Okay, so I feel like this story is moving a little quickly, and I just want you guys to know that no, it will not always be this fast. Let me explain. The first month of Niall living in Southwell is pretty boring. Nothing really happens until he ends up involved with Harry (who knows when that will be... ;) so yeah. I just wanted you to know that in case you were wondering.
Anyway, enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter song: I've Tried Everything - Olly Murs
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - Later That Night
Niall is lucky when he gets home at 4:00 today. Greg is still at work so he has no one to hastle him. He kicks off his shoes and makes his way down the hall to his mother's room and knocks lightly before poking his head in.
"I'm home mum. Just getting ready to go out so I'll be in my room if you need anything" his mother doesn't even move from under her pile of blankets in the middle of the bed. Niall hadn't expected an answer anyway. He backs away from the room and moves to the next door, entering his own room. He kicks a couple socks and T-shirts out of the way as he makes his way to his bed and drops his bag down onto it. He pulls out his phone to check for any messages and finds none, so he drops that down onto his bed with his bag and turns to his closet. He finds himself a clean pair of black skinny jeans, boxers, socks and a plain blue T-shirt and grabs a towel, heading to the shower.
He takes a 15 minute shower and then dresses and begins to style his hair. He quiffs it up and then grabs his wallet, phone and a pair of sunglasses, placing those on and looking around his room to see if he had forgotten anything. All he notices are the dirty clothes scattered around the room and makes a mental note to pay a visit to the Laundromat later that week. Niall is just slipping on his shoes and jacket when the front door opens and his brother enters.
"Where the hell are you going?" He asks, closing the door.
"Out" Niall moves towards the door but Greg blocks his way.
"No shit. Out where?"
"Just out. I don't have time for this Greg" Greg raises his eyebrows.
"Don't have time for what little brother? Do you have some place to be?" Niall huffs in frustration.
"I have to go" Greg growls and shoves Niall back to the wall.
"No you don't you little cunt" Niall ducks to the side as Greg's fist connects with his rib cage. Niall lets out a quiet 'oomf' of pain, but grits his teeth and darts around Greg and yanks open the door, dashing out.
"COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE FUCKER!" Greg yells after him. Niall ignores him and keeps running until he reaches the end of his street. He takes a moment to catch his breath and then starts on his way to the restaurant. He shoves all thoughts about his brother out of his head and focuses on the date he was headed to.
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"You look great tonight by the way" Niall mumbles into Natalie's ear as they stand in line for the aquarium behind Josh and Jade. She was wearing a short black dress top with black leggings underneath and a leather jacket over top. To finish it all of she had on black heeled boots and a faux leather purse over her shoulder. (Picture at the top)
"Thanks" she smiles at him as the finally reach the front of the line and purchase 2 tickets. Josh, Natalie, Jade and Niall enter the aquarium and start down a hallway lined with exotic, brightly coloured fish.
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After about an hour, Niall and Natalie had lost Josh and Jade in the big building by accident, and were now examining some large hammerhead sharks. Niall looks over to see Natalie's face lit up with the blue -ish light from the tank. Her eyes are wide and she has a smile on her face as she gazes in at the huge fish.
"This is so cool..." she breathes.
"Yeah" Niall agrees, taking her hand and leaning over, pressing a kiss to her cheek. She turns to look at him with her smile still in place and raises an eyebrow.
"You missed"
Niall laughs, leaning forward again and pressing his lips to hers this time. They kiss for a sweet moment before they are broken up by Josh's wolf whistle. Niall laughs after pulling away and they turn just in time to see Jade smack Josh upside the head.
"You ruined it!" She laughs as Josh whines through his teeth while rubbing the back of his head.
"We were just coming to find you two anyway" Natalie pipes up.
"Oh sure" Jade laughs. "Its 8 now so we're going back to Josh's house before I go home." she announces.
"You two can come if you want. Have a drink, talk for a bit." Josh shrugs.
"Sure" Niall accepts.
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Within 30 minutes the 4 of them had left the aquarium and driven to Josh's house, and now they were sitting around laughing and having a beer.
"I had fun tonight" Natalie mumbles, leaning back into Niall.
"Good. I did too." Niall smiles, circling his arm around Natalie.
A half an hour later they decide to leave and say good bye to Josh and Jade.
"See you two tomorrow at school. Tonight was fun" Niall calls as they make their was to Natalie's car.
"Yeah, see ya mate!" Josh calls from the door with Jade. Natalie drives Niall home and he thanks her before kissing her good night and making his way up to the door. He enters the house as quietly as he can and slips off his shoes, sneaking past the tele room where his brother was up watching the footie match.
"Who was that?" He asks out of nowhere. Niall stops with a sigh and turns back around.
"Just a friend" Greg turns off the tele now and stands up, facing Niall.
"Yeah? Well that 'friend' looked an awful lot like a girl. And it also looked an awful lot like you kissed her before she left." Niall cringes.
"Well I didn't" Greg glares.
"Are you lying to me little brother?" Niall begins to back up into the hall, ready to make a run for his room if his brother moved any closer. He didn't want to deal with this tonight.
"Of course not" he lies.
"I swear to fucking god Niall if I find out that you're lying to me, you won't be seeing out of that left eye for a while" Niall gulps and nods before turning and briskly walking to his room. He strips down to his boxers and slips under his covers after plugging in his phone to charge under the bed where his brother wouldn't find it.
He sighs and rolls over onto his side, feeling his eyelids drooping sleepily. He had enjoyed tonight, and as he had hoped, he hadn't thought of Styles once. Now that that thought occurred, images of the curly haired lad came floating into Niall's sleep filled brain as he drifted off to sleep.
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So this was kinda just Niall's struggle with not being able to get Harry off of his mind :)
How long do you reckon he'll be able to keep denying feelings for Harry?
Do you guys think I could maybe get 5 votes on this chapter before the next update? That would be great!
Vote/Comment/Share please? Help this get more reads so i can update faster!! :)
Love you,
-Sam xx
