Not the best chapter I know and it's short, so I'm sorry! The next one will be better!
Question of the chapter: So, my watty friend Ayana (AyanaKay) mentioned quite a few chapters back that she liked the idea of using Koral instead of Kiall for Kora and Niall's relationship name, so I decided to take a vote. Comment below telling me which name you prefer and the one with the most 'votes' will win, okay? Sound like a deal? Good! Now I shall go jam out to Cher Lloyd.
xx Shel
Chapter 23
“Got ya sunglasses on?” Niall asked me, glancing over his shoulder as he tightened his grip on my hand.
I slipped my white Ray Bans over my eyes and nodded. “Yep.” Niall wanted to make sure I was kept on a low profile as much as possible while we were touring so that maybe my mom wouldn’t find us as quickly, so I currently had all my hair tucked up in a Yankees baseball cap, my sunglasses covering my eyes, and then jeans and a basic gray t-shirt on. The less attention I attracted the better.
“Okay, I can’t hold your hand or be near you much while we’re leaving the airport because that’ll draw attention, so I want you to stay with Josh. Got it?” Niall waited for me to nod before taking me over to Josh. He grabbed Josh’s hand and wrapped it around my own. “Do not let go of her, got it? She gets hurt and I’m blaming you.”
Josh saluted Niall with his free hand. “Yes, sir! Don’t worry, mate. She’s safe with me.”
Niall nodded before looking down at me. “I love you, okay?”
I laughed. “Ni, we’re only going to be apart for about fifteen minutes. I’ll be okay. I’m a big girl.”
He smiled a little. “I know, I just worry. The fans can get pretty crazy.”
I held up mine and Josh’s interlocked hands. “Don’t worry, Josh’s got me. He won’t let anything bad happen. Now, you better hurry, Paul’s giving me that look he gets when he’s annoyed.”
He kissed me really quick before running off to join the rest of the boys.
I smiled as I watched him leave.
“The perfectness of your relationship is killing me,” Josh joked, chuckling to himself.
I stuck my tongue out at him. “You’re just jealous.”
He nodded. “Maybe, but really I’m just so glad to see Niall back like this. Those months without you were horrible on him.”
“He never talk about it… I know how bad it was for me, I know it must have been harder on him.”
Josh nodded again. “When he falls, he falls hard. Any of the boys will tell you once Niall is in love, he commits one hundred percent of his heart to you. You’re his life, Kora. Without you, every little thing could make him cry or make him upset. The only reason he even did the shows was so he didn’t disappoint the fans. He had a hard time staying on the stage during I Want and knowing all the other boys had their partners, but he didn’t has his.”
“Why didn’t they ever replace me?”
“Paul wanted to, but Niall wouldn’t allow it. He said you would be coming back and there was no one who could replace you. He wouldn’t even dance with Danielle.”
“Wow. You just made me realize how much I must mean to that boy.” I stared at the place Niall had just been standing, missing him already. After hearing how hard it was for him, I just wanted to hug him and tell him how much I loved him.
“He calls you his princess for a reason. The boys, especially Zayn, always make sure Niall is really careful with his heart because he wears it on his sleeve, but with you it’s different. It’s like they already know you would never hurt him.”
I smiled. “They’re right, you know. I could never hurt that boy. He means too much to me. That’s why I didn’t tell him the real reason I lost so much weight.”
Josh raised his brows at me. “Real reason? I thought your family had you on a diet?”
“They did, but that’s not why I lost so much. That happened because I didn’t want to eat. I didn’t eat sometimes. Food reminded me of Niall and it hurt too much sometimes.”
“Why didn’t you tell him?”
“Niall can be sensitive when it comes to him being the reason for something. I didn’t want to upset him.”
Josh nodded. “Well, I won’t be the one to tell him. That’s all on you.”
“I’ll tell him soon.”
“Guys? It’s our turn to leave,” Sandy said, picking up his luggage.
Josh took hold of my hand again, squeezing it so tight I started to lose feeling.
*****
“Red!”
I laughed as Niall picked me up and spun me in a circle, causing my hat to fall off and my hair to tumble around my shoulders.
“Miss me that much, aye?” I winked at him while I tried to impersonate his Irish accent.
He wiggled his eyebrows at me. “Look who’s picking up on my vocabulary.”
I smirked. “Well seeing as I spend every minute of the day with you it was bound to happen.”
Niall grinned then leaned down to kiss me. I started to knot my fingers into his hair when someone cleared their throats from behind us.
Danielle was standing there, shaking her head at me. “I told you no public snogging.”
I gave her a sheepish smile. “Sorry, Mom…”
She snickered at me. “I just don’t want paparazzi to catch you. Here, Niall, Liam told me to give you the key to yours and Kora’s room.”
I beamed. “We get to share a room and Liam approves?”
“He’s not happy about it, but he figured since you’ve been staying at Niall’s flat you might as well have the same room.”
I jumped up and down doing a happy dance.
“Who’s the one who missed who now?” Niall mocked me, twisting a piece of my red hair around his finger.
I rolled my emerald colored eyes. “Whatever. Come on!” I grabbed his hand and started to run through the hotel and to the elevator.
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