Opposites ~ n.h (rewriting)

Chapter 26: Ireland.

It's 4 am in the morning and the room is filled with the sound of Niall's alarm. Marimba. "Oh my God, Niall! Couldn't set another tone. This one makes me want to punch walls." I groan as I roll over and try to open my eyes. 

"No not really, because if I had chosen an Ed Sheeran song, you would've gone straight back to sleep." He chuckles as he gets up from the bed. Just as I think he went to the bathroom, someone's tugging on my arm. 

"Let's go take a shower and wake up Liz. We have a flight to catch." His accent is even thicker now he's still sleepy and it's so sexy but adorable at the same time. 

Niall is super excited to go back to Ireland after about 4 years. He's one of those proud Irishmen and I still can't believe he's been able to stay away for so long. We will be celebrating New Years Eve there. Niall is already in the shower as I'm still undressing myself, while making sure I don't trip or walk into any doors or walls. I tend to do that when I just wake up, my eyes need some time to start up in the morning. 

The shower is quick and soon I'm looking through Niall's drawers for my favourite and most comfortable legging. When I finally find it I pull it on and look for one of Niall's sweaters. I find a black one and pull it over my head. 

"I wanted to wear that one." Niall pouts as he turns around and sees me in his sweater. 

"Too bad." I smirk as I walk out of the room to wake up Eliza.

I walk in her room and smile. She is cuddled up with a big stuffed dolphin, slightly snoring from her stuffy nose. I walk up to her and slightly shake shoulder. She mumbles something and turns around, not making any signs of waking up. 

"Eliza honey, we're going home." I whisper as I shake her shoulder again. 

Her eyes flutter open as I wipe a bit of drool from her chin. She shakes her head as she closes her eyes again. 

"Come, honey. I'll help you get dressed. Do you want to wear leggings or sweats?" I ask her. 

"Leggings." She mumbles. 

I lift her up from the bed as she continues to sleep. I pull her damp Pj pants off her legs and replace it by leggings as I search through her closet for a sweater. As I'm looking, Eliza has already nesteled back in her bed. I lift her up before pulling her shirt over her head and replacing it by a t-shirt and sweater. 

I carry her into the living room and lay her down on the couch. She's lucky she's a lightweight otherwise I had no choice to wake her and let her walk by herself. Niall chuckles at his sleeping sister as he walks in the living room. Niall eats some breakfast as I just live on an empty stomach. There's no way I'll be able to eat this early in the morning. 

"You take Liz, I'll carry the suitcases." Niall says as he quickly puts the last dishes in the dishwasher and turns it on. 

I nod as I make my way over to the couch and pick up Eliza, gently placing her head on my shoulder. I balance her on my arm as I grab her little backpack with the other and swing it over my shoulder. I carefully walk down the stairs, taking small steps to make sure I don't wake Eliza again. I carefully set her in the car and fasten her seat belt. When I'm sure the seat belt isn't cutting her neck as her head leans on it, I make my way around the car and sit down in the passenger seat. Niall follows not long after, he starts the car and off we go. 

He holds my hand the entire way to the airport, only letting go briefly to change gear. He parks the car neatly and gets out to get our luggage. I pick up Eliza from the backseat and we make our way to luggage check-in. Our luggage is approved fast and soon we're making our way through security. As soon as we got through, he grabs my hand in his and refuses to let go. I guess he's nervous after all.