And All Your Little Things [Niall Horan]

Chapter 33: Settling In

I wake up and roll over to look at the clock that isn't even there. I look around for my phone that was on my bed, but now I can't find. I dig around in the piles of boxes around the bed  and finally find it wedged towards the bottom of one of the boxes. I got a text from Mariah saying that they will be moving in to the building next week. I also got a ton of texts asking if I wanted help unpacking. I just throw my phone on the bed and work on unpacking. I don't feel like having anybody over right now. I have kind of an after sickness feeling. So basically I have this feeling of blah and not wanting to be around people. 

I just want to get this place unpacked. First I have to eat though, so I grab the keys for my apartment and the money my mom gave me for food and head out the door. I walk down to get some pancakes from McDonalds and walk back to my apartment to eat it. I see a couple of girls pointing and whispering and staring at me, but I probably look like crap, so I am NOT stopping for any pictures. I just want to get home and eat and get everything put away.

I sit down at my table and eat my pancakes with the plastic silverware. After I finish, I put my garbage on the counter since I don't have a garbage can yet. I start unpacking the boxes in the kitchen. My mom got me all of my dishes and most the other stuff I need for the kitchen. After I find a place for everything in the kitchen, I go into my room and start unpacking that stuff. I get somethings put away, but some of the things I can't put away because I don't have a dresser or a nightstand. I look at the time on my phone which says it is 3:37. I sit down on my bed and start playing a game on my phone. About half an hour later, someone knocks on the door. 

I walk to the door and look through the peep hole. I open the door and give Niall a huge hug. 

"What are you doing here?" I ask as he takes a walk around my apartment.

"Am I not allowed to visit you?" He turns to look at me, "And I noticed you need some furniture and probably some groceries, so I'm taking you shopping."

"Okay, I'm gonna go get ready then." I tell him then go into my room.

I walk out of my room with a white button up crop top, blue jeans, and a pair of heels on.

"Ready?" Niall asks.

"Yup. So where are we going?" I ask him as I lock the door behind us.

"Well, you definitely need groceries. And we're gonna get some furniture and other necessities."

"You think you're gonna buy me furniture?"

"Of course! It's my money, I can spend it how I want."

I don't even try to argue with him about it because he always wins, and I do need some furniture. I sigh and get into the passenger side of his car.

We go to Ikea first, Niall helps me pick out the furniture that I still don't have from what my mom gave me. 

After that Niall and I head to the grocery store.After getting a whole trunk full of groceries, Niall and I go to get smoothies at a smoothie shop by my building. As Niall ad I sit down, I see a sign at the counter that says Help Wanted. I point at the sign and Niall looks over at where I'm pointing. 

"You should apply!" He smiles.

I nod and walk up to the counter, "Hi, um, I'd like to apply for a job." I say and point to the sign.

The woman hands me an application and goes back to making smoothies. I walk back over to Niall and he smiles when he sees the application in my hand. "Ready to go?" He asks, standing up.

"Yeah. " I say, following his lead.

As we walk down my hallway, a girl steps out of her apartment and we almost knock her off her feet. "Sorry!" I say as Niall and I rush to help her up.

"I'm Allie, and this is Niall." I say as she gets back on her feet.

"I'm Rose. But, please, call me Maverick." She smiles, "So do you live i the building?" She asks me and Niall.

"Um, I do. He lives in an amazing, huge house. And sometimes on the road." I smile.

"How long have you lived here?" She smiles.

"Almost 24 hours." I laugh. "What about you?"

"Almost a week. I'm starting school around here and tey don't have dorms, so here I am." 

"Well I'm gonna go put these away. Can I have your keys?" Niall asks, looking down at the bags of groceries.

"Oh, right, I should probably go help him. It was nice meeting you." I smile.

"Yeah, you too." She smiles and Niall and I go down the hall to my apartment. I unlock the door and start putting the groceries away as Niall goes and gets the rest of the groceries from the car. After we get all the groceries put away, Niall helps me unpack te rest of my stuff. Some of the stuff still doesn't have a spot because the furniture hasn't been delivered yet, so we just stack those boxes in the corner.

I stand up from the floor where Niall and I are trying to set up the TV, "I'm going to make some dinner? You want some?"

"I honestly cannot believe you just asked that!" Niall shouts to me from the living room. I laugh and put a pan on the stove. I put some hamburger in the pan and start browning it. I grab a spatula out and start mashing it up to smaller pieces.

As I continue to mash up the hamburger, I feel a pair of warm, muscular arms wrap around my waist. Niall rests his head on my shoulder and whispers in my ear, "I love you."

A/N

Hey guys! I really hope you enjoy this chapter. I might not be able to update for a while after this. I'm grounded from writing right now unless it's for school :P so I'm lucky my mom let me do it tonight. I really hope you enjoy the chapter! This chapter is dedicated to MARVELgirls03 because her and I have been texting a lot lately. I had writer's block about halfway through this chapter, and she helped me conquer it. Also, I'm going to dedicate it to my friend who doesn't have a Wattpad, but reads the story (You may know her as Hailey). She's doing the Polar Plunge tomorrow apparently. And in Minnesota, it's been really cold lately (yes, I know, we are known for our cold weather, but it's been really bad because it would get up higher, then disappoint us, and get cold again), so props to you!

Hope you guys like the chapter. Please tell me what you think! Allie moved and now she met a new possible friend. Oh, and she might have a job soon!

Love y'all!

~Bones

Oh, and also, if you guys don't mind, I posted a story that I wrote for my creative writing class, so if you could, could you check it out and help me with some peer review? Thanks!