Feelings

Chapter 17 : Road Trip

(There was a typo on the last one, but Mere was asleep for 24 hours not 12. So it's like 9:30 am the next day now)

Merediths POV

When we get to my house, my mom isn't home. I assume she's picking Hannah up. I run to my room, and pack a suit case. I pack clothes, necessities, and anything else one might need in Florida. I still can't believe I'm going to Florida with someone I've only met three times, but I know I need it. I've passed out because of stress, been kicked out of my house, and my boyfriend (yes, I classify him as my boyfriend,) basically dumped me. Niall is nice, and I know this will be fun. I grab the envelope with Harrys song in it, and scribble him a quick note on the outside of it. Once I've got all my stuff ready, I haul it down the stairs to where Niall is sitting in the living room. I write a note to my mom, explaining that I'm taking a vacation but I'll be home in time to get my things out by Saturday. I don't tell her where I'm going. Niall takes the biggest bag from me, and then we head outside to his car. I have him stop at Harrys house, and I knock once, shoving the envelope under the door, and hurrying back to Niall's car. We leave quickly, and drive to his house next, to get his things. I have a million questions to ask him, but my head hurts so I take a nap in the car while he gets ready. He manages to take longer than me, but still comes out with less. We drive to Krogers to get a case of water, a cooler, bags of ice, six packs of Root Beer and Mountain Dew, some snacks and candy, some sun block, huge cheap sunglasses, and big floppy hats. (The last two because when in Rome. Or, you know, Florida.)
Then we fill up on gas, and head to our last stop, Target. At Target we pick out all our favorite CD's. Surprisingly we actually like some of the same stuff, so we try to pick ones we'll both enjoy. When we get in the car, we share a look.
"Ready?" He asks.
I nod, pulling my phone out. I downloaded one of those text to talk apps so that I don't have to write it all out. We drive through town, and then get on I-75. I take a water bottle out of the back, and take a sip, typing into my phone.
"What was up with Harry and the Dr?" The phone reads in a monotone.
Niall chuckles. "Harry was angry that the doctor made us sit in the hall when they changed you into a hospital gown, and then they wouldn't even let him walk next to the bed when they were taking you down to run some test to make sure your brain was still there. I actually looked it up and they can't do that," he says.
I quickly play around with the settings, typing again. "Is my brain still here?" A female British voice asks.
He grins. "That's wicked. And yeah, don't worry, Yale will still take you next year."
"You know about Yale?" A Scottish voice reads.
"Seriously?" He laughs. "I was just teasing. Have you really been excepted to Yale?"
I nod, smiling.
"Damn. I wasn't aware I was taking a genius to Florida."
"I'm not a genius." This time is Irish.
Niall laughs loudly. "Do you want to know a secret?" He glances over at me.
"Yes." The Irish woman says for me.
"I'm actually Irish," he says, but it doesn't even sound like him because he's using a thick Irish accent.
My eyes widen, and he looks over again, laughing. "Are you for real?"
"Yeah, I was born in Ireland. That's. how Me and Harry became friends, because we both had accents," he's still speaking with an Irish accent, and it's weird, but I love it.
"That's so cool. Do you just fake an American accent?"
"Yeah," he nods. "Also I think you're the first American that admits you have accents too."
I smile. "I mean, yeah. It doesn't feel like it but I know that to you I have an accent and to me you have one," I nod while the voice keeps reading, now switched back to 'American Female.'
He smiles. "Yeah,"
"Why do you fake it, though?"
"Because I was tired of people asking, or looking at me weird, or telling me to go back to Ireland and shit," he shrugs.
"People said that?" I frown.
"Yeah," he sighs.
"You say 'yeah' a lot," I giggle out loud.
He laughs again. "Yeah."
I open 'Science and Faith' by the Script, and pop it in his CD player. I skip forward to 'For the First Time.'
Niall starts singing along with the track, and my jaw drops. He's insanely good. Like amazing.
"Your voice is amazing," my phone says.
"Thanks," he says blushing. "But you should hear Harry. I've been trying to get him to start a band with me but he'd rather join Louis's soccer team and that's saying something."
