Like Dreamers Do (Niall Horan Fan-Fiction)

Chapter 7

If I thought the hysteria on my street was bad, it was nothing compared to the restaurant. As thecar pulled up to the entrance of the building, immediately there were paparazzi at the windows. 

“Here we go again.” Harry muttered, pushing Zayn off him since he had climbed on top of himover the back seat. 

“I seriously miss being able to get food without people following us.” Niall exclaimed, throwing his head in his hands. 

I laughed, attempting to climb over Harry and Zayn to open the car door, when Harry threw his arms in front of me.

“We have to wait for security to drive paparazzi away, are you mental!” He exclaimed, smirking a little. I crossed my arms and sat back down.

“You’re the mental one, picking up random girls to go out to dinner. Is this something you do every day?” I suddenly piped out, shocking even myself. Zayn gave a small laugh, and Niall looked to the floor smirking a little.

“Looks like she found her voice.” Zayn muttered, winking at Harry then turning to me. “Only the ones we like.”

It was lucky the car was dark since I was now blushing. How on earth could they like me? I had only just met them today and had already managed to look like I hated them and refuse to hang out with them, all within the space of half an hour. They had girls throwing themselves at them, yet they had chosen me, the girl who clearly wasn’t a fan. Maybe that was the key – don’t be over the top, don’t be obsessed. Not that I cared what they thought of me. 

Two minutes later the car door was opened. I assumed that security had managed to drive away most of the paparazzi, so I wasn’t prepared for the flashing cameras that immediately met my eyes. 

Zayn jumped out first, quickly striding to the front of the restaurant and giving a small wave to the cameras. For the most part, he kept his head to the floor. Before Harry jumped out of the car, he wrapped his hand around my wrist and tried to pull me with him.

“Are you kidding?? I’m not being photographed on the front cover of a magazine hand in hand with you.” I insisted, pulling my arm away. He rolled his eyes and smirked again, something I was becoming too familiar with.

“Still embarrassed to be seen with me.” He shook his head jokingly, before security forced him to jump out of the car and walk inside. That left me and Niall, and the paparazzi were closing in on us ever so slowly. There was only so much security could do to hold them off. The flashes were getting brighter, seemingly irrelevant to Niall. 

“C’mon Niall.” One of the big security men called out to us, looking at me with his brow furrowed. “You can come in after love.”

Niall shook his head, looking confused. 

“No way! She can’t go in by herself, they’ll scare her half to death.” He called back, ushering me forward to the door. I hesitated, turning to Niall, the cameras now approaching at a worrying speed.

“Why the hell am I here?!” I exclaimed, taking him by the shoulders in an action that was very unlike me. “This doesn’t make any sense. You’re in One Direction, what the hell!?”

Niall stared at me for a moment, as though he was finally seeing me for the first time. I was almost convinced he would get security to drive me home right then and there, anything to get rid of this crazy girl in front of him. On the contrary, he grinned and pulled me into a hug. I was a little shocked, but there was a certain energy, adrenaline running through my blood at this point that made me hug him back, my hands around his neck as his rested on my back. 

“You’re so adorable!” He laughed, pulling back and checking behind me. “I know you think it’s crazy but you should come inside. We’re just normal people! We’re not aliens!”

I knew I should have said no. I could have easily asked their driver to take me home, while I still had the chance. But there was something in Niall’s voice making me want to stay. 

And I was here now. I might as well stay...

Following the lead of Harry and Zayn, I jumped out of the car and rushed forward as fast as I could. Niall was behind me in a second, urging me to ignore the cameras and the people yelling at me, asking who I was. I kept my face to the ground, my strides long as I attempted to get to the front of the restaurant without getting attacked. 

We were only a few metres away from the front when a photographer broke through security and jumped in front of the two of us, scaring the life out of me.

“Oh my god.” I exclaimed, now completely flustered. I didn’t want to be here anymore, and I felt my hand immediately grab onto Niall’s arm in fear.

“Hey, lay off buddy!” Niall exclaimed to the man, placing his hand on the small of my back and guiding me inside as quickly as he could. Security took care of the man as quickly as they could, but not before he could get more than a few shots of me entering the restaurant with Niall.

I couldn’t wait for those headlines. 

Once we were inside, I felt a little better. We were in a lobby of some sort, so i sat myself down on the nearest seat, running my hands through my hair.

“Wow.” I murmured, clasping my hands together. “There’s’ something you don’t see every day.”

Niall grinned, sitting himself down next to me quickly. 

“Actually for us, that was completely normal. Although it’s gotten so much more hysterical since the promotional tour, we literally can’t walk down the street anymore.” He sighed, turning to me and putting his hand on mine. “You handled that pretty well actually!”

I wasn’t sure whether I liked that or not. I don’t know Niall at all, I don’t want people getting the wrong impression by him placing his hand on mine. Pretending my phone was vibrating, I reached into my bag and pretended to be doing something with it. Niall seemed to not notice, quickly jumping up and turning to the front of the actual restaurant.

“Hurry up! We wanna eat.” I heard a voice call out from inside, then Zayn’s head popped out from around the corner of the restaurant. “You made it through then.”

He was asking me, so I shrugged and stood up. “Not too difficult.” I answered, following Niall inside and preparing myself for what could either be one of the best nights, or one of the most awkward. 

I was leaning towards the latter.

(A/N: Who loves the new album ' Take Me Home' ? i didnt hear it tho, i want to respect the boy's and wait till it comes out. it got leaked:'( ANd hey kik/tweet/ or comment me your reviews on this story and the songs on the album. Kik:ZaynsWifeyxx Twitter:ZaynsWIfeyxx )