FOREVER [Niall Horan] ✔

Chapter 52.

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.” -Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Ana's POV

I cannot wrap my head around the fact that Niall asked me to move in with him. We've never really talked about it and him suddenly asking me to live with him, under one roof as a couple, is really astounding. I know that we practically live together but this is different. If something ever were to go down between us, earlier, at least I knew that I had a place to go figure everything out, but us living together would mean I wouldn't have my own place, it'll be ours.

It excites me. The thought of living together with him, calling his house, my house, going grocery shopping, waking up next to each other every day and us being us in our house. Everything would be ours. The word our sounds so overwhelming and surreal.

There is not a better way to express what I feel and how much I love him than to agree to move in with him. I know it's a big step but I think it'll be the best decision since I've never loved and trusted a guy as much as I do Niall. I trust him with my life. I know that he will never do anything to hurt me, purposely, and would protect me at every cost.

"Ana?" Niall brings me out of my reverie and looks up at me, his eyes holding a bit of hesitation and nervousness.

"Yes," I reply as a huge, unbelievably huge, smile appears on my face. "I'll move in with you." His eyes widen and his lips move upwards in a huge grin.

Before I can comprehend what is happening, Niall lifts me and twirl us around, right in the middle of the dance floor. I squeal at his sudden actions, he chuckles, and wrap my arms around his neck to steady myself. A throaty laugh leaves my mouth when Niall doesn't let go of me, keeping a steady grip under my butt.

"Keep me down, Niall," I shout over the music when I feel a few eyes on us.

"You make me the happiest, Ana, the happiest I've ever been." He slides me down, keeping his arm around my waist.

"And you make me the happiest." He kisses my temple before pulling me in for a hug.

"I can't wait to take this dress off of you after we get home, our home," He whispers in my ear and I feel a chill run down my spine. My grip on him tightens just as the thought crosses my mind.

It does not take Niall even a moment to change from being absolutely charming to dirty. No matter how used to it I am, it'll never not be enthralling.

He shortly pulls away, a smirk plastered on his face. He intently stares at me before leaning down and placing a sloppy kiss on my lips, my eyes momentarily shutting down along with his. I kiss him back with the same intensity. Niall moves his hand down to my bum and gently squeezes it. I gasp into his mouth as he continues to caress my cheek. Wrapping my arms tightly around his neck, I move to stand on my tiptoes to get better access to him as his tongue fights with mine for dominance.

My eyes flicker open when I suddenly realize where we're at. I pull away from Niall abruptly before moving to look at the small group of people surrounding us. Heat rises my cheeks and I turn to look back at Niall only to see that he's the least affected by people watching us.

I hear a few cheers and whistles, which I'm pretty sure are from Niall's friends and colleagues, and my embarrassment increases. I bury my red face into Niall's hard chest and he releases a loud laugh before wrapping his arms tightly around me. I contently sigh.