He Never Does || n.h

Chapter 30: 'The End' Doesn't Mean It's Over

Chapter 30:

Waking up in the arms of the man I am irrevocably in love with is my favorite feeling on this earth.

Only I'm not feeling if right now. I sit up in the sand and look around for Niall. He's not next to me but his hoodie is still under my head. I instantly begin to worry.

What if he regrets last night? I mean, I know nothing happened but we sure got a lot closer than we probably should have. And we both said some things we probably shouldn't have. It would kill me if he didn't mean them.

I wipe the sleep out of my eyes and stand up, brushing the sand off of my clothes. I look up to the house and see Niall walking down with his hands in his pocket.

"Hi." I smile as he comes closer to me.

He meets my gaze, but his eyes are dead. I don't understand why he's in this mood all of the sudden.

"I just wanted my jacket." He says. He literally pulls it out of my hand and walks back up to the house, leaving me confused and alone on the shore.

I follow him back without catching up to him. This better not be another cycle of him ignoring me.

My day now seems a lot less bright.

"Eggs?" Harry asks as I walk into the house. I catch him smirking at me and Niall. Obviously he assumes something happened, I bet they all do. My completely worried expression and my subtle head shaking wipes the smirk off has face.

He mouths 'what happened' when he takes in Niall's grumpy stature and I simply shrug my shoulders. I honestly have no clue.

"I'll take some eggs Harry. Niall, would you like any?" I ask him specifically.

"No, thanks though Harry." He completely ignores me and instead speaks to Harry. Oh yeah, he's mad. I just can't think of what I could have done between last night and now.

I sigh and sit next to Navy at the table. He gestures to Niall, who now sits alone on the sofa with his phone out, and I just shake my head. Navy understands better than anyone how I feel about Niall, even Ashland. Navy had to sit through an entire semester of school listening to me babble about him considering he was my best and only friend. Except Rebecca, of course, but I always found Navy to be easier to talk to. He's completely judge mental and shares his opinion no matter how harsh, but I love it. I need tough love usually and he's not afraid to dish it out. I've never met a person who judges you in a good way, but Navy does it.

"Nathan, your mum keeps calling me. Just answer your damn phone!" Rebecca groans. Navy and his parents have reconciled yet I think he's ignoring his mum for some reason.

"No." I whine without thinking.

"What?" Rebecca says, thinking I was contradicting her.

"Not that, just never, ever, ever call him Nathan. It weirds me out." I shiver for dramatic affect.

"Your name is Nathan?" Brook sits beside me and asks.

"You didn't know that? Did any of you know that!" Navy calls out to the house.

"No, I just thought your parents were into the military, I guessed it was an American thing." Louis chimes in and Navy starts to laugh.

"Alright hurry with the food eating, I'm going to go start the boat." Liam says and walks outside.

"Boat?" I ask.

"Yes, well, if you had slept inside like a normal human being you would have heard us decide to take a morning cruise." Louis says and I blush.