My Irregular Past

Jackie

I wake up all alone. I look at the alarm clock. It's 5:00pm. I grab my phone and text Niall.

G: 📲Where are you???

I sit and wait for his response. It doesn't take long.

N: 📲Sorry I left without telling you. I had to leave before the paps got to your house.

G: 📲Oh. Lol! Okay then. When am I gonna see you?

N: 📲I'm not sure. I'll text you when I can come over. :/ sorry love.

G: 📲It's ok. See ya soon.

N: 📲Ok. Love you

I pause and just stare at my phone for a minute. Love? I think about my response. My thoughts get interrupted by a text.

N: 📲You there?

G:📲yeah. Sorry. I love you too. :)

N: 📲:) I gotta go. Bye!

G: 📲Bye!

I sit there and laugh at myself. Could I be anymore awkward? Wow! Great job Grace! Stupid!

I go down stairs and turn and the tv. I flip though the channels until I get to the movie channel. The Hunger Games? Again? Ugh! I change it to Spongebob. May as well. It's the best thing on.

I sit and laugh at Patrick's stupidity. Then at Squidward's clarinet skills. When I was little, I thought he was good. What was I thinking? Squeaking is not cool.

I get bored with spongebob and get up off of the couch. I text Niall. Just a simple hi. No response. Possibly driving. It's been an hour since our last text.

I start running around the house singing.

"YOU'RE INSECURE! DON'T KNOW WHAT FOR! YOU'RE TURNING HEADS WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE DOOOR!" I yell off key. I run back though the house. The door opens and I jump out of the way. Jackie, my best friend and neighbor, walks in.

"Dude. Seriously, shut up. I can hear you half way down the street!" She says like she didn't scare me half to death.

She bends down and helps me off the floor. "Hey Jack. Why are you here?" I ask coldly.

"Good to see you too. I was bored. So I came over. Didn't figure you had plans,"

"Oh. How considerate!" I say sarcastically.

"I know right? So, what are we doing today?"

"Well, I was singing..." I say.

"Really? I couldn't tell. I mean, it's not like I can tell from MY HOUSE!"

"Calm your l self! We'll watch a movie."

"What movie? Do you have This Is Us? No. I do. I'll be back!" She says running out my door.

I get the tv ready. She's back in under five minutes.

"Okay. Have you seen it? Course not. Anyway, now you will!" She says happily skipping into the house. As she puts the movie in I hear her mumble something.

"And we danced all night to the best song ever... Okay! All set!" She says plopping onto the couch.

We watch the entire movie. Jackie has her eyes glued to the tv the entire time. The movie is over and there's these little extra thingies.

"So. That was a good movie!" I start to say.

"Shhhhh!!!" She says. "There's more! Listen! Harry!"

I look at Harry. They're fishing and Harry got the fishing line hooked in his pants. "My ass is on the line!" He says seriously.

I smile and shake my head while Jackie starts cracking up. I hear the door open.

"Gray? I'm back!" Niall calls.

Jackie sits strait up. "Who's that?"

"anst someone."

"Who? Is it your boyfr-" she stops in mid sentence when Niall walks in. "Oh my god! Is it your boyfriend?"

Niall walks over to me and hugs me. "Hello love. I texted, but you didn't respond. So, here I am! Who's that?"

"Niall, this is my best friend Jackie. Jackie, Niall Horan," I explain as Jackie starts crying. Niall walks over and hugs her.

"Hello, Jackie. Please don't cry," he tells her calmly.

"Why are you here?" Jackie asks him after she calmed herself.

"Umm, I'm jut spending some time with Grace before I leave for tour."

"Grace? Why is she so special?"

"We grew up together. Then she left. Then I went to X-Factor. So... Yup. What's up Gray?" Niall rambles.

"Not much. I woke up. You were gone, I watched some Spongebob, and ran around singing. Jackie came over. We watched This Is Us, and now you're here. So, yeah. Not much," I quickly explain.

"Well, I was gonna take you out to eat, but, well... Hey Jack, you wanna go to dinner with us?" He asks.

"Yes. She does," I say looking a jack's wide eyes. "Let's go. He's just a guy. Come on!"

After we eat, we drop Jack off at her house. Then Niall drives to my house.

"You want me to stay? I can. I'm free for the weekend," he asks me.

"Uh huh," I mumble tiredly.

We walk strait up stairs. I collapse on my bed and Niall quickly follows.

"Jackie sure likes to talk!" Niall states sleepily.

"Mhmm..." I reply, my eyes drifting closed.

"Goodnight love," he says wrapping his arms around my shoulders, kissing my forehead.

"I love you," I mumble.

"Love you too. Now sleep."

And I do.