Eccentric (Niall Horan)

Chapter 14

I stop dead in tracks and turn around. I mentally pray to myself with my eyes closed begging to not have Daniel and his friends notice me. It's not that I'm being mean or anything, it's just the fact that I really didn't want to see them so soon. Especially not right now. Or maybe I just don't want to see him so soon?

"Century, what's wrong?" Jesse asks walking around me so she can see my face.

"They're here" I say and Jesse furrows her eyebrows looking around when her eyes widen, locking specifically to someone.

"Those are his friends, their..." Jesse tilts her head to one side and I nod my head answering her thoughts.

"I know, punkish looking right?" Jesse nods her head and I slowly turn around. Daniel is talking with Giselle when he glances over to my direction and notices me. His smile widens and he waves at us while I turn back around to look at Jesse.

"He saw you" She points out.

"I know" I roll my eyes. "Let's just go back to our table and hopefully they don't sit with us" I say turning around and continuing to walk.

"Isn't that a little mean? I don't see why you don't want to see them?" Jesse points out and we place our trays on our table. I glance at Daniel and his friends. Exactly how I thought, their on their way towards us except, Niall has stopped walking looking at me.

He's leaning on one leg and his mouth is open with his tongue slightly sticking out. His chest rises and I realize now that he has a sleeveless sweater, his hoodie over his head and sunglasses in his hands.

What is it with him and everything sleeveless?

Niall pulls on his hair slightly and follows behind Harry getting into the conversation with him and Liam. Daniel is still smiling at me as I stand and wait for him patiently to come over.

"Hey! Didn't expect to see you guys here" Daniel says and Giselle practically jumps up and down just to see me. I wave at her and she hugs me.

"We were just shopping" I say and point to Jesse and Daniel eyes her with his overly winning smile.

"Oh hey Jesse, how was babysitting?" He says and Jesse blushes. I know that right now she can't believe he would remember her saying that in lunch at school on Friday. I myself don't even remember Jesse saying that, but I know she babysits every Friday.

"It was okay" She smiles.

"So what are you guys doing here?" I ask and Harry puts his hand on Jesse's chair. She looks up at him as he stares at me in the eye smirking. At least everyone else has decent t-shirts.

"Oh well if it isn't Century. Gee I thought I'd never see that lovely face of yours again" He smirked and Jesse's eyes widen in shock. I sigh and give Harry a smile. He winks at me and I look away giving my full attention to Daniel.

"We were just driving around when we were hungry and this was the closest place we got to" Daniel explains. "Do you mind if we join you?" I shake my head.

Our table held six built in chairs, so there wasn't enough for everyone. I sat at the edge, in front of Jesse and next to me Daniel sat. Louis and Harry sat in the table to my left, along with Niall. To my disadvantage the tables are quite close so Louis practically sits next to me. Everyone else took a seat in my table when Liam sat up beside Giselle.

"Okay what does everyone want to eat, call out now before I miss you" Liam says and all at once everyone shouted what they wanted. To my surprise Liam remembered everything everyone asked for. If it were me, I wouldn't understand the gibberish they spoke. At the house no one would shout out what they wanted. More like they made it themselves. No excuses.

"Niall? Man, do you want anything?" Liam asks and Niall looks up. He was just looking down at his interlocked fingers on the table.

"Nah, I'll order for myself" He says in an almost whispering tone. He abruptly gets up and follows Liam.

"So Century, I knew we would meet again" Giselle smirks.

"Yeah, I guess we did. I should have gotten your number so I could've called to hang out or something" I say and suddenly I feel Jesse's eyes on me. Unlucky for me, she is the only one paying attention to my conversation.

"Oh yeah girl, here give me your phone" Gisselle says and I hand her my phone, glancing at Jesse.

"Oh uhm Gisselle, this is my best friend Jesse" I look at Jesse who still has a frown set on her face. "Jesse this is Gisselle, Daniel's friend" I say.

"Damn girl, I'm loving the color of your nails" She says and holds onto her hand when Jesse murmurs a small 'thank you!'

"Jesse huh? Is it short for something like Jessica?" Louis asks and Jesse looks at him.

"Uhm no, it's just plain old Jesse. Although I'd prefer to have a unique name like Century" She says.

"Yeah it's actually quite cool, do you have any idea on why anyone would have named you Century?" I turn my head and lock eyes with Vanessa. She has her face leaning against both her hands and she has a small smile. She's mocking me, I know she is. Her tone was rude, and...

"So was Maggie not with you guys?" I ask looking at Daniel.

"My mom" Vanessa says getting my attention. "Is working, so don't bother" She says rolling her eyes at me. Looking at the top she's wearing, she has a red tight tank top hanging off her breasts and her small fat falling out her sides. Not trying to be mean or anything but she shouldn't be wearing that. Unless she is purposely trying to humiliate herself.

"Sorry about her, it's the time of the month" Louis says leaning over to look at me, and Vanessa glares at him.

"Shut the fuck up Louis alright, at least I have balls" She snaps.

"I slept with a man?" Harry gasps and everyone bursts out laughing including me. I couldn't help but let out a small giggle.

"Oh come on Vanessa don't be such a downer" Daniel says. When I look past behind him I see Liam and Niall holding trays of food. The two look like waiters, and the arms Niall has showing off the muscles as he carries four trays on his forearms like it's the easiest thing in the world.

I haven't realized that I had been staring at Niall's muscles when I finally choose to look away and turn to face Vanessa again. She has her smile from ear to ear. I'm afraid she has caught me staring at Niall.

Liam gives out the food and Niall walks past me, incredibly close that I feel the breeze he has caused. Not once looking away from Vanessa, she stands up from her seat and walks to the table next to us. Herself not looking away from my gaze she sits crossed-legged and places her arm on Niall's shoulder. She leans in and whispers something into his ear. I can't make out what she says but I feel that it was something seductively by the way her lips tend to move.

After she pulls away slightly Niall's head looks up and his gaze meets mine. His blue eyes deepening into mine. He gladly doesn't look away and I can't seem to do so. Instead I'm mesmerized in my own world.

Someone kicks me in the shin and I look at Jesse. She has her eyes wide and a smirk. I know exactly what she is thinking. And I just can't wait to hear it.