I Want To Be Your Reason To Be (One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 8: Secrets Revealed And Love Confessed

Theres a ton of POV switching in this chapter, sorry guys ^_^ it was just too short if i made it into more than one chapters and it needs to be told from different viewpoints in order to get the whole message across. Hope you like it anyway! -Dani

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Nicole's POV

All us girls are having a Harry Potter marathon--my favorite books/movies of all time-- in the tour bus when Rose screams.  

"Josh just texted me and asked me if I wanted to go out to dinner with him when we get to Phoenix this afternoon! Oh my God he said he needs to ask me something. Holy crap I hope it's what I think it is! I. Might. Just. Die. Right. Now." 

We all laugh at her overreaction and turn back to the movie when I get a text from Niall. He asked me out to dinner tonight too. Hmm, suspicious much? I wonder what they have planned, Niall hasn't really talked to me much since the other night in his dressing room and Liam has also been surprisingly quiet.  

I quickly reply:

Sounds good, what time and what should I wear? Xx

Niall replies:

I'll pick you up at your room at 7? And whatever you want? I'm not the girl :P xxx

I roll my eyes and show the texts to Jess who says, "Do you like Niall?" 

"Yeah, he's one of my best friends," I reply. Duh.  

"As more than a friend, I meant," Jess says back.  

I'm silent and she says, "Everyone knows he loves you. You don't want to make it seem like you're leading him on do you?" 

I roll my eyes and say, "It's dinner for crying out loud Jess! Friends can go out for dinner anytime and I'm not leading anyone on, especially Niall." 

"Okay, but if I were you--" she begins.  

"But you're not me! So just shut up already! You always have to add your opinion and I'm tired of it! 

Stop treating me like a little child and meddling in everything that I do like you always do, because I'm perfectly able to handle myself!" I retort and I attempt to 'storm out of the room' in the little space there is.  

I end up just crawling into the tiny space where my bunk bed is and banging my head on the ceiling as I dramatically close the curtain.  

I don't know what's gotten into me, I guess my emotions are a bit high strung seeing as I'm honestly not sure about how I feel about Niall, and I guess I just took it out on Jess, even though everything that I said is pretty true, to be honest.  

I can hear the conversation between the other girls, and it's pretty awkward and forced, but I just need some space right now.

Niall's POV

I nervously hit the send button, waiting for my text to Nicole to go through. I hope she'll agree to go to dinner with me tonight, I'm planning on singing to her and asking her to be my girlfriend.  

I would've never had the nerves to do it until I made the deal with Josh: we both ask the girls we like out tonight. I guess we agreed because neither of us would have had the nerve to do it if the other was also afraid.  

Nicole replies yes, thank goodness, but I'm still really nervous, like what if she doesn't have feelings for me at all? Especially after the comment she made the other night when I brought up the kiss on the cheek in Las Vegas.