The Moment My Life Started

Chapter 30

Briyanna’s P.O.V

When we got outside it was dark. Liam checked the time, it was 7 o’clock.

“We should go out for supper.” He commented.

“Yes!” Niall said happily.

“No!” Eleanor protested. “Louis has to buy me Starbucks first!” She said pulling on Louis hand dragging him to the car. We laughed and Niall put his arm around my waist and we walked to the car together and sat down. Jamie and Harry were immersed in a private conversation. Just then, ‘The A Team by Ed Sheeran’ was playing on the radio. Brandon turned it up without having to be asked. I knew all the words to this song because of the video of Niall singing it at one of their concerts. Niall was singing it and I joined in. He laced his fingers with mine as he sang the chorus softly. I leaned into him. We sang the whole song together with the rest of the band joining in. It was such a cheesy moment, I couldn’t help laughing. The boys looked at me confused.

“That was so cheesy.” I said still giggling.

“Briyanna is right. Totally cheesy.” Jamie shook her head. We pulled up to the curb and Eleanor dove out of the van dragging Louis along with her.  We all got out after them I looked back and saw Brandon looking upset. I told Niall I would meet him in there.

“Are you alright Brandon?” I asked leaning into the driver’s seat window.

“Huh? Yeah I guess.” He said started and he smiled but it didn’t reach his eyes.

“Brandon?” I asked knowing something was wrong.

“My girlfriend just left me.” He said sighing and rubbing his head.

“I’m sorry.” I said sincerely.

“Thank Briyanna. It’s nice to know that someone is there for me in all this mess.” He said giving me a smile.

“Anytime Brandon.” I said returning his smile before turning away.

“You know Briyanna, Niall is a very lucky guy.” He said still smiling.

“Thank you.” I said genuinely. Turning back to him slightly.

I walked into Starbucks and Niall handed me a vanilla bean latte knowing it was my favorite. I smiled at him and thanked him. We all sat down and talked about the funniest things that had happened to the boys on tour.

“My favorite was when Louis called that mother on stage.” I laughed at the memory of that video.

“How do you know about that Bri?” Louis asked. Just when I thought I had gotten away.

“Uhm…” I started nervously. Niall jumped up.

“You’re a Directioner! I knew it!” I buried my face in my hands.

“Can we just go get food now?” I asked this knowing that it would get Niall’s mind off me being a Directioner. “I will be right out.” I said as the group agreed. I walked up to the counter and ordered a second vanilla bean latte. I left when I received it and walked over to Brandon’s still open window. I handed it to him.

“Thank you.” He said smiling. I nodded in acknowledgment. I climbed in the van and sat down between Zayn and Niall.

“That was really nice of you Bri.” Niall said lacing his fingers with mine. I smiled. He whispered in my ear. “So was I your favorite?” I looked at him and he had a huge grin on his face. I laughed and nodded. “Good.” He said before kissing me quickly. Since we didn’t have a lot of money on us, we stopped at McDonalds. I ordered a McChicken meal and Niall ordered a Double Big Mac meal. Big surprise. I rolled my eyes at this. We all sat down with our food and started eating. We all finished eating. Niall had told Brandon to take the rest of the night off. We started walking back to the flat. Mine and Jamie’s place was on the way back.

“Do you wanna stay over again Bri?” Niall asked hopefully. I looked at Jamie who smiled and nodded and went back to her conversation with Harry. They had been inseparable the whole night. We dropped her off at the apartment I walked up with her needing another change of clothes for tomorrow. Harry walked us up. I grabbed my stuff and gave Jamie a hug. She thanked me for an amazing day.

“Don’t worry about it. There will be lots more of them.” I told her smiling. I went to wait by the elevators for Harry. He walked up smiling while he watched his feet.

“You like her.”  I said. He looked up startled to see me. We got onto the elevator and pressed the floor level button.

“She is amazing. Do you think she likes me?” He looked at me concerned.

“I don’t know.” I lied. “You’re gonna have to ask her yourself.” His face fell and I ruffled his curls. He gave me an annoyed look and he ran his fingers through his hair not making a difference. We got off the elevator and walked onto the street where the boys were waiting. We started our long walk back to the flat. Music started playing. It was ‘Stand Up’ by no other than One Direction. I looked around and my eyes settled on Niall who had a smirk on his face he was the source of the music. He wouldn’t make eye contact with me. He just kept on walking. The music kept playing, song after song. Torn, What Makes You Beautiful, Forever Young, Taken, More Than This, and when it got to Niall’s audition, I knew what was happening. He had my iPod. Again. I rolled my eyes and tried to reach into his pocket. I blocked my hand. I tried to wrestle it out of the pocket where the music was coming from. He was very good at keeping my hand away. I gave up with trying that way.

 I tackled him onto the grass and I was on top of him. We were both laughing. I grabbed my iPod and was about to get up when he flipped me over so that he was on top of me. He started tickling my sides with one hand while the other hand my wrists captured above my head. He slowly stopped tickling me and leaned down to kiss me. It was a slow and gentle kiss. When he pulled away, we noticed the rest of the guys had already left. We could see them further up the side walk. Niall rolled off of me. We looked up at the stars for a while with our hands tangled with each other’s.  We got up and couldn’t see the rest of the group. We decided to walk alone. Still holding my hand, we walked back to the flat. It was about another half an hour before we passed the restaurant with the bench outside. Niall smiled at me and pulled me to sit down on it like that other night. I sat down on it beside him and rested my head on his shoulder. We talked just like we had that night. That was also the same day when he asked me to be his girlfriend.

“Are you tired?” He asked noticing me yawning. I nodded. “Let’s go back to the flat then.” We walked the hour and a half back to the building. I could barely keep my eyes open when we got onto the elevator. I was exhausted. I closed my eyes and leant on Niall. I vaguely felt Niall scoop me into his arms and walk into the flat. He opened his bed room door and set me gently on the bed. He took off my shoes and sweater. He tucked me in under the blankets and kissed my forehead. He got in on his side after getting changed and draped an arm across my waist and I instantly fell asleep.

I was awoken by my phone going off. I felt Niall stir awake beside me. I opened my eyes and reached for my phone.

“Hello?” I croaked into the speaker.

“Is this Briyanna McDonald?” The voice on the other end of the phone asked.

“Yes.” I confirmed.

“Sorry for bothering you. This is Nurse Jackie. I’m calling about your father.”