Dear Patience (n.j.h.)

chapter thirteen,

long chapter alert

As she put on her shoes, Eva hummed a tune that was stuck in her mind from a commercial she'd recently seen.

"Duh du rud da, what's your name," She said quietly. She was getting ready for another day at the luxurious coffee house, Starbucks.

She picked up her phone to text Niall she was leaving only to be distracted by the number of followers she'd been receiving on Instagram. She frowned because she didn't know any of the people following her.

She dismissed it and decided to call Niall.

"Hello?" She heard the Irishman call out through the phone.

"Hi, how're you?" She asked closing the door.

"M'fine, you?" Niall responded shortly.

"Are you busy? You sound stressed." She noticed.

Niall closed his eyes as he closed his laptop.

He'd received an email from his manager. The paparazzi had gotten photos of him and Eva out on the beach. Laughing, holding hands, kissing. All of it.

"No, not at all love." Niall sighed, chuckling to lighten the tense mood.

"How're you? You getting ready for work, yeah?" He asked.

"Yea, actually. I'm just heading out, just wanted to say 'Hi' before you were robbed of my attention for a few hours." Eva joked as she locked the dorm door.

Niall bit his lip. He was panicking over Eva finding out about Niall's fame.

He was debating whether to tell her himself now or later.

"Right, right,"

Eva could sense Niall was thinking about something other than the conversation. It was the first time he'd shown her a side of him that wasn't fun and bubbly.

"Okay, Niall. Well, I'll leave you, then. I'll call you later." She said simply.

Niall frowned, "It's okay! I'm okay! It's just that..."

"Just what, Niall?" She said softly.

"Come to my apartment after work. We can hang out, I think I'm just missing you." He lied.

"Yea, you've had a lot of work recently. Good money though, right?" Eva smiled, walking down the street.

She noticed people were staring at her as she passed, similar to the way they stared when she was with Niall yesterday.

"Of course, Eva. Alrighty, have a good day." Niall said and she smiled.

"Bye, Niall." She replied sweetly before hanging up.

She saw people pointing at her, mostly young girls. They would look at her, discreetly point and look to there phones.

She frowned but decided to look through her phone in order to avoid eye contact. She was shocked at the number of people following her, she didn't understand why or who they were.

Once she walked into the Starbucks, Malone walked up to her breaking away from the circle of coworkers he was in.

Malone and the rest of the staff knew Niall. So they knew that Eva was now becoming more known because photos of them together were released by Cosmopolitan and every other magazine that could get their hands on the pictures.

"Hey, Eva," Malone said cautiously approaching the young girl. She frowned before smiling.

"Hi, Malone. Are you okay? Why is everyone acting so weird today? Literally, Niall-"