up at me.

“Been here long?” I asked.

“Actually, yeah. I asked Daddy Direction to bail me off of my toilet cleaning duty since I have a date to get-" he paused and turned bright red. I smiled and sat across from him.

“So, whatcha gonna get?” I asked not bothering to pick up the menu.

“Peri peri chicken, obviously!” he replied happily.

“Same here, except EXTRA hot!” I laughed. “EXTREMELY hot!”

“Oh, you wouldn’t!”

“I will,”

“Oh yeah? Let’s see who can survive longer without water*smirk*”

“Fine with me,”

“Feeling lucky, leprechaun?”

“Oh yeah, Ms. Tomato face!” We playfully argued until the waiter came to take our order.

“EXTREMELY HOT PERI PERI CHICKEN!” we both yelled.

“Y-yes!” the waiter replied kinda scared.

“So, um, are you studying at a university?” he asked me.

“Yep, at Mona Lisa!” I replied.

“Oh, you wanna be an artist?”

“Mhmm! I LOVE painting,drawing,decorating, and sketching!”

“I don’t know that much about art…”

“I don’t know much about music!” After explaining to each other what art and music means to each other, the chicken came. We both eyed each other and yelled,"1, 2, 3!!!!!”. We were off, stuffing our faces into the EXTREMELY hot peri peri chicken in front of us.           

We both finished at the same time, our faces stained with the sauce in random places.

“Hah, looks like you’ve survived!” Niall playfully sneered at me.

”Better watch out, leprechaun!!!” I joked. After 5 minutes, our faces turned red and we reached for our glasses of water. After gulping down the entire glass, we both looked at each other. There was a silence, then we started laughing.

“I win!” he yelled.

“No! It was tie!!!” I yelled back.

“Fine!” he grumbled like a kid.

“Um, Niall, there’s something I wanna talk to you about…” I trailed off.  

Niall’s POV  

 My heart dropped. What could it be?

“Well, um, I-“ she started. Then my phone rang. I picked it up and mouthed,’Give me a minute’. She nodded and I picked up the call. I listened to what our manager had to say.

“O-ok…” I said kinda disappointed. The line went dead and I stood up.

“I’m really sorry, our manager wants us to go to the studio for a little while…” I apologized. She looked down at the ground. I started walking towards the door. I turned the knob and walked through, the door slamming behind me.      I was about to hop into my Range Rover when I felt a warm hand on mine.

“Wait…” I heard a soft voice say. I looked over and Maddie looked back at me. I noticed something was different about her. She would’ve turned into a tomato…

“I-I love you!” she said as she gently placed her lips on mine. I didn’t hesitate, and kissed back.  

Maddie’s POV    

I pulled away and mumbled,”You don’t have to like me back…”.

“I don’t like you,” he said and my heart dropped,”I love you,”

He pulled me into a tight hug. It seemed like time stopped, and all that mattered was about being with in each other’s arms. When we let go he smiled then offered to take me home. I gladly accepted and we were both smiling the entire time. I kissed him before getting out. I walked in the door and there was Melena and Lacey all excited to hear what happened. I sighed but started to tell them with a smile on my face.

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Aww!!! ^w^ SO cute! Finally! But we're only on the 8th chapter! Haha, well anyways, fav, comment, vote, and tell ur friends!!! Cya, guys!!! ~Trancer