Falling FOR Grace. (A Niall Horan Fan Fiction)

Chapter Nineteen. University.

Grace's POV 

Went to my flat to get my mail, I stood against the counter, going through the bills, 


Bills,


Bills,


University? I got a scholarship?! Oh my god! I had to tell Niall! He would be so happy!


I literally dropped all the other mail and ran back to the boys flat.  


"Niall!" I ran up to him with the letter. "I got excepted for a scholar ship!" I was literally jumping up and down. He didn't look too thrilled. 

"What's wrong Niall?" I asked thoughtfully.

"I just found out we have to go on an American tour... We're going to be gone for over a year." He stared at the ground with sad eyes.

"It's okay Niall. I'll be at University, and you'll be touring. Everything will be okay." I grabbed his hand and looked at him. 

I kissed his cheek. "I'll miss you Niall." I thought I would never have to say those words.

A tear left his eye. "I'll miss you too, Grace." He wrapped his arms around me tightly.  

"Aww, Niall it's okay. We'll skype and call whenever possible. This is a great opportunity for me. I'll miss you so much." I whispered the last part into his jacket. His hands were rubbing my back, it just made me hug him tighter. 


A Week Later...

I shoved my suitcase into my little minivan. The boys decided it would be best to get me a car before University started. I called Phoebe so I could have a cat sitter while the boys and I are away. She picked Adeline up at about eleven and said goodbye. 

The boys had already left for tour, I had called Niall every night before I went to sleep. It would be about 6 o'clock there.

I jumped in the car and put the key in.

"Just breath, Grace. Baby Gray is growing up now." I sighed to myself. My phone started ringing in my pocket.

"Dang Niall, I was trying to boost my self confidence in trying to leave!" Is how I answered the phone.

He laughed. "You should have plenty of self confidence. You'll do great babe. I have faith in you."

"Thanks Niall. Tell the boys I love them and miss them."

"Will do, Harry wants to know if Adeline's okay?" He laughed.

"She's fine. Phoebe took her and hour ago."

"That's good. Well, I'll let you go babe, you have a long drive. Text me when you get there, okay?" I'm going to miss his Irish accent.  

"Okay. I love you Niall."

"I love you too Grace. Drive safe."

Call ended. 


I sighed, and pulled out of the complex parking lot.

I stopped at work before I left, saying goodbye to everyone. Phoebe was there, so I said goodbye to her too. I got a coffee and drove away. 

The drive was only an hour. I made it to the University and parked in my marked spot. I pulled out my big, heavy, black suitcase and extended the handle so it would roll. I grabbed the one box I had and shut the trunk. I locked up te car and began walking up to the building. 

I walked up to the older woman at the counter. "Hello, I'm Grace Stradfort." 

"Mrs. Stradfort! You look just like your mother. Here's you room key, and your pass for the pool and laundry room." 

"Thank you." I said ignoring her comment about my mother.

"Your room's on the fourth floor, room 153. Your roommate should already be up there." She finished off. I walked towards the lift and pressed the up button. I waited for the lift to reach the floor, the doors open and a couple walked out. They looked like they were drunk, and probably going to a bar to get more drunk. The girl tripped on her six inch heels and almost fell on her face. I held all my laughter in until the lift doors shut. 

I reached the forth floor, my room was closet to the lift, I was surprised. The hallway my room was on looked like it went on forever. There were at least 100 dorms on one side of the hall. I unlocked my door but knocked, just in case anyone was in there. "It's open!" It was a female Irish accent. 

I walked in slowly. "Hi, I'm Grace. I'm new here..."

"Hi Grace, I'm Penelope, but you can call me Penny!" She seemed really peppy and happy, I liked it.

"You're bed's over there," She pointed to the single bed in the corner, there was a mirror at the end of the bed and a desk right next to the bed. The bed was underneath a large window. 

I threw my suitcase on top of the bed, I looked around for a second, gazing at the walls. She had One Direction all over her side of the room. Niall mostly... That made me laugh. 

"What? What's so funny?" He Irish accent flooded over my laughter. 

"N-nothing." I stopped laughing and wiped the tear from my eye.

"You look rather familiar, have we met before?" Her gaze was tearing my body apart.