"I didn't know he could sing."
"He's good. He's incredible."
"So are you."
His cheeks are still red, so he turns up the music, singing loudly. I hum softly to myself, trying not to hurt my throat.
After listening to a few more songs, we turn it down so we can talk again.
"You said I can stay with you until I find a place?" I bite my lip. I feel awful, but I have to live somewhere and Niall was incredibly sweet for offering.
"Yeah," he uses his favorite word. "You can stay as long as you need, I have two spare rooms and a couch bed," he nods.
"Thank you so much, Niall," My phone reads, now in a Jamaican accent.
Niall laughs. "Sure thing."
"Does Annie live with you?" I don't want to intrude on them, and I'm a little annoyed at her for convincing me to drink.
Niall groans. "No, we broke up today."
"Why?!" My Jamaican phone doesn't capture the tone I wanted.
"I was upset with her about talking you into drinking, and she was upset with me about leaving her to stay at the hospital. We had an argument and then she told me she was moving out and that we're done. I'm not too upset, because I think it won't last, I'm just pissed it all happened over the phone."
"I'm really sorry, it's all my fault."
"No it isn't," he chuckles. "It's Annie's and Harrys for getting you drunk, and An was just being selfish. I mean, you were in the hospital but she couldn't wait one day," he mutters.
"I'm still sorry," I go back to American.
"It's ok. Alright, we need code names. And by that I mean we need nick names, but we'll call them code names because obviously we're spy's," he declares.
I giggles. "What's my spy name?" The British voice reads.
"OHHH yes very nice spy voice. You are... Hmmm..." He strokes and imaginary beard with one hand, driving with the other. "You're Mars!" He exclaims.
I giggle again, then cough and take a sip of water. "I like that," reads British Miss Monotone.
"Me too. Who am I? Should we stick to the solar system now, or just science related, or go a new direction?"
"It doesn't matter."
"You're smart, name things in the solar system that start with N." He teases,
"Nebula, Neptune, Neutrino, Nova," Miss Monotone recites.
"You just looked that up," he accuses, glancing over.
"No." We both laugh at MM.
"For real? You just knew all of those off the top of your head?"
"It's part of a song from 6th grade to help remember the solar systems vocabulary," I admit.
"Nice," he grins.
"What's your full name?"
"Niall James Horan," he smiles. "What's yours?"
"Meredith Carl Douglas," MM tells him.
"Carl?"
"I changed it to that three years ago. It was my dads name."
"Oh. What happened to him?" He asks carefully.
"He died," I take a deep breath as MM reads it out in an unemotional voice. "In a bank robbery."
He looks over at me. "I'm really sorry," he says quietly. "What was your middle name before?"
"Olivia," I type, glad he didn't ask anymore about my dad. Just thinking about it all makes my chest hurt.
I drink more water, and pull a cough drop out of my purse.
"Alright, so what's my spy name, Mars?"
"Ok. So you know how your middle name is James?" I type quickly, having an idea.
"I am aware of that, yes," he chuckles.
I roll my eyes. "You know how Jim is a nick name of James?"
"Yup," he nods.
"You know how Jimmy is a pet name of James?"
"All of this I know," he laughs.
"Have you ever seen the American cartoon Jimmy Neutron?"
He grins. "Once or twice. I remember it being incredibly stupid."
"Yeah, it wasn't brilliant, but it was kinda my childhood," I blush as MM reads.
"Ok, so where is this going?"
"Neutron is a science word and its directly related to your name."
"It's a bit indirect, but yeah sure," he laughs. "So are you saying my name is Neutron?"
"No we need to shorten that too. It should be totally indiscreet, but if someone asks we can actually fully explain it." I tell him. Well, MM does.
"That's brilliant. What are we shortening Neutron to?"
"Newt."
He looks at me, grinning. "For real?"
"Yes."
"That's great, none of the things I could have though if are THAT secret."
"Can we really use these? They're so fun."
"Of course, Mars," he nods.
"Thanks Newt."

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A/N... Sorry this was short! So I'm just wondering if anyone liked or disliked having the three part chapter? I didn't want to make it one big one because it would have been forever before I published it, but I wanted to stay on that one topic so yeah (: thanks for reading! Don't forget to vote and comment.