That's When I Saw You {Neth Fanfic}

2. Boys Night In

Beth's POV

"Niall what are you-" I started, before he interrupted me,

"Shh shh, just hear me out." He spoke, whilst cautiously looking around for any company,

I nodded for him to continue, and he took a deep breath before starting,

"Well, I know we only just met really, but I wanted to ask you if you wanted to come back to the apartment with us? We could watch a film if you want?" His eyes filled with hope as he spoke,

"Yeah sure, but why did you have to take me back her to ask me?" I laughed,

"Cos if I asked you in front of the lads, I think I would have embarrassed myself." He chuckled, "Plus I just wanted to talk to you alone."

"Oh, ok." I smiled, "Are Josie and Tamsin going to be there?"

"Yeah I assume so, well they walked off with Zayn and Harry, so unless they have some unforeseen arrangements..." He winked,

"Jesus Christ Niall!" I laughed at him, as he laughed along with me.

Oh my god, his laugh is so amazing, I love it.

"So...shall we get out of the this dark alleyway?" He smiled, holding his hand out for me to take,

"Lead the way."

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The boys apartment was amazing! It was huge! In the main part was the living room, with a furry rug in the centre and a TV surrounded by a three seater sofa and two two seater sofas either side of it. At the opposite end of the room was a giant window, so you could look out over the whole of London. There was a kitchen linked onto the living room, and a corridor that must have led down to the bedrooms.

"Who's apartment is this?" I asked, still having a look around,

"Mine and Zayn's." Niall leaned over to say, "But the other boys are going to stay over tonight, since we have a couple of days off for a bit."

"Ok then. What'd you wanna do?" Josie piped up, still standing close to Zayn.

"Wanna play a game?" Harry asked, smirking down at Tamsin, making her look down at the floor,

"What kind of game do you have in mind, Styles?" I raised an eyebrow suspiciously.

"HIDE AND SEEK!!" Louis suddenly shouted, making all of us jump,

"Christ, Louis." Liam rubbed his ears, "You're such a child."

"Can we though, pweeese?" Louis begged, putting his hands together and pouting,

"What do you think, girls?" Liam looked to us,

"Sounds fun." Tamsin chirped, then leaned over to me, "finally they'll be hunting us down for a change." She whispered, making me laugh.

"Who's counting then?" Niall asked,

"OH OH OH PICK ME!! PICK MEEEE!!" Louis flailed his arm around in the air like a preschool child,

"Remember to count to 30, no cheating..." Zayn smirked, waving his finger condescendingly at him,

"All right! All right!" He covered his face with his hands, "one...two...three...four..."

Tamsin and Harry both dashed off into a room at the end of the corridor, with Josie and Zayn not far behind, but turned into a door a bit earlier. Niall winked at me, before grabbing my hand and dragging me in the same direction.

He closed the door once we got into the room, which I was guessing was his because of the guitar in the corner.

"Quick! In here!" He laughed, opening the door to a wardrobe in the corner of the room. I dived in closely followed by Niall as he shut the door carefully.

"So what's the plan now genius?" I whispered, looking around the small space we were now trapped inside,

The crack of light leaking in through the door allowed me to see him shrug and look out the door, being careful to not be seen.

"OOOOH, NIALLER!!" Louis voice echoed through the room, "I know you're in here."

I brought my finger up to my lips to tell him to be quiet, to which he nodded in response. All that could be heard was Louis' footsteps through the room, and him moving things around. Soon his footsteps came closer, making us hold our breath in an attempt to not be heard.

"Oh I wonder where they could be?" Louis said, his shadow blocking out the light that was entering the dark space between me and Niall.

"GOTCHA!" Louis said as he opened the doors simultaneously, and since me and Niall were leaning on the doors, we fell in a heap on the floor.

We couldn't stop laughing as Louis looked down at us.

"Wow, you really are amateurs..." He tutted, putting his hands on his hips, "You were easy to find."

"Ok, ok. Just go find the others." I said, still getting my breath back from laughing,

"Alright then. Watch out guys! I'm coooooming!" He laughed as he ran out of the room.

I looked back up at Niall, who was looming over me, a smile still on his face.

"Good idea for a hiding spot there, bro." I said, playfully slapping his arm.

"Don't judge." He chuckled, "Anyway, I'm sort of glad we hid there."

"Why's that?" I asked,

"Well for starters, I got to be alone with you, and secondly, now we're in this position." He looked down,

"I can't say I'm not happy with it." I looked back up at him, looking directly into his eyes again.

God I need to stop doing that. His eyes are just so beautiful. We sat there for a few more seconds, just smiling at each other, but it wasn't awkward. It was nice just to be alone with him.

He got up and offered me a hand to get up. I took it immediately, and he pulled me up. But he pulled me up a bit to enthusiastically, so I kind of fell into him.

"Sorry about that." I said, trying to stand up properly,

"Don't worry about it." He smiled down at me, "I actually did that deliberately."

I looked up to see him smirking down at me, making me giggle.

Suddenly, we heard Louis shouting from down the hallway,

"OH MY GOD GUYS, LOOK WHAT I FOUND!"

I looked to Niall, before we ran to where we heard Louis, to find Harry, Tamsin and Louis all looking down at Zayn and Josie who were sitting on the floor.

"What happened?" I looked to Louis for an explanation, but instead Harry spoke,

"Louis caught Zayn and Josie in the wardrobe." He chuckled, "You know...together."

"Oh my god!" I burst out laughing, and so did Niall, "Well done, Jose!"

My comment just made Josie blush even more like crazy, but she still smiled as she looked down at the floor. Harry turned to us,

"And the night's barely begun."