Hiding and Sacrifice (Niall Horan)

Chapter THREE

Darla woke up early in the morning to get ready for work. She took a bath and dressed up in a white shirt and a long blazer. She went down upstairs and surprisingly, her mum and dad are there sitting on the couch, talking in a serious way. Her mum saw Darla and she beamed.

Her mum frowned. "Where are you going? Why are you dressed up like that?"

Darla looked at her mum like she just gone mad or something. Really? Does she need to ask her that? It's obvious she's going to work. Is her mum trying to be funny? Well, it's not funny. She shook his head.

"Mum, I'm going to work." and she was about to walk away when her mum held her arm. Darla sighed.

"This isn't the time for jokes, mum. I'm going to be late!" Darla asked, getting annoyed with her mum.

Her mum looked at her in disbelief, while his father gasped. Darla frowned. What is going on with the two? First, they are not in their work, and second, they are acting weird.

"Didn't we tell you?" her mum and dad asked together.

"Tell me what?"

"We are going later for dinner!" they said together.

"And you are excused at work already. We said it to the manager and your boss." his dad added.

Darla opened her eyes wide and jumped up and down. Yes! She will finally be out of work! She hates working. She pulled out her blazer and immediately went up upstairs. It's time to take another sleep! She dressed up in pajamas and began to sleep again.

She woke up by the ringtone of her cellphone. She grunted. She wondered who will call her and disturb her sleep? She grabbed her cellphone and looked at the caller.

Niall Horan calling..

Darla frowned in confusion as why would he call her and answered him. She sighed. "Hello?" she said, visible that she just got back from sleep.

She heard him chuckle in the other line. "Hello, Darla. Just woke up?" he asked. Oh, that Irish accent. Makes her want to slide down in a rainbow.

"Yes, yes. And why did you call?" she said lazily. She sighed again.

"I'm just gonna invite you for dinner later."

She nodded even though he can't clearly see her. There was a long silence and since Darla is still out of her mind from sleeping, she didn't know she didn't answer yet, she just nodded but of course, Niall can't see her.

"Hello, Darla? Are you still alive?" Niall asked.

"Of course. Just sleepy."

"Let's have a dinner later?"

"Yeah, yeah. Dinner later. What time?"

"7PM sharp and I will go to your house."

"Okay, it's time to say goodbye."

"Okay, see you la--"

Darla ended the call. She tried to sleep again but she has no luck and she's been trying already for like ten minutes. She messed up her hair in angriness about her disturbance in sleep and went down to eat lunch. Not even bothering to invite her parents.

After eating lunch, she logged in at facebook to spend her time before the dinner. She looked at her friend requests. Fifty friend requests. She giggled flirtily. She's really beautiful. She opened it and the first in the list comes the name of Niall Horan. Darla quickly accepted his request and went to his profile.

She clicked his profile pictures and began looking at his pictures. Wow, he's han--cute. She came by a picture of him with a guitar. She smiled slightly. Niall looks cool. Time flies fast when stalking Niall's profile because her mum is already calling her to dress up, and she said it will be a formal dinner. She got up and walked in to her walk-in closet and picked up a velvet dress that goes down up to her legs. She dressed up and looked at herself in the mirror. Oh, so beautiful. She smiled at her appearance and went down to go to her dad's car.

They are halfway through the restaurant where they would be having a dinner when she remembered something. Niall is inviting her for dinner and she said yes! And he said he would come by her house at 7PM! Oh no! She looked at her fancy gold wristwatch. It is already 7:10 PM. Oops. She turned on her cellphone and saw that there are already ten missed calls from Niall and several messages asking and telling her he is already outside of their house and where is she now. She gulped in guilt, she was so dumb to say yes! But she has an excuse. She is sleepy during that time.

Finally, they arrived at the destination. They went in and a waitress welcomed them and motioned them to sit in a long table. They sat down and waited for the people they will be having a dinner to. After five minutes, a family came in and sat down in their table. Darla looked at the tall boy who is.. attractive. He has crystal blue eyes, brownish hair. He is really attractive.

The boy frowned while looking around. "So, where is the food?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

His mother laughed. The boy looked at him in a funny way. "Raphael, just wait. And plus, we still hadn't ordered yet." and she smiled.

The boy, who's name is Raphael, scowled at her. "Then order now." he commanded firmly but cold.

"Respect your mother, Raphael!" his dad said.

Raphael just scoffed and shook his head but didn't talk. Darla looked at his mum and dad and their lips are both pursed.

"So..." Darla's mum started. "Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser."

They nodded and they began talking about business. While Darla is staring at Raphael, she really finds him attractive and she's like addicted at looking at him. Suddenly, Raphael caught her staring at him and frowned.

"And you! What are you looking at?" he asked and looked away.

Their parents ordered already and suddenly, food was served. Raphael immediately beamed and grabbed food. Darla chuckled softly. So his weakness is really food. They silently ate and after eating, their parents looked at Darla and Raphael in a cheerful way.

The dad of Raphael cleared his throat. "You two are going to be married." he told them.

They both looked shocked. Darla had his mouth wide open while Raphael glared at his father. Darla looked at her mum and dad.

"M-mum? D-dad? Is this true?" she asked.

They nodded cheerfully. "If you two will be married, the Kaiser Industries will now be our business partner. It is the only way. And besides, Raphael is a good man!" they said together, grinning.

Darla still has his mouth wide open while Raphael walked out of the restaurant, his fists clenched tightly and he looked like he could kill a person already.