Love, as I know it

Chapter 09

I look at the grinning boy in front of me, surprised for sure.
"Niall? B- but how did you get here so fast?"

He let out a contagious laugh.
"Aren't you gonna let me in?" He asks.
"Of course! Sure.... come on in!"

He smiles. "Alright gimme a second." He says, as he takes a few steps backwards and opens the door to my neighbor's home.

"Guys! Come here and meet our new neighbor! El! Dani! Get your arse over here!"
He shouts towards the open door. I hear a few voices yell back.
"I hope it's alright if they come too? I thought you'd feel more comfortable with the girls around as well!"

I smiled at him. "They're more than welcome!" I tell him as he enters the apartment.

I look back towards the open door.

"Don't worry. They'll knock when they're here. You can close the door for now."

I nod my head, and close the door.
"Were you watching something?" Niall asks curiously, as we hear the music of a song from the movie play.

I laugh. "Yeah! I forgot to pause it I guess. Why don't you come on in, take a seat!"

Niall makes his way to the lounge where my pizza sits on the table, still uneaten.

"Damn, that pizza smells amazing!" He mutters.

"Would you like some? I probably couldn't finish all of it by myself anyway! Hold on let me get you a plate!"

"Anika, love, if we're gonna be friends, there's one thing you should know about me. I would never say no to food!"

I hand him a plate, as he plops down on my couch, with a pizza in his hand.

I hear a knock on the door.
"That must be the lads and the girls" Niall says, taking another slice of pizza, as he walks in front of me to open the door. The pizza still in his hand.
I smile. I love when people go for second servings on something I made. It makes me so happy!

Niall opens the door, and I see two girls standing there followed by the rest of One Direction.

I wave at them, "Hi! Come on in!"

The two girls come in at first. The brunette, introduces herself to me. "Hi! I'm Eleanor. And This is Danielle"

"Hi! I'm ."
"Anika?" I hear one of the guys say name before I could introduce myself. I snap my head towards the boys, and find Zayn.

"Yeah... hello! It's a small world isn't it!" I smile, turning my attention back towards the girls.

Eleanor and Danielle group hug me.
"It's so nice to meet you Anika!"

I smile. "It's great meeting you guys too!"

"Oh holy heavens! This pizza is absolute bomb!" I hear Louis comment.

I smile, I could feel myself blushing.
"Thank you... I'm glad you liked it!"

The boys? Who were currently all having a slice each looked up at me, surprised.

"Wait... you cooked this?" Niall questioned.

I nodded.

"Wow. This is amazing, Anika!" I hear Eleanor, who's currently having a slice say.

"I could make you some more! I made just one since it was just me! But I do have the stuffings and the dough left. I can make around three more?" The boys all looked up at me, awestruck.

"I love you. Will you marry me?" Harry spoke.

I laughed. "You want to marry me or my food?"

"Hell I'll marry you for both!" Niall practically screamed. And then covered his mouth.