My Best Friend's Cousin ~ One Direction Fanfic {Niall Horan}

Chapter Seven ~ Most Awkward Dinner Ever

Here it is!

Chapter 7!

This is gonna start gettin good! So excited! :D

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~Niall's POV~

Standing right behind my aunt and my cousin, Caitlin, I guessed, was the most beautiful girl I had ever laid eyes on. She had the most gorgeous hazel eyes, beautiful wavy brown hair with a few streaks of blonde here and there cascaded down her back, her cheeks were flushed from standing out in the cold, she was pretty short too, much shorter than my cousin. She flashed me a friendly smile when I glanced at her. She was beautiful. I couldn't stop staring at her.

Say something, idiot! I yelled in my mind.

"Ummm... heyy!" I finally announced.

Suddenly my aunt, who looked almost exactly like my mum, attacked me in a hug.

"Niall! You've grown so much! The last time I saw you, you were down to here!" She said motioning to a little bit above her knees.

"And now your in One Direction, i'm so prod of you!" She continued.

"Thanks!" I said smiling. I had no idea what else to say too that.

"Is your mom inside?" she asked.

"Yeah she's in the kitchen." I answered pointing towards the kitchen. She let herself inside which left me with Caitlin and her friend.

"Hi, i'm Charlotte!" Caitlin's friend said breaking the sudden silence.

"Hey... i'm Niall!" I answered smiling.

Usually if I introduced myself nowadays, people would always say "Oh we know who you are!" Charlotte didn't though, which made me wonder if she even knew who One Direction was. I was kind of relieved though, she wasn't a crazy fan, which made me like her even more.

"Uhhh... come in!" I finally said motioning for them to follow me.

Was it always this awkward meeting your cousin you haven't seen in forever and her friend you thought was super hot?

"You can put your coats over there." I told them pointing to a coat rack standing by the door. I waited for them to put their coats away and they followed me to the dining room where my mum, dad, and aunt were waiting, Greg wasn't coming until Christmas Eve, which was still three days away.

"Hello girls!" My mum greeted.

"Hi!" They both said in unison.

"Caitlin you've grown so much!" she exclaimed wrapping her in a hug. She then turned to Charlotte, who just smiled.

"And you must be Charlotte!"

"Yep! Its nice to meet you, thank you so much for letting me come!" Charlotte grinned.

"I'm so glad you came!" she said hugging her too.

My dad also hugged Caitlin and greeted Charlotte. After my mum and dad asked Caitlin how everything was going we sat down and finally started eating.

"Niall can you go get the rolls?" My mum asked.

"Yeah."

I went to get the rolls and brought them back, only to find only one seat left open, the one across from Charlotte. I set the rolls on the table and took the seat right across from her. Why was I so nervous? I glanced in her direction and she smiled at me, I smiled back. She really was pretty. I couldn't stop looking at her. She would probably think something was wrong with me by the time dinner was over. Suddenly the necklace she was wearing caught my eye, it was a pair of silver dog tags, they looked real, I wondered who's they were or why she was wearing dog tags. I quickly glanced down at my still empty plate, not wanting her to notice me staring at her.

I quickly piled a bunch of food on my plate as everyone else started talking.

"So you and Charlotte go to the same school?" My mum asked.

"Yeah." They both answered in unison.

"Your mum tells me you both play volleyball." mum questioned.

"Yep!" They both answered.

"Charlotte is really good!" Caitlin added.

Charlotte blushed.

"Niall likes sports too!" mum said smiling at me. She had to pick that moment to say it too: my mouth was stuffed with food so I could only nod.

Was she trying to embarrass me?

Charlotte giggled at me, once she saw why I could only nod.

"Maybe, tomorrow, you could show Caitlin and Charlotte around Mullinger?" My mum suggested giving me a look that said 'you have no choice'.

"Sure!" I said faking a smiling.

"That would be great!" My aunt exclaimed.

"Yeah!" I said trying my best to sound excited. I was a nervous wreck. And I thought I wouldn't be able to make it through dinner tonight. Tomorrow would be even worse. Why was I so nervous around Charlotte? I've been around a bunch of other girls before, she couldn't be any different from them. I had no idea how wrong I was.

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~Charlotte's POV~

I could not believe I was sitting less than a foot away from THE Niall Horan. I was so nervous. He was from One fuckin Direction! I mean, who wouldn't be nervous, with those sparkling blue eyes glancing over at you every now and then. At one point I caught him glancing down at my chest, I then realized the silver dog tags draped around my neck on their silver chain. I usually took it off for things like this, I hated when people gave me funny looks about it. The only people who knew about it were my grandma, my mom, obviously, Mrs. James, and Caitlin. I had never really even told Caitlin the whole story. If I did tell the story to someone it would lead to my mom abusing me and me getting sent to different foster homes and blah blah blah... I would probably get a look of pity if I ever did tell them that story. Uggghh... it was just to complicated. Ever since my mom had beat me, I had trouble trusting people.

I didn't need to think about this now.

When I glanced back up, Niall had his eyes back on his plate, one thing I had noticed about him since I got here, was that he loved to eat! It was insane how much that kid could eat! He was already on his thirds! I still hadn't even gone for seconds!

Suddenly Niall's mom spoke up. "Niall, maybe tomorrow, you could show Caitlin and Charlotte around Mullinger?"

"Sure!" Niall replied, with a not so thrilled look.

"That would be great!" Mrs. James announced.

"Yeah!" Niall said, not so enthusiastically.

Great! Now we were being forced to walk around Ireland with someone who would probably much rather hang out with fake looking barbie doll models. Doesn't he have someone who does that for you? Like his own personal tour guide or something? He probably had enough money to hire one. To him I was probably just a shy girl, he'd feel sorry for if I did tell him the story, which I was not! Since when had I cared what guys thought about me? What has happened to me?! Now I was really going phsyco!

Just get tomorrow over with and you'll be fine I told myself, I don't know how many times. Its not like your ever going to see him again after next week anyways. After next week he'll forget about me and meet other girls, and he'll never remember anything of me again! Yeah i'll just look at it that way, I thought. This was going to be the most stressful two weeks ever and it was only the first day!

Just remember, I thought again, he'll never remember you after next week...

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