Falling for the Stars

Chapter 4

The next day on the train, I told my grandmother to tell Bridget to tell Niall that I wasn't going with them to visit him. I haven't seen him in 9 years, so I wanted to surprise him.

The first person I saw was Bridget which was weird because I didn't really remember her. I ran up and gave her a hug. As we walked up to her car, I called Harry to tell him I made it there okay and that he could call me if he needed anything. We got into Bridget's car, and all I could think about was if Niall changed or not. People can change in 9 years.

We pulled up to Bridget's house and I ran out of the car and into the house and up stairs where I heard Niall singing and playing his guitar. I ran into his room.

"Did you miss me?" I said and gave him a big smile. He dropped his guitar and ran over to me and gave me a big hug.

"Alanna I missed you!" He said after he let go.

"I missed you too Niall. You haven't changed a lot." I told him. He only grew and his hair was blonde this time.

"I know I haven't but you have! You grew. Your hair grew. Your hair got lighter. You got freckles. And you GREW!" he said to me.

"Niall you said grew twice." I said with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah you grew height wise and you know?" he said while moving his arms around the chest area.

"NIALL! Ew! You're my cousin! Why would you be looking there?" I yelled at him and hit him.

"What! They're like out there!"

"Ew! Oh my god stop!" I said again and hit him again. I didn't think I changed that much, but we just laughed.

"So where are your bags?" He asked looking out into the hall.

"Oh they are probably still in the car." I said. He looked at me confused.

"I was so excited to see you, I left my stuff in the car." I told him embarassed.

"Well I'll go that for you." Niall said and walked out. When he came back we sat and talked while Green Day played in the background.

"So how has London been treating you?" Niall asked.

"Well it's been fun living there." I said not knowing what else to say.

"And what about the friend that came with you? Harry right?" He asked me with a nudge. I started blushing.

"Oh nothing we are just really close friends thats all." I said trying to stop blushing.

"Oh I see..." Niall said. Just as he was about to say something my phone rang. I picked it up

"Hello?" I said quietly.

"AAAAHHHHHH!" I heard Allison scream on the other line.

"What!? What happened Allison??" I asked her franticly.

"Its Harry!" She said. My heart dropped.

"He's auditioning for X-Factor!" She screamed. I gave a sigh of relief.

"Allison don't scare me like that!" I snapped at her.

"I thought something bad happened to him." I said trying to calm myself down.

But wow I couldn't believe he was actually going to do this. I couldn't help but smile. Allison hung up the phone after her sister, Caroline, walked in telling her to go put the dishes away. Her sister was just like Allison. She had long dark hair but it was straight, had dark brown eyes, and was really tall. We would always joke around wih her and tell her she could pass as a model.

Niall and I just talked about what we had done for the past 9 years. There really wasn't much except tell him that I liked Harry but that wasn't going to happen. I was too scared to tell anyone.

"So you're sure you and Harry aren't a thing?" He asked me.

"Yes." I said to him giving him a nod. A few seconds later the door bell rang. We walked downstairs to get it. It was a boy. And he looked straight at me. I tried to cover up my eyes from him with my bangs but that didn't work.

"Who's that?" He asked Niall.

"She's my cousin." Niall said.

"What's her name?" He was talking to Niall about me right infront of me like if I didn't understand English. He just stared at me.

"Hi, I'm Alanna." I told him.

"Hello." he said. "I'm James." James said. I just smiled.