Niall's Sister [L.H.]

5. Smalls

Jacklynn's POV

He knelt down in front of me, holding out a small penguin. It looked like mine at Niall's house. I carefully took it out of his hands and held it to my chest.

I love penguins. Penguins are my favorite animals other than dogs. They are really cute and cuddlily looking. I held out the penguin just a little bit and lowered my legs to get a better look at it. It was really small and had blue eyes. It was very cartoonist and cute. A small smile made onto my lips and I looked up to the boy. It was dark in the room and from as much as I could tell right now, he had blonde hair and had a lot of bracelets. My vision was still a bit blurry but it was clearing up. He kept his eyes trained on me very intenseltly. "What?" I asked quietly. I wanted to know why he was staring at me. "Your Niall's sister, Jacklynn, right?" he asked even though you could tell he knew the answer. I nodded, squinting through my blurry vision to try and identify him. He sounded familiar. "It's Luke, from the Skype call.." he said, as if he had read my mind. I smiled, "I remember you. I would have remembered faster.. but I cant really see that well right now.." I told him, sniffling a little bit. He smiled and sat down with his legs criss crossed in front of me. "So, do you want to talk about it?" he asked. I scrunched my eyebrows together and tilted my head, not understanding what he ment. "Why you had an anxiety attack. When I have them I always want to talk about it to someone. I usually tell Smalls.." he told me, looking down to the penguin in my hands. I assumed the penguin was named Smalls. I nodded, and looked at the penguin, observing it more. "There is a lot going on.." I told him. I didn't know whether to keep going or not. I don't want to waste his time or make him think I am really talkative. "Like?" he asked, meaning he did want to know. "Uh, well this is the first time I have been in the public eye.. There are a lot of my brothers fans that don't like me. There are some who want me dead even. I'm scared of what they will do.. And this is the first time I have been home in months.. And then I am supposed to be on tour with Niall for the next few months. He expects so much from me. He sees me as the perfect little sister when he just met me a few months ago.. I don't know. I am just really over whelmed." I said, taking one hand over my face as the other held Smalls. "I know how you feel." Luke said. I looked at him through my fingers as he continued. "Last month I had a bunch of anxiety attacks when we found out we were going on tour. I had one or sometimes two everyday because my band mates expected me to be spot on all the time. Everyone kept telling me I couldn't mess up and the fans were, and still are, expecting a lot from me. I still have them at least once a week." he told me with a lopsided smile. I nodded, then looked at the penguin again.

We stayed silent for a few minutes, I was looking at the penguin the whole time. "Penguins are my favorite animals." I said, gliding my thumb across the penguins stomach. "Mine too." he lightly laughed. "I have more in the car. Like, 10." He laughed a bit louder. I smiled, "I only brought one, Niall wouldn't let me bring anymore." I looked up at him, he was smiling widely. "What is your favorite color?" He asked. "Blue. Bright sky blue." I told him and looked at the penguin. Smalls had sky blue eyes. "Like this color." I told him, pointing to Smalls eye. He chuckled, "Mine is blue too. But more of a dark blue." He smiled widely. "Like your eyes."

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We talked for a while, just about what we liked and disliked. I wanted to keep talking forever. We had a few things in common and what we didn't, which there were more than a few things, we would have a small argument about until we found a new topic. Even though we argued a lot, it wasn't like we weren't getting along. It felt like we were best friends. We got in arguments but we subconsciously knew we didn't care about it. But, when we heard yells from the hallway, we figured that it was are time to stop.

"LUKE?!" we heard from the hallway for the third time. It was far away, but getting closer. Luke stood up first and put out a hand. I took it and he helped me stand up. We both walked out to the hallway, I held the penguin close to my chest. "LUKE?!" They yelled again coming from the right. "Over here." Luke said as a boy with wavy brown hair turned the corner. "Luke, where have you been?! It has been three hours! We start rehearsal in ten min- Oh. Hi, Jacklynn." the boy said. I think his name was Ashton in the Skype call. I waved, not trusting my mind with names. "Niall has been looking for you too." he told me. My eyes widened a little bit. He would be upset. Especially if it really has been three hours. "Well come on, we have rehearsal in ten minutes." The boy said after a few seconds of silence. Luke and I nodded and followed him down the hallways. The boy was much faster than Luke and I and ended up ten feet in front of us while we were walking. "Thank you, Luke." I said, looking at Smalls. "For what?" He asked. "For helping me out of it. I would have been there for hours if it weren't for you." I said. "Oh it was nothing." he told me.

I held out Smalls to Luke, not wanting to give him back but I had to, it was Luke's. "Oh no, keep it for now. I will take it back later." he said, pushing it towards me. "Are you sure?" I asked as he took his guitar off the holder. "Positive. I will take back at the hotel or tomorrow, as long as you promise not to loose it." He said as he put the guitar strap on his shoulders. "I promise." I said with a huge smile on my lips.

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