I Love You More

Chapter 8

I woke up around 1 and saw Gemma had texted me saying she was going to the flat around 1:45. I quickly texted her back then got up, I ate a granola bar quickly and went to the bathroom to freshen up. I combed my hair, brushed my teeth, applied a little make up, the normal routine. I checked the time, 1:25, just enough time to get to the flat.

“Hey Brooke!” Gemma said, walking to my car.

“Hey! I love the location!” I got out of my car and walked towards Gemma.

“Me too! Its only a few minutes from my work.” We walked in and met Gemma’s real estate agent and she showed us around the place.

“I really like it!” Gemma said, as we returned to the front room, where we started the tour.

“Do you think this is the one?” the real estate agent asked.

“I think it is!” Gemma squealed.

“Alright! We’ll head back to my office and get some papers signed and then it’ll be all yours!” she said as we walked back outside.

“I think I’m gonna head over to the guys’ place if you wanna come over when you’re done! And congratulations on getting the flat!” I said then went to my car and drove to the guys’ house.

I rang the doorbell and shortly was greeted by Zayn, “Oh hey Brooke.”

“Hi, how you doing?” I walked in, taking my shoes off as I did so.

“Eh, same old same old. Niall is in the living room, if you were wondering.”

“Haha thanks,” I made my way to the living room to find Niall on the couch with Molly’s head resting on his lap. “Aw how cute.” I joined them and started petting Molly.

“How was the flat?” Niall asked, putting his arm around me.

“It was good! It’s really nice,” I replied.

“Well thats good to hear, do you think she’ll buy it and leave ours?” Niall said with a cheeky grin.

“You’re so rude sometimes,” I laughed. We went on to talk about what Niall and the boys did this afternoon. Nothing too exciting or out of the ordinary, FIFA, ate, slept, same old routine.

“Are you hungry babe?” Niall asked.

“Not really, why are you?” I replied. looking up at him.

“Mo, we just ate lunch, I didn’t know what time you ate at.”

“Oh, I am tired though,” I stated.

“Take a nap,” Niall suggested. I couldn’t help myself but lay back and close my eyes until I fell asleep shortly after.

Tears streamed down my face and I felt someone’s comforting hand on my back. I buried my head into my hands and sobbed.

“I’m very sorry, miss,” a voice from in front of me spoke. I didn’t respond or look up at them, I just kept crying into my hands.

“Brooke, it’s going to be alright, we’ll make it through this together,” a familiar voice, from behind me, said. I leaned back and fell into their arms and cried into his shoulder.

“I’ll let you two have your time,” the other voice said, a few seconds later a door quietly shut.

I heard the lyrics to “A Drop in the Ocean” being sung quietly in my ear and it calmed me down slightly. The whole song was sung to me, each lyric making me calmer.

“Brooke,” suddenly I was taken from my dream and put back in the real world.

“Yeah?” I said, sitting up and slightly stretching.

“Its about 5, do you wanna go?” Niall asked me.

“Uh, I don’t care, we can go if you want,” I replied, still not a hundred percent awake.

“How about we go, you’re obviously really tired,” Niall said, sitting me up.

“Ok, will you carry me?” I put my arms out so he could pick me up.

“Really Brooke?” Louis’ voice said from behind us.

“She’s tired Louis,” Niall defended me as he picked me up bridal style and carried me to the front door.

“Leaving already?” Harry opened the door for Niall.

“Yeah, I had a great time,” I replied, my head buried in Niall’s shoulder.

“You slept through it all,” Harry chuckled.

“I know, I had a great time,” I restated with a small grin, even though no one could see it. Niall continued outside and opened the passenger car door and I got in, shortly after, Niall joined me and turned on the car.

“I think you should rest all day, I can tell you’re not feeling well, so don’t tell me you’re fine,” Niall said, taking my hand in his.

“Ok, I think a rest day can be arranged,” I tried to keep my eyes open and looked over at Niall. We didn’t say much the rest of the ride home, but when we did arrive at our flat, I went straight to bed and fell right asleep.

NIALL’S POV

I slowly woke up and turned over to see the time, which was 9:58. I looked back over and saw Brooke sound asleep. I tried to fall back asleep, but couldn’t, so I got up and went to the kitchen for breakfast. As I was scrolling through Twitter, Gemma came to the kitchen as well.

“Morning Niall,” she greeted.

“Hey, how was the flat yesterday? Brooke said it was really Nice,” I replied while eating a spoonful of cereal.

“It went really well, I bought it right after I saw it!” Gemma replied excitedly. Finally! She’s going to move out and I can be with Brooke all alone again, I love Gemma’s company, she practically a sister, but I also like alone time with Brooke.

“Nice, so when are you moving in?” I said, hopefully not too persistent.

“Next week Tuesday,” she replied, sitting next to me at the bar.

“Cool,” I nodded, scrolling through Twitter some more.

“Is Brooke still sleeping? She is usually all ready for the day by now,” Gemma asked, eating some breakfast.

“She’s sleeping, she didn’t feel well yesterday so she’s taking it easy today.”

“Oh I see, she seemed fine at the flat yesterday,” Gemma commented.

“Yeah it was a hit and miss,” I put my phone down and continued to eat my cereal. I put my bowl in the sink when I finished and headed to my bathroom to take a shower and get ready for the day. I honestly didn’t think I was going to do anything productive today so I put on some sweatpants and a hoodie. Brooke was still in bed, asleep, so I crawled in next to her. I moved the few pieces of hair that covered her face and tucked them behind her ear.

“Niall?” I heard her mumble.

“Shh, go back to bed babe,” I said quietly.

“Niall, something really isn’t right, I don’t think this is just the flu or something I ate,” her voice sounded like the sickness I’m sure she was feeling.

“Do you want to go to the hospital?” I suggested.

“Maybe, lets just wait it out and hopefully I’ll feel better,” she said, falling back asleep.

Sorry its short.... But I'm writing more since I'm on break.