Chasing Ari (a 1D Fanfic )

Chapter 16

*** Niall's POV **

Harry shook with laughter. I had just finished explaining him the horrid story of why we had to leave the house in such a hurry. When we first arrived at the restaurant, Harry was a little ticked, but he had lightened up as the story went on. He seemed to find joy in my embarrassment.

I blow out a deep breath and took a bite of my second slice of pizza. It slightly burnt the ti of my tongue, but I didn't mind. I still ate the whole slice in less than a minute.

"What are we going to do with you, you awkward little turtle?" Harry laughed again before taking another sip of his drink.

"Don't laugh. I seriously don't know what to do. I'm pretty sure she only thinks of me as a friend and out of all the girls that I've been introduced to recently, she's the only one who really caught my eye. And I think, maybe she even thinks I'm a creep after she herd my conversation," I said before taking a gulp of my drink.

"Mate, you are blowing it out of proportion. She doesn't think you're a creep. All you did was call her beautiful. Its not like you said you wanted to put her in a box and keep her under your bed or anything. Or did you leave me in the dark about that part?" Harry shook his head.

"What is wrong with you?" I laugh. " Are you insane?"

He points a finger at me, "No, the question is, what is wrong with you?" 

I furrow my brows, not sure what he is referring to.

"You can't be this thrown off by a girl, mate." he explains. "You have to be in control of your emotion. You have to keep your head on your shoulders." He grabs my head, right over my ears and sake my head around for a second.

"How am I supposed to do that? I've never really felt like this before" I inquire.

"You have to take control of the situation, my boy. I have an idea." he pulls out his phone and starts touching the screen. " We are gonna have a little group chat with Liam and Louis, see what they think."

Harry held the phone up to his ear for a moment.

"Hold on, Liam. I'm going to ring Lou. We're gonna have a group chat." Harry informs Liam before manipulating the phone's screen once more. After a couple of rings, Louis must have picked up.

"Oh, good. I'm here with Niall. I'm putting the phone on speaker." Harry explained. He touched a button and placed the phone n the middle of the table. 

"Hey there everyone." I say softly, unsure of where this conversation is going to head.

"Niall!" Lou chirps.

"Niall, me boy." Liam exclaims in a mock Irish accent.

"Well, hello Harry, how are you? Oh, I'm just dashing. Thanks for asking." Harry fakes a monologue, feeling a little left out.

"Well hello, Haz. What's with the group chat?" Liam asks.

"Oh, well," Harry starts. "Niall is in love. With a girl, too!" he jokes and softly punches me in the shoulder.

"I am not. He s exaggerating." i correct.

"OH, A GIRL? CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, DADDY LIAM?" Lou joked.

"Is that why you called? You do realise we will be in town the day after tomorrow?" Liam asked.

"I know, I know. But here's the thing. Niall isn't sure if she likes him, and he is head over heals. Now, I have an idea of what he can do, but I want to hear your opinions." Harry says.

"Spend time with her." Liam says simply.

"My thoughts exactly." Harry adds.

"I agree with Daddy Direction." Lou says. "She probably doesn't know you well. Spend some time with her and get to know each other. " 

"Yeah." Liam agrees. "Just call her up, and take her somewhere. It doesn't matter where. Just somewhere you can talk. So the theater is out of the question. "

"What if I ask her to go somewhere, and she says no?" I ask sheepishly.

"But what if she doesn't?" Louis retorts.

He had a point. I can either sit here being a coward, scared that she'll say no, or I can man up and go ask her out. The worst she can say is no. Its not the end of the world. I'm wasting my time stressing the small stuff.

"Oh, it looks like Niall has seen the light." Harry comments