Our Little Secret ~Niall Horan Fanfic~

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

Niall's POV

I quietly walk out of the bedroom, coming into the kitchen.

"Oh, did you have a good night?" Harry asks, eyeing me up.

"We didn't do anything." Ell says, swallowing, walking into the kitchen.

"Good job Harry." I say, hitting the back of his head lightly, walking into the kitchen.

Ell sits at the table, look through the mail, "Ell, he was only teasing. It's Harry, he's always like that." I say, going and sitting next to her.

"But we did Niall. And... You know what. Never mind. I'm going to get breakfast started." She says, pushing her mail away and standing up.

"Ell, please. Tell me." I say, standing up and walking with her to the counter.

"And.... There's so much to say I don't know what to start with." She says, sighing and resting her elbows on the counter.

"How about we talk about it over dinner?" I ask, hesitantly putting my hand on her back.

"I can't, Louis already asked me to dinner." She says, turning to look at me, "But I would rather go to dinner with you." She says, smiling at me.

I quickly leave the kitchen before she can say another thing, walking to Louis, "Louis, can we talk?" I ask, nearly pulling him up and dragging him out of the flat.

"Calm down Niall, what's the problem?" He asks, fixing his shirt and then his hair.

"I still like Ell and I want to find out of she likes me back, can you please hold off on your girlfriend search?" I ask, walking down the hall.

We walk past a mechanic, walking to Ell's flat and knocking on the door.

"Buzz! You were supposed to be here two days ago!" Ell says, opening the door, her hands on her hip, staring him down.

You have to understand how funny this looks. Ell cannot be more then 5' 5" and 100 pounds soaking wet, and she is staring down a probably 6'2" mechanic with tattoos all over, and he is cowering in fear.

"Look Ell, I'm sorry, I honestly have no excuse other than I forgot and we trying to finish filling out some paperwork for another garage." Buzz says, putting his hands up in innocents, "I'm sorry."

"Fine, but you still owe me another favor." She says, pulling him inside.

"Back to my point. I'm going to dinner with Ell tonight." I say, looking at Louis.

He huffs, "Fine, but if she says no, I get her." He says, walking back to the apartment.

Ell comes running out, pulling on her uniform, "I am so sorry, I just got a call that I need to cover someone shift. I'll be home in a little, Buzz is fixing your car. See you!" She says, running down the hall and running out to her car.

"Well... Maybe dinner won't be happening." I say, walking back in the apartment.

"Alex shh baby. Alex shhh...." Harry says, trying to get Alex to stop crying.

"I'll take her." I say, picking her up, rocking to get her to stop crying.

I rock her softly, playing with her soft brown hair, my heart completely melting for her. She stops crying, taking my hand and playing with it. She stops and puts her small hand to mine, looking up at me.

I look back at her, her blue eyes piercing mine. I move her closer to me and kiss her forehead softly, "I love you baby girl." I whisper quietly, grabbing a blanket and wrapping it around her, and holding her close.

A phone begins to ring, making all of us jump slightly. I look around, "It's not mine." Echoes around the room.

Liam stands up and goes to the phone on the wall, answering it, "Hello?" He asks, his face changing from confusion to concern, "Ell! Ell, slow down. What happened? What's wrong? Okay, I'll get Av. We'll be over in a little bit. Just don't go anywhere. Sorry, bad choice of words." Liam says, hanging up the phone.

"What happened?" I nearly demand, needing to know what is wrong.

"Ell fell down the stairs at work and she can't walk." Liam says, grabbing his phone and wallet, "Avery and I are going to go get her." He says, running out the door and to Avery's apartment.

I pass Alex to Louis gently, "I'm coming with you." I say, getting in the back seat in Avery's car.

Avery drives to the Hilton, going into the back employees area, "Where is she?" Avery asks, looking around.

"She said she fell down the stairs." Liam asks, looking around.

I look and see a sign pointing to the service stairs, pulling open the door, Ell sitting at the bottom of the stairs, "Niall!" She says, looking at me, her face flooding with relief.

"It's okay, I got you." I say, picking her up.

She winces in pain, her leg hanging over my arms, she presses her head to my chest, shaking.

I hold her close, taking her over to the couch, sitting her down, "Are you okay?" I ask, kneeling next to her, Avery grabbing some water and pulling some Aleve out of her purse.

"No." She says, her hand shaking, grabbing mine, "I had a bunch of boxes of new sheets and I was walking down the stairs. People are too lazy to take the boxes outside to the garbage so they just get thrown in the stair way and I tripped over one and went head first down the stairs." She says, taking the Aleve and the water, still holding my hand.

"We are taking you to the hospital." Liam says, looking at her.

"No! No! I can't. Please." She says, shaking her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Ell, you need too." Avery says, staying her down, "I'll pay for the medical expenses." She says, taking her other hand.

"No, I will." I say, picking Ell up gently and taking her out to the car, sitting with her in the back seat.

I rub her back gently, kissing the back of her head, loosing myself, completely lost in worry about her.

"Niall." Ell says quietly, resting her head against my chest, her breathing slowing and her shaking stopping.

"I'm here." I say, taking her hand in mine, kissing it softly.

"I love you." She says quietly, looking up at me.