You Are My Sunshine ↠ Niall Horan

[22] - Shannon

S H A N N O N

As I slip on the skates Niall finishes tying Theo's laces and helps with mine. I give him a light kiss on the head, as a thank-you, making him blush.

"Alright, we're all set, you ready bud?" Niall coos at Theo who bobs his head up and down energetically. "NiNi!" He squeals as I laugh.

"You all good, Shan?" I smile and we hop up and slide onto the rink Niall goes a bit wonky in the knees as he tries to catch his balance. I gently grab Theo's hand as we giggle at Niall.

"Haha, thanks guys." Sarcasm dripping off his tongue as holds onto the side.

"You brought us to an ice skating rink, but you can't actually skate?" I ask with a smirk plastered on my face. He mumbles colourful words under his breath. "I thought we could fail together, then it turns out you can actually skate pretty well."

I laugh and go over to him with Theo's hand latched to mine, "Here." I gesture giving him my hand to hold onto, grinning, he takes it and we laugh as Theo tries to go off on his own only for him to land straight on his bum.

A group of little kids skate to a corner where a lady is handing out strings with balloons, a bar is on the end of the string for the kids to hold onto that is attached to a stand to keep them going. Theo grabs one on his own and begins to go faster then Niall and I making me worry a bit. "Let him go, if he falls he'll just get straight back up." Niall shrugs.

Great babysitters we are.

I laugh and nod, Niall rubs the skin on my palm and looks down on me. He's tall than me but doesn't exactly tower over me. I'd like to call it the perfect height because when we hug I hear his heart beat. "Hey, Shan?" I flutter my eyelashes at his soothing voice and look up to him.

"Yeah?"

"I've been thinking- "

"Careful, you could hurt yourself." I joke. He playfully glares at me and I nudge his shoulder making him stumble a bit. "Go on, what were you going to say?" I ask eagerly.

"W-would you l-like to- like, you know... uh. Go on a-" Hearing a click, Niall suddenly slips and pulls me down with him. I land on his chest with my legs between his, the blades on our skates are against each other but not close enough to hurt anyone. I look up at Niall who has his face scrunched up and a palm crossing his forehead in disappointment and embarrassment as people stare at us and a few girls take some pictures, which I'll most likely see on Twitter at home.

"Niall?" I ask with hesitation, "What were you saying?" My eyes widen with excitement as I curiously wait for him to finish the sentence I've been wanting to hear for quite a while now.

Looking down at him my breath fans his lips and I stare into his eyes trying to get him to finish his sentence. My hopeful face doesn't vanish, "I was gonna ask, if-"

"Niall!" A girly squeal interrupts us. We both turn our heads to meet a blue eyed blonde smiling at Niall with her hands on her hips. "Uh... heeeyyy." Niall says awkwardly.

"It's Scarlett, remember? We met down that street the other week?" She giggles at the end of her sentence, I give her glance up and down. Her shorts nearly classify as underwear and a crop top shows her belly piercing with plenty of hairspray and perfume to gas the place. I wonder how she isn't cold, especially since we live in Dublin and we're at an ice rink. "Right," Niall says, "Well, um... it's nice to see you again."

Her smile is replaced with a smirk, "I'd love to have a famous 'Horan' hug if you don't mind?"

I gently place my hands on Niall's chest and sit up, Niall mouths a 'sorry' to me and nod my head to tell him it's okay. As we help each other up I brush myself off and stand awkwardly beside Scarlett's hug from Niall.