Someday {Niall Horan}

Chapter 32: Back to Work

Niall's POV

"What type of advice did you need from Louis at three in the morning?" she asks right when the elevator door closes. Shit, this always happens. I always do something fucked up and I mention it in front of her, but in this case Louis brought it up to her. Maybe I should've never called him, I should've just stayed in bed after that dream.

"Nothing, I just needed someone to talk to and I didn't want to wake you up," I lie.

"What did you have to talk to him about, and why couldn't this wait until morning?" She is always so goddamn curious about everything.

"I just couldn't fall asleep, I had a bad dream. We just mainly talked about business stuff, and about my dream." I remain a straight face, hopefully my lie is believable.

"Oh, really? What did you have a dream about, was it bad?"

"Um, I had a dream that my business went completely downhill and I lost all of my money. Also, I was being chased by a monster." What I'm saying isn't entire false. That is if you would consider a nasty ex girlfriend a monster. I still feel bad about the incident.

"Those are two very different subjects." She begins to smile. "First, it's losing your business. Then, your being chased by a monster?" She starts to laugh and I begin to join her. I can never resist her smile.

"Hey, I have weird dreams, but I'm not the one that talks in their sleep each night." Suddenly her smile fades. "What, you didn't know that you talk in your sleep?" Ever since she's been sleeping over, she's been talking in the middle of the night. I used to think that she was awake and just talked to herself, but I guess she's just a sleep talker. Even in her sleep she won't shut up.

"How often do I talk in my sleep?"

"Um, pretty much every time. You never knew that?"

"No, no one's told me that I talk in my sleep before. What do I say?"

"I don't know, I never really pay attention to what you say. I can barely even understand it, you're usually just mumbling to yourself."

"Oh, well you learn something new every day, I guess." I don't understand why, but there's something I'm missing. She stopped smiling when I brought up her sleep talking. Is she just embarrassed?

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Emily's POV

Shit, I talk in my sleep? It's just a matter of time until he finds out, until I tell him in my sleep. He can't find out, or at least not yet. Something's been up with him too, I can feel it. There's just something about the way that he talks. I can't tell whether or not what he says are lies.

"Are we going to work today?" I ask as I finish up my breakfast. "I feel productive for some reason."

"Um, I wasn't planning to, you don't exactly have anything to do today. Most of the other models have shoots, but you can come with me if you feel like doing something."

"What type of work is it?" I really just don't want to be left alone with Niall today. Not that there's anything wrong with him, but I feel like I need space to think about what the doctor told me. Space that I can tell he probably needs as well, he's been acting really strange since Louis left.

"Paper work, you're good with that?"

"Sure, I just need something to do. I haven't been there in ages and I feel like I need a hobby."

"You can't think of anything better to do than paperwork?" he asks. "You really don't have to do it, that's the secretary's job."

"No, I'll do it. I volunteer to. I kind of want to go to work, I miss some of the friends that I made."