So Close

Chapter 8

“He is such a fucking prick!” Sky screamed as I pulled my phone away from my ear slightly as she complained down the line.

“You know what he said? He said ‘Maybe if you weren’t so frigid then you wouldn’t overreact!’ That’s what he said! Can you believe it? I lost my virginity not two weeks ago and he is calling me frigid!” She continued to complain as my brain drifted off on the thought of the almost kiss between me and Niall.

“He and I are SO over, I don’t care if he begs, Im never taking him back the stupid sodding wanker should die in a hole. I fucking hate him!”

“Have you broken up with him yet?” I asked, knowing full well that within the week they would be back together, making out on my couch.

“Not yet, but just wait and see.” She replied forcefully. It was sweet that she thought they would actually break up.

Beep Beep.

“I have another call, just stay on hold for a second?” I said, not waiting for an answer before I transferred the phone to the call waiting. I was glad for the person that was calling, saving me from having to listen to the whining about “the death of a relationship.”

“We are so over.” I heard Harry’s voice say and I face palmed, realising that I had the couple on separate calls, both complaining about the other.

“Why aren’t you talking to Lou?” I asked, annoyed that I had been bestowed with the great honour of having to listen to Harry whine, something that usually fell under Louis’ domain.

“He had to take his sister to a dance recital.” He explained shortly. I knew for a fact that not only did Lou’s sisters not take dance, but that he had nothing on tonight.

“She said that I was a disgusting freak just because I am comfortable with my body.” He spat.

“Maybe you should apologise and just not whip it out in public.” I said, pulling my laptop within distance and scrolling through the photos that I took that day in the park with Niall.

Somewhere in my brain I could hear Harry ramble on in response to my question but my focus was on the screen. I couldn’t help but smile as Niall’s bright face filled my screen. My presumptions had been correct, the lighting was perfect as it lit up Niall’s beaming face and captured Nell’s toothy smile.

“She can try and crawl back but I wont let her, we are over.” He continued, saying almost the exact same thing as Sky.

“Yeah….. I know…. What a bitch.” I said randomly, not listening to him as he continued complaining, this seemed to satisfy him because he said a quick thank you before hanging up.

I had selected a few of my favourite photos and uploaded them onto my photography and art tumblr, seeing I had inbox asking to commission a painting. I wrote the number provided on a post-it note and stuck it up on my desk as a reminder to call the next day.

Opening skype, I noticed that Niall was online and I grinned, looking forward to telling him about the latest Sky and Harry drama. After several rings, he finally answered.

“Hey Hey Hey.” I greeted him as Niall waved, smiling slightly although not looking up from his lap. I was a bit confused but when Niall’s gorgeous eyes looked up into the camera my heart melted a bit and I pushed everything else out of my mind.

“Hey gorgeous. What did you do today?” He said, his voice lagging a bit due to the limited internet connection offered at his dad’s house.

“Well, we played soccer in the park, Harry did a bit of streaking and he and Sky ‘Broke Up’ again.” I said, making quotation marks with my fingers when referencing the supposed dumping.

“So how long till they are back together? A week or less?” He chuckled, pulling the camera closer so he could lie down.

I shrugged as he laughed again, picking up a cup and sipping it gingerly before glancing down at his lap again. He smiled really wide before picking up his phone and tapping a response.

“Who are you texting?” I asked. Well if he was laughing, I would have to put my money on Lucy, not to mention that it was through a test message. Lucy was constantly on her phone and although it could get annoying that you neve had her full attention, it was nice when you were bored. She seemed to know that you were and would send you a text.

“Ummm, Kym. You know? We were skyping earlier today but she had to go and pick up her sister from somewhere so we’ve been texting all day.” He said, smiling again and blushing.

A knot formed in my stomach when I realised that he hadn’t skyped or texted me all day, not to mention, just days after our almost kiss he was running around, flirting with every girl with eyes.

I was fuming and forced my tight mouth to bend into a fake smile before I realised that I shouldn’t care. Niall was free to do whatever he wants and, even though for some strange reason I was upset over this, I didnt have any place to be angry.

I wasn’t angry or upset, I was confused, that’s it. Confused as to why he had been acting weird lately. Seriously though, he hadn’t called me once while being in America and he only sent me about a dozen text messages the whole time.

Maybe we were growing apart, I hoped we weren’t growing apart, I love him too much.

“Are you alright Ali?” He asked, furrowing his eyes at me worriedly before I smiled and shook those thoughts from my head.

“Of course.” I said faking a laugh. Niall didn’t seem to notice though because he just smiled slightly and went back to texting her.

“Hey, you’re obviously busy. I’ll talk later yeah?” I asked as Niall looked up with a small smile.

“Bye Ali.” He said before the screen went blank

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Also, sorry aboiut the mix up with this story, the chapters are back in order and this one is supposed to be after the previous one, so technically, the last chapter is new and just.... ok, re-read the last chapter because its completely different.

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GiGi

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