Bucket List (Narry AU)

Chapter 8

A/N So sorry for the little hiatus this story took! I'll post chapter 9 a couple hours of hours from now so yeah!

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My heart stopped as I saw someone sitting on the bench by my house. I was just leaving to go and catch the school bus when the familiar bleached blond head made my knees weak.

“N-Niall? Is that you?”

The head turned and a pair of blue orbs met my green ones as they squinted thanks to Niall’s smile.

“Hey, Harry! I got out of the underground just now so I thought I’d wait for you and we could go to school together… maybe talk about the project, if you feel like it.” He shook his head “I’m not bothering you, am I?”

My face flushed as I turned around and locked the front door. I faced him again and saw him smiling like he always is. What a cutie. “No, it’s no bother at all! Just wasn’t expecting you. I was gonna take the bus just now.”

“The bus? Oh, I was going on foot.” He looked down and scratched the back of his head.

“Do you want to walk to school? I could keep you company.” I suggested. Actually, inside, I was begging him to say yes. The thought of walking to school with him was the cutest.

His head shot upwards, a small smile trying to hide. Or at least I imagined so. “You wouldn’t mind? I could go on the bus with you, it’s ok.”

I gave him a smile “Nah, I’ll walk with you, it’ll be awesome! And we could talk about the debate thing since we barely did yesterday.” I chuckled and started walking, Niall following me right by my side, talking as we walked towards the school building.

He smiled back and pat me on the shoulder. “You’re really nice, thanks!” He said making me blush.

I wasn’t expecting him to compliment me…

He just said I was nice…

“Are you okay Harry?” he asked, a smidgeon of worry in his voice

“Y-Yeah! I’m as fine as I can be!” I said trying to laugh it off. I can’t be having this guy thinking I’m weird.

That’d probably make things awkward between us.

“You don’t look fine at all.” He said hitting me with his elbow before starting humming a familiar little song.

“Is that… ‘Amnesia’ by 5 Seconds of Summer?” I asked, surprise clearly present in my voice.

5SOS aren’t really that known here in town. Most people just know about their hit single ‘She Looks So Perfect’ and they don’t even care to look up their other songs.

“You know them? That’s awesome!” he screamed, just as surprised as I was. “I’ve been listening to their songs for weeks, I’m completely hooked” he said embarrassed.

How adorable…

“Well, do you know Ashton? The drummer?”

“Of course I do! He’s my favorite out of them all” he chuckled embarrassed, once again “Oh sorry, having a favorite member out of a band seems like something only teenage girls would do, doesn’t it? How embarrassing.”

“It’s ok! Did you know he’s dating?”

“Yeah, some girl named Gemma. She’s really pretty, I like her.”

“Well, she’s my sister!” I giggled

Niall stopped dead in his tracks eyeing me in disbelief. I turned around and our eyes met, his jaw dropped all the way down. “Shut. Up. That can’t be true! Are you serious?” he screamed silently scooting back to me.