Maybe We Can

chapter 8 (pictures)

I must have fallen asleep because I open my eyes to find the clock ahead an hour. I realise the rain has stopped so I look around for Niall. "Niii" I say looking around and not finding him. The toilet flushes from the other room and he walks out. "did you wash your hands?" I question him "..no.." "do it." he lowers his head and walks back in. After he washes his hands I jump up. "What?" He asks "Let's go to the cove." I say smiling and grab my camera. He laughs and grabs my hand running out the door.

When we get to the stables I'm out of breath from running. I get a beautiful cream colored palimino and so does Niall, but the difference between them is  his has a white strip down its snout and mine has white socks. We get to brush them first and groom them. Niall has quite a tough time. "What the hell is THIS!?" he says holding up the hoof pick. "That's a hoof pick." I say matter of factly. "I have to pick it's hooves?!" "No, I'll do it for you. Just keep brushing." I instruct, he listens.

I brush off all the dried mud on my horse, then brush it with the grooming brush. After I finish that I comb it's mane and Tail putting both into some kind of braid. I pick out the hooves, careful not to hit the frog then I groom Nialls horse. "There." I say and Niall stares at me. "What?" "How do you know so much?" "you know why. I'm obsessed with Horses" "...well, let's get the saddles on 'em" he says. "Wait! you have to put the saddle pad first. or else it will chaf the horses back and the poor thing will be in pain." I say putting the saddle pad on the horses back and evening it. "Sorry" Niall speaks.

After we get all saddled up we head to the cove. "Niall!" I call to him

"What?" "Hurry up! The trees are right there! we're almost to the cove!" I say careful so no one but us hear. "Okay, okay. I'm coming." We make our way through the trees and find our spot. We tie the horses to a tree and walk torwards the water. "Oh! Niall look! It's a flame angel! thats my favorite fish!" I shout pointing to the water. "Its red like you!" "shut up." I shove him playfully. I take a picture of the fish in the water and then move around taking pictures of everything. The trees, the small water fall, Niall being an idiot, the horses, almost anything that caught my intrest.

We spend hours at the cove until the sun starts to set. "Let's head back" Niall says I barely hear him because I'm lost in thought. "Marie?"

His voice is distant as I'm still in my head swimming through thoughts. "Marie." I'm finally back. "What?" "We should head back now." "Okay." We untie and mount our horses then head out. Once we're back on the beach we see the sunset in all its beauty. I take a picture of it then turn to Niall who is looking at the sunset still. That's a camera moment. I think to myself and take a picture of him rested upon his horse with orange light kissing him softly and his focus on something with his intrest.Niall steals my camera from me and Get's a picture of me in almost the same way. I'm on my horse watching the day come to an end, my hair looking even more orange, hoof prints in the wet sand behind my horse, it looks like one of those professional pictures. I laugh at how cheesy this whole senario is and make my horse go a bit faster.

We get the horses back to the stable and pay then go back to the hotel.When we get back into Our rooms I tell Niall to get his Winchester outfit on. "Why?" "We're going to take pictures." He groans and goes into the bathroom to change. I call his mum to our room so she can take the pictures for us and I change as well.

After a few minutes of waiting Maura is at the door and Niall lets her in. "Okay, Niall...Winchester poses." We look at eachother, him looking slightly confused and me looking serious. *click* next pose! I crouch a little and stare with squinted eyes curiously at the floor pretending somethings there and Niall bends a little looking down too holding a flash light. *click* Next pose!  I don't know what to do so I just stare at the wall like I'm inspecting something but then Niall grabs my butt and I jump making a very suprised face and I hear the click of the camera at that moment. "Niall James Horan!" me and Maura shout at the same time. "I was acting like a Winchester I'm sorry!!" I laugh "He's got a point...okay next pose!" I jump into his arms acting scared *click* Next pose! I get salt and start to put it on the floor and Niall is standing holding a bible. *click* "Okay I think that's good for now" I say "Thanks Maura!"

She leaves the room as I sweep up the salt. I go through the pictures."Ew I look terrible!" "Marie Anne!" "That's my name don't wear it out" I put my camera back then get a change of clothes and my toiletries. "I'm getting a shower" "Okay." I walk into the bathroom and turn on the shower then lock the door and turn to go to the toilet and make myself throw up, then I get into the shower.

When I'm done I dry off then put on a pair of black yoga pants, a pink long sleeve and my new t-shirt that matches Nialls. I brush my hair then teeth and walk out. "get changed Ni" "why?" "bed" Niall groans and goes to get changed he walks out in basketball shorts and no shirt. "Niiiiaaalll" "what? I changed." "Put on our shirt." "why?" "pictures." he listens and I take a picture of us both. After I do, he throws it back off. I find the journal I bought and a pen. I place the picture of us in our shirts in the photo slot, then start to write. "Tonight, me and Niall went to the cove. He knew nothing about the horses, it was pretty funny. I have been wondering when I should tell him lately but I'm not sure if I can. I'm getting lighter now...only a little so far. Niall seemed to notice...I wonder how he'll act when It starts getting worse...oh well. We had a lot of fun today, we took tons of pictures. When we get back home I have to add them to the collection of photo albums. " I draw a blank then go back to writing. When I finish my entry I I lay in bed. Today was a good one. I think to myself. I feel Niall crawl into my bed. "Ni, the storms are over." "But you still have nightmares." "fine" he lays down on the other side of the bed and I turn the other way. We fall asleep with our backs facing.

When I wake up I am some how ontop of Niall with my face on his chest and hands in his above his head. He's still asleep. How did this happen? I think to myself. I slowly move my hands from his and get up careful not to wake him. I walk into the bathroom and lock the door I go to the bathroom and brush my hair and teeth. when I finish I stare at the mirror and drift into thought. I'm snapped back when I hear a knock on the bathroom door. "Be right out" I call to the door and look down to notice I have fresh cuts on my arms and the sink has blood in it. My hand holds the razor. I look into the mirror to find I was crying. I don't remember doing this. I quickly clean up and walk out.

When I walk into the room again Niall is sitting in one of the chairs "Sorry I had to deal with something" I say "It's alright." He walks into the bathroom and I go lay on my bed. After he comes back out, he walks over to his stuff and pulls out shorts and a polo then walks back to the bathroom. I roll over onto my face and groan. Im hungry I think to myself. But I can't eat. Niall walks back out and walks over to me flipping me over. "Whhaaaat?" I whine "We're going out. We have to explore more." he says and smiles to me. "I'm not changing." "Fine but get your lazy ass up." "My ass is perfectly fine where it is" "Get up." I groan and roll across the bed onto the floor. "ow" "that's your own fault." I get up and look at Niall. "Where are we going?" "Out" "But where?" "Around town. come on it'll be fun!" "Fine" I put on my converses and Niall grabs my hand pulling me down the hallway. "My phone!" I say panicked "I have it" he says and shows me it. I reach for it but he puts it back in his pocket "You won't get it until you have fun."  "Niaaaalll" "Nope." He pulls me into the elevator and then out of the hotel. We start to walk around town and go into gift shops and buy some stuff. "Let's get Fro Yo" he says "I'm not hungry." "I hear your stomach. come ooon" He pulls my hand yet again and we go into the parlor. I wait at a table as Niall orders. On the wall next to me is a sign about a concert later on that night, I take it off the wall and read it over.