That's When I Saw You {Neth Fanfic}

10. Time Alone

Beth's POV

After a while, the initial excitement of being able to stay with them had subsided, and we had carried on with the rest of the evening. I was sitting by the big window that faced onto the rest of the city. It was about 7.00 in the evening now, so the whole city was lit up and the cars lights moved swiftly along the road. I sighed as I drifted my finger along the glass, smiling to myself since to was so happy that I could stay with the boys.

"Hey, Beth." An Irish accent sounded from behind me, and I heard his feet moving across the floor.

"Hey..." I sighed, "Alright?"

"Yeah, I just came to see how you're doing." He said quietly, "you've been really quiet all evening."

"Yeah don't worry about it." I smiled, "it's not bad."

"Then you wouldn't mind telling me then would you." He laughed, sitting down next to me with his legs out in front of him, supporting himself with his hands.

"It's nothing." I sighed,

"Go on..." He pushed, "you can tell me."

"It's just what happened earlier." I said, looking out of the window, not daring to look into his eyes.

"Oh?" He said, becoming more interested.

"I didn't think this would happen so quickly that's all." I said honestly, "I didn't think it would develop this fast."

"Do you want to go slower then?" He asked worriedly, "if you want we can-"

"No, Niall. It isn't that." I said, trying to calm him down, "I'm happy that you do what you did. It just confirmed to me how much I care about you. I don't just love you because 'oh my god you're Niall from One Direction!', I love you for you. I love your smile, your laugh, your friendly nature, and how much you care for me."

"Then that was the best thing I ever did." He smiled to himself proudly.

"Yeah, but really we have Josie to thank for this." I laughed,

"Why?" He asked,

"Cause if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have been in the front row of that concert, and you would have never seen me." I smiled at the memory.

"That was the best night of my life." He grinned, looking out the window at all the lights that illuminated the city.

"Tell me more." I said, looking at him, resting my chin in my hands.

"Well," he began, "a few minutes before the concert started, I was getting myself ready, and peaked out at the crowd. I was really nervous already, seeing as this was the biggest concert we had ever done. When we got on stage, it really hit me how big of a show it was. I decided that I would try and pump up the crowd a little bit, and high five fans on the side of the stage. That's when I saw you. I froze. You were just so amazing. I knew then that I loved you, but I was scared if I said that to you, you would only love me for One Direction. Which is why I wanted to make sure that you didn't know I loved you until I was sure you loved me back in the same way."

"And I'm glad you did." I smiled, "because I wasn't sure myself to begin with."

"I love you, Beth." He hugged me tightly, nuzzling his face into my neck,

"I love you too, Niall." I said, hugging him back with an equal amount of love and care.

We sat there for another few minutes, him holding my hand as he rubbed the back of it with his thumb.

"Shall we go to bed?" He yawned, "Well probably going to do something tomorrow and you wouldn't want to be tired."

"Sounds good, if we get to sleep in a bed tonight." I laughed,

"Of course, you want to sleep in my bed?" He sounded nervous as he twiddled his thumbs,

"Ok, I'll just grab some clothes off Josie." I smiled as I got up and walked towards Zayn's room.

"Josie?" I knocked on the door,

"Yeah?" I heard her called from inside, "Beth?"

"Yeah, have you got any spare clothes for me to sleep in?"

"Hang on I'll, find some. Come in."

I carefully opened the door, to be greeted by Zayn walking around in just his boxers. I looked at Josie, and we mimed silently to each other in excitement. When he turned around to see why we had gone so quiet, we snapped back to finding some clothes. She searched through a bag that her mum had dropped off earlier that day, and pulled out some shorts and a vest top.

"Thanks." I smiled as I took them from her.

"That's ok, night." She said, as she got into bed with Zayn, laying her head on his chest as he stroked her hair soothingly.

"I'll leave you two....to it." I winked as I scurried out of the room.

I walked into the bathroom at the end of the corridor, so I could get changed in peace. I got changed, and out my used clothes in a folded pile in the corner of the room. I took my hair out of the ponytail and let my hair fall over my shoulders loosely.

Once I was done, I returned to Niall's room, where I caught him in the middle of taking his shirt off. I nearly fainted as his well defined abs came into view. He smirked when he saw me staring shamelessly at his body.

"Hello?" He said mockingly, "what are you looking at?"

"Um..uh..nothing." I shook my head, laughing at myself as I lay down in the bed.

He soon joined me, pulling me into his body as he lay on his side.

"Night, Niall." I whispered, leaning over to turn off the light,

"Night, princess." He replied, nuzzling his face into my hair.

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