Eccentric (Niall Horan)

Chapter 23

I knit my eyebrows together and glance at Nick who is staring at me intently. His expression is serious and I can tell he got annoyed that he was interrupted by my sudden unknown phone call. I take a deep breath and answer my phone.

"Hello?" I say into the receiver but I hear no response. "Hello?" I repeat but nothing once again. I open my mouth to say something but whoever was on the other line hangs up before I can do so. "That was weird" I say and look at the number. I don't recognize it. Maybe it was one of Daniels friends, all of them are from holland.

"Who was it?" Nick asks and I shrug my shoulders slightly pulling my bottom lip out.

"I don't know, I didn't know the number" I put my phone back into my back pocket and look back up at Nick. "So what we're you saying?" I push him.

"Nothing I was just going to say that don't worry about me making the audition, I want you to do it and put Sydney back into her place. She's always this mean bitch to everyone" He explains with some attitude in his voice.

"I don't know I don't feel very if I should-"

"What is it you don't want to do? Hurt her feelings or put her into place where she has to understand that she is no better than the rest of us?" He has a point but it's not that, that I'm exactly worried about. It's more about having the issue to not wanting to go there. I've never actually believed I'm a better dancer than her. Never thought about it with anyone.

"I don't want to hurt anyone" I answer.

"Your not physically attacking anyone, you know that right?" I nod my head and he sighs. "I just want to help you out and make a good impression on coach with the most creative and unique dance" He smiles in which I return.

***

"Wow" Maya says and I press my lips in a thin line while nodding. "That's... wow" She repeats again. "I say he's into you" I blush at the thought. Can he? I mean, someone like him?

"Oh I don't know, I mean look at me" I point to myself and Maya chuckles.

"I am looking at you, and your beautiful and don't try to deny it. He is most likely into you, and don't think otherwise" She points at me in a demanding way.

"But he's been so quiet, not like shy quiet just, serious quiet. And he's literally cold, like skin cold" I say with my eyes widening.

"Oh so you've come in contact with him huh?" Maya smirks which only makes me hide my face with my pillow. "Tell me all about it girl" She says and I peak through my hand with one eye.

"Well, with the lack of clothing he wears what do you expect" I shrug my shoulders.

"Oh damn, what does he wear?" She asks interested.

"Ey, don't get all up on me. Your with Dean remember" I say narrowing my eyes at her.

"Yeah yeah I know, but that doesn't mean I can't have some fun" She smiles proudly as I profoundly glare at her. She notices and raises her arms in a defensive matter. "Okay okay, he's your boyfriend and I have my own" I slap her arm playfully and she pouts.

"He's not my boyfriend!" I exclaim rather to loudly.

"Fine, your future to be husband" She corrects and I reach to slap her arm again when she quickly gets up and takes a few steps back from me.

"I'm not going to marry him, do you know what Cass would do to me!?" I whisper loudly for only Maya to hear. Who knows who could be eavesdropping right now.

"We would never know what she would, maybe she'd accept him. Maybe she wouldn't, I mean I saw Nick earlier. He looks like a complete pothead, yet he was nice to Cass which made her like him. Maybe this Niall kid would too" She says which only makes me scoff.

"Yeah right, I already told you Niall is quiet and really doesn't seem to like to express his feelings" I point out.

"Well that's maybe because he feels uncomfortable with you, do you expect to express his feelings to you after knowing you for what four days? Not even knowing you, you don't even talk to him" She explains.

"I don't because he doesn't make conversation, he just stares at me intently" I bow my head and look at my hands. I can see his eyes in the back of my head.

"And why do you think he always stares at you? Because he's obviously into you, why can't you see that?" She tilts her head at the side like a child. I envy that she really is so pretty. Dean is lucky to have her.

"Because I deny it" I groan and throw myself back against my bed.

"Why? Why do you deny it, do you prefer to be with that no good wannabe, what's his name? Oh that's right, Nick" She says taking a seat next to me.

"Don't talk about him like that. He's been a great friend to me" I defend Nick but it sounds almost as if he is my boyfriend. He's not, I'm not into him like that. We're just really good friends, not even we barely talked at all before, it was just this one time we actually had a full conversation.

"Your pity defending him" She scoffs and rolls her eyes which surprises me but she notices and recovers herself straightening her back.

"I'm not pity defending him, he's a friend. I don't like to insult people who have been nothing but good to me" This time I defend myself.

"Okay fine, believe what you want to believe but let me just tell you. By the things you've told me about Niall, what he has done to you" She stands up and rubs her hands on her shirt. "Is enough to prove that he totally likes you" She walks to the door and puts her hand on the door knob before I stop her.

"How can you be so sure?" I ask. Her back is to me but I know that she is smiling.

"Dean isn't the only guy I've felt something for. But let me just tell you that your heart is a wild creature, that's why your ribs are cages" She opens the door and takes a step forward before taking it back. "And your mind plays with your heart, until it finds the one it's meant for" She closes the door behind her leaving me speechless.

***

I open my locker and place my bag inside. I've been off today. Since the morning I have been out of it. my thoughts have been thinking and rethinking about my conversation with Maya. I'm not sure if I should believe anything she said, or not. She's making these serious points and it scares me that she could be right. This morning she asked me I had thought about what she said. And again I deny it, she told me it's just me denying my feelings.

What feelings could I possibly deny that I have. For Niall? It's a joke. Maya doesn't know what she's talking about. I don't feel anything but guilt for even deciding to go with Daniel to Holland. It was all because of Sydney. I wouldn't be here thinking this over if it wasn't for her. She's the cause of all of this.

I take out my book and shut my locker closed, making a loud slam course through the hallways. A few heads turn my way but I ignore them.

"Woah, you okay there?" Daniel stands in front of me when I turn around. I sigh and shake my head at him in response. "Why what happened?" He asks in concern.

"Nothing, sorry I'm just a little out of it today" I breathe tapping my leg with my fingers. I'm anxiously waiting for the first bell so I can get to class already and get it over with. It hasn't even begun but I already want the day to come to end.

"A little? You look nervous, you have a test or something? Oh wait your probably prepared for it" He jokes but I don't like it.

"What is that suppose to mean?" I say defensively.

"Chill, it was a joke. You really are out of it today aren't you" He says smiling still thinking it's a joke.

"Did you know who called me last night? Or anyone who did?" I immediately change the subject pressuring him to answer my question.

"What?" He furrows his eyebrows oblivious to what I'm asking him.

"Do you know anyone who called me last night, I received a call and the area code was from holland" I say rapidly that I don't think he caught what I said.

"Not that I know of, everyone was around and no one was really on their phones. Niall was but he smashed it against the wall after a phone call, but I highly doubt that he was calling you" I really wish I did too.