You & Me - A Niall Horan story

Part 14

"Not long now Petal. Xxx" Niall had text.

He was due back from Scotland on an early flight and you had woken up to numerous messages from him. All of them saying how he couldn't wait to see you and how much he had missed you.

He was planning on picking you up on his way back from the airport. You'd had got maybe an hour before he got to yours. Taking the time to shower and get dressed, you made sure that you looked your best. You almost ran to the door when the buzzer went, the excitement of seeing him too much to cope with.

It had been a long week. You hated how much you had missed him. What were you going to do when he had finished touring and was taking a break. After the jingle bell balls in December, everyone would fly home for Christmas and not meet up until mid February in time to rehearse for the Flicker World Tour. That meant about 7 weeks of not working with him. You knew he had golf commitments and that he would probably do some interviews as well. The thought of being away from him for longer than a week was daunting and you didn't like how you were feeling. When you had been seeing Jack it hadn't really bothered you when you were away for a few weeks. It made you doubt your feelings towards him and made you dissect your entire year long relationship.

Things with Niall were so different from anything you'd ever experienced before. Yes it helped that you worked so closely together, so had to spend a lot of time with him. But everything with him was just so easy, so natural and you couldn't imagine being without him. The last few weeks had been an eye opener for you, the feeling that you had fallen in love with him had taken over you.

When you opened the door, Niall quickly stepped in and wrapped his arms around you. Burying his face in your neck, he kissed you along your jaw as he smiled and laughed at finally being reunited with him. When his lips met yours you pulled him even closer to you. You kissed frantically for what seemed like hours, before finally pulling apart and resting your forehead against his.

"So glad to be back with you." He mumbled.

"I'm glad you're back to. I was third wheel with Bex and Willie, I caught them at it on the sofa last night too. Still traumatised this morning!" You laughed.

"Is he still here?" He laughed back.

"Yeah, they're in bed."

"Well, let's get going to mine then. I'm going to need to get a lot of naked time in before my Mum arrives this afternoon!"

Niall wasted no time in stripping you both down and jumping in the shower when you got back to his. Wrapping his arms around your waist you snuggled into his chest and the crook of his neck, breathing a sigh of relief.

"That was a big sigh." He whispered as he kissed your temple.

"Just relieved now you're back."

"Relieved?"

"Mmmm, just feel safer now you're back."

"Why haven't you felt safe?" He said, his voice laced with concern. You moved your head back to look at him and knew you shouldn't have said what you did.

"I didn't mean safe, I um meant you know relaxed......that's what I meant."

"Callie, what happened while I was gone?"

You let out another sigh as you took a step back from him, your arms were still around his shoulders, fingers playing with the hair at the nape of his neck.

"I thought I saw Saskia in Topshop on Oxford street two days ago." You admitted not reaching his eyes.

"What? Why didn't you say anything to me? We've spoken everyday."