I WANNA BE WITH YOU

CHAPTER 2: I WANNA BE WITH YOU

I woke up to the sun shining through the windows and down onto my blankets. I pulled the blankets off of my body to find my phone somewhere hidden in the sheets. I flipped it open to see “1 new Direct Message from @nialofficial” my head instantly got heavy as I fell backwards on my pillow to read it. It said “Hello Scarlet, I would really love to sing with you, if you give me your phone number i’ll text you when we can meet up. I hope you answer back soon. xxx” 

My fingers couldn’t type fast enough. I typed in my number and sent it to him with a smiley face. I rush downstairs to grab some breakfast for me and Shane, to see my mom sprawled out on the couch with a man. Who knows when they will wake up..

Shane comes down yawning in his clothes from yesterday since he didn’t wake up to change.

“Morning Scarlet.”

I say good morning and hand him a bowl of Cheerios, his favorite. 

“So what’d you do last night when i fell asleep, oh and by the way thanks for putting me in bed.” 

“Oh nothing, but hey. You have to believe this. Niall freaking tweeted to me! He says he wants to sing with me!”

He was so excited for me. We sat there and talked about what we would do if we met One Direction, or any of them at that. But after our chat we got up to take our showers and get to school. 

I get in my car and drive us both to school since he’s only a month younger than me we both are freshmen. I drive into the school parking lot to see everyone giving me dirty looks. Shane and I walk to our lockers that are right next to each other because of our last names. I see Becca on the way in and ask her why everyone is staring and she looks at me like i have 3 heads. 

“Don’t you know? Everyone’s jealous that Niall Horan wants to hang out with you.”

She spits the last word out like its poison in her mouth.

“Why are you mad at me Becca?”

“Because, I thought you would at least call me and tell me.. Instead i hear it through the grape vine. Whatever…”

And she storms away. I guess i’m alone a lot lately I really shouldn’t care. 

I run out of school to see people laughing and giggling. I can’t deal with this today. I’m driving to the park with tears in my eyes and I can barely see. So what if a huge popstar tweeted to me.. shouldn’t people be happy for me? What’s so wrong with the little freak show girl getting a tweet from Niall. It’s not like they should care, they never cared before.

I shut the door behind me and walk over to a park bench to collect my thoughts, but then my phone goes off and I hear the song “One Thing” playing. The number on the phone is unknown, maybe it’s Niall! I flipped the phone open and put it up to my ear.

“Hello?”

“Hey! it’s Niall. How are ya darlin’?”

“Oh hello Niall! I’m alright I guess.”

“Alright? are you sure? well.. we can talk about that soon. I looked on your twitter and saw you lived in New York City, and i’m actually staying there for a few days for the next concert. I would love to meet up sometime..”

There’s so many questions I have for him.. but the only question I blurt out is

“Why me Niall? Why did you choose me to sing with you, and tweet to. I’m a nobody.”

It blew my mind when he answered. 

“Scar, when I saw your sweet smile in your twitpic I knew I just had to see it in person. You are just so beautiful.”