Courting You

7

Niall

"Mine or yours?" she asks.

"huh?" I never knew our date would escalate to that so soon.

I am just looking at her dumbfounded when she laughs.

I love it when she laughs.

"Car.  I meant car. Your car or mine?  Or you wanna walk? "

Car. of course she meant car. I realise that I'm just looking at her. Okay,  so maybe I should say something.

"okay, so Horan,  here's the part where you have to answer. What's happened to you today? "

"Umm....  Yeah.  Car.  Yes.  Actually I carpooled with the guys. So your car is the only option." I decided that I should quit acting so foolish and man up. After all she's just a woman.

Nothing new.

I'm kidding myself.

Even then, "Your car it is." I say and walk aimlessly towards the many cars in the garage of the building.

I get a feeling that she's not following, so I turn and look back.

She's checking me out.

For emphasis

She's checking me out

"Like anything you see? " I ask her.

She snaps out of it. I think I even notice a blush.

She walks towards my direction, totally shoulders me and walks towards her car.

"I've seen better" she smirks.

"Like hell you have. Trust me on this, you can't find a more charming Irish than me. "

This is said by me when we are in her car, she's wearing her seatbelt and I'm totally in her face,  grinning like an idiot.

She backs away a bit, as if startled. Then she chuckles.

"You are a funny guy Horan."

"So, I've been told."

"So tell me,  what happened in a span of few minutes that made you change your perspective about me?"
She asks.

"Nothing much,  to be honest. Just Pearl told us the truth. That's it."

Which reminds me, why did she lie to me about that?

"So, now you tell me,  why did you lie about the whole thing, Miss Khan?"

"Lie? When did I lie Mr. Horan. " she puts emphasis on 'Mr', the way I did with 'miss'.

"You did lie!"

"Nope,  I didn't."

"Yes,  you did.

"And before you say anything else,  here's a quick question again, are we grabbing dinner in your car,  here in the garage? " I ask her.

"No, now why would we do that? "she seems confused.

"Cause you haven't even started the engine."

She turns pink again. I love it when I make her feel embarrassed.

Huh! Got you there Miss Khan.

She starts the engine, and we are out of the garage. I notice her car's windows are tinted. Like heavily tinted. Anyone outside just won't be able to see who's inside, no matter how much they try.

"Do not pull down the windows. I don't want your fans seeing you with me and then be all over me, like 'stay away from him bitch, he deserves better than you, whore. ' "