"I don't think so." I glanced over to her bed. There was a magazine, and on the cover was me and Niall.  The cover title was "Niall's fiery red new girlfriend?" I smiled and continued throwing my clothes into my dresser. I guess she caught my glance and gasped. 

"OH MY GOD! You're Niall Horan's girlfriend!!!! AHHHHHH OMG OMG OMG!!" I shushed her and calmed her down. 

"Look, I'm just another student here. I don't want people after me for my head, okay?" She nodded.

"Okay cool. Maybe we can skype Niall tonight so you can meet him." She almost screamed, but stopped herself. 

"Sounds good. I'm going to try to act normal." She was trying to be cool. 

Call to Niall <3<3 

"Hey babe, I made it to the school." 

"That's good. We're about to go on stage in Maine. I'm glad you called. We'll skype tonight, I promise. I love you babe." 

"Okay, I love you too Niall. Good luck!!" 

Call ended. 

Penny was staring at me, eyes wide. I laughed at her.

"Why don't you give me a tour?" I pushed her out of the room, her eyes still wide.  

About an hour or two later, we had gone over all of classroom buildings, they were all realitively close. The grocery stores, gas stations, and breakfast restaurants we close as well. Like walking distance. It was beautiful here, it wasn't cold, but it wasn't warm. It was jacket weather, which I liked. Penny and I had walked all over town together, talking, laughing, having a good time. 

"No joke, I'm gonna buy a bike. This city is too small and too beautiful to have a car." I'm was really going to buy a bike.  

"That's awesome! We can go biking together!" We had the craziest ideas.

We went back up to the dorm, I grabbed my keys and my phone.

"Where are you going?" Penny asked.

"To buy a bike!" I shut the dorm door and ran to my car. I jumped in, but my phone started buzzing again. 

"Hey Niall!" I shouted into the phone.

"Hey babe, how's it going?" His Irish accent flooded my brain. 

"Great! The school is great, the city is awesome, and I'm making friends too." I said excitedly.  

"That's great babe. Me and the boys miss you like crazy. But mostly me." I could hear the smile in his voice.  

"I miss you guys too, but mostly you." I smiled.

"How was the concert? Did you guys do great?" I was happy for him. Really happy. 

"It went fantastic babe. We're packing for New Hampshire now. We'll be heading off in about an hour. " He sighed. I could tell he was tired. 

"Well text me before you board. Well, I'm going to go buy a bike. I'll talk to you later." I giggled.

He laughed. "Okay babe, love you."

"Love you too, Niall."

Call ended.  

I shoved the keys in the ignition and drove to the local bike shop. This place has everything!

I locked the car up and walked inside.

"Hey! Joey, we've got ourselves a new customer!" A man shouted to another man in the back, fixing a bike.

He looked about twenty five, he hadn't shaved in a few days, piercing blue eyes, and a beenie pulled his long shaggy hair back.

He held out his hand for me to shake, I took it. "Jack. That's my friend Joey over there." Joey waved the screwdriver in his hand, going back to his work.  

"So, you want me to hook you up with a bike for university?" He already knew exactly what I needed, I was impressed.

"How'd you know?"

"Let's just say you aren't the first year one university student to come in here with that determined look on your face." He smiled.

"Alright. What can you hook me up with?" He led me to a wide range of bikes, I just needed something simple, He showed me a green bike with a basket in to front for groceries. I also got a bike rack for my car, a lock, and a headlight in case I went out at night. I was pretty proud.

"If you  have any problems with it, bring it in and will fix it up." Jack smiled.

"Thanks so much." I paid for the bike and wheeled it out to the car. I attached it to the rack and drove to the dorm. I wheeled it to the bike rack and locked it up. I skipped the the dorm happily. 


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AHHH! Did you see One Direction perform in the closing ceremony of the Olympics?! Me and bananafana screamed like fangirls when Niall pointed at the camera!! AHHHHH! My dad was like O_o LOL But seriously, they did fantastic and I was really happy(: Ed Sheeran did fantastic as well! I loved his performance! Hope you enjoyed the rather long chapter, I did! It was fun to write(: Goodbye my lovelies! Me and bananafana are going to cry into a bowl of ice cream watching Cyberbully!!!