Under Wraps (N.H A.U)

Chapter 23: That Thing Was Big and Ugly

"Well on that depressing note, I'm going to bed. Not all of us slept on the plane." Harry jokes as he stands up.

We all follow his lead and get up. We clean up our dinner and Louis offers to stay up until the fire is dead. Niall and I eagerly walk to our tent. I am so tired and I think Niall is as well. When we reach the tent I am reminded of the one queen size bed. Niall and I are going to have to sleep together. Great.

"Um, I need some water. I will be right back." I turn and leave the tent quickly. I walk over to the picnic table and grab an unopened water bottle. I open it and take a sip. I watch as Liam walks up to the table and also grabs a water. "Thank you."

"What?" Liam looks at me confused.

"Thank you for saving him. Without you I never would have met him." I smile at Liam.

"Oh, um, you're welcome." Liam seems uncomfortable around me. "You can pay me back by not doing anything to break his heart."

"You got it." I force myself to stay smiling.

I relax knowing that Liam doesn't know who I really am. Liam is just being overly protective, which I'm grateful for. Niall is going to need Liam when I destroy his life and leave.

Liam nods at me and then walks away. Liam might be loyal, but he is a little too intense for me. I grab another water and walk back to my tent. As I enter the tent I notice Niall already laying in bed. I throw the second water to him.

"Thanks. I was just thinking about how thirsty I was." Niall smiles at me. He sits up and takes a drink. "Do you want me to sleep on the floor?"

"No, of course not. I was just surprised that's all." I clear my throat out of nervousness. "I didn't realize we were there yet."

"Its just sleeping." Niall smirks at me.

"Right, uh, I'm going to change." I turn my back to him and pull out a pair of sweats and a t-shirt. "No peeking!"

Niall laughs and I take that as an okay. As fast as humanly possible I take my shirt and bra off and put on the clean shirt. I turn and see Niall's head bowed and his eyes closed. I smile at how respectful he is. I then turn my head around and pull my leggings off and slide the sweats on. I fold up my dirty clothes and put them on my bag. I slowly walk over to the bed gripping onto the water bottle a little too tight. It makes the cringling noise and I loosen my grip. As I am getting in the bed Niall looks up and over at me.

"Goodnight Ronnie." Niall slowly leans into me. He kisses my forehead once. "See you in the morning."

Niall lays back down and turns away from me. I sit on the bed speechless. He is definitely excited about this and he showed it in the cutest way.

"Goodnight Niall." I say quietly.

Niall leans over the other way and turns off the battery operated lantern. I don't know when Niall falls asleep, but I drift off to sleep quickly. We both sleep on the edge of the bed. I'm scared our bodies are going to touch and Niall can sense that. He stays as far away as possible to keep me comfortable.

This is how our days go while camping. We go hiking, swimming, and spend a lot of time around the fire telling stories and eating. I feel like I am apart of this group. I'm surprised at how easily they let me in. I don't know if it is from Niall or if they like me, but its fun. On our second to last night of camping it starts raining after dinner. The rain comes suddenly and we all jump up to clean up our food.

"I thought you said it wouldn't rain," I tease the guys.

"We said it might, but it won't last long!" Harry yells over the loud rain as we run around.