Accidentally in Love

Accidentally in Love {Chapter 29}

Author's Note:  Thanks again!  We are going for 8 comments again since it's still not my birthday yet :)  What do you guys think of the new cover?!?!

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Niall craned his neck turning around again to see that the paparazzi were still following them.  He and MaryGrace were within two minutes of the luxurious London Hotel.  Two minutes from warmth, two minutes from comfort, two minutes from privacy.  They were headed for the street where the front entrance of the hotel was positioned, but Niall pointed them in the direction of the hidden back entrance.  They quickly slipped down the side street hoping to lose anyone who had been following.  Niall swung the door open, holding it for MaryGrace as she stepped inside.  He followed her inside.  The heat of the hotel covered them like a glove, dismissing the goosebumps from their skin and warming them from head to toe.  Niall unwrapped his scarf and carelessly pulled off his hat, leaving his hair all messy.  MaryGrace reached over, ruffling his hair and smoothing it down with a giggle.  

“That’s better,” she joked.  Niall laughed along with her, pressing the upwards elevator button.  The number on the top of the elevator bank read 19 and the numbers began to slowly tick backwards.

“Finally,” Niall said exhaling, referring to the fact that they had lost the paparazzi.  MaryGrace smiled happily, content that Niall was relaxed again.  

“They were following us for so long,” she said keeping up the conversation.  The elevator dinged before the doors opened wide.  A woman dressed in a black pant suit stepped out with a rolling suitcase and a laptop bag.  Niall and MaryGrace boarded the elevator, Niall clicking the button for floor 14, and the button to close the doors.  Fans often invested in staying in the same hotel as the boys, hoping to catch a glimpse of them and Niall was fearful of running into them.  He hit the button once more, slamming down on it, unsatisfied with the fact that the doors hadn’t closed yet.  “Whoa, calm down!” MaryGrace teased.  “What’s the rush?”

“Sometimes fans stay in the same hotel and I just don’t want to run into any right now, especially with the article that just went up,” he said calmly explaining the situation to her.  MaryGrace unbuttoned her peacoat and slung it over a bent arm.  She leaned her head on his shoulder, resting her back on the wall of the elevator.

“Stop worrying babe, we’re together, that’s all that matters right now,” she said tiredly stroking his arm.  Niall immediately felt comforted and relaxed his shoulders and back, releasing the tension that they held earlier.

“You’re right,” he said, gently pecking her on the cheek as thanks.  He put his arm around her shoulder and they stood in an understanding silence until the doors reopened on the fourteenth floor of the hotel.  The exited the elevator as Niall walked in front leading the way to room 1405 and inserting his key card in the door.  “Be warned,” he said, yet to open the door.  “I didn’t have much time to straighten up this morning,” he said winking.  She winked back at him openly accepting his warning.  

Niall pushed down on the door handle as the lock on the door clicked open.  He pushed the door forward, revealing a large fully furnished three-room suite.  There was a bathroom to the left, a living space just ahead of the door, and a bedroom just next to the bathroom.  The window on the far wall spanned eight feet long and three feet tall.  Out the window was a view a the lovely cityscape, illuminated in the night.  A large L-shaped brown leather couch sat in the center of the room, framing a glass coffee table positioned in front of a large flat screened television.  A few suitcases were strewn across the floor earlier, but Niall had piled them up in a corner hurriedly before leaving the hotel that morning.  Three snapbacks were on the coffee table and Niall had crammed empty food containers into the garbage earlier.  Overall, it was pretty clean compared to the state that it was in the previous day.  Niall had also thrown all of his laundry into a drawer, cleaned up the toothpaste in the bathroom sink, and made the bed in an effort to impress MaryGrace.  Contrary to the fact that the lobby was comfortably heated, the suites were noticeably colder.

“Wow,” she said surprised.  “First of all, this is the most beautiful hotel room I think I’ve ever seen.  Second, It’s a lot cleaner then I expected!” she said giving him kudos.  

“I’m glad you like it!” Niall said blushing from the flattery.    He walked into the bedroom flicking on the light switch and carelessly throwing his coat, scarf, and hat on the hotel bedspread.  “You can just throw your coat wherever,” he said, removing his phone and wallet from his jacket pocket and placing them on the dresser.  He noticed that security had placed his duffel bag next to the dresser.  

“Don’t forget to tweet that picture for the waitress,” MaryGrace reminded him, taking notice of his Blackberry laying on the counter.  

“Oh yeah, thanks,” he said grabbing the Blackberry from the counter and sitting down on the bed.  He clicked on to twitter and opened a new tweet.  MaryGrace sat next to him, leaning over the Blackberry.  Niall attached the photo, wrote a quick tweet, and hit send.  Met an awesome fan tonight at dinner, thanks @ItsIvyReed !  www.twitpic.com/alskdjftr .  He clicked on her username and her profile loaded.  He chuckled after a countless number of One Direction related tweets came up.  He clicked on the button that said “Follow” and smiled.  MaryGrace rested her head comfortably on Niall’s shoulder after growing accustomed to doing so.  “Do you have twitter?” Niall said, wondering why he’d never asked.  

“Yeah, here I’ll type it in,” she said, Niall handing over use of the Blackberry.  She sat up straight, hit a few buttons and then pressed enter, giving the phone back to Niall.  He followed her, read through her bio, and took in her profile.  He clicked on her display picture which loaded full screen.  It was a shot of her lying in the grass over the summer, smiling at the camera upside down, blonde hair recklessly splayed out around her.  MaryGrace chuckled weakly at the picture, remembering the day it was taken.  She was dating Brendan at the time and hadn’t found out that he was cheating yet.  She remembered how heartbroken she’d been when she found out that one of her best friends betrayed her with her boyfriend.  Now she was glad that it happened.

“I love this picture,” he said admiring the way her eyes sparkled in the hastily snapped photo.  He saved the photo to his camera roll.  

“Really?” she said flattered.  “My friend Kim just took it kind of randomly.  We were doing cartwheels and I fell clumsily and we were both laughing so hard,” MaryGrace said, thinking back.  So much had happened since then.  Niall laughed as her story hung in the air.  He clicked on her timeline and flipped through the scattered tweets.  He read her last tweet to himself, it was song lyrics that he faintly recognized and the tweet had been posted last night.  today was a fairytale, can you feel this magic in the air? must’ve been the way you kissed me, fell in love when I saw you standing there :)  Niall grinned and favorited her tweet.

“I forgot about that,” she said playfully hitting his arm.  He smiled, clicking off of her profile.  He noticed that “Niall”, “Niall and ?”, and “Perez Hilton” were all trending on twitter.  His timeline was flooded with Directioners freaking out about the blog post along with a few cursing out Perez Hilton for starting trouble again.  They were all talking about the so called “mystery blonde” who was MaryGrace Gabriel.  His timeline quickly refreshed and to his dismay, he noticed that a very large One Direction update account tweeted The girl pictured with Niall on Perez’s website is named MaryGrace #confirmed .  His brows furrowed into a confused line.  How did they figure that out? Niall wondered.  He refreshed the page yet again, unable to believe what he was seeing.  Within seconds “Niall and MaryGrace” was trending in the top spot worldwide.  Another tweet caught his eye, MaryGrace’s twitter name is @MGgabriel Niall just followed her and favorited her tweet.  The account photo matches the girl in the article.  Niall’s jaw almost dropped.  He hadn’t even considered that.  MaryGrace’s phone started buzzing like crazy once again.

“Oops,” he muttered, handing the phone to his girlfriend.

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