Silence And Sound

Chapter 24.

Alex' POV:

I woke up Tuesday morning with Niall's arms around me. After our talk last night he had asked if he could stay, and there was no way I would let him go again so I said yes. Of course. We had spent most of the night talking. He had apologized hundreds of times for calling me a slut and for all he had done. And I had finally realized that I might had been a little too rude to him and that it wasn't all his fault. I had apologized to him as well. I never apologized for anything, so it was really weird for me to suddenly use the word "Sorry". But I owed it to him. He had been so nice to me and he had even asked if I wanted to be his girlfriend. And I had rejected him. Maybe I was a little bitchy. He had every right to be hurt and mad at me. 

"Good morning" he suddenly mumbled next to me. I smiled and looked at him. He looked so tired and his hair was all messy. 

"You look ugly" I said and stroked his hair.

"Your breath smells terrible. Have you ever heard about a toothbrush?" he mumbled. I couldn't stop laughing at his sassiness this early in the morning. I got up and looked at the clock. It was 7. 

"Get up Niall, we have school" I said.

"I don't want to. Because as soon as we're at school you become a different person" he mumbled. I looked at him and noticed the sadness in his eyes. He was right. I couldn't even deny it. I hated myself at school. I was a bitch over there and I only cared about my reputation. I didn't say anything because I knew that no matter what I said, it wouldn't help. Niall got up and put his jeans from yesterday back on. We didn't talk while we dressed. The awkward feeling was back.

"Niall I hate this" I said. He didn't even look at me. 

"I hate that we can only work things out when we're on our own. I hate this awkward thing between us! I hate that I make you mad at me!" I continued. He finally looked at me and sighed. 

"You're right. But I feel like it's because we don't know where we're standing" he said.

"We're standing in my room, c'mon Niall" I said which made him laugh.

"You know what I mean. I can't call you my girlfriend, but I don't feel like you're just a friend" 

"I'm sorry that I can't be any of those things. I just can't" I mumbled.

"So you wouldn't mind if I dated someone else, would you? I mean you're not my girlfriend, so I'm allowed to see others?" he said after a while. I looked up at him. I hadn't thought about that. I never imagined him with anyone else. He was like a single type.

"Uhm, I guess I wouldn't... Why? Are you seeing someone or?" I asked, scared of the answer.

"No. Not yet. But Liam wants me to meet his neighbour Hannah. He says she's just my type" Niall said. I nodded. I didn't know how to feel about that. We walked downstairs to the kitchen and grabbed some breakfast. In silence. Luckily my parents weren't home, that would only had made things worse. I thought about the whole Niall and Hannah thing. So he wanted to meet someone else? That was great for him. But that also meant he wouldn't have much time for me.

"So this Hannah girl? Is she hot?" I asked. 

"Yes. Or Liam and Harry say she is, so I suppose so" he said. Just because Liam and Harry thought she was hot, didn't mean she was. They probably just had a bad taste in women.

Niall's POV:

In math I sat next to Liam and Harry as usual. I had agreed to meet Hannah so they were talking about our date later that week. Liam said she really liked music and football. She sounded like an awesome girl. And she was hot as well. Liam had showed me a picture of her and she was truly amazing! But I still felt annoyed that Alex' only reaction had been "Is she hot?". I had expected her to get mad or something. But she didn't care, so I ignored it and focused on my date instead. Liam had planned it all out with a dinner on a fancy restaurant that his dad worked at. I actually looked forward to it. It would probably help me get over Alex. I was happy that we had cleared things up between us already, so I could move on. We were friends. It was probably best like that.