"And then he says he loves me!" Eva cheered as she explained the night to Laura.
"Oh! Oh wow," Laura said shocked at the news Eva shared.
"Love? Like love love?" Laura asked. And Eva turned to her smiling while nodding.
"Yes!"
"Eva..." Laura began and Eva groaned.
"I know what you're going to say. It's only been a few months yadda yadda, men suck, blah blah blah, but!" Eva said mocking Laura's voice. Laura laughed as she sat listening to her friend rant.
"Can I please live in a fantasy for a few hours?" Eva pleaded. "I'll crash by the end of the night and I'll be my usual, pessimist, realist, paranoid self again." She stated matter of factly.
Laura laughed as Eva joined her on the couch. She put her arm around her friend.
"It's not that I don't want you to be happy or live in a fantasy but Eva you haven't been in the thick of it yet. You're relationship haven't been tested. I just don't want you to expect something wonderful and then be let down because life with famous Niall wasn't what you expected." Laura explained.
Eva sighed, "But I don't even think it'll be that fabulous. I just think Niall is a good person and you don't meet those very often." Eva said and Laura chuckled.
"So he leaves on tour in two months?" Laura asked.
"Dos meses." Eva repeated.
"Look at you, Spanish goddess."
"It's not hard to pick up on when you go around ranting in Spanish," Eva pointed out and Laura rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, do you want to go to Niall's concert?" Laura asked.
"If I don't get a free ticket, dating him would have been for nothing." Eva laughed and Laura nodded.
"Exactly. Disregard the good looks, great personality, and cute accent. We're here for connections and free tickets."
"Solely," Eva confirmed before they both started laughing.
They returned their focus to the TV once the laughter subsided and Eva broke the silence.
"I'll miss him though, you know? When he goes on tour. What will dating him be like? I mean I broke up with Ahmed partially for that reason." Eva said in realization.
"The realist you is coming out," Laura warned and Eva glared at her. "Honestly Eva, you broke up with Ahmed because your life was moving forward and his wasn't. Your goals were finally unraveling themselves and Ahmed's goals didn't include moving to America." Laura finished and Eva nodded.
"Looking back, I don't know how we were planning on getting married, our life plans weren't entirely...connected?" Eva questioned.
"I think that's the major difference because you and Niall have the goal of being together all throughout the tour. Ahmed said, you stay in Afghanistan with him or move here without him and obviously you moved here. Which is fine." Laura said and Eva hugged her.
"Yes, it's great because I now have wonderful people to keep me company." She said and Laura hummed in response as they watched TV again.
Niall, on the other hand, was racking his brain on the upcoming tour, yet all he could think about was how he would spend the next two months with his favorite girl in the world.
"So, uh, when will tour wrap up?" He asked turning to his manager.
"Is this about that Eva girl? Niall, you won't be back till January next year." He responded in a light tone knowing Niall would be upset.
"And we start the tour in April?" He asked again. His manager nodded.
Niall sighed and ran his fingers through his hand, tugging at the ends.
"Niall, there's nothing you can do. We can bring her out to a few shows but other than that, the tour is on. You love touring! It'll go by quicker than you think."
Niall smiled at the man. "Thanks for the suggestion but she's got school, she's not going to miss out. I wouldn't want her to anyway."
His manager nodded, "Let me know if there's anything I can do. If you don't have any questions, Niall, the day's over. We're all heading home now." He stated and Niall nodded.
"Alright, good night! Thank you again for all your work and putting up with me," Niall said sheepishly.
"Right, of course. Night, Niall."
As the door closed, Niall looked at his phone and saw a message from Eva. It was a picture of her in front of her in a cap and golf clothes, holding a golf club with a text saying, "Better get ready, I'm beating you before you leave, Irishman."
He smiled before clickling on her number.
"Hello?" He learned a sore voice through the phone.
"Hey, sorry. Did I wake you?" He asked, regretting calling her.
Eva rubbed her eyes before turning on her back. "No...not at all. I was just," She paused in order to yawn, "I was just chilling." She responded. Niall chuckled.
"Okay, I definitely woke you up, I'm sorry. It is late. It's almost twelve." He replied.
"Niall. Don't worry. What're you doing?" She asked.
"Mm, getting things ready for tour. Just gotta clear off on some dates, hotel rooms, and setlists. Just boring boring stuff." He said with a light chuckle at the end and she smiled.
"It's not boring, it's your tour, Niall. It's okay to be excited." She responded.
"I can't be excited when we're being separated, especially when we just got back together."
"Niall," Eva whined. "We still have two months, no? We've made wonderful memories together and we'll make more when you come back. We'll stay in touch. See? Right now, you called and I answered. We're talking normally, we got this, Niall." Eva said enthusiastically.
"You're right, let's be positive about this. It won't help anyone if I'm always sulky." He laughed as she chuckled.
"No, that wouldn't be fair to the fans." She said and silence fell between them.
It felt like a practice run for what was awaiting them in the future. Except Niall remembered he was still in LA and so was she.
"Do you want to come over? Like sleepover?" Niall asked, fiddling a pen between his fingers.
Eva smiled as her heart raced. "Sure, that sounds like a good idea."
"I'll be at your place in 20." Niall said already picturing a sleepy Eva.
"Alright, I'll see you then." Eva cooed as she smiled.
"I love you, Eva."
"And I love you, Niall."
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UGH IM IN LOVE
with them. like i want a niall.
but then i remember he exist, but obvs my niall and niall niall aren't the same person. moving along...
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