Affection | N.H

Chapter 22

("Your time is limited, so don't waste your time living someone else's life." -Steve Jobs)

I open my eyes to find myself slept beside a beautiful boy. I stare at him and smile to myself. Amber said I am in love but am I really? Am I not too young for it though? I don't know but I absolutely like Niall. His personality is different from mine and all that but still I feel so much comfortable around him than..Sabrina! 

He opens his eyes slowly and catches me staring at him. "Good morning." 

"Good morning sleepy head." I smile. 

"Niall, who were you talking about last night? You know when you said you loved someone?" I ask. Probably not the best choice of conversation to have with him but still. 

"Tarisha you don't need to know too much. If I don't tell you stff, it means you don't need to know about it." he snaps and sits up, stretching his arms. 

"Why do you talk to me like that? In fact, what do I mean to you?" 

"A friend? What else?" A friend? Friends don't kiss like this and friends don't do what we do. I get off the bed and turn him by his arm. 

"What do you mean?" 

"I mean that there is nothing between us more than friendship." He shrugs.

"Life is not as easy as that Niall, did you know that?" I stare at him in disbelief. 

"Just go!" he yells. 

I grab my stuff and exit his house right away. 

..

"Tarisha you have to tell me what's wrong." Louis asks me as we walk together to Mathematics. 

"Louis, for the hundredth time I am telling you that I am fine." I say quietly. 

He stops beside me and I turn around to face him. "I thought we were good friends?" his voice is small. 

I sigh. He is right. He was the first person in this college who welcomed me warmly. He was my first friend and he deserves to know all about me. "I will tell you everythig while we have lunch?" 

..

The first two lessons were very intense between me and Louis. He barely talked to me. We walked to the nearest cafe and now he is staring at my face waiting for me to answer his enless questions.

"Louis." I sigh.

"Tarisha." he raises his eye brows and encourages me to continue. 

"I spent my whole day at Niall's house yesterday. We..we kissed and that was it. We didn't go up any stage but this morning when we woke up, he treated me like shit. He told me that there was nothing between us. He was...very rude." I whisper.

I look up from my hands to see Louis staring at me in disbelief. 

"Louis, I am sorry. It all happened, I didn't mean for all this to happen. Please don't be mad at me. I don't want to lose you." I begin to silent cry. 

Louis reaches for my hand over the table and gives it a gentle squeeze. "I am not going anywhere. You're not getting rid of me so easily." he whispers, a small smile appearing on his lips. 

"Tarisha, I cannot explain how much better you deserve. Infact you deserve the best. Niall is a guy full of filthy things. He doesn't have feelings. He doesn't give a shit about anyone in this world. He cannot give you the happiness you deserve and this morning as you said was a perfect example of how destructive he can be." Louis draws circles on my palm with his thumb.