How does this happen?

Chapter 5

I wake up and look around. When I look down I notice Niall's arm is around me. I'm really confused. How do I move his arm without waking him? One simple answer, I don't. There's no way I can move his arm so now, I get to lay here all awkward like usual. Maybe 10-15 minutes later, Niall wakes up. 

"Hey." he says. "Hey, sleep well?" I ask, being awkward. "Yeah, last night was really fun. Thank you for hanging out with me." he says, a smile spreading all across his face. "No, thank you. You know I needed it." A smile on my face now. 

"I'm gonna head home. I have a lot to do, you know, like listening to music while the rest of the family parties." "You could always come back over here if you have to." I offer. He shakes his head and we head to the front door. I just noticed his hair, it's adorable. It's all messy, I just wanna mess it up even more. 

Once we get to the door, he turns around. "See you later Grace." he leans over and kisses my cheek. He opens the door and leaves. I'm about to have a heart attack, what was that? I try to shake it from my mind by going back to my room to clean it from last night.

 When I get to my room, I start picking up trash, blankets and then food. I put the movies where they need to go and flop down on my bed. I look to my nightstand and grab my phone and ear buds. I start playing music and scrolling through whatever on my phone. I've been on my phone for what feels like hours but it's actually been 10 minutes. I can't stop thinking about what Niall did. The kiss. Even though it was on the cheek, I'm freaking out. What am I supposed to do? Sit here and act like nothing happened? I mean, I can hide emotion well so maybe it can work but I'm tired of it. I'm tired of all of it. The hiding my emotions, feelings, thoughts. I'm tired of letting people bully me around and not do anything back to defend myself. Most of all, I'm tired of being alone. All my life, since I can remember, I've felt alone. No one to talk to, get guidance from and no one to fell safe with. Right now, Niall is the only one I have. I feel safe and protected by him, I can talk to him. I'm not alone when I'm with him. I trust him, a lot. While thinking all of this, I set my phone down and hadn't heard it go off. I grab my phone to see that Niall has texted.

Niall: Hey, wyd?

Niall: I'm sorry about eariler...

Niall: Can we talk please?

I respond with a simple, "It's ok and yes, please. I need to talk to you too." We decide when and where to meet up and we head there almost right away. We get there around the same time and face each other. His bright blue eyes make me want to spill everything out to him now, but I can't. "Hi Grace." he says, a smile spread across his face. "Hi Niall." a smile noe on my face. We haven't lost eye contact yet and I feel like I need to. Instead of me breaking contact, he does it but only to step closer to me. We now stand a few inches away from each other. I can feel my cheeks heating up and a smile on my face so I look down only to look up a second later. "Niall, I need you to explain what you did earlier." I say, wanting answers deseratley. "Look Grace, I like you, a lot. I know it sounds dumb since I'm only 12 and shouldn't even be thinking like this but when I see you, " he pauses ands looks down taking a deep breathe in. "you make me think that way." "Niall," I start. "It's fine Grace, I understand you don't feel the same way about me. I just needed to tell you that." he says and turns away to walk away. I need to tell him, I can't let him go without him knowing how I truly feel. I walk forward to catvh up to him and grab his arm so he turns to face me. "I wasn't going to say that. Niall," I say stepping closer to him. "I was going to tell you that I feel the same way." A smile is on both of out faces and we're not letting it leave. We don't say another word but instead hold each others hand while we walk homw which in my opinion, is better. Once I got home, I go straight to my room and lay down on my bed, a huge smile on my face. I start to put my ear buds in when my phone buzzes. It's Niall. 

Niall: I'll see you tomorrow at school Grace. 

I get up to look out my window over at Niall's window. I look over and see him sitting in his window looking over here. I smile and go back to lay in my bed when my mom and dad walk in. 

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Written by: Allana

A/N: Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I have been busy with school and catching up with that. Now that I'm on spring break, I will try to post a lot more. I have some fun stuff coming and maybe a year jump... maybe. I will try to start making all my chapters longer since I know they aren't very long. Anyways, let me know what you guys might want to see in the story, and let me know if you like it. It would be great to get your feedback. Thank you for reading this chapter and I will see you next chapter. Until then guys. Thank you again!