First Summer of Us

Chapter 3

Amber's POV:

"Psst!" one of the strange looking boys says looking in our direction. "walk away, walk away!" I whisper, hurrying Sofia along. Then the next thing I know the boys are walking after us. "amber!" one of them whispers. Wait.. How do they know my name? I look over my shoulder to see them still following us. Then one of the boys' hoodies gets caught on something and is yanked off, revealing Niall! "Niall?!" I say. "shh!" he says, looking around to see if anyone has noticed. They have.

"Ohmygod! It's Niall horan!!" a girl screams, running over. Soon there's a whole mob of girls around us. They swarm around us and I get knocked to the ground. I thought no one had noticed, but then I hear someone calling my name. It's Niall. 

There's a sudden movement in the crowd and I feel my ankle twinge with pain as it is involuntarily bent. I yell out from the pain, but I can barely hear myself, now over the screaming girls. I feel Niall’s arms around me, lifting me up. I can see there are security guards trying to control the crowd now. He picks me up and carries me in his arms. I look back to see Sofia's worried face, she's with the other two boys, I'm guessing either Liam, Harry or Louis. They follow Niall as he weaves me out of the crowd to safety, my ankle is stiff and awkward. The pain is so bad. I don't want to cry, not in front of all these people. But then the tears start to prick my eyes. I sniff them back as Niall puts me down gently, carefully, slowly. I don't even try putting weight on my left foot, It will make the pain worse.

"Paul!" Niall yells and signals to Paul.

I get taken to the hospital, accompanied by Sofia, Niall, Louis, Harry and Paul. I am sitting in the back of the ambulance with Niall. I told him he don't have to but he wouldn't let up. Suddenly  the pain becomes too much and I can't hold in my tears any longer. I hide my face on my hands, crying. "hey" Niall says, trying to soothe me. "hey, it's alright." he says. He slides over next to me and wraps his arm around me. I feel warm and protected. Even though I've possibly broken my ankle and my life is crazy at the moment he makes everything seem ok. "Niall." I say and I look up at him. I know my mascara must be ruined, my eyes red and sore, but I want to kiss him. But before I can even think he's kissing. First on the cheek, then my lips. I run my fingers through his hair and I have to wonder whether it's really happening or not because it feels like a fantasy.

But then, of course, I'm punched in the face by reality when my ankle moves and another hit of pain strikes me an I gasp, pulling away from Niall. "I'm sorry! Shit Amber! I'm sorry!" Niall says, his little worry frown crossing over his face. "no it's ok. It wasn't your fault."

We arrive at the hospital and after the doctor checks my foot, he announces to us all that I've broken my ankle. Well this sucks. I have netball and this'll have me out for almost the whole season! I get a cast and crutches and leave the hospital.

As we say goodbye to Niall, Louis and Harry, I see Niall blow me a tiny kiss. It's just big enough for me to see and I give him a tiny wink in return.

I hear Louis talking to Sofia. "listen.." Louis starts. "I'm sorry about.." but classic Sofia, he gets cut off. "pick me up at 6:30. No where too fancy." she says. Sofia walks over to me and we get into the cab and go home. I don't know what that was about, but oh well, I'll ask her tomorrow I suppose.