Fall For You

Chapter 17

Another Friday, another party. You and Ally got ready together this time, and headed off to the party. Luckily, you weren’t getting much attention anymore. Niall was in Texas today, doing a matinee show, so you guys didn’t have time to talk. You really missed him.

            The first thing you saw when you walked in to the party was Mark. It was like he was waiting for you.

            “Katie! Ally! I didn’t know you two would be here!”

            He already had alcohol on his breath, and the party had just started.

            “Hey Mark, enjoying yourself already?” Ally joked.

            “Don’t hate, sweetheart.” Mark said to Ally. You didn’t like the way he said it. Mark then turned to you.

            “Want some beer, love?” Hearing him call you “love” just reminded you of Niall.

            “No, thanks.” Last week the beer made you feel shitty. You woke up with a headache, and it didn’t even taste that good while you drank it anyways. The buzz was barely enough to make drinking worth it, so you decided to stop.

            “Oh come on, just a little won’t hurt”, he said, as he grabbed two beers.

            “Really, I’m fine.”

            “More for me!” he practically yelled as he attempted to drink from both at once.

            Ally found it hilarious and started laughing, and you didn’t want to be uptight, so you laughed it off too. You and Ally disappeared into the crowd away from Mark, and you found some guys to dance with. About a half hour later, Mark found you, more drunk than before.

            “What are you doing?” He slurred.

            You stopped dancing, confused.

            “Come with me” said Mark, “I gotta show you somethin’”.

            Ally nodded at you, so you turned and followed Mark. He could barely walk, but led you to a bedroom. Now, you were really confused. He sat down on the bed, and motioned for you to sit next to him. You sat, but keeping a good distance between you two. He scooted closer.

            “Why so far away, darling?” You could smell the smoke and alcohol on his breath.

            “Mark, whats going on?”

            “I… I just wannna let you know dat I love yuh.” He couldn’t even make a full sentence.

            “What? Are you crazy?”

            “Those aren’t nice words.”

            He reached his hand over, and placed it on your thigh, pushing up your skirt. You immediately stood up and pushed his hand away.

            “Your boyfriend isn’t here, ya know.” He said to you, “nobody is going to know, nobody is going to care. He ain’t here for you.”

            “Stop!” you screamed. You ran out of the room, and without saying anything, grabbed Ally, you dragged her to the car. She hopped in the car and started driving. You told her everything as she drove. She was speechless. She told you how sorry she was for not believing you when you said something was weird. Once you were home you sent Niall a text saying “skype me”. He was just sitting in his hotel room, so he instantly replied “k babe :)”.

            When his skype came up, you could see his face, smiling, eating a piece of cake. You couldn’t help but notice how beautiful he was. Harry waved to the camera, and Louis jumped on his back, screaming. Liam laughed, and you saw Zayn walk into the view too. You almost forgot everything until your video turned on too, and Niall saw you.

            “Babe… you’re crying.”

            Almost instantly you heard Zayn say “who do we need to hurt”.

            You half laugh/cried, but soon it turned into sobbing. Niall looked at the other boys and then went into the other room. You looked at his face. You had never seen him more worried.

            “Baby, tell me what happened.”

            Through the tears you told him. You saw his emotions go from confused to angry to sad and then he nearly started crying too.

            “Its okay, love, I’m here. I’m here for you.”

            You looked up.

            “But, but you’re not.”

            He was silent. He looked hurt. You hurt Niall Horan.

            “I just mean… you’re across the country. I’m here, you’re there. And all I really need right now is a Horan hug. And it kills me that I can’t have one.”

            “One week. One week and the tour is over.”

            “And then you’re back to Mullingar. Niall this is so hard.”

            “It is, Katie. But, I love you, and I’m willing to do this.”

            You couldn’t believe what just happened. Niall just told you he loved you. What do you do now? Say it back?

            Half smiling, you said “I love you too.”

            Then, your phone buzzed.

            “Tweet from Zayn Malik.”

            “Katie, I’m sure this is just a bump on the roller coaster that is life aha :) we love u! xx aha”

            Now you were really smiling. Forget Mark, you told yourself. Niall Horan just told you he loves you, and Zayn Malik just tweeted you. Soon, there were tons of tweets asking what was wrong and telling you to feel better. The fans were amazing, the boys were amazing, and now you couldn’t help but laugh. Ally brought you some hot chocolate, and you and her skyped with the rest of the boys until they had to go to bed. They had another concert tomorrow, this time in New York, and they had to get rested. Ally decided to go home, and, feeling better, you took a shower and went to sleep.