A Summer In Ireland (Niall Horan fanfic)

Expect the Unexpected

“Alright, what’s this one?” I asked Connor as we sat in the living room. Ever since I showed him country music, he’s been absolutely fascinated with it. So, we decided to test his skills by having a sort of music trivia game.

I pressed the play button and music flowed out of my phone speaker.

“If I Die Young by The Band Perry. Simple.” Connor answered confidently.

“Okay then genius, how about this one?” I mocked while scrolling through my playlist. After finding the song I was looking for, I played it and waited for Connor.

This time he didn’t look nearly as confident.

“Uhm, is it…” he trailed off. “uh, Jake Owen? Wait! No, no, no.”

“Ahh second guessing ourselves, are we?” I chuckled at his confusion. He listened to the song a bit more, searching it for an answer.

“I got it!” he clapped his hands together in triumph. “Drunk On You by Luke Bryan.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!” I cheered, throwing my hands up in the air and laughing along with my cousin.

“Alright now try this one.” I said as I played the next song. ‘Honey Bee’ by Blake Shelton started playing but not far into the song my phone beeped, signaling I had a message.

“Oops, hang on a sec. I gotta check this.”

“Aww come one! I almost had it.” Connor pouted.

“Hold on a sec, grumpy boots. I’ll play the rest of the song for you when I’m done.” I smiled to reassure him.

I looked through my phone and found the new message.

From Nialler: Want to come over? :) x

To Nialler: Of course. (: I’ll be over in a little bit. I just gotta finish up this game with Connor first.

From Nialler: Great! See you soon xx

To Nialler: Can’t wait (: x

“Alright, this is the last song and then I’m gunna go hang out with Niall.” I said, a smile slowly spreading across my lips.

Connor grinned devilishly. “Ooooh, your little lover boy? How precious,” he faked some extreme girlishness by batting his eyelashes and making a kissy face.

I laughed at his ridiculousness and playfully slapped his arm. “Shut up, dork.” I chuckled. “Here, guess this song so I can go.” I said.

“Just go on.” Connor told me. “I’m not gunna keep you from him so we can play this silly song game,” he smiled.

“Thanks Con,” I replied and hugged him gratefully.

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I walked up to Niall’s house and knocked on the door. It didn’t take long for it to swing open and for me to be greeted by a very cheerful Liam.

“Erin! I was beginning to wonder when we’d get to see you again,” Liam greeted me with a warm hug and I returned it before he ushered me inside.

“Let’s surprise Niall, yeah?” Liam asked mischievously.

I nodded in response, excited to see how we were going to pull this off.

“He’s outside I think, doing something or other with Zayn,” he told me. “So,” Liam asked, “do you have any ideas on how to do this?”