More than this

More Than This : Chapter 11 : Relationships Come and Go

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As Avan took me from Niall, the song changed, "Avan" I said, wanting to ask him, because I wasn't familiar with the song, although when the singing starts, I knew that it was Nicki who's singing. 

"Yeah?" he said

"Do you know this song?" I asked

"Well, not really, but I kinda like it" he said and smirked

It all comes down to this

I miss your morning kiss

I won’t lie, I’m feeling it

You don’t know, I’m missing it

I’m so dumb, I must admit

It’s too much to hold it in

I can’t say no more than this

I can't explain it, but the lyrics just hit me hard on my chest. I'm here dancing with Avan as if nothing happened. Why did I just thought of that! We are over, and we are only just friends right now --- but I really didn't actually forgot everything we've been through. 

I looked down, hid my face and stopped dancing. I just couldn't bear to deal with this again. I've already moved on, a long time ago. Usually, Nicki's songs makes me happy and energetic but this song of her just --- I don't know. 

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While I was with Ari on the dance floor she was quite happy, but once the song reached the chorus, she looked down and stopped dancing.

"Hey" I said, holding her face up, "Why did you stop?", Iooked into her eyes to guess what she was feeling, but all I can see is blank. 

"I -- I just -- I'm just not in the mood to dance right now." she said to me in reply.

"A second ago, you were having fun and know you're like this. What really is it Ari?" I said and stroke a hair out of her face.

"It's nothing! I told you -- it's" she said, letting out a tear and walked away.

"Hey Ari!" I said, following Ari. She stopped, turned around and said, "Please, don't follow me -- I -- I just want to be alone!" After she talked, she walked away and got out the emergency exit.

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"Hey, I'm just going outside to get some air" I told the the lads, because I was really full and I think that at any minute now, I might vomit.

I walked towards the emergency exit, passing through the people in the room. It was also warm inside, so it would be nice to get some air outside. As I opened the door to the emergency exit, I saw Ariana sitting on the floor. Wait, was she crying? 

"Hey Ariana, why are you here?" I said, sitting down on the floor beside her. She looked up and turned her face to the right, raised her hands and wiped something from her face. Once she's done she looked at me and said, "Nothing, uhm --- how about you? Why are you here?"

"Well, I ate too much food inside and I feel like vomiting, so I got out here to get some fresh air." I said, in reply and continued, "So, are you sure there's nothing wrong? You can tell me, I wont tell anyone." I said, making an invisible zipper in my mouth.

"No, it's just --- you see, it's about" she paused and burst into tears. Why was she like this? For the past few hours she was okay, enjoying even. 

I took a strand of her hair out which was blocking her face, "Okay then, I wont ask you anymore." I said. I took off my vest and handed it out to her, "Here" she looked at my cardigan, looking at me, asking for permission and I nodded. After taking my cardigan, she cried a lot more, so I came closer to her. 

"If you ever need someone to ---" I froze, before I finished my sentence she hugged my right arm and burried her face on it. 

"Ariana --- please stop, I don't like seeing you like this" I looked at her, clinging on my arm. She hugged it tighter. I let her be there until she cooled down.

"Hey, are you okay now?" I asked her. She looked up at me and said, "Yes, a little bit" loosing her grip on my arm. 

"So, can I know why you're being like this? I can be your friend, you can tell me anything, or --- If you don't want me to know, I'll respect that" I said to her.

She looked down at the floor and started, "You see --- I just remembered my past relationship" she said and sighed.

"Oh, so you remembered your boyfriend then? I see why." I said, looking at her face, "So who's this stupid lad who broke the heart of a beautiful:amazing lady?" I asked. She looked down again, letting out a smile, but only lasted for a while. 

"Since I think you wouldn't tell me who it is, let's just talk about something else" I said, looking at her and smiled. "So, how's your album going?" I followed.

"Well, it's already finished. We're just waiting for the time to release it. Maybe after I release 4 singles from my album, it would be released in the market already." she said.

"That's nice! I couldn't wait to hear it!" I said, "So how about the music video? When will it be coming out?" 

"When the poll's over. Meaning, once we get the results." she explained.

"Oh, okay" I said and looked at her, "Ari"

"Yeah?" she said, looking at me.

"If you ever need someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on, I'd be always here for you, got that?" I said looking into her. 

She looked at me and smiled, "Sure --- Thank you Niall" 

I looked down at my and noticed that it was already 11:45 P.M. so I asked her, "Do you want to come inside? It's already too late. Aren't you and Jeannette coming home soon?" I asked her.

"It's that late already? Huh, I'd better tell Jeannette, because I'm already tired and I need to sleep too." she said.

"Okay then" I stood up, offering her a hand. Once she held it, I pulled her up and I led her inside the studio.  

When we got inside, I came with her to Jeannette and waited for them to talk. Once they were finished, Ariana said goodbye to the cast, the lads and lastly, me.

"Thank you Niall for everything!" she said.

"Your welcome!" I said, bowing down to her. She giggled, which made me insanely crazy. I've always like the way she laughs.

"So, see you?" she said, looking back, before opening the door.

"See you!" I said in reply and she was gone.

I looked at the door where she used to stand and thought to myself, this would have to be one of the greatest moments of my life. My level of fancying her just got higher and I think there might be something more and that's what I'm going to find out.