Bucket List (Narry AU)

Chapter 7

A/N DID EVERYONE HEAR FIREPROOF!? AND THE NEW ALBUM AND OMFG I AM LITERALY TEARING SOMEONE NEEDS TO FUCKING HELP ME. THIS IS TOO MUCH BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR.

ANYWAY here you go, and don't forget to comment bc I wanna see your reactions and stuff!

My jaw dropped at the message Louis sent me. My fingers could barely move to text him back as I just stood there in a daze.

[To: Louis T.] “What!? What do you mean!?”

[From: Louis T. ] “I gave him ur number and ur address. He said hed come over to talk about the CR project today and hes probably ringing ur bell at any minute ;)”

Just as I finished reading my phone dropped screen-first into my bedsheets. What the crap was Louis’s idea!?

I started talking to myself out loud. “I’m not ready to have my crush over, for god’s sake. Look at my hair, it’s all messy and shit!” I tried to fix it up but couldn’t, sighing into my reflection in the mirror, defeated.

Two minutes or so later, the bell rang. Oh my lord. “Who’s there!?” I yelled from the living room couch, where I was curled up into a mess of nervous shivers and nail-biting. I clearly wasn’t handling this very well.

“It’s Niall! Niall Horan? From school?” his beautiful Irish accent echoed through the wood of the door, making my heart flutter. His voice is just so amazing… “Louis said he’d text you…”

I stumbled my way to the door and put my shaking hand on the knob, turning it and opening the door.

“Niall! Yes, Louis did text me!” I said faking a smile to hide how nervous I was.

“Oh, I’m glad” he scratched the back of his head. God, he’s adorable.

“I guess we never properly introduced each other, so I’m sorry I came over without any warning!” he raised his hand to shake mine, and I did so hesitantly, even though I don’t think he noticed. “My name is Niall James Horan, nice to meet you!"

“I know who you are” I wanted to say. But that’d sound weird since we never really talked to each other. “Nice to meet you too, Niall! I’m Harry!”

He chuckled lightly “Yeah, I know you are! I’ve seen you around the school hanging around with that girl and Louis.” I guess he means Lauren. But… he knows who I am?

“Oh, I’m so sorry” I said as I realized I’ve been standing at the doorstep this entire time. “Please come in, make yourself at home” I gestured towards the living room, giving him space to enter my house.

“Your place looks really comfy!” he said sitting down in the sofa “Are your parents home?”

I shook my head and explained “This is actually my sister’s house, my parents live outside of town.”

He mouthed an ‘oh’ and nodded. “Hm, gotcha.”

An awkward silence grew between us. “You know why I’m here, correct?”

I shook my head as I couldn’t recall anything that made Niall come here off the top of my head. “I’ve got no idea. Louis said you’d be here for the CR project, but since we’re from different classes I didn’t really get it.”

Niall chuckled “I’m from the against side of my class. I’m the spokesperson actually. And Louis told me you were the spokesperson for the against side, on your class. So I asked for your number and your address and came over to talk about it.” Niall explained.

Wait what? I didn't know this but I can't help but not feel surprised. Did I know this and I can't remember? Was this what Lauren tried to say about remembering what happened before the incident?