Someone Better {Niall Horan}

Chapter 25

"Listen Harry that is really sweet but..." And I was talking to myself because he was gone.

"Hey Clara, can you help me with this stuff? It is so much, I can't handle it."

"Uhm y-yeah, I'm coming," I looked out at Harry and he was laughing with the other guys. No, it cannot be true. I do not like him like that, I have always seen him as a brother, nothing more. What am I supposed to do? Should I talk to him about it? Maybe he meant something else. Yeah, that had to be it. He could not have meant that HE loves me. But there is no one else that does except my family.

"Well Clara are you gonna get your butt in here or not?"

"Niall stop being so impatient! I'm coming!"

"That's what you said twenty minutes ago." He walked in, with his arms full of food, smirking.

"How about you keep your mouth shut."

"How about you make me," Ohhh he is gonna get it now. I smugly walked over to him grabbing the whip cream spray bottle and holding it behind my back. He smiled waiting for me to stop him. I walked closer to him and put my left hand on his stomach moving him back against the fridge. I laughed and held my right hand up shaking the bottle. He tried to go away but I pushed him back holding him in place.

"You know Niall, you make this pretty easy when you just stand there with that grin on your face." I stopped shaking the bottle and poked his nose. Slowly I raised the bottle up to his face and pushed it smearing the white substance all over his face.

"Really? Because I can always get revenge on you for doing this to me." I laughed and slide a finger across his face. I put my finger in my mouth licking the white cream off.

"Oh really? Just how do you think you are going to do that, you are defenseless?"

"Well you see Clara, if I do this," my eyes widened as he grabbed something behind him and I instantly started backing up. He put his arm around my waist pulling me into him. "Oh no you don't. You have been very bad."

"I'm sorry what was that? I can't hear you over all of that whip cream on your face." He just smiled bringing his hand from behind his back. He had a big bag of flour. "No no no, listen I take it back here I'll get the whip cream off of your face." I brought my hands up to wipe his face but he swatted my hand away.

"Oh no you can't just back out now, this war has only just begun." He dumped the flour over my head and threw some at my face. I could feel the dry substance sticking to my skin.

"Ohhh you better run Horan I am going to get you!" He let me go and laughed running over to the other side of the island. I got down on all fours and crawled to the other side peeking at him. He was leaning over the counter looking for something to throw at me. I heard him go throw a bag and settle on something. I tried to see what it was but couldn't without showing myself.

"Ohhh Clara, come out come out wherever you are." He sang trying to coax me into coming out. I stayed silent and crawled around avoiding him as he slowly walked around the island. It got quiet...too quiet. Where is he? I peeked around the corner but I didn't see him. Suddenly I felt hands grab my ankles, my heart began to quicken. I could feel it hitting chest it was pounding so hard. The hands pulled me back and flipped me over. I looked up to see the culprit. Niall. He grinned as he sat on me his legs either side of my waist.

"You know this is very unfair." I pouted as I watched him reach above the counter. He licked his bottom lip struggling to get whatever he was looking for. I looked at his arms, how defined his muscles are. He laughed a little and then I knew he saw me looking at him. Crap. He bent over me after getting whatever it is he wanted. He placed it on the floor above my head and when I tried to look up to see what it was he put a finger on my nose shaking his head